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HOUGHTON — Arlen Newark won the 600-meter run and was part of the winning 800-meter relay team to lead the Salamanca boys indoor track and field team ...

After an inaugural season established Salamanca as a high school indoor track and field program, the Warriors have their “baseline” to build off of in...

Meet the new sport, not quite the same as the old sport. The basics of indoor track and field are mostly equivalent to those found in the outdoor vers...

It’s taken some dedicated leadership and community interest to make the Salamanca Area Aquatic Club stand for a quarter-century. The program started i...

SALAMANCA — The Salamanca girls swimming and diving team earned its first victory of the season last week, marking a step forward for a young team. Co...

MIDDLETOWN — Mushirah Sheppard’s six-year varsity track and field career came to a close in the state championships on Friday, finishing fifth in Divi...

WILLIAMSVILLE — For the fourth consecutive time, and the last time in her scholastic track and field career, Mushirah Sheppard’s season will end in sa...

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...

How do you find the best eight competitors from the Southern Tier in each track and field event? The process evolved over the 31 years Salamanca High ...

It’s not unusual for athletes at Salamanca High School to double in their spring sports. After all, the school offers as many options at this time of ...

Looking over the roster for the 2018 Salamanca High School girls track and field team, you’ll find impact performers at each grade level. Among the se...

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

All season long, Abby and Bailey Gostomski showed their versatility, often winning between three or four events each in a dual track and field meet. N...

A simple idea keeps bringing the best athletes in the Southern Tier back to Salamanca High every spring more than 30 years now. Friday marked the 30th...

The Salamanca girls track and field team set a high bar in 2016, one that coach Laurie Lafferty-John knows will be difficult to match. The Warriors wo...