Sports

A new league, a condensed season and all the complications of COVID-19 protocols should make 2021 a challenging campaign for the Salamanca boys basket...

The week began with optimism for Western New York wrestling teams, then fear. Now, again, they wait. After getting the go-ahead from the state governm...

The Cattaraugus County Health Department is working with school districts to proceed with high- and moderate-risk sports next week. Gov. Andrew Cuomo ...

Game on? Athletes, coaches and parents holding out hope for a high school season in sports such as basketball and wrestling at last received some enco...

SALAMANCA — Mike Smith calls him his “partner in crime.” As Smith aims to revitalize Salamanca’s varsity baseball program, assistant coach JC McAuley ...

If you want to know how far the Buffalo Bills have come in quarterback Josh Allen’s third professional seasons, consider the last time they faced Phil...

As the winter season finally nears for some Section 6 sports — but notably not for basketball, wrestling and hockey — a group of parents based in West...

Drink it in, Bills fans. You’ve certainly earned it. How does it feel to finally be the team others are gunning for? After so many years under the boo...

A chronological look at the Press’ top sports stories of 2020: a year of stops, starts, achievements and losses: JANUARY Haskell sets WNY girls scorin...

The Ellicottville boys and girls soccer teams had two individuals each who earned Big 30 All-Star recognition, as the Olean Times Herald announced its...

It started with a social media post and a costume, the spitting image of Randy Quaid’s “Cousin Eddie” from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. But ...

A few years ago, the Salamanca High School baseball program might not have made much use of a new, state-of-the art facility. The Warriors’ baseball t...

Finding himself on the job market in a competitive field, Tyler Dunne did what he might have done under center at Ellicottville Central School decades...

After an undefeated regular season, including a league championship, the Ellicottville girls soccer team had a league-high four first-team CCAA East a...

The Ellicottville boys soccer team’s leading scorer, Bryce Butler, earned the top honor in CCAA East postseason awards announced last week, winning pl...

Since April, the Salamanca boys basketball team has done all it can remotely to prepare for this winter. Coach Adam Bennett started holding Zoom meeti...

PORTVILLE — Judging by its ferocious start Monday night, the Portville girls soccer team appeared ready and eager to open the playoffs. Just 12 minute...

Football gave Chuck Crist his fame, but according to followers of his athletic career, it could have been any number of sports. Fred Saradin, three ye...