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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Josh Allen wanted to leave New Orleans with different hardware. Still, he's happy to be recognized for his accomplishments. Allen e...

OLEAN — The Olean High girls basketball team either matched or exceeded Fredonia’s point total in three quarters. Though low scoring and defensive-min...

PORTVILLE — Jordin Eddy (138), Mason Maring (285), Chase Shirley (101) and Zander Lombardo (108) all collected victories by pin to key the Chautauqua ...

Loyola Chicago got some revenge for last March’s Atlantic 10 Tournament quarterfinal, running away from the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team on t...

HOUGHTON — Salamanca’s Jamila Nelthrope won the freshman 300-meter dash title at the Section 6 9/10 Grade Championships on Saturday, leading the Warri...

CUBA — After falling to Fillmore by nearly 30 points earlier in the year, the Cuba-Rushford girls basketball team gave the Eagles everything they coul...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Cuba-Rushford’s Finn Ricketts scored 19 points to lead a road win over Ellicottville on Saturday. The Rebels (12-5) trailed 31-23 at h...

The 20th Annual Cattaraugus County Sports Hall of Fame Banquet will be held on Saturday, March 29 at the Gowanda Moose Lodge beginning at 5 p.m. This ...

SALAMANCA — Conner Seeley started with a pin in one minute, 33 seconds at 152 pounds and Salamanca never trailed en route to a 42-36 CCAA Division II ...

FILLMORE — Ty Vogel netted 19 points while JJ Howard and Trent Green pitched in 14 each to help Wellsville pull away in the second half Monday in a no...

PORTVILLE — A big second half helped propel Portville to a 43-37 victory over Gowanda on Tuesday night in CCAA Division III girls basketball play. Hay...

For the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, there’s room to move up, and a lot of room to fall down. It all depends on the last eight games of the ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — The way the Salamanca boys basketball team started out with energetic defense and fast-paced offense Saturday evening, you’d never k...

ST. BONAVENTURE — At times it looked like the Bonnies were in full control Saturday afternoon, but Fordham never went away and challenged them until t...

Momentum, Mark Schmidt is fond of saying, is only good until “the ball goes up and they make the first basket.” So in his 18th year as Bona men’s bask...

OLEAN — Scoring 13 of his game-high 22 points in the second half, Dominic Giovine paced Olean High to a victory Friday night at home in league play. T...

BUFFALO (AP) — Jiri Kulich scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 2:04 left, and the Buffalo Sabres overcame blowing a two-goal lead for a 4-3...

FILLMORE — It was a marquee matchup between a pair of one-loss teams. It was also a battle among two squads that entered the night in first- and secon...