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Basketball Camp of the Southern Tier is June 29-July 2

PANAMA — The Basketball Camp of the Southern Tier will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 29 to July 2 at Panama Central School. This day camp is open to all girls entering grade 4-9 in the fall of 2026. The camp registration fee is $100 per camper if paid by June 12 and $125 per camper if paid thereafter. Scholarships and multiple camper discounts are also available. This well-established camp is run by knowledgeable and caring coaches with extensive college, high school and AAU coaching experience and current and former female college and high school basketball players. An ...

Bright future

The Section VI Division 4 flag football league recently announced its all-star teams along with the top two players on both offense and defense. Out of those four players only one was not a senior, but Fredonia freshman Megan Ivory certainly competed like she had plenty of experience. Ivory ...

Fredonia’s Kelly takes 31st at states

CHURCHVILLE — When Fredonia’s Ryan Kelly reached the 2025 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Golf Championships as a junior, he fell off in his second round and dropped to 46th. While Kelly did not shoot as low as his Day 1 score of 74 from a year ago, the Fredonia ...

Best in WNY

The 6th Annual WNY Walleye Classic was nothing short of incredible as fishing tournaments go. With the weigh station on the Central Avenue Pier in Dunkirk Harbor, onlookers enjoyed another exciting weekend of walleye fishing competition, as 40 teams, including five of the top professional ...

Swabik hopes coach is at decathlon nationals

LAWRENCE, Kan. — John Swabik will run, jump and throw — all of the things a decathlete does — at the NCAA Championships on Wednesday and Thursday in Eugene, Oregon. His coach just hopes to walk. Paul Thornton was a three-time Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Association honoree as ...

Golf leagues

WESTFIELD — Darien Swanson shot a 4-under 32 to lead the Thursday Night Men’s League at Pinehurst Golf Club. Other gross scores included: Nolan Swanson (37), Gordy Jaynes (38), August Viele (40), Lyndy Smith (40), Eric Edwards (41), Scott Leamer (41), Nate Thompson (42), Jon Coe Sr. (42) and Jay Beers (4). Brady Nusom’s 31 led the net scores, followed by Judd Dahl (32), Rob Gizzi (32), Aaron Fuller (33), Lance Buss (33), Daryl Larson (34), Alex Buss (34), Marty Hemmer (35) and Jason Nusom (35). Hemmer was closest to the pin at No. 4 and Nolan Swanson was closest at No. ...