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Westfield boys tennis tops Panama 4-1

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PANAMA — Tahner Stow and Cole Tenamore won singles matches to lead Westfield past Panama 4-1 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association boys tennis Wednesday. Adam Eggleston and Sam Heim won at first doubles while Aiden Simpson and Lyra Stevenson won at third doubles for the Wolverines (1-2). Jackson Scolton and Andrei Braun won at second doubles for the Panthers (1-2). Tahner Stow (W) d. Lincoln Gibbs 6-1, 6-1; Cole Tenamore (W) d. Connor Horner 6-2, 7-6 (7-4); Adam Eggleston and Sam Hein (W) d. Mason Weber and Alexis Becker 3-6, 6-1, 6-0; Jackson Scolton and Andrei Braun ...

19 local hoopers named to small-school all-state teams

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Nineteen boys basketball players from small schools in the OBSERVER’s circulation area were recognized by the New York State Sportswriters Association on Wednesday as members of all-state teams. In Class B, Southwestern senior Roger Markham received the highest recognition with a ...

Tabone shuts the door for Fredonia baseball

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SALAMANCA — Matt Cowan hit a two-run triple with two outs in the top of the fourth inning to tie the game and then scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch as Fredonia beat Salamanca 6-5 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 baseball action on Tuesday. The Hillbillies (5-0, 3-0) tacked on an insurance run in the fifth inning when Rocco Muscarella reached on an error and scored on Issiah Ruiz’s RBI single. Payton Bradley led off the bottom of the fifth inning with a triple and scored on a wild pitch for the Warriors (3-2, 0-1), but Fredonia reliever Pauly Tabone ...

MG tennis edges Westfield; Fredonia doomed by forfeit

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WESTFIELD — A three-set victory in third doubles was the difference for Maple Grove in a 3-2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 2 boys tennis victory on Tuesday. Jack Sherry and Max Concejo earned singles victories for the Red Dragons, while Maddox Lombardo and Evan Riedesel earned the decisive victory in third doubles. Westfield earned doubles wins by the duo of Adam Eggleston and Sam Heim and the pair of Roger Chagnon and Caleb Freifeld. Jack Sherry (MG) d. Tahner Stow 6-7, 7-6, 10-6; Max Concejo (MG) d. Cole Tenamore 6-3, 6-4; Adam Eggleston and Sam Heim ...

Grand punctuation

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FREDONIA — Jenna Fryberger’s grand slam in the top of the seventh inning put a punctuation mark on Fredonia’s 13-3 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 softball win over Dunkirk. Alanna Delcamp, Ava Muck and McKenna Crawford each had two hits for the Hillbillies (3-1, ...

Russo wins 3 events for Fredonia girls track and field

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FREDONIA — Falconer/Cassadaga Valley posted a pair of victories against Fredonia in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 track and field action on Tuesday. The Falconer/Cassadaga Valley girls won 74-66 behind double-winners Ellyson Baglia, Korryn Pacitty and Mary Lundmark. Baglia won the 100 meters at 13.4 seconds and the shot put with 31 feet and 1 inch; Pacitty claimed the 1,500 and 3,000 at 6:03.2 and 13:49.2, respectively; and Lundmark took first in the 200 at 28.3 and pole vault at 9-0. Mariella Russo was a triple-winner for Fredonia taking the 100 hurdles ...