SANBORN — Last year, Niagara Wheatfield came close to ending a seven-year playoff drought.
All that separated it and a trip to Health Sciences/BASC/Charter in the first round of the Section VI Class A playoffs was a point-differential tiebreaker.
Unfortunately for Niagara Wheatfield, it lost the three-way tiebreaker and Kenmore West made the playoffs. Now, the team knows it has a chance to end the drought and get back to the postseason.
Last year, Niagara Wheatfield went 2-7 overall — 2-4 in league play — while being outscored 157-127. The team's season came to an end with a 28-21 loss to North Tonawanda in the first round of the Chuck Funke Bowl tournament.
"Well, expectations are we fell short again," Niagara Wheatfield head coach Erik O'Bryan said. "We lost a tiebreaker last year and want to go to the playoffs. It's been a long time in Niagara Wheatfield."

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CHICAGO (AP) — Four more belugas have arrived at a Chicago aquarium as part of a plan to move Canada's last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park to aquariums in the United States and Spain.
The four whales, named Caspian, Peekachu, Rain and Secord, were the second group of belugas sent to Chicago's Shedd Aquarium from Marineland, in Ontario near Niagara Falls, after an initial four arrived in July.
They are among a total of 30 whales and four dolphins that will be transported from Marineland after the Canadian government approved of the rescue plan, which might have saved them from mass euthanasia.
Marineland announced in early 2023 that it was for sale and closed to the public in late summer 2024. Twenty whales — 19 belugas and one killer whale — have died at Marineland since 2019, according to provincial government data obtained through freedom-of-information laws and official statements.
As part of the rescue efforts, the whales have been making their international trips in custom-built slings and temperature-controlled transport containers. A team of experts flew to Canada to meet the whales' previous caretakers months prior and pored over years of their health records in preparation for the trip.

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When Matt Barr was drafted by the Minnesota Twins on June 14, 2025, he had 10 days off before signing.
He spent that time working out at SUNY Niagara throwing to his best friend and former Thunderwolves teammate Dalton Harper and with coach Matt Clingersmith before heading to Minnesota's rookie level team in Fort Myers, Florida.
Once he was signed, it took a while for him to play in his first professional game thanks to the Florida Complex League season ending shortly after the draft and then a stress fracture in his right arm suffered during spring training, delaying his debut until May 25.
It was a one inning performance where he gave up one run against the FCL Pirates. Since then he has worked hard to pitch well and now has been called up to the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels, the Twins low-A level team.
Through two starts with the Mighty Mussels, Barr has a 6.75 ERA with seven strikeouts and three walks. After a shaky first start at the A-level in which he gave up five runs in 2 and 2/3 innings, Barr responded by going four innings of shutout baseball while giving up three hits and striking out five hitters Friday.

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Relocations for the first of dozens of beluga whales that remained at the now-shuttered Marineland Canada have begun, according to the aquariums **** isting in the rescue.
Marineland Canada, located in Niagara Falls, Ontario, closed in September 2024 in the wake of controversy and allegations of animal abuse, CBC reported. Thirty beluga whales remained at the facility -- their care funded by donations. But once those donations ran out, their caretakers worried that euthanasia might be imminent -- asking the Canadian government in October 2025 for funds to feed the marine mammals.
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On Monday, six of the beluga whales began their journey to their new home, according to several **** ociation of Zoos & Aquariums-accredited aquariums that are collaborating in the rescue.
Veterinarians **** sed the belugas' fitness for travel before they were loaded into specialized cold-water containers and transported by truck and plane, the aquariums said. The belugas, ranging in age from 6 to about 40, have been receiving "top-notch care" and are all in great condition, Eric Otjen, vice president of zoological operations at SeaWorld San Diego, told ABC News.

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Howard Clendenin’s last national senior amateur victory could hardly have been farther from where he is this week – leading the Golfweek Pacific Northwest Senior. Geographically, Clendenin is thousands of miles from Lewiston, New York, where he won the 2025 Senior Porter Cup at Niagara Falls Country Club. Regardless of the course or the place, the Ohio native is in familiar territory at the top of a leaderboard,
Clendenin leads the Senior division at Wine Valley Golf Club in Walla Walla, Washington, after opening the Golfweek event with a 5-under 67 on Monday. Clendenin’s card was nearly flawless: He only bogeyed the par-4 ninth to go along with six birdies.
Earlier this month, Clendenin finished 12th at the National Senior Amateur Hall of Fame and before that, he won the Northeast Ohio Senior Amateur.
In addition to claiming the Senior Porter Cup ****** le in 2025, Clendenin also won the North & South Senior Championship and the Northeast Ohio Senior Amateur. He was third in the Sunnehanna Senior Amateur and, notably, finished in the top 15 in the Ohio Mid-Amateur as well.
The top of the leaderboard in Walla Walla is full of seasoned players. Jack Larkin of Atlanta is one shot behind Clendenin after posting a 68 in the opening round. His lone bogey also came at the ninth.