High School

ST. BONAVENTURE — Fans circle these games on calendars, set count-down clocks for them. Coaches, Mark Schmidt contends, dread them. Ever the preparer,...

CALEDONIA — Hope Russell and the rest of the Eagles have officially booked their spot in the state semifinals for the second time in three years. Afte...

SALAMANCA — It has been a long 22 years, but the Warriors will make their triumphant return to Highmark Stadium for the first time since 2001. In a re...

It is safe to say there is unfinished business between the Warriors and the Panthers. After Salamanca (7-2) and Portville/Cuba-Rushford (7-2) football...

CUBA — Cuba-Rushford took leads twice, at 1-0 and 2-1, but could not put away No. 6 York Tuesday night in a Section 5 Class D1 girls volleyball semifi...

WEST SENECA — Ellicottville head coach Matt Finn said the key to Monday’s Section 6 Class D championship would be how his team performed in the game’s...

PORTVILLE — In a match she dominated in just about every facet, it was only right that Lillian Bentley scored the final point in the Panthers’ 25-20, ...

BUFFALO — Allegany-Limestone’s Lauryn Ball swam two top-four finishes in the Section 6 Class C championship meet Friday, taking third in the 100-yard ...

WARSAW — The Fillmore girls soccer team got back on top of Section 5 with a big day for — who else? — Hope Russell. Russell scored all four of Fillmor...

AVON — Cuba-Rushford had never reached a sectional final in boys soccer before. First-year coach, Rob Wight, wondered if he might have a multi-year re...

AMHERST — Dale MacArthur has long maintained that it’s hard to beat a good team three times. After narrowly defeating Southwestern twice in the regula...

DUNKIRK — Everything changed with one swing of a leg for the Ellicottville girls soccer team. The Eagles saw their season ended by No. 2 North Collins...

NEWFANE — It was thrilling and mind-blowing. Wild and unimaginable. It was every adjective you could possibly use to describe a high school football p...

CUBA — The Cuba-Rushford girls volleyball team had to come back twice, but finally put away a five-set Section 5 Class D1 quarterfinal contest on Frid...

SALAMANCA — The offensive prowess of the Warriors was too much for the Golden Eagles to handle. The No. 1S Salamanca football team (7-2) dropped the c...

YORKSHIRE — In a season full of big defensive performances, Pioneer turned in one of, if not its very best to open the Section 6 Class B football play...

AVON — In a matchup of unbeaten teams and the top two seeds in the Section 5 Class D playoffs, the Fillmore boys soccer team found itself in a rare po...

It’s safe to say that the end of the regular season for the Salamanca football team was a nailbiter. An overtime 14-7 win over Southwestern in their p...