Football

ORCHARD PARK — There were two major takes from the Bills 24-9 victory over Washington on Sunday afternoon at New Era Field, both involving rookie draf...

ORCHARD PARK — It wasn’t pretty, but it was a ‘W.’ And that’s goal No. 1 in the National Football League — winning — which is why the Bills don’t care...

ORCHARD PARK — Two concerning statistics came out of the Bills’ 31-13 loss to Philadelphia last Sunday at New Era Field. One, of course, was the 218 r...

ORCHARD PARK — If the Bills didn’t learn a lesson from history – last Sunday’s 31-13 loss to the Eagles at New Era Field – they could be doomed to rep...

ALBION — Last week’s magic wasn’t quite there … but even at that, Olean High School’s football team made Albion sweat out the Huskies last two snaps. ...

FRANKLINVILLE — It became commonplace for the Franklinville/Ellicottville Titans until last season, and now they’re back: playing for a Section 6 cham...

ORCHARD PARK — It was jarring because it was so unlikely and so entirely unexpected. Sean McDermott might have a lot of skills and strengths as coach ...

That was quick. It sure seems like yesterday that the 2019 high school football season began on a balmy Friday night in late August. But fast forward ...

ORCHARD PARK — For apoplectic Bills fans who are convinced the sky is falling after their fast-starting team was manhandled, 31-13, by the Eagles Sund...

ORCHARD PARK — This time the defense couldn’t save Buffalo. On Sunday afternoon at New Era Field, the Bills took a step up in class and a pounding at ...

ORCHARD PARK — Notes from the Bills’ 31-13 loss to the Eagles on Sunday afternoon before 69,435 rain-soaked and wind-blown witnesses at New Era Field:...

ORCHARD PARK — Well, so much for that elite defense. Six games into the season, with the Bills ranking third in the National Football League in both p...

ORCHARD PARK — Back when the NFL schedule was released last April, two home games seemed candidates for defeats even by the Bills’ most myopic fans. O...

ORCHARD PARK — The numbers are concerning, 5-1 record notwithstanding. To be sure, Buffalo’s fast start has made the Bills one of the surprise teams o...

NEWFANE — Just when it seemed that Pioneer had unquestionably topped the weekend’s Big 30 football headlines, Olean did it one better. On Friday night...

BATH — Bath-Haverling’s Kaden Adams scored five touchdowns to lift the Rams over Wellsville, 40-19, in the Connors and Ferris Bowl Class C football se...

OLEAN — Phil Vecchio knows the task at hand. His Olean football team won four out of its last five regular season games to earn the No. 7 seed in the ...

ORCHARD PARK — The betting line is giving a lot of Bills fans pause. Off to a 5-1 start, Buffalo owns the second-best record in the American Football ...