Football

It would take a real grinch to tear apart the Bills’ performance in Friday night’s 27-14 preseason victory over the Panthers at Charlotte’s Bank of Am...

KANE, Pa. — Jim Hillman called last season a wake-up call. Perhaps not just for the head coach now entering his second year leading the Wolves, but fo...

OLEAN — The Olean High School football program has built momentum under Phil Vecchio. But the Huskies want more. “We’re real happy with the first thre...

DUKE CENTER, Pa. — They accomplished phase one of their plan last fall. After a pair of standout seasons in which it won two Allegheny Mountain League...

PORTVILLE — Josh Brooks’ perspective has changed slightly now that he’s no longer new to the role. “At this time last year, we were so excited to get ...

RIDGWAY, Pa. — Many District 9 football teams find themselves in a similar position this year as they replace key players who graduated with new faces...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — The 2018 campaign was one to remember for the Coudersport football team. The Falcons, in their second year under coach Tom Storey, ...

ORCHARD PARK — So what do we make of the Bills’ preseason opener? It’s waaay hard to tell. Game 1 of the “exhibition” campaign (sorry NFL) is normally...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — The Smethport Hubbers are out to prove people wrong in 2019. The defending District 9 Small School North champions, which posted a 9-...

CUBA — He and his players sat around a picnic table just a short walk from the field, discussing everything from X’s and O’s, to number selection and ...

BRADFORD, Pa. — As New York’s players planned their post-game celebration, Pennsylvania’s walked off Parkway Field with mixed feelings. Neither state ...

BRADFORD — Maybe it’s the way the game was supposed to turn out. When Pennsylvania and New York played to a 27-27 tie Saturday night in the 46th annua...

BRADFORD, Pa. — As New York’s players planned their post-game celebration, Pennsylvania’s walked off Parkway Field with mixed feelings. Neither state ...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This space has been dedicated once a summer to a retrospective on the former St. Bonaventure football team. Previous stories have cent...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Jehuu Caulcrick made a point of letting his team know the significance of this year’s Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic after its firs...

Defense has been more of a problem than offense for New York during Pennsylvania’s recent reign in the Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic. The Empire S...

Andy Reid has come to expect the jokes. As in, “Will Patrick Mahomes be playing quarterback for the Pennsylvania offense?” That’s what happens when yo...

Undoubtedly, there’s some pressure on New York’s offense to perform in Saturday night’s Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic. The Empire State, after pra...