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Warren volleyball topples Erie

ERIE, Pa. – Warren volleyball finished its season-opening road trip with a 25-8, 25-23 and 25-14 win at Erie Tuesday. It was the first dual match win of the season for the Dragons. “It was a nice team effort in the win,” Warren coach Mike Dolan said. “We passed pretty well and gave ourselves a lot of attack opportunities.” The Dragons (1-2) had three blocks and 40 digs on the night. “They played some inspired defense at times,” Dolan said. “That gave us the opportunity to work our offense, which is something we’ll have to keep improving as the season goes ...

Sheffield drops opener to Johnsonburg

An often-used cliche in sports following a loss is, “we beat ourselves.” That was literally true for the Sheffield volleyball team in a 3-0 loss to visiting Johnsonburg Tuesday. Of the 75 points the Lady Rams needed to beat the Lady Wolverines, 37 came in the form of unforced errors. ...

Wolverines nearly pull off victory

Sheffield nearly had its first win since 2016, but the Wolverines will have to wait another week after a heartbreaking 20-14 loss to Union/A-C Valley. Walker Kyler threw a pair of first-half touchdown passes – one each to Mirahn Price and Jihad Bennett. Bennett’s touchdown was electric, as he made several moves along the way. The Falcon-Knights (1-1) , who have found success with their co-op, were down 14-8 at halftime but tied the game at 14 by the end of the third quarter. Then, midway through the fourth quarter, Luke Bowser found Tony Thompson with a 3-yard touchdown pass ...

‘Serving’ the community: Lemay is a coach on the go

The evaluations, it seems, never end. Even on an off day, and right after that evening’s practice, eval reports were coming in. This time, it was over the phone. Such is the life of a home health care physical therapist, a high school volleyball coach and, in this case, both. But ...

Hubbers blank Wolverines

It’s amazing how quickly things can turn in a football game. The Sheffield Wolverines learned that lesson the hard way in their 40-0 season-opening loss at Smethport on Friday night. Sheffield’s opening drive looked like a three-and-out until punter Jihad Bennett ran around the right end to pick up the first down. That drive would stall but the Wolverine defense stepped up to force a fourth down incompletion on the Hubbers first drive of the night. Wolverine quarterback Aujamier Slappy forced a third-down pass that was intercepted by Smethport, which immediately converted a ...

Fall Sports

Times Observer photo by Brian Ferry Warren Area High School’s varsity volleyball team won its first District 10 title last season, advancing all the way to the state championship match. From left, seniors Grace Wortman and Lex Nyquist, and junior Jordan Sitler return as captains for the ...