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Walleye season kicks off on Lake Erie

The long wait is nearly over for walleye anglers, as the Lake Erie season officially opens Friday. In the Eastern Basin, this early stretch is widely considered some of the most exciting fishing of the entire year. The reason? Cold water, spawning behavior, aggressive fish, minimum angler ...

Jamestown trio earn Class AAA all-state selections

Three seniors from the Jamestown boys basketball team have joined a rare program fraternity, courtesy of the New York State Sportswriters Association. In a link on its website Wednesday, the NYSSWA announced that Dominic Gonzalez, Elijah Farmer and Gavin Johnson have received Class AAA all-state recognition, marking only the second time that a trio of Red & Green players have been so honored in the same season. The others? Tyrone Beaman, Mark Prechtl and Mike McElrath, who led Jamestown to a Section VI championship in 1980. Forty-six years later, Gonzalez (fourth team), Farmer ...

Fredonia boys win CCAA golf title on Lake Course

CHAUTAUQUA — Despite cold, windy, rainy conditions, some pretty important high school golf was played Wednesday. Fredonia and Randolph squared off in the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association boys team championship on Chautauqua Golf Club’s Lake Course to determine the league’s representative in the Section VI championships. Randolph’s Matt Beaver earned medalist honors, but the Hillbillies earned the title 152-161 to compete for the sectional crown Monday, May 11 at Shelridge Country Club in Medina. Braden Truby led Fredonia with a 36, followed by Jordan Kelly (38), ...

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K’Vion Tell became the all-time leading scorer for Dunkirk boys basketball in his junior season as he scored the sixth-most points in Section VI with 542, leading the Marauders to the Class A1 quarterfinals with a 17-4 record. Tell’s impressive season was noticed by the New York ...

Ryan Kelly earns medalist with 34 at Shorewood CC

DUNKIRK — Ryan Kelly went 2-under on the par 36 course at Shorewood Country Club to earn the medalist in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 boys golf action on Tuesday. Fredonia posted two perfect matches with 40-15 victories over both Dunkirk and Falconer with Jordan Kelly just behind his brother at 37 and Braiden Truby with 38 for the Hillbillies (8-0, 4-0). Falconer bested Dunkirk 32-23 with Kale Livengood pacing the Golden Falcons (1-5, 0-4) at 43 and Karter Keppel led Dunkirk (1-7, 1-1) with a 52. Fredonia: Ryan Kelly 34, Jordan Kelly 37, Braiden Truby ...

Gowanda baseball rolls past Portville

PORTVILLE — Kyan Austin hit 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs and scored twice to lead Gowanda past Portville 10-2 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 3 baseball action on Tuesday. Jayden Fish added another two hits and an RBI for Gowanda (8-2, 8-0), while Carter Capozzi secured the win on the mound with eight strikeouts and just one earned run on seven hits and one walk. Parker Keim hit 2 for 4 for Portville (3-6, 2-6). BULLDOGS PULL AWAY FREWSBURG — Brocton/Cassadaga Valley tacked on three insurance runs to secure a comfortable 8-3 Division 2 win over Frewsburg. ...