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SALAMANCA — Considering the circumstances, Franklinville boys soccer coach David Kays left the field at Salamanca High School happy with a “well-playe...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Any questions Chad Bartoszek had about his team’s readiness to play a week after its most impressive win of the season, the Franklinvi...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Rounding past the midway point of the high school boys soccer regular season, it’s clear who sits atop the CCAA East division. With a ...

SALAMANCA — Bowlers in the Friday Morning Mixed League at Central Lanes enjoy the time they spend with each other. They just wish there were more of t...

New coach Madison Nieves took over the Salamanca varsity girls swimming program in a unique circumstance. She had just graduated from Penn State — whe...

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...

It’s a simple concept most team sport coaches would agree with: “Play as one, not as eleven.” That’s the mantra Steve DeGroff has tried to instill sin...

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 ...

SALAMANCA — Seniors Emily Koniak, Ashley Siperek and McKenzie Rider swept the three singles matches in straight sets to clinch a Salamanca girls tenni...

SALAMANCA — Sometimes you need a bounce or two to go your way. A deflection off the goal post and into the net gave Cattaraugus-Little Valley girls so...

With three senior leaders in the three singles positions, coach Rich Morton felt optimistic about his chances to build on last year’s five-win Salaman...

Trailing 15-6 at halftime, the script could have looked like the two previous efforts the Southern Tier Diesel put together against the Charlotte Colo...

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca girls tennis team improved to 2-0 Friday with a 5-0 sweep of visiting Frewsburg, led Emily Koniak’s 6-0, 6-0 first-singles v...

MEADVILLE, Pa. — The matchup was intriguing. Franklinville/Ellicottville, one of the top Class D football teams in New York, had an opening in its sch...

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...

SALAMANCA — Brandy Kinney hopes to see some fruits of the labor of youth volleyball development this fall. Make no mistake, it’s been a difficult run ...

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...