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OBSERVER File Photo Westfield’s Carson Swanson returns for his final season as the reigning OBSERVER/Post-Journal Player of the Year.The 2024-25 high school basketball seasons begin...

Submitted Photo <!-- SHOW ARTICLE --> The City of Dunkirk Men’s Flag Football League concluded Nov. 24 after the Predators (Buffalo) beat Elevation 28-0 in...

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) and head coach Sean McDermott make snow angels on the field while being interviewed after Sunday’s game against...

OBSERVER Photo by Tim Frank Salamanca’s Evan Spruce Jr. (78) celebrates and teammate Warrick Kyler (60) signals Warriors possession after Spruce recovered a fumble during...

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson (3) prepares to pass to tight end Pat Freiermuth (not shown) for a touchdown during the second half of...

AP Photo Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) dives for the end zone to score against the San Francisco 49ers during the second half in...

OBSERVER Photo by Tim Frank Clymer/Sherman/Panama’s Bryce Hinsdale (1) looks for running room after making his New York State Public High School Athletic Association...

One of the very first baseball games I ever umpired was played under protest.It was the summer of 1967 and at 16, I had...

Photo by Ryan McChesney During a deer drive last weekend, Brock Windoft of Lakewood downed a magnificent 10-point monster buck that might have been...

OBSERVER File Photo Fredonia/Westfield sophomore Trenton Krenzer was named a Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Large School First-Team All-Star. Maple Grove junior Ethan Verbosky has gotten used...

<!-- SHOW ARTICLE --> Submitted Photo Adam McInerney is pictured with a nice steelhead taken at Cattaraugus Creek using a center-pin rug with a “jig bug”...