SALAMANCA — Lucus Brown’s week began with a selection to the Big 30 Basketball All-Star First Team. It ended with a standout two-way performance, collecting two touchdown catches and two interceptions to pace the Salamanca football team past Randolph Friday night.
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Nothing in Andy Herrick’s life has stopped him from playing the sport he loves. A pandemic season was no different.
RANDOLPH — The Franklinville/Ellicottville football team’s defense collected its second shutout in the last three games.
PORTVILLE — Whenever the Portville football team needed a big play, it could count on No. 31 Friday night.
With only his senior season left to play, Amos Whitcomb officially made plans to continue his lacrosse career on April 8, signing a National Letter of Intent to play the sport in college.
BUFFALO — With its opponent loading up to stop the run, the Salamanca football team desperately needed to connect on a big pass play.
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.
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Husker AD Bill Moos is uneasy as the NCAA appears poised to abolish long-standing collision drills and further reduce the number of full-padded, contact practices in August.
The Tigers rounded out their class of transfers with 6-foot-7 forward Ronnie DeGray III.
With Arizona spring football in the rearview mirror, the Star is exploring three lingering questions about the Cats.
Missouri men's golf entered Wednesday ranked 57th in the nation. Eighty-one teams were selected and MU was not among them.
Given the level of acrimony Favre sees between the Green Bay Packers and Rodgers — a familiar feeling, having been there himself in 2008 before being traded to the Jets — Favre isn’t betting on there being a happy ending.
He may be seeing "orange" lights, but Husker offensive lineman and German citizen Nouredin Nouili has been good to go this spring.
Parks played most of his first five seasons with the Denver Broncos, compiling 180 tackles in 72 games.
Auburn adding transfers Wendell Green Jr., Zep Jasper, Desi Sills and Walker Kessler — the last of whom signed Wednesday — was important for more reasons than just depth. They provide the things the Tigers lacked last season.
Shaun Shivers is a 5-foot-7 running back from a football hotbed, so he’s gone his entire life hearing all about what he can’t do. Run up the middle. Sign with an SEC school. Actually contribute on the field.
The Tigers' first rescheduled matchup is against Louisiana in 2025.
With a clean bill of health this spring, the Cowboys' veteran tackle is pushing to reclaim his starting job up front.
With Corey Linsley and Lane Taylor having departed in free agency and David Bakhtiari’s start-of-the-season availability in question due to his torn ACL during a Dec. 31 practice, the newbies will have ample opportunity to compete for roles.
BJ Robertson, Montana State’s special teams coordinator since 2016, has resigned from that position to pursue professional opportunities outside of college coaching, MSU announced Tuesday.
While Nebraska's recent draft history isn't as rich as it once was, the Huskers continue to have success landing offensive linemen in the NFL.
With Arizona spring football in the rearview mirror, the Star is exploring three lingering questions about the Cats.
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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).
