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Eagles, Wolverines play to 1-1 draw

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WESTFIELD — A pair of second-half goals left Chautauqua Lake and Westfield/Brocton tied 1-1 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 3 girls soccer Thursday. Abigail Rizzo scored from Ophelia March for the Eagles (1-1-1, 0-0-1) while Addison Emery scored unassisted for the Wolverines (0-1-1, 0-1-1). Kylie Post made 16 saves for Westfield/Brocton and Addison Chess made two saves for Chautauqua Lake. HILLBILLIES BLANK PORTVILLE FREDONIA — Fredonia shut out Portville 2-0 in Division 1 action at Fredonia State University. The Hillbillies improved to 3-1-0 overall ...

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FALCONER — The Randolph boys soccer team faced some tough competition to begin the season at the Gator Cup and was unable to find the back of the net in two losses against Genesee Valley and Avoca/Prattsburg. Those difficult nonleague contests sharpened the Cardinals, however, and they ...

Bills to play 'O Canada' at home opener

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ORCHARD PARK — The Buffalo Bills are honoring their fans to the north by having the Canadian national anthem performed at their home opener next week, and amid rising cross-border tensions with the United States. The team on Wednesday announced that the Toronto-based musical act Barenaked Ladies will perform "O Canada" before the Bills' prime-time game against the Detroit Lions on Sept. 17. They'll be followed by Hawaiian-born actress and singer Auli'i Cravalho performing the "Star-Spangled Banner." The game will be the first regular-season outing played at the Bills' new $2.1 ...

Southwestern, Westfield post volleyball wins

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Southwestern knocked off Panama, 25-16, 25-14, 25-23 in a nonleague volleyball match Wednesday. Leading the way for the Trojans were Maddie Burnett with 11 kills, three blocks and three aces; Gianna Sirianni with seven kills and five digs; Reagan Stutzman with five kills, three blocks and three aces; Elise Kartesz with 17 assists and two aces; and Anna Conley with five digs. For the Panthers, Alex Becker collected 19 digs; Lily Hyde had five kills and 13 digs; and McKenna Kolstee added four kills, two blocks and 10 digs. TUESDAY WESTFIELD PREVAILS CLYMER — Behind nine kills, two ...

Falconer/CV/MG blank Randolph 1-0 in girls soccer

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RANDOLPH — Quinn Johnson’s goal from Adri Lombardo was all Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove needed as it escaped from Randolph with a 1-0 nonleague girls soccer victory on Wednesday. The Golden Cougars dominated the possession, but struggled to score as Stella Smith made 11 saves in net for Randolph (0-2-0). Ellyson Baglia maintained the clean sheet after making two saves for Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove (3-0-0).

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CASSADAGA — Nick Stern and Steve Wintersteen both shot 35 to share the low round, while Jeff Benson provided a net score of 30 in the Tuesday Night Men’s League at Cassadaga Country Club. Fred Stern was closest to the pin on No. 6, Stern eagled No. 9, Mike Lancaster birdied No. 8 and Fred Chamberlin birdied No. 2. Other low gross scores are Tim Bulger 37, Lancaster 37, Nolan Swanson 37, Benson 38, Mike Botticello 38 and Mike Nichols 38. ——— FREDONIA — Charlie Nicosia fired the low round of 36 to lead the A Division in the Monday Night Utility League at Vineyards ...