Football

Notes from the Bills’ 35-0 victory over the Dolphins on Sunday afternoon at Hard Rock Stadium: — The shutout was Buffalo’s first on the road since a 1...

SALAMANCA — In his first full varsity game, Maddox Isaac didn’t play much like a freshman quarterback, and gave Salamanca a balanced offensive attack ...

So far, the inexperience of this Portville football team has not shown on the scoreboard. The Panthers lost the core of their last two teams that went...

The Portville and Pioneer football teams had already established themselves as class heavyweights. Indeed, entering Friday, both squads were riding im...

I know, I know … “It’s only one game.” To be sure, both coach Sean McDermott and quarterback Josh Allen reminded us of that following Sunday afternoon...

ORCHARD PARK — Let’s make this perfectly clear at the outset. There’s no insult in losing to the Steelers … even in your own building. After all, Pitt...

ORCHARD PARK — Maybe the hype got to them. After an offseason of hearing how good they were and that the Super Bowl was the next stop, following last ...

BUFFALO — The Portville football team took its stout defense on the road, shutting out Bishop Timon St. Jude on Saturday. The Panthers (2-0, 1-0) scor...

PORTVILLE — The Allegany-Limestone football team had just put in a “great” week of practice A month earlier, it had put together its best offseason un...

OLEAN — For a half, it appeared as if it would be a perfect night for Olean High football. Ideal weather, a festive mood as former coach Mike Taylor w...

It’s one thing for Bills fans to be giddy about the team’s chances to advance deep into the AFC playoffs a season after their team advanced to within ...

The enthusiasm hasn’t been at this level since the Bills went to four straight Super Bowls back in the early 1990s. That’s what happens when Buffalo g...

RANDOLPH — For two quarters, the Randolph football team had relative control. And then by halftime … it didn’t. Much as it did after the opening whist...

SALAMANCA — On a night when Salamanca football honored its past, the Warriors of the present delivered a thrilling victory in front of their Veterans ...

ORCHARD PARK — Maj. Matthew Blue was understandably hesitant. Blue, of the United States Airforce, had already seized his “once in a lifetime” opportu...

After a Week 1 slate of non-league games, it’s time for some of the local high school football squads to face a test. Only one school in the Big 30 pl...

Chad Bartoszek believed he had a capable new quarterback on his hands. Hayden Hoag, after all, had been a starting signal-caller at both the youth and...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — Through two weeks, the Smethport football team has played as advertised. Picked by area coaches to tie atop the District 9 Small Scho...