Football

A year after an uncharacteristically quiet fall sports calendar in New York, high school athletics are back on time. All fall sports in New York kicke...

ST. MARYS, Pa. — The Elk County Catholic football team has a lot of growing to do this year, but first-year head coach Nick Werner is realistic about ...

STRAUBING, Germany — He’d always dreamt of a different kind of life adventure. He’d always wanted to continue his football career, to keep playing the...

FRANKLINVILLE — Less than four months after winning a sectional championship, even without several since-graduated key seniors, the Franklinville/Elli...

ST. MARYS, Pa. — The St. Marys Flying Dutch welcome back their now-senior quarterback and several returning lettermen. With a full roster, St. Marys c...

ALLEGANY — Tom Callen has been head coach of the Allegany-Limestone football team for just over 26 months. But only just now, he said, are the Gators ...

DUKE CENTER, Pa. — Otto-Eldred football box scores will read quite differently than in years past. Star quarterback Cole Sebastian is gone. The Terror...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — The message surrounding the Coudersport football program this year is simple: New faces, same Falcons. New coach Frank Brown hopped...

OLEAN — Last spring, the Olean High football team rounded into strong form by the end of a shortened season. That campaign started and ended with two ...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — With only three returning starters on each side of the ball, Adam Jack’s team will feature plenty of new faces this fall. Luckily for...

CUBA — It’s the general theme for high school football as a whole. The New York side of the Big 30 border had no fall 2020 season and had to accept a ...

PORT ALLEGANY, Pa. — Drew Evens will be back under center. Blaine Moses and Noah Archer return to the backfield. But with the majority of their protec...

It’s been an interesting week for the Bills, so let’s start with the easy part, Josh Allen’s new contract, before we get to the public relations night...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The potential for irony was hard to ignore, but we’ll get to that. After his New York team fell, 35-0, to Pennsylvania in Saturday nig...

BRADFORD, Pa. — His 5-5, 145-pound frame might not stand out on the street. But as Braedon Johnson has shown throughout his career, it’s tough to miss...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Taro Tanaka stayed ready for his chance, so he might get to do something like he did on Saturday. Tanaka, a recent Port Allegany gradu...

Pennsylvania tight end Alex Bon (left, from Ridgway) makes a catch along the sideline in front of New York defensive back Ezra Stahlman (42, from Sala...

BRADFORD, Pa. -- Nearly 50 years later, it’s become a link between past and present. Bob South recently happened upon an Olean resident who played in ...