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Q: Before this year, who was the Knicks' leading scorer in the finals the last time they won a championship (in 1973)? A: Bill Bradley, 18.6 points pe...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Sophomore Katie Lafferty was among this year’s major award winners in the CCAA Division IV softball league, officials recently announc...

Q: Every men's tennis player born in the 1990s have combined for just three grand slam tournaments won. Who has accounted for those three wins? A: Dom...

WEBSTER — Three local athletes competed at the 2026 New York State Track and Field Championships held Saturday and Sunday in Webster. Salamanca’s Xaza...

SALAMANCA — On a warm Wednesday evening this month, the Salamanca Warriors U-12 baseball team gathered around coaches Kristin and Luanne Sledge-Whitco...

PORTVILLE — Baseball coach Mike Matz can't remember exactly when he realized Maxx Yehl was different. But he remembers an eighth grader throwing harde...

The Section VI Track and Field State Qualifiers delivered plenty of standout performances from area athletes last weekend, highlighted by a pair of se...

Q: Which two NBA players have won both the rookie of the year and sixth man of the year awards? A: Malcolm Brogdon and Mike Miller.

HAMBURG — Fillmore jumped on Ellicottville early offensively last Tuesday night, June 2, and didn’t let the Eagles back in the game in a 9-4 regional ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Last week, the Bonnies added Winchendon Prep’s Cam Blankenberg, a high school recruit and Rochester native to their 2026-27 roster. ...

WILLIAMSVILLE — The Salamanca girls lacrosse team fell one win short of a sectional title this season, but head coach Jesse Mohr believes the foundati...

SALAMANCA — The Ellicottville baseball team scored a run from the bottom of its batting order, then Rylan Benjamin and the Eagles’ defense made it sta...

OLEAN - The Olean Oilers (0-2) fell behind early and couldn’t hold off the Jamestown Tarp Skunks (2-0) late, falling 14-6 in their home opener on Satu...

In Portville, New York, hockey was never supposed to become a passport to the NHL. It sits tucked into the Southern Tier, closer to Pennsylvania farm ...

SALAMANCA — Behind a standout performance from Xazavier Escobar and a strong overall effort across multiple events, the Salamanca boys nearly captured...

Royalton-Hartland 4, Salamanca 3, 9 innings MIDDLEPORT — Twelfth-seeded Salamanca pushed No. 5 Royalton-Hartland to extra innings last Tuesday, but th...

Q: In this year's NBA playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder were the first team to sweep their way through the first two rounds since which two teams in...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Kailey Truman recorded 11 strikeouts while tossing a complete-game two-hitter to key the Allegany-Limestone softball team past Ellicot...