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Fredonia sweeps Gators in baseball Friday

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ALLEGANY — Playing as the home team in Game 1, and down 3-1 in the fourth inning, Fredonia (4-0, 2-0) rallied to take a lead it would not relinquish in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 baseball against Allegany-Limestone on Friday. Hillbillies starting pitcher Matt Cowan came up with the bases loaded and two outs. He delivered a game-tying, two-run single. He then stole second base to put two runners in scoring position for Brady Crawford — who promptly gave the Hillbillies the lead with a two-run single of his own. Fredonia then put the game away with an ...

Youth trap

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With some teams still finishing up in the Central Conference, team rankings are still pending. The West Conference is in full steam with weather cancelling Cassadaga Valley and Maple Grove. No perfect scores were reported in this week’s round of matches. West Conference Cassadaga Valley: Cancelled due to weather Frewsburg 140:Wyatt Lundgren 20, Edwin Clover 20, Andrew Peterson 20, Liam Parmenter 17, Alex Hasson 17, Tyler Clover 17, Owen Skeates 15, CJ Cobb 14. Maple Grove: Cancelled due to weather Panama 167: Elijiah Morton 24, Ethyn Moore 23, Brandan Hirsch 21, Arick ...

Spring awakening: Be ‘bear-wise’ in WNY

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As winter loosens its grip across Western New York, a quieter kind of seasonal shift has started deep in the forests of Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties. Black bears, after months of hibernation, are waking up. Groggy but driven, they emerge into the early days of spring with ...

Falconer posts win over Gowanda; Rhinehart, Kota reach milestones

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GOWANDA — Emily Rhinehart pitched and batted Falconer to a 9-4 victory over Gowanda in a nonleague softball game Saturday. In the circle, the senior allowed four hits, struck out nine, including the 300th of her career, and walked two in 3.1 innings. Offensively, she collected three hits, ...

Fredonia runs flag football record to 6-0

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FREDONIA — Sophia Utegg continued to shine for the undefeated Fredonia flag football team Saturday. The sophomore quarterback completed 9 of 15 passes for 200 yards and four touchdowns, rushed for 48 yards on four carries and added three conversion passes to spark the Hillbillies to a ...

Dunkirk turns the tables on Trojans

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Anthony Piede’s single in the bottom of the seventh inning scored Ariez Cheverez with the winning run as Dunkirk edged Southwestern 1-0 in walk-off fashion in a Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 baseball game Saturday. Piede’s heroics made a winner of Marauders’ pitcher Anthony Cosme, who allowed just two hits, struck out nine and walked two in his complete-game effort. Josh Lemanski and Alex Biscaro had the other hits off Trojans’ losing pitcher Lucas Genareo, who struck out 16 and walked five. Oscar Harris had a double and Michael Rambacher added ...