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Pair of Pioneers earn PGCBL weekly honors

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NEW HARTFORD — As the calendar flips to July, the temperatures are heating up and so is the play on the field. These four players in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League stood out for their top performances and earned Player and Pitcher of the Week Awards for Week 5 of the 2026 season. These awards take into account the stats for games played between June 29 and July 5. WEST DIVISION The Elmira Pioneers swept this week's awards with two standout performers. Pitcher of the Week Brenden Hayes (Barry University) went 2-0 in two starts this past week. In 12 innings, he allowed ...

Still perfect

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FREDONIA — Fredonia improved to 3-0 with a 12-4 win over Dunkirk in the District 38 10-12 Little League Area A tournament on Wednesday. A three-run first inning and a six-run third inning gave Fredonia a 9-1 lead. Tristan Darr led Fredonia with a double, a triple, three RBIs and two ...

Area residents shine at Empire State Senior Games

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CORTLAND — Five area residents competed in track & field events at the Empire State Senior Games at SUNY Cortland last month. Suffice it to say, they made Chautauqua County proud. Leading the way was Kay Gould of Blockville. Competing in the 80-84 women’s division, Gould placed first in six events — the 50 meters (12.42), the 5,280-yard race walk (14:18.80), 100 meters (26.94), shot put (7.56 meters), discus (16.93 meters) and javelin (13.57 meters). The area men who traveled to Cortland were Mike Sayers of Lakewood, Dennis Furlow of Blockville, Norman Chambliss of Dunkirk ...

Hole-in-one

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Submitted Photo FREDONIA — Rich Glowniak Jr. made a hole-in-one at the 105-yard fifth hole during league play last Thursday at the Vineyards Golf Course. The shot was witnessed by Josh Ganey, Nick Wiser and John Gotowka.

Basketball Camp of the Southern Tier honors champions

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PANAMA — The Basketball Camp of the Southern Tier at Panama Central School recently honored several competition champions on the final day of camp. More than 80 girls entering grade 4-9 attended this year's camp. The camp was run for the fourth year by Panama varsity girls basketball ...

Fredonia suffers heartbreaking loss

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ST. JAMES — Fredonia was one strike away from improving to 2-0 at the New York State Little League Softball Tournament on Wednesday evening. Now the District 38 champions are a loss away from being eliminated. Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Stony Point strung together back-to-back walks before Francesca Richards hit a walk-off, two-run double to send the District 18 champions to a 3-2 victory and a 2-0 record in the winner’s bracket. Fredonia, which beat Tri-County 11-0 in its opening game Tuesday, fell to 1-1. Fredonia, which managed just one hit in the ...