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Golf leagues RUSSELL — Mike’s Townline leads the Eastern Division with 202.5 points and Townline Auto leads the Western Division with 196 points after Week 11 of the Senior Men’s League at Cable Hollow Golf Course. Litehouse Auto is second in the Eastern Division with 193.5 points, followed by Maple Place Farms (185.5), Olde Duffers (177.5), Warren Tire (172), Cable Hollow (171) and Huber Paving (170). Cable Hollow 2.0 is second in the Western Division with 195.5 points, followed by Lion’s Gate Wealth (194), Chili’s Dippers (172), Falconer/Frewsburg (166.5), NAPA Auto Parts ...

Tarp Skunks beat Geneva in regular-season finale

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Finishing up a stretch of five games over 11 days and having lost four straight, the Jamestown Tarp Skunks were just looking to get back on track in their final regular-season game Saturday night. While it took a few innings, Tait Johnson and Grant Moore made sure they ...

Loss in extras

PITTSBURGH — Dansby Swanson hit an RBI single and Seiya Suzuki drew a bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning as the Chicago Cubs held on for a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Swanson's single scored automatic runner Ian Happ, who barely beat center fielder Jake Mangum's ...

Northwest Arena to host ‘Sticks in the Middle’

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — McFall Brothers Hockey is presenting the inaugural “Sticks in the Middle” mini tournament at Northwest Arena on Aug. 28-30. Sticks in the Middle is a traditional way hockey players can evenly choose pickup teams to play games during a drop-in or skate-and-shoot ...

The destiny of city deer

Many people in lots of cities have seen what I saw a couple of weeks ago. In the middle of the afternoon, I was driving on one of those old brick streets in Jamestown, New York. Maple Street, two blocks off Foote Avenue and a couple of blocks from the hospital. I had to stop to let a deer ...

Batavia clinches West’s top seed

OLEAN, N.Y. — The Batavia Muckdogs clinched the West Division in convincing fashion while the Jamestown Tarp Skunks struggled to another loss at Bradner Stadium on Friday. Batavia no-hit the Newark Pilots in a 17-0 seven-inning victory at Colburn Park to improve to 28-10-1 with one game ...