Clymer and Westfield will be the highest-seeded teams locally when the Section VI girls volleyball playoffs get underway next week. The Pirates earned the No. 1 seed while the Wolverines earned the No. 2 seed in Class D and will have byes into the quarterfinals. Prequarterfinal action gets ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has just recently made public that three cases of tularemia have been diagnosed in beavers this year — one in Cattaraugus County (in August) and two in Chautauqua County (in April). Tularemia is rare in New York. Prior to this year, ...

VENANGO, Pa. — The Wednesday Travel League headed south to Venango Valley Golf Course, avoiding the heavy rains falling throughout Chautauqua County. Josh Hilliker won his league-best 13th event with the low round of 76. Ed Tofil finished second with 79. Jeff Nelson and Tom Sacilowski tied ...

BOYS SOCCER Class AAA Quarterfinals Thursday, Oct. 23 Niagara Falls 2, Hutch Tech/Buffalo Arts/Emerson 1 West Seneca 3, Bennett/East/Pathways/South Park 0 Semifinals Monday, Oct. 27 No. 5 Niagara Falls at No. 1 Lancaster, 5 p.m. No. 6 West Seneca at No. 2 Jamestown, ...

FREDONIA — The Fredonia State volleyball team earned its second SUNYAC sweep of the weekend, taking down Oswego 3-0 on Saturday. The Devils won the sets by scores of 25-15, 25-15 and 27-25. Bria Hunter led the offense with nine kills and Kylie O’Brien added eight. Sasha Zayatz had the ...

WEST ELLICOTT — Marlana Cresanti scored twice and set up a pair of goals as No. 2 Southwestern cruised past No. 15 JFK 8-1 in the Section VI Class B girls soccer prequarterfinals at Charles A. Lawson Field on Wednesday. Mikaela Luce also scored twice for the Trojans; Lucy Brown provided a ...