FALCONER — In a close game, it can be just one play that makes all the difference between winning and losing. Unfortunately, for Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove on Monday afternoon, that chance was generated on the counterattack by Wilson junior Addison Elia, who showed why she is one ...
BUFFALO — Noah Ostlund scored the go-ahead goal on the power play 7:15 into the third period, and the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Florida Panthers 5-3 on Monday in an outing both teams lost key players to injury. Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin scored his second goal of the season before not ...
ALDEN — Savannah Whitney had herself a day at the 40th Alden Bulldogs Cross Country Stampede on Saturday at Alden High School. Representing Clymer/Sherman/Panama, the eighth-grader captured the Blue Girls Division 5,000-meter crown with a time of 18 minutes, 42.39 seconds to post an easy win over second-place Reiley Pierce of East Aurora (19:06.14). Lily Elliss of Maple Grove was the other area girl to finish in the top 10, posting a time of 20:00.68. The Red Dragons finished fifth as a team with 139 points. East Aurora was first with 49. The other local girl in the top 25 in the ...
TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE Boys High School Soccer Salamanca at Dunkirk, 5 p.m. Silver Creek/Forestville at Holland, 5:30 p.m. Maple Grove vs. Cassadaga Valley/Falconer at Falconer, 7 p.m. Girls High School Soccer Dunkirk at Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 4:30 p.m. Eden vs. Silver Creek/Forestville at Silver Creek, 4:30 p.m. Westfield/Brocton at Salamanca, 5 p.m. Fredonia vs. Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove at Falconer, 5 p.m. Jamestown at Portville, 5:30 p.m. Southwestern at Olean, 6 p.m. High School Volleyball Olean at Jamestown, 6:30 p.m. Dunkirk at Portville, ...
OLEAN — Ayden Eccles scored twice as Randolph topped Olean 4-1 in nonleague boys soccer action on Friday. Isaac Pihlblad scored once and added an assist for Randolph (8-5-2), Grady Steward provided one goal and Gavin Senn, Preston Eccles and Tanner Patterson had one assist each. Randy Nottingham made five saves in net to secure the win. Olean (3-8-2) received a goal from Connor Hogle. RED & GREEN EDGE BEARS FREWSBURG — Jamestown got past Frewsburg with a 3-2 nonleague win. The Red & Green improved to 9-6-0 overall with the victory. Frewsburg (3-10-0) was led by goals ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following was written by Ellicottville, New York native Tyler Dunne, the founder of Go Long, a newsletter publication dedicated to longform pro football journalism. With the passing Friday of Chicago Bears icon Mike Ditka at 86, Dunne granted permission to the OBSERVER ...
