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Chasing autumn giants

Every fall, anglers travel from across the country to Western New York for a chance to battle one of freshwater fishing’s most exciting challenges: the mighty king salmon. Forget haunted houses and spooky attractions — around here, the real heart-pounding scares can happen when a ...

Herd has huge night rushing vs. JFK

FALCONER — Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove ran for 405 yards as a team and beat JFK 59-6 in a Section VI Class C quarterfinal Friday at Bill Race Field. The Herd, Class C South’s No. 1 seed, led 38-0 at halftime en route to the victory. Dylan Newman led the rushing attack with 12 ...

Minor upset

SPRINGVILLE — Tristen Gibbs ran 15 times for 155 yards and two touchdowns as Class C South No. 3 Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton beat Class C North No. 2 Springville 40-6 in a Section VI Class C quarterfinal Friday. Gibbs opened the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown run in the first ...

Runners heading to states

ELMA — Led by second-place individual finisher Grace Gilevski, the Frewsburg girls are heading to the state cross country meet. They’ll be joined there by Clymer/Sherman/Panama’s boys. Both teams won Class D titles on Friday at the Section VI Championships, held at Elma Meadows ...

Fredonia advances to Funke Bowl final in 'C'

OBSERVER Photos by Ashleigh Brown The Fredonia football team defeated Eden/North Collins 39-21 to reach the Chuck Funke Bowl finals in Class C. At left, Ayden Wronski makes a tackle for the Hillbillies. At right, Rocco Muscarella looks for room to run during the semifinal victory.

Allen looks to renew rivalry with Jackson

ORCHARD PARK — Josh Allen can appreciate how heated discussions can get over bar stools, on talk radio and social media over whether he or Lamar Jackson are the better quarterback. It's a debate that has raged since the two were selected in the first round of the 2018 draft. Just don't ask ...