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Whitney wins Blue Division at Alden Stampede

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ALDEN — Savannah Whitney had herself a day at the 40th Alden Bulldogs Cross Country Stampede on Saturday at Alden High School. Representing Clymer/Sherman/Panama, the eighth-grader captured the Blue Girls Division 5,000-meter crown with a time of 18 minutes, 42.39 seconds to post an easy win over second-place Reiley Pierce of East Aurora (19:06.14). Lily Elliss of Maple Grove was the other area girl to finish in the top 10, posting a time of 20:00.68. The Red Dragons finished fifth as a team with 139 points. East Aurora was first with 49. The other local girl in the top 25 in the ...

High school schedule

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TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE Boys High School Soccer Salamanca at Dunkirk, 5 p.m. Silver Creek/Forestville at Holland, 5:30 p.m. Maple Grove vs. Cassadaga Valley/Falconer at Falconer, 7 p.m. Girls High School Soccer Dunkirk at Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 4:30 p.m. Eden vs. Silver Creek/Forestville at Silver Creek, 4:30 p.m. Westfield/Brocton at Salamanca, 5 p.m. Fredonia vs. Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove at Falconer, 5 p.m. Jamestown at Portville, 5:30 p.m. Southwestern at Olean, 6 p.m. High School Volleyball Olean at Jamestown, 6:30 p.m. Dunkirk at Portville, ...

Randolph boys soccer rolls Olean

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OLEAN — Ayden Eccles scored twice as Randolph topped Olean 4-1 in nonleague boys soccer action on Friday. Isaac Pihlblad scored once and added an assist for Randolph (8-5-2), Grady Steward provided one goal and Gavin Senn, Preston Eccles and Tanner Patterson had one assist each. Randy Nottingham made five saves in net to secure the win. Olean (3-8-2) received a goal from Connor Hogle. RED & GREEN EDGE BEARS FREWSBURG — Jamestown got past Frewsburg with a 3-2 nonleague win. The Red & Green improved to 9-6-0 overall with the victory. Frewsburg (3-10-0) was led by goals ...

Remembering Mike Ditka, the man who defined football

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following was written by Ellicottville, New York native Tyler Dunne, the founder of Go Long, a newsletter publication dedicated to longform pro football journalism. With the passing Friday of Chicago Bears icon Mike Ditka at 86, Dunne granted permission to the OBSERVER ...

Wrestling officials classes are next week

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Anyone interested in becoming a certified wrestling official, can begin that process next week. The first meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday in the wrestling room at Jamestown Community College. For more information, contact Lou at 716-499-1865.

Learning the language of a trout stream

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There is a particular kind of magic in learning to fly fish. It has something to do with the way a fly line unfolds across the water. With the quiet concentration of watching a stream. With learning to tie a tiny collection of feathers and thread into something that, if you do it just right, ...