Baseball

SALAMANCA — How’s this for opening up your inaugural tournament on a new turf field in grand fashion? Lucas McKenna fashioned a no-hitter in his first...

The brand-new baseball turf at Veterans Memorial Park is about to see a busy week’s worth of action. The Salamanca baseball team has planned an inaugu...

BUFFALO — Given the chance to celebrate Jackie Robinson through the weekend, and not just one day, the Toronto Blue Jays didn’t hesitate. Following Fr...

SALAMANCA — Salamanca Little League canceled its official season weeks ago, but after receiving approval to use city fields, is exploring possible ret...

While the Class of 2020 missed out on a spring high school sports season, Salamanca High School was still able to present its annual senior athletic a...

The traditional Senior Night, like so many other signifiers of a high school sports season, never came for Salamanca’s spring teams. But the Warriors’...

If Mike Smith’s plan works out, senior baseball players from four area schools will still get a chance to play for their schools, albeit a bit later t...

Robert Sawicki Jr. learned how to deal with disappointment before his college baseball career began. Graduating from Ellicottville High School in 2016...

This was supposed to be the week the Salamanca baseball team showed how far it has come. The Warriors entered the spring with hope following a three-w...

Schools in Cattaraugus County planned to play 408 varsity, junior varsity or modified baseball or softball games this spring. Each of those games requ...

Monday began a period without high school sports, as schools around the Southern Tier joined the many around the country shut down in an attempt to st...

SALAMANCA — In the coming weeks, the Salamanca City Central School District expects to break ground at Veterans Memorial Park as part of its ongoing c...

CATTARAUGUS — Looking out over the assembled crowd in the seats at Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School’s theater Wednesday night, you could see a...

PORTVILLE — This was a matchup Mike Matz hoped to avoid. Even though the Portville baseball team had beaten Salamanca twice this season in CCAA East I...

CATTARAUGUS — With one of the longest-tenured baseball coaches in the state, Cattaraugus-Little Valley nonetheless is defined by its youth this season...

CURRITUCK, N.C. — Into the fifth inning, the first game of Salamanca’s spring varsity baseball trip looked impressive for the Warriors. The Warriors o...

With more time together on the varsity stage, the veterans on the Cattaraugus-Little Valley softball team has more experience, higher batting averages...

SALAMANCA — On a cold early April afternoon, Joseph Long and Brandon Murray, two Portville pitchers making their debuts, never let Salamanca’s bats he...