Football

If you want some evidence of Zach Smith’s value to the Southern Tier Diesel, see how the 2017 team performed without him. Smith couldn’t play in Satur...

CATTARAUGUS — It was hardly the offensive game Paul Haley had in mind before Wednesday afternoon, and one he may not like reviewing on film, but that ...

Even five years into the job of coaching for the division rival New York Jets, Justus Galac still feels something special walking out before kickoff a...

SALAMANCA — Paul Haley can see the improvements from the last time his Salamanca football team played a Maple Grove squad, but moral victories only go...

PORTVILLE — A year ago, Jeremiah Shoup could only watch his Salamanca football teammates from the sidelines every Friday night of his junior season. S...

Something’s got to give Friday night in Portville. Salamanca seeks its first regular season varsity football win since 2014. Portville seeks its first...

RANDOLPH — Brent Brown had one depth chart in mind. Then, he got a text from his superintendent walking off the field Tuesday morning telling him to g...

CATTARAUGUS — In some ways this feels like a year ago to Tim Miller. The Cattaraugus-Little Valley football coach saw a “building” year coming in 2016...

SALAMANCA — Paul Haley remembers a time when sophomores and freshmen almost never saw the field for the Salamanca High School varsity football team. B...

FRANKLINVILLE — There’s no doubting the talent the Franklinville/Ellicottville football team brings back to the skill positions in the backfield and o...

Discussed in the spring, a merger of Randolph and Frewsburg’s high school football programs came to reality Tuesday, a week into practice and less tha...

OLEAN — The Southern Tier Diesel started the day hoping to lock down a No. 2 seed and a home playoff game. The Olean semi-pro football team ended Satu...

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca High School will host a homecoming tailgate party from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 in the high school parking lot on ...

SALAMANCA — Last weekend marked the 15th anniversary of Jim Kelly’s induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Thurman Thomas’ 10th. The backfie...

OLEAN — After the Southern Tier Diesel’s most dramatic win of the season a week ago, Saturday night’s victory was never really in doubt. From quarterb...

SALAMANCA — Twenty years past the founding of Hunter’s Hope and the end of his football career, Jim Kelly can still count on his teammates to lend an ...

The Southern Tier Diesel exemplified some perseverance Saturday night and earned their biggest win of the season — 22-21 over the first-place Carthage...

A literal bad break may have spoiled the Southern Tier Diesel’s chance at first place in the Northeastern Football Alliance AA Conference. The Diesel,...