Football

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...

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,...

Quarterback Zach Smith ran for or threw all three touchdowns for the Southern Tier Diesel, guiding his team to a non-league road win Saturday. The Die...

OLEAN — As part of pre-practice physicals for the Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic, each player had his blood pressure checked. But not the coaches. ...

You could be excused for incorrectly guessing which team traveled with low numbers at Saturday night’s Southern Tier Diesel home opener at Bradner Sta...

It had been three weeks since the Southern Tier Diesel took the field last, but if they were rusty it didn’t show in the results. The Diesel scored a ...

Saturday night showed the Southern Tier Diesel just how quickly a comeback road win can turn into a deflating two-score loss. After a four-plus-hour r...

SALAMANCA — To set themselves apart among athletes at Salamanca High School, Michael Collins and Meagan Martin didn’t just stand out in one sport per ...

Entering a season with a small-numbered roster and an all-new wide receiver group, Southern Tier Diesel coach and owner J.R. Bennion expected to have ...