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In support of Christy

Area residents may have seen or heard the phrase, “Her fight is our fight, Christy Strong,” around town recently and have been curious about it. Well, that is the phrase that Christy Taylor’s family and friends are using to bring awareness and support to Christy’s ongoing battle with ...

Nelson shines at Pan-American Masters Games

CLEVELAND — Kimio Nelson, owner and head instructor of FTMA Karate, recently competed at the Pan-American Masters Games. Nelson won two medals at the Karate competition; a gold in Weapons and a bronze in forms. The Olympic-style Games were held July 12-21 and was hosted by the International ...

JCC student-athletes shine in classroom

Jamestown Community College student-athletes have made names for themselves outside of their sports endeavors. First, 33 Jayhawks have been named to the National Junior College Athletic Association All-Academic Teams. The teams are broken down into First, Second and Third teams, with the ...

Golf scramble

The Larry Himes Memorial Golf Scramble was initiated by his family and friends last year as a venue to honor his life and his love of sports. Himes excelled at playing football, basketball and baseball throughout his youth. He played football for two years at Bloomsburg University. He then ...

Golf leagues

RUSSELL — Bill Petransky had the low gross score of 36 in the Cable Hollow Senior League, while Glenn Eck shot a 26 for the low net score. The most points were by Bob Orbanic and Al Schumann with 7.5, while the season points leader is Mark Kestler with 60. Doug Wheeler and Greg Grimm both ...

First setback

PITTSBURGH — Rookie Paul Skenes lost for the first time in 12 career major league starts, giving up Alec Burleson’s tiebreaking single in the ninth inning that lifted the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Tuesday night. Pitching for the first time since starting for ...