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Rain-delayed celebration

BUSTI, N.Y. — Mother Nature attempted to spoil the second half of Stateline Speedway’s 70th-anniversary celebration, but the resulting rain delay only added a layer of historic nostalgia to the evening. Echoing the track’s inaugural 1956 season — when local farmers used tractors to tow ...

Cowboys ready for upcoming Gerry Rodeo

GERRY, N.Y. — Are rodeo cowboys perhaps the world’s greatest athletes? Most people would say “no” as they think of the NBA’s LeBron James and his $125 million per year salary or the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani at $70 million or the Bills’ Josh Allen at $60 million, or any other of the ...

O’Hearn’s birthday grand slam lifts Pirates

PITTSBURGH — Ryan O'Hearn hit a grand slam on his 33rd birthday, and the Pittsburgh Pirates held off the Chicago Cubs 8-7 on Sunday to avoid being swept in the three-game series. The Cubs nearly erased a six-run deficit. Seiya Suzuki hit a two-run home run with one out in the ninth inning ...

Briefs

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 ...