SINCLAIRVILLE — Despite a low scoring, tight first quarter, and a half time lead lower than they’re used to, the Westfield Wolverines used an explosive third quarter to blow by the Cassadaga Valley Cougars 75-26 on Thursday night. The Wolverines, despite just a 27-15 lead at the half, ...
RANDOLPH - On her 18th birthday, Allison Ames drilled a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds remaining to lift Randolph to a 56-53 victory over Silver Creek in a Division 1 East game. "She started the game strong in the first quarter - she got us going - and she hit the important shot at the end," ...
MAYVILLE - Luke Waters scored 18 points, and Nate Adams played a fine all-around game to lead Chautauqua Lake to a 66-47 victory over Dunkirk in a Division 1 West contest. The win, which improved the Thunderbirds' record to 2-11 overall and 1-6 in the division, featured a balanced attack, led ...
JAMESTOWN — After months of anticipation, the Jamestown franchise in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League has a new nickname. To suggest that it’s unique would be a huge understatement, but that’s exactly what general manager Frank Fanning and members and investors of Jamestown ...
Today's local sports schedule Bowling Brocton at Randolph, 3:30 p.m. Chautauqua Lake at Southwestern, 4 p.m. Boys Basketball Forestville at Franklinville, 7:30 p.m. North Collins at Ellicottville, 7:30 p.m. Pine Valley at Catt./Little Valley, 7:30 p.m. Randolph at Silver Creek, ...
FORESTVILLE — Wednesday night in Forestville was not just a regular boys high school basketball game between the Forestville Hornets and the Brocton Bulldogs. It was the “Love For Luca” benefit game that featured basket raffles and a 50/50 drawing that sent the proceeds to the ...
Coming into the season, Fredonia coach Nick Bertrando and his team set goals for the upcoming year. After a bracket-busting upset a year ago over No. 1 Medina to send the Hillbillies to the Section VI semifinals at Buffalo State College, Fredonia has high hopes this season. While the biggest ...
FALCONER — The program all others measure themselves against in local wrestling for years has been Falconer. For another year, the Golden Cougars are the gold standard. Falconer/Cassadaga Valley turned three pins and a technical fall into a 45-24 victory over Fredonia/Silver Creek/Pine ...
Dunkirk’s Kymi Nance shoots over a Niagara Wheatfield defender during Wednesday’s non-league game at Dunkirk High School. The Dunkirk Lady Marauders beat the visiting Niagara Wheatfield Lady Falcons 83-53 to improve to 12-1 on the season. Nadara O’Dell had 27 points, Kymi Nance had 18 ...
Chautauqua Lake has froze over again, with at least two inches of ice, but as of Wednesday morning there were no reports of anyone trying their luck. Skip Bianco at Hogan’s Hut/Stow reported that another inch of ice cover was in process, but no one was fishing out there just yet. The nights ...
OBSERVER Staff Reports The Dunkirk Lady Marauders completed their league season Wednesday with a perfect 32-0 record, beating Fredonia (15-17) four games to none. “My ladies came out on fire tonight,” said Dunkirk coach Donna Kubera. “Several girls were trying to move up in the ...
Today's local sports schedule Bowling Brocton at Forestville, 3:30 p.m. Boys Basketball Brocton at Clymer, 7:30 p.m. Westfield at Cassadaga Valley, 7:30 p.m. Dunkirk at Chautauqua Lake, 7:30 p.m. Allegany-Limestone at Fredonia, 7:30 p.m. Salamanca at Gowanda, 7:30 p.m. Girls ...
Heading into a big weekend where they will face two SUNYAC opponents, the Fredonia State Blue Devils first had to get by a non-league opponent, the Penn St.-Shenango Nittany Lions. The Blue Devils fought through some early sluggishness and were able to take care of the Nittany Lions, 62-53, in ...
Pictured are the varsity wrestling team photos of Chautauqua Lake, Dunkirk, Fredonia and Gowanda.
OBSERVER Staff Report PANAMA — The Fredonia Hillbillies boys swimming team defeated Panama in a nail-biter, 88-84, at Panama High School on Tuesday. The Fredonia 200-yard medley relay team of Finn Frerichs, Matt Brockelbank, Ronan Murphy and Andrew Allenson took first with a time of ...
BUFFALO — Jessica Beehler continued to put up monster numbers Tuesday night, leading Dunkirk to a 98-61 nonleague basketball victory over Nichols. Beehler scored 14 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, dished out 11 assists and had seven steals as the Marauders raised their record to 11-1 heading ...
GOWANDA — The Gowanda Panthers lost a Section VI, CCAA Division 2 wrestling match against the Frewsburg Bears on Tuesday at Gowanda High School by a score of 39-25. The match began at 120, when Frewsburg’s Braiden Waddington defeated Emma Schindler by a pinfall at 1:06. At 126, ...
HANOVER — The Silver Creek Black Knights boys and girls bowling teams made quick work of the Maple Grove Red Dragons at Hanover Lanes on Tuesday, each with a 4-0 sweep. The Silver Creek boys (9-1) posted a linescore of 878-819-874-2,571, compared to Maple Grove’s 664-617-572-1,853. The ...
Today's local sports schedule Bowling Silver Creek at Brocton, 3:30 p.m. Dunkirk at Fredonia, 3:30 p.m. Catt./Little Valley at Gowanda, 3:30 p.m. Boys Basketball Brocton at Forestville, 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Niagara Wheatfield at Dunkirk, 6 p.m. Wrestling Dunkirk at ...
After the graduation of key contributing seniors Brady Woleben and Tucker Gates, along with a coaching change, the Silver Creek Black Knights had all the signs of a team where rough times were ahead. But under the coaching of Ralph Jackson, the Black Knights have found themselves in a tie for ...