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The Franklinville-Ellicottville football team knows exactly where it sits according to the New York State Sportswriters’ Association. The Titans’ coac...

JAMESTOWN — Recent history suggests to expect a long, even match when Portville and Randolph meet in girls’ high school volleyball. After all, no team...

ORCHARD PARK — Chad Bartoszek knew the feeling of winning a sectional championship at Ralph Wilson Stadium. But with respect to his playing days at Sa...

You hear coaches talk about teamwork all the time.Many times, the success or failure on a basketball court, a baseball diamond, or a football or socce...

ORCHARD PARK — Tom Easton doesn’t even hesitate at the question. Of course he feels he’s better, physically and otherwise, than the last time he stepp...

ORCHARD PARK — Supporters of the Franklinville-Ellicottville football team likely were relieved when three-time defending state champion Randolph fell...

SALAMANCA — Practices begin Monday, Nov. 9, for the Salamanca Area Aquatic Club (SAAC) from 6-7:30 p.m. Those who have not signed up may do so during ...

PORTVILLE — For a group that sat three weeks since the end of the regular season, waiting to defend its sectional and state championships, the Portvil...

HAMBURG — Matt Finn isn’t in the prediction business … but the Ellicottville boys soccer coach was pretty sure of one thing heading into Friday aftern...

YORKSHIRE — The Ellicottville girls’ soccer team had gone a year without winning a sectional title. For coach Mary Neilon’s program, that’s essentiall...

FRANKLINVILLE — Seven weeks later, the Franklinville-Ellicottville football team’s defense still had the answers it needed against Cattaraugus-Little ...

As dramatic as its last win was, the Cattaraugus-Little Valley football team can’t afford to bask in its success for too long. The Timberwolves know t...

ST. BONAVENTURE — If Big 30 girls soccer fans looked at the matchup, they likely saw it as a one-sided pairing. After all, Allegany-Limestone has been...

CATTARAUGUS — Kellen Martin’s high school soccer season ended Thursday. But by an inch, he kept his football team’s season alive Friday. Martin, a Cat...

Two of the longest tenured Big 30 football coaches and longtime Section 6 Class D rival schools will face off yet again in the playoffs. Cattaraugus-L...

SALAMANCA — A playoff win in hand, Michelle Hill turned quickly to her Salamanca girls’ soccer team’s looming Friday challenge. Salamanca (No. 7, 10-7...

CATTARAUGUS — Tate Reynolds played exactly the kind of game Steve DeGroff had in mind when handing the Salamanca senior his team’s captain armband thi...

The Section 6 Western New York Football Federation finalized playoff seedings Sunday, with Franklinville-Ellicottville earning a bye with its No. 1 se...