Salamanca Sports

SALAMANCA — Scoring won’t come nearly as easy this year, at least at the start of the season, for the Salamanca boys’ basketball team. The loss of fou...

SALAMANCA — Pat Morgante knows he steps into the Salamanca varsity girls’ basketball team with a high bar set by his predecessor. But Morgante, a Rand...

BUFFALO — All season, Steve DeGroff could count on his team’s competitive, often overwhelming, speed. That is until Thursday afternoon, when Salamanca...

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...

The Section 6 Class C girls’ soccer tournament opens Wednesday afternoon, with Salamanca awarded a No. 7 seed and a first-round home game. The Warrior...

The combined Salamanca/Cattaraugus-Little Valley boys’ soccer team earned a No. 8 seed in the Section 6 Class B2 playoffs. Coach Steve DeGroff’s team,...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Maybe it was senior night home-coming emotions, the luxury of playing with its playoff seeding already decided, or just some classic l...

SALAMANCA — Senior Andie HIll scored a goal and assisted two more on corner kicks, before her sister Aly Hill scored the game-winner in a senior night...

We’ve reached the one week of the 2015 season where Chad Bartoszek can’t root for his alma mater high school. Bartoszek, of course, had a prolific hig...

Ryan Deppa says he remembers watching an 11-year old Alyssa Coustenis on the soccer field and thinking, ‘I want to coach that kid.’ Prophetically enou...

FRANKLINVILLE — Despite being outgained 302-259, and trailing 15-8 at halftime, Franklinville/ Ellicottville rebounded with a big second half in downi...

ELLICOTTVILLE — After senior Morgan Zlockie’s 22nd score of the season, the Ellicottville girls’ soccer team preserved a one-goal lead for 72 minutes ...

We’re nearing the playoffs, and the conclusion of league seasons in fall high school sports. The Salamanca football team’s latest loss removes the War...

PORTVILLE — Not just any sophomore can become a go-to offensive player on a winning soccer team. Daniel Taapken, a 10th grader at Cattaraugus-Little V...

OLEAN — Jim Charles has been around long enough to understand where the blame lies after a loss. And on this day, the long-time Olean High boys’ socce...

SALAMANCA — A week after losing a second-play touchdown to an inadvertent whistle, Salamanca’s football team found the quick strike it wanted. Zach Bi...