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Wolverines share D2 title

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OBSERVER Staff Reports PANAMA — Westfield entered Monday’s Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 2 matchup with Clymer/Sherman/Panama having already clinched at least a share of its first league title since 2017. The Wolverines wanted it to themselves, but the Wolfpack ...

Small-school standouts

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Jadyn Trocki was unquestionably the best girls basketball player in the area this season. An argument can be made that she was the best in New York state. On Monday, the New York State Sportswriters Association named Trocki the Class C Player of the Year for the second straight season. The ...

Newhook scores OT winner as Canadiens eliminate Sabres

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BUFFALO — Alex Newhook scored his second Game 7-winning goal of the postseason, this time 11:22 into overtime in the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night. Newhook drove up the left wing and as he approached the circle snapped a shot through a screen that beat ...

Ashville Bay Marina hosts kids fishing tournament

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More than 60 youngsters gathered at Ashville Bay Marina for a youth fishing event this past weekend. Hosted by Captain Mike Sperry and Chautauqua Reel Outdoors Bait and Tackle, with a sound system from “Mike’s Pro Sound,” the fish were biting and the smiles were catchy too. Open to the ...

Fredonia coasts in quarterfinals

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BUFFALO — Despite being the lower seed entering Sunday’s Section VI Class C flag football quarterfinal at All-High Stadium, No. 5 Fredonia overpowered No. 4 Health Sciences. The Hillbillies’ high-powered offense put up eight more touchdowns and their defense added two more in a 67-0 ...

Fredonia rallies past Hornets

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FORESTVILLE — Fredonia rallied from a 6-3 deficit and scored six runs in the top of the sixth inning to beat Forestville 10-6 in a nonleague softball playoff tuneup Monday. Ava Muck went 2 for 3 with a home run, a double and five RBIs while Gia Muscarella also hit a solo home run for the ...