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Lake baseball rallies past Wolfpack 10-9

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MAYVILLE — Michael Jauss hit an RBI single to score Clayton Smith with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning as Chautauqua Lake rallied past Clymer/Sherman/Panama for a 10-9 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 2 baseball win Friday. The Wolfpack (2-5, 2-2) led 9-6 entering the bottom of the seventh inning before the Eagles (5-2, 3-2) pushed across four runs — all with two outs. Ryker Ellis doubled with two outs and scored on an error when Devin Hewes hit a flyball to right field. After Logan Fuller walked and both runners moved up a base, Smith hit a ...

Fredonia bests Southwestern 13-6

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WEST ELLICOTT — Naomi Muck had four of Fredonia’s 17 hits in a 13-6 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 softball win over Southwestern on Friday. The Hillbillies scored in their first five trips to the plate and led 12-1 after the top of the fifth inning, but the ...

Gornikiewicz leads Wed. Travel League

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WARREN, Pa. — Adam Gornikiewicz shot the low round of 77 at Jackson Valley Golf Course, earning his second career Wednesday Travel League victory and first since 2018. Josh Hilliker was second with 79 and Ed Tofil was third with 81. Gornikiewicz and Hilliker led the front nine with 38s and Gornikiewicz led the back nine with 39. In the B Flight, Mike Willoughby was the winner after a tiebreaker with Phil Hopkins and Tom Destro. The low round by a senior was recorded by Tony Destro. The winner of the Bruce “Java” Chrabasz Commissioner’s Award was Tim Walawender. United ...

Hoffman is medalist for ‘Billies

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BUSTI — Sydnee Hoffman fired the low round of 45 for Fredonia to earn medalist honors in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association girls golf action at South Hills Country Club on Friday. With matching scores of 27.5, Fredonia won the tiebreaker of total score, besting Southwestern with a team total of 285 to 292. Southwestern (2-2, 2-2) provided the second- and third-best scores behind Hoffman with Elise Kartesz firing 52 and Reagan Stutzman shooting 56, while Ellie Rounds and Fredonia’s (2-0, 2-0) Gianna Novelli both shot 58. Fredonia: Sydnee Hoffman 45, Gianna Novelli 58, ...

Getting over

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DUNKIRK — Nathan Mays put on quite a show at the Dunkirk Invitational on Friday night. The Silver Creek/Forestville senior won the boys long jump at 22 feet, 3.25 inches and also took first in the high jump at 6 feet, while taking third in the 110-meter hurdles. Southwestern’s ...

Erie County debates youth hunting law

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Thank goodness that Chautauqua County does not have this problem, but our 12- and 13-year-olds neighbor kids in nearby Erie County are banned from hunting deer with a firearm even though they are under the direct supervision of a certified, licensed adult mentor. Some say this is ...