Fredonia Middle School lists honor roll

Fredonia Middle School has announced its honor and merit rolls for the first marking period. Eighth Grade Honor Roll - Colin Abbey, Mason Alguire, Lola Anderson, Benjamin Brautigam, Emelia Domenico, Casey Doolittle, Madelyn Ferguson, Kaiden Goff, Louis Gugino, Aaron Hartung, Ila Hawk, Jack Hazelton, McKella Hodkin, Sophia Hunt, Megan Ivory, Nathan Kelly, Nathan Krakowiak, Peyton [...]

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Fredonia/Forestville/Silver Creek girls pin Sweet Home wrestling 33-20

FREDONIA - Pins from McKella Hodkin, Bryleigh Wicks and Kimberly Bauer propelled the Fredonia/Forestville/Silver Creek girls wrestling team past Sweet Home 33-20 on Thursday evening. Hodkin defeated Kendra Carter in 0:48 at 145 pounds, Wicks pinned Tali Perry in 0:35 at 185 and Bauer picked up her win over Angel Gonzalez in 1:58 at 235.

Bugaj, Waterman, Wronski lead Steelers to victory

The Dunkirk/Fredonia Steelers varsity hockey team added its second tally in the win column on Saturday evening, outlasting visiting Orchard Park 7-5 in the WNYHSCHL White Division. The Steelers opened the scoring in the first period when Emmett Williams assisted Brayden Bugaj at the 15:14 mark to take the early 1-0 lead.

Hillbillies take down Dunkirk wrestling 64-6

FREDONIA - Powered behind five pins the Fredonia/Silver Creek/Forestville boys wrestling team defeated Dunkirk 64-6 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 action on Tuesday. Recording pins for the Hillbillies (2-0) are Mayson Simmons at 116 pounds, Julian Ocasio at 131, Cameron Ingram at 152, Gillian Capitano at 215 and Curtis Vanmeer at 285.

Fredonia boys take down Falconer in OT

FREDONIA - Good teams win games even when they don't play their best. By that notion, Fredonia might be pretty good this season. The Hillbillies improved to 3-0 on the young season while picking up the team's first league win of the year against the Falconer Golden Falcons, 58-55 in overtime, in a Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic [...]

Record swims from Krenzer

AMHERST - Trenton Krenzer turned in quite a performance at a triangular swim meet at Sweet Home High School on Friday. Representing the Dunkirk/Forestville/Fredonia team, Krenzer broke the Dunkirk record (set in February 2024) as well as the Fredonia mark (set in 1979) in the 200-yard individual medley, posting a time of 2 minutes, 6.16 [...]

C South's best

Salamanca's perfect run through the Section VI Class C South league has garnered the Warriors plenty of postseason awards. Senior quarterback Maddox Isaac was named the league's Offensive Player of the Year, while seniors Zachary Trietley and Cory Holleran were named co-Defensive Players of the Year.

Hillbillies pin Southwestern in CCAA D1

FREDONIA - Fredonia/Silver Creek/Forestville used four pins and took advantage of three forfeits to beat Southwestern 52-15 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 wrestling Tuesday at Fredonia High School Issiah Ruiz (131 pounds), Cannon LeGrano (145 pounds), Gillian Capitano (215 pounds), Rocco Muscarella (108 pounds) all had pins for the hosts.

Fredonia boys bowling sweeps Dunkirk, girls edge Marauders 3-1

FREDONIA - Ryan Kelly's 198-212-558 and Daniel Cook's 175-220-550 led Fredonia to a 4-0 sweep of Dunkirk in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 boys bowling at Lucky Lanes on Wednesday. Luka Paoletta added a 189-518 for the Hillbillies (11-1), who had a team linescore of 776-887-834-2,497.

Cooking buckets

OBSERVER Staff Reports FREDONIA - The Fredonia boys basketball team hosted Buffalo Culinary for its first home game, but it was the Hillbillies who were cooking as they rolled to a 94-30 nonleague victory on Monday evening. Colin Luce paced Fredonia with 20 points and six rebounds, Ashton Putney hit four triples to score 18 [...]

Ruiz goes undefeated for 'Billies at St. Francis Duals

HAMBURG - The Fredonia/Silver Creek/Forestville wrestling team put itself to the test this past weekend making the trip to the VinLouie's St. Francis Duals, going 2-6 as a team, but with some strong individual performances. Issiah Ruiz shined brightest for the Hillbillies going 8-0 in the 131-pound bracket posting six pins, Rocco Muscarella went 7-1 [...]

Culinary arts students help at Empty Bowls

The Culinary Arts program at the LoGuidice Educational Center once again helped to fill some Empty Bowls. Under the guidance of Chef David Caccamise, students made about 650 chocolate chip cookies that were delivered ahead of a recent fundraiser at Wheelock Early Childhood Center in Fredonia.

Fredonia school board welcomes student members

After a successful first year with a student representative on the Fredonia Board of Education last school year, the District is adding to the new tradition this year with a pair of new faces. Anne Creeley was appointed as the primary student representative for the Fredonia Board of Education at its most recent meeting.

Fredonia adds teacher, grants tenure

A former Fredonia teacher stepped up to fill a temporary vacancy as the District's Business Teacher, but the District has now found its long-term solution. At a recent meeting, the Fredonia Board of Education approved the appointment of Colleen Schroeck to a probationary teaching position as a Business Teacher, commencing Dec.

Fredonia nixes music, sports plans

The voters have spoken. The Fredonia Central School District's capital project three-part proposal was too much for the community to stomach. The voters approved the first proposition - pertaining to maintenance needs of the district - 980-768. When it came to the music and athletic department needs, however, the community balked at the cost.

Fredonia postpones capital project vote

Due to current weather conditions and the forecast for the remainder of the day, the Fredonia Central School District is closed on Thursday, Dec. 12. All after-school and evening events are postponed, including the District's Capital Project vote. The vote is postponed until Friday, Dec. 13 from 2-9 p.m.

'Our turn' for improvements: Fredonia votes Thursday on capital project

The Fredonia Central School District is doing its best to convince District residents to come out and vote on Thursday regarding its proposed capital project. The District premiered an eight-minute video at its latest Board of Education meeting, featuring statements from several members of the District, including Superintendent Dr. Brad Zilliox, Business Administrator John Forbes, [...]