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SECTION VI PLAYOFFS

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FOOTBALL Class AA Quarterfinals Thursday, Oct. 30 Lancaster 20, Niagara Falls 14 Friday, Oct. 31 Jamestown 56, Lockport 0 Saturday, Nov. 1 Orchard Park 42, Hutch Tech 0 Semifinals Friday, Nov. 7 No. 4 Lancaster vs. No. 1 Bennett at All-High Stadium, 7 p.m. No. 3 ...

Golden Cougars repeat as Class B champions

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BUFFALO — When Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove junior Kylie Kress last played Allegany-Limestone earlier this season she was kept off the scoresheet and sustained an injury in a 2-0 league loss. That injury kept her off the field for a couple of weeks and still shows its teeth. ...

Total control

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RANDOLPH — No. 5 Silver Creek/Forestville possessed the ball for nearly 40 minutes of the game en route to a 20-0 victory over No. 4 Randolph in Section VI Class D quarterfinal action Friday at Raymond Van Wie Stadium. Will Duliba completed 8 of 11 passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns ...

Several local runners reach states

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ELMA — Southwestern’s Emma Lewis and Maple Grove’s Ethan Verbosky won Section VI cross country championships, while Maple Grove’s boys and girls, Clymer/Sherman/Panama’s girls and Silver Creek/Dunkirk/Forestville’s girls took home team titles Friday at Elma Meadows Golf Course. ...

Terrible coaches were few and far between in my day

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This month’s local sports history lesson centers on coaches. Terrible ones. There are two particular coaches I had the distinct displeasure of interacting with as sports editor of the EVENING OBSERVER in the 1970s through early 1990s. The first guy was a longtime varsity football coach ...

SECTION VI PLAYOFFS

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FOOTBALL Class AA Quarterfinals Thursday, Oct. 30 Lancaster 20, Niagara Falls 14 Friday, Oct. 31 Jamestown 56, Lockport 0 Saturday, Nov. 1 No. 7 Hutch Tech at No. 2 Orchard Park, 2 p.m. Semifinals Friday, Nov. 7 or Saturday, Nov. 8 No. 4 Lancaster vs. No. 1 Bennett at TBA, ...