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Fearless Freddie’s football forecast

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SCARY. The well rested Buffalo Bills tangle with the dangerous Baltimore Ravens Sunday in jam-packed Highmark Stadium. The Bills never lost a game after a bye week under former head coach Sean McDermott, finishing a gaudy 9-0, an NFL record. The streak will continue as Josh Allen and his offense will slowly pull away in the second half. It’s going to be a great weekend for home teams across the league, only New England and Kansas City will triumph on the road. FREDDIE sees it this way: BILLS 33, Ravens 28 HOME teams are capitalized. Teams picked to win the game are listed ...

Low water, big steelhead: get ready for fall run

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Autumn in Western New York is supposed to bring a familiar recipe for steelhead anglers: cooler temperatures, a good soaking rain, and a fresh push of hard-fighting Lake Erie steelhead into the region’s tributaries. So far, Mother Nature has been slow to follow the ...

Reaching Regionals

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FALCONER — A near full moon hung above the soccer pitch at Falconer High School Wednesday night as Jamestown Community College (JCC) earned a spot in the Region 3 women's soccer championship game with a 2-1 victory over Herkimer College. The opening minutes mirrored the final score, as both ...

Frewsburg knocks off Holland in ‘C’ semifinals

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HOLLAND — After having its streak of six sectional championships end last year the Frewsburg girls soccer team set a goal to get back and return to its spot atop Class C in Section VI. Before Frewsburg could begin thinking about taking on Wilson in a rematch it needed to get past a scrappy ...

Lake Erie yellow perch fishing kicking into high gear

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On Lake Erie, the yellow perch fishing activity is kicking into high gear starting at 50-55 feet of water between Cattaraugus Creek and Sturgeon Point. Live emerald shiners fished near bottom is the top tactic if emeralds are available, but golden shiners or salted shiners are also ...

Letter to sports

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Dear Sports Editor: The Southern Tier lost a pillar of the wrestling community with the recent passing of Marty Rowe. With the 1970s, came the beginning of the career of a young Mary Rowe on the Ripley wrestling team. By the end of his career, he had won many matches, had competed in the state tournament and, along the way, earned the respect of fellow wrestlers and coaches. By the time the 1980s had come around, the small school in southwestern Chautauqua County was competing and winning in Division 2 league competition, always against larger schools. By the end of the 1980s, ...