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Hole-in-one

CASSADAGA — Brad Kelly recorded his first-ever hole-in-one last Thursday at Cassadaga Country Club. Using his 7-iron, Kelly aced the 172-yard 17th hole. The shot was witnessed by Nick Krupa, Tom McQuiggan and Steve Wintersteen.

Fabulous five

SALAMANCA — The weekend forecast moved all of the field events in the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Championships to Friday at Salamanca High School, giving many of the athletes an extended weekend. Southwestern’s Mikayla Johnson and Tyler McIntyre both can relax today ...

D1 West names small-school all-stars

Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 West recently announced its Small School boys golf all-star teams. Cassadaga Valley freshman Jackson Marsh led the First Team, along with Chautauqua Lake/Westfield senior Aden Gollhardt, Chautauqua Lake/Westfield sophomore Braylon Swanson, Cassadaga Valley junior Jakob Huling, Dunkirk freshman Karter Keppel and Chautauqua Lake/Westfield junior Liam Swan. Making up the second team were: Clymer/Sherman/Panama sophomore Konner Morgan, Dunkirk freshman Kameron Keppel, Chautauqua Lake/Westfield seventh-grader Carter Crabtree, ...

Ocasio leads Fredonia to unified hoops win

Julian Ocasio scored 12 points to lead Fredonia past Frewsburg 44-35 in Unified basketball Thursday. Austin Duliba added 10 points while Louie Gugino and Luke McKnatt each scored 6. Kaiden Strycula and Mason Wienke each scored 4 points and Devin Batten chipped in 2. Jaxmin McIntire scored 12 points for Frewsburg while Abery Harvey and Billy Degolier each added 8. Connor Wilburn scored 4 points and Cole Vaughn had 3 for the Bears. Fredonia plays at Southwestern on Wednesday.

Dunkirk falls in Class A2 prequarterfinal

ALBION — Nathan Gibson allowed just one hit and struck out 12 over six innings of work as No. 8 Albion beat No. 9 Dunkirk 5-3 in a Section VI Class A2 prequarterfinal baseball game Friday. Elliott Trapiss led the Albion offense with two hits while Gibson, Will Plummer, Viktor Snyder and Kaiden Froman each drove in a run. The Purple Eagles will travel to No. 1 City Honors for a quarterfinal at noon today. Dunkirk’s season ends with a 10-7 record.

Record buck age structure marks big year for NY hunters

New York deer hunters once again proved why they remain one of the most important conservation forces in the state, and nowhere was that more evident than in Chautauqua County. With our weather forecast for this weekend, this seems a good time to share good news and stay safe under a ...