BUFFALO — With its opponent loading up to stop the run, the Salamanca football team desperately needed to connect on a big pass play.
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Randolph senior Sydney Hvizdzak, star for the undefeated sectional champion Cardinals, has won the CCAA East I girls basketball Player of the Year award.
SALAMANCA — A week ago, the Franklinville/Ellicottville football team managed a single touchdown in a season-opening loss to Akron.
SALAMANCA — A new era of sorts for Salamanca football began under some of the most unusual, but ultimately memorable, circumstances Thursday night.
At last, year two is here for the Salamanca football team under coach Chad Bartoszek.
Jason Marsh admitted the logistics of putting a football season together on two weeks of practice could be a “coach’s nightmare.”
RANDOLPH — Sydney Hvizdzak got the individual milestone out of the way early. Then she went to work securing the ultimate team goal, finishing off a perfect senior season leading the Randolph …
RANDOLPH — Its offense brought to a halt, the Ellicottville boys basketball team needed rebounding and defense to secure a championship the school had not won since before all of its players were born.
ELLICOTTVILLE — The sectional semifinal had been a thorn in the side of a consistently strong Ellicottville boys basketball program.
BUFFALO — After a strong first half, the Salamanca boys basketball couldn’t keep up with a second-half charge from No. 3 Tapestry Charter Tuesday night.
On a day that felt a little like football weather, high school teams in Western New York officially began their seasons Monday afternoon.
ELLICOTTVILLE — Freshman Lucus Brown turned in one more dazzling performance to close the regular season for the Salamanca boys basketball team, leading the Warriors to their second victory over Ellicottville on Friday.
ELLICOTTVILLE — The 2021 Western New York high school ski racing season came to a close Thursday night and Ellicottville senior Hayly Fredrickson claimed the Section 6 girls championship.
SALAMANCA — After the loss of a beloved assistant coach, the Salamanca girls basketball team dedicated its 2021 season to the late Mark Chase.
SALAMANCA — In another tight league game with Salamanca, the Allegany-Limestone boys basketball team needed some lockdown defense and big shots to keep its lead on the CCAA West I division.
SALAMANCA — In a road non-league game, the Ellicottville boys basketball team came within one play of a thrilling comeback victory.
OLEAN — The Olean High boys basketball team is on a roll.
SALAMANCA — Back when underclassmen typically had to wait their turn, there was no keeping John Weir on the bench.
In a year when practice time is at a premium, and teams only have two months together, Josh Forster is thankful his Cattaraugus-Little Valley boys basketball team can draw on last season’s exp…
SALAMANCA — Jarod White posted his fourth-straight double-double Monday with 13 points and 10 rebounds as Salamanca knocked off league leader and previously unbeaten Southwestern.
Even 11 months later, the Ellicottville boys basketball team remembers what a bitter ending tastes like.
ALLEGANY — League foes once again after each joined the CCAA West I division a year apart, the Salamanca and Allegany-Limestone boys basketball teams gave each other a challenge to start the second week of regular season action.
SALAMANCA — Defense mostly won out over offense in the season opener between the Salamanca and Randolph boys basketball teams.
Quoting her high school coach, Tim Nobles, Salamanca girls basketball coach Bryelle Wallin said returning to the court “is line coming back home.”
A new league, a condensed season and all the complications of COVID-19 protocols should make 2021 a challenging campaign for the Salamanca boys basketball team.
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Brinkman is the 10th Panther to win Defensive Player of the year honors and it is the 13th time since 1985 that a UNI defender has won the award. The last Panther to win it was Karter Schult in 2016.
The Cats will conclude spring practice with a scrimmage Saturday at Arizona Stadium; Tedy Bruschi and Rob Gronkowski will serve as honorary coaches.
State Journal beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jim Polzin get together over Zoom for a special episode of the show: UW senior cornerbacks Faion Hicks and Caesar Williams enter the Red Zone!
Tommy Lloyd is the 57th head coach at Arizona during the school’s modern era of sports, including those on staff when the Wildcats joined the Pac-10 in 1978, and those when women’s sports were absorbed by the Pac-10 in 1986.
Whether Packers GM Brian Gutekunst drafts a tight end next week largely depends on how confident he is in Jace Sternberger developing after two unimpressive seasons and how certain he is Josiah Deguara can return from a season-ending torn ACL.
The Badgers passing offense could be "explosive" if UW's top wide receivers can stay healthy this season.
Unit still finished last season in the top 45 nationally in points and yards allowed despite mass attrition, but the Cowboys want more in Year 2 under coordinator Jay Sawvel.
Gunner Cruz and Will Plummer are ‘battling back and forth’; transfer Jordan McCloud will join the QB competition in June.
“The challenge is puzzling it, but also the challenge is making sure that the guys understand where their value is."
Rory Franssen led Missouri men's golf in the first round of the SEC Championship on Wednesday, just like he did the last time the Tigers qualified for the match play in 2017.
Caden Becker makes the call for UW after recently decommitting from Northern Illinois.
Concerns within the Roos' roster caused the game to be called off.
The Husker offense and defense have traded off on having good days this spring, but the defense had a big day Wednesday.
Connor Culp had to laugh a little Wednesday when telling the story of how the Huskers have had to get the Australian punter up to speed on the game.
Although NU's offense struggled in scrimmage Wednesday, Thomas Fidone caught four or five passes, assistant coach Sean Beckton said.
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Spencer Cornelius (right) won the boys’ Division I on Monday in the first stop of the Penn-York Junior Golf League with a score of 73, holding off runner-up Connor Alfieri (left).
