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SALAMANCA — In another tight league game with Salamanca, the Allegany-Limestone boys basketball team needed some lockdown defense and big shots to kee...

SALAMANCA — In a road non-league game, the Ellicottville boys basketball team came within one play of a thrilling comeback victory. But that last play...

SALAMANCA — Jarod White posted his fourth-straight double-double Monday with 13 points and 10 rebounds as Salamanca knocked off league leader and prev...

Even 11 months later, the Ellicottville boys basketball team remembers what a bitter ending tastes like. Regular season success has become an expectat...

ALLEGANY — League foes once again after each joined the CCAA West I division a year apart, the Salamanca and Allegany-Limestone boys basketball teams ...

SALAMANCA — Defense mostly won out over offense in the season opener between the Salamanca and Randolph boys basketball teams. But Randolph eighth gra...

Quoting her high school coach, Tim Nobles, Salamanca girls basketball coach Bryelle Wallin said returning to the court “is line coming back home.” Las...

A new league, a condensed season and all the complications of COVID-19 protocols should make 2021 a challenging campaign for the Salamanca boys basket...

The week began with optimism for Western New York wrestling teams, then fear. Now, again, they wait. After getting the go-ahead from the state governm...

At last, basketball arrived at high schools in New York state on Monday, the first day of practice, including in Section 6. The start of high risk spo...

Section 6 has new dates for its recently allowed high school basketball and wrestling seasons, along with adjustments to the remaining athletic calend...

The Cattaraugus County Health Department is working with school districts to proceed with high- and moderate-risk sports next week. Gov. Andrew Cuomo ...

Game on? Athletes, coaches and parents holding out hope for a high school season in sports such as basketball and wrestling at last received some enco...

SALAMANCA — Mike Smith calls him his “partner in crime.” As Smith aims to revitalize Salamanca’s varsity baseball program, assistant coach JC McAuley ...

If you want to know how far the Buffalo Bills have come in quarterback Josh Allen’s third professional seasons, consider the last time they faced Phil...

As the winter season finally nears for some Section 6 sports — but notably not for basketball, wrestling and hockey — a group of parents based in West...

Drink it in, Bills fans. You’ve certainly earned it. How does it feel to finally be the team others are gunning for? After so many years under the boo...

A chronological look at the Press’ top sports stories of 2020: a year of stops, starts, achievements and losses: JANUARY Haskell sets WNY girls scorin...