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Medina baseball team rallies back to state semifinals

02-06-2024 17:19 via wivb.com

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Medina Mustangs are galloping back to the NYSPHSAA baseball semifinals.Medina (20-1) scored seven runs in the sixth inning to come back and beat Wellsville 8-3 in a the Class B Far West Regional playoff game on Saturday at Grand Island.Taking on Spackenhill from Section IX at 1 p.m. Friday in Endicott, this will be the Mustangs third time playing in the state semifinals, having previously went in 2003 and 2019. They have not reached the state championship game before.

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$2 million in damages from fire at Grand Island daycare facility

02-06-2024 15:09 via wivb.com

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — There were an estimated $2 million in damages following a fire at a Grand Island daycare facility on Saturday, the Grand Island Fire Company said Sunday.Crews responded to KinderKiddz daycare facility, located at 2710 Grand Island Boulevard, just after 12:45 p.m. Saturday, where "heavy heat" and smoke were found within the building.Photo: Grand Island Fire Company
Crews were fighting the blaze for over two hours and the fire was out by 3:15 p.m. There were no listed

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Clarence softball going back to states

02-06-2024 01:41 via wivb.com

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Clarence softball advanced to the Class AA NYSPHSAA semifinals with an extra inning 5-3 win against Section V's Webster Schroeder on Saturday afternoon.Clarence struck first with three runs in the third inning to take a 3-0 lead before Webster Schroeder answered in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game.In the top of the ninth inning, Ella Zobel hit a two-our home run to advance the Red Devils to the state semifinals for the second year in a row. They will face Sect

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Clarence softball advances to state final four with quarterfinal win

02-06-2024 01:41 via wivb.com

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Clarence softball advanced to the Class AA state final four with an extra inning 5-3 win against Section V's Webster Schroeder on Saturday afternoon.Clarence struck first with three runs in the third inning to take a 3-0 lead before Webster Schroeder answered in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game.In the top of the ninth inning, Ella Zobel hit a two-our home run to advance the Red Devils to the NYSPHSAA semifinals for the second year in a row. They will face Sect

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Niagara's record-setting baseball season ends in NCAA regional

02-06-2024 00:19 via wivb.com

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An historic run for Niagara University's baseball team came to its conclusion Saturday in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where the Purple Eagles staked an early lead and hung tough with the Nebraska Cornhuskers before getting eliminated from the NCAA baseball regional.Niagara opened an early lead and stayed ahead until the fifth inning of its 7-5 loss to Nebraska, following Friday night's 19-7 defeat against No. 11 Oklahoma State, the regional host."I'm proud of our guys," Niagara

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