Salamanca Sports

By any historical measure, he should have been a curmudgeon. “Baseball lifers” have a way of becoming irascible, prickly, unfriendly characters as the...

After a 37-22 victory over New York in the 45th Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic, Pennsylvania coach Todd Silfies’ postgame media comments started no...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The Franklinville/Ellicottville football team’s then-undefeated season ended in November at New Era Field, but as it turned out, the T...

While Frank Brown helped the Iroquois Nationals play for an FIL World Championship medal, the National Lacrosse League’s expansion draft decided his p...

OLEAN — Chad Bartoszek has the luxury of coaching six of his Franklinville/Ellicottville football players in this year’s Big 30 All-Star Charities Cla...

SALAMANCA — The 49th Penn-York Junior Golf League season teed off Monday morning, with Arcade’s Sam Hyman taking home the first Division I boys trophy...

School may be out for summer next week, but the work is just beginning for many area high school basketball players. The Cattaraugus County Boys Baske...

Not satisfied with playing merely one sport per season, both of Salamanca High School’s athlete of the year award winners hold the distinction of a fo...

CICERO — Mushirah Sheppard’s day in the state pole vault championships ended a bit earlier than she may have liked, but she still took home a career-b...

Maybe qualifying for states in one event each, as opposed to two each last year, will be a “blessing in disguise” for seniors Abby and Bailey Gostomsk...

What does the “process” look like, up close and personal, over the summer for Sean McDermott’s team? High school coaches from Western New York got an ...

NIAGARA FALLS — Cattaraugus-Little Valley seniors Abby and Bailey Gostomski won one event each at the Section 6 track and field championships, ensurin...

Frank Brown started his rookie pro lacrosse season hoping to catch on with the National Lacrosse League champs. But it took a second team giving Brown...

LAKEWOOD — A week after leading the Cattaraugus-Little Valley girls track and field team to four event victories at the Super 8 meet, Abby and Bailey ...

This spring, The Salamanca Press introduced a new feature, ‘SHS Standout Performers of the Week.’ This space aims to highlight notable achievements by...

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca boys lacrosse team struck early on Tuesday afternoon, then some heavy rainfall struck the Veteran’s Park field. But by the t...

CATTARAUGUS — Through two games, Heather Kagelmacher’s Cattaraugus-Little Valley softball team appears ready for the postseason. With a 20-2 victory o...

RANDOLPH — Salamanca gave Randolph a scare in seeking the Warriors’ first win of the baseball season Sunday afternoon, but the Cardinals survived in a...