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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 ...

Golf leagues

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FREDONIA — The foursome of George and Pam Allessi and Pete and Amada Krakowiak were no match for the high temperatures as they scorched the front nine of the Vineyards Golf Course with a 6-under-par 30 in the Friday Night Couples League. Pete Krakowiak drained putts of 10 and 20 feet to help the foursome stand alone in first place. AJ and Laura Burnside along with their partners, Joe and Antionett Charletta carded a 33 to tie for second place with the foursome of Barry and Cathe Kilpatrick and Jeff and Tara Nelson. Shooting an even round of golf and tying for third place were ...

Walleye playbook: Stickbaits 101

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Fishing with artificial lures can humble even the most experienced angler. Whether you're trolling the vast waters of Lake Erie or casting along the weed edges of Chautauqua Lake, one thing is certain: both are world-class trophy fisheries, and both will quickly remind you that fish don't ...