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WARREN — For the second straight year, the Riggs Memorial Champions is being played on a Donald Ross-designed course with the area’s best golfers teeing off this Sunday at Conewango Valley Country Club. Similar to Chautauqua Golf Club’s Lake Course, Conewango Valley CC has plenty of ...

Ohtani homers as Dodgers beat Pirates

PITTSBURGH — Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani hit his 13th homer of the season before leaving the game due to left knee inflammation and Los Angeles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-6 on Thursday night. The reigning NL MVP hit a solo homer in the third inning. He also had a single and ...

Perfect seasons

The Kinzua 14U girls recently finished their spring seasons in the NWPA League as well the STTL league. In NWPA play, the girls finished with a perfect 5-0-0. The last game served to be a challenge against the Commodores. A late first-half assist by Josie Elms to Keira Cressley sealed the ...

Batavia jumps on Tarp Skunks early

BATAVIA, N.Y. — The Jamestown Tarp Skunks fell into an 8-0 hole before losing to the Batavia Muckdogs 10-6 in a Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League game Thursday at Dwyer Stadium. Batavia (5-2) scored twice in the third and fourth innings before a four-run fifth inning gave the ...

Riggs Memorial Champions Set For Sunday

WARREN — The reigning club champion golfers from The Post-Journal, OBSERVER and Times Observer coverage area will tee off on Sunday in the 36th Jim Riggs Memorial Champions at Conewango Valley Country Club. The field is made up of last season’s men’s scratch club champions and previous winners of the tournament, which traces its origins to the late Jim Riggs. The Post-Journal sports editor from 1979-2014, Riggs hosted the first event in 1990 and it has been held annually ever since. The field and tee times, as of Wednesday, are: Nolan Swanson (past champion), Dave Johnson ...

Briefs

Golf leagues Rob Ritchie and Terry Ressler combined for 20 points to lead the Stableford League at Jackson Valley Golf Course. Jesse McMichael and Neal Kent tied Tim Watkins and Fred Larson as well as Dale Johnson and Steve Parinella with 16 points. Individually, Johnson scored 12 points while Ritchie, Shane Flannery and Larson scored 10 points apiece. ——— Shults of Warren leads the Tuesday Night League at Jackson Valley Golf Course with 189.5 points, followed by 4-Score (189), Digger’s Misfits (188.5), Mountain Laurel Credit Union (177.5) and Tasta Pizza ...