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Dunkirk walleye bite is on fire

There are good days on Lake Erie, and then there are the days when the walleye seem to have forgotten they are supposed to make anglers work for them. This past Saturday was one of those days near Dunkirk. Recreational anglers and charter captains enjoyed a spectacular walleye bite on ...

High school schedule

MONDAY’S SCHEDULE High School Volleyball Gary Adler Memorial Tournament at Gates Chili High School, 8 a.m. TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE Boys High School Soccer Ellicottville/Franklinville at Southwestern, 6 p.m. Girls High School Soccer Southwestern at Frewsburg, 4:30 p.m. Ellicottville at Chautauqua Lake, 4:30 p.m. Silver Creek/Forestville vs. Springville at Silver Creek, 4:45 p.m. Eden at Salamanca, 5 p.m. High School Volleyball Salamanca at Jamestown, 5 p.m. Randolph at Falconer, 6:30 p.m. Brocton at Pine Valley, 6:30 p.m. Forestville at Ellicottville, 6:30 ...

Pink the Course raises $2,000 for cancer research

DUNKIRK — Shorewood Country Club’s men’s golf league recently hosted “Pink the Course,” a special event dedicated to raising money for cancer research. The funds raised will be donated to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center to support its important work in the fight against ...

Across the next cast

I was 4 years old when my dad first took me fishing at the creek. There was a two-lane road between our house and the water, and when the snow was gone, riding my bicycle down that road toward the creek felt like the beginning of an adventure. We had one fishing rod — a Pfleuger steel ...

Dress rehearsal

OBSERVER Photos by Matt Spielman Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton and Silver Creek/Forestville scrimmaged Friday evening in Mayville in preparation for next week’s season openers. The Eagles will travel to Randolph next Friday while the Black Knights will host Clymer/Sherman/Panama on ...

Hilliker shoots 79 at Blueberry Hill GC

RUSSELL, Pa. — The Wednesday Travel League played the always challenging Blueberry Hill Golf Course. Josh Hilliker won with the low round of 79 and became the third golfer in league history to reach 70 career tour victories. Ed Tofil, the all-time leader with 118 wins, finished second with 82. Robert Calph, second-most with 76 wins, finished third with 83. Hilliker led the front nine with 38. Hilliker and 13-year-old amateur Carter Crabtree led the back nine with 41s. Dave Franklin was the B Flight champion. In the C Flight, Joe Majka won after a tiebreaker with Mick Dunning Sr. ...