Soccer

The scoring engine behind a New York State Class D champion, Mitch Ward is also the MVP of the Allegany County Div. I boys soccer league, leading the ...

They combined for two league championships, eight playoff victories, two sectional championships and a pair of trips to the Far West Regional. From th...

SANBORN — A second consecutive sectional championship season ended the same way for the Ellicottville girls soccer team: Shut out in the Far West Regi...

SPENCERPORT — The Avon boys soccer team entered Friday night’s Far West Regional with a perfect 20-0 record, the No. 1 state ranking in Class C and a ...

PERRY — The writing was on the wall in the preseason, when it had nine starters back from a team that went 19-3-1 and reached the New York State Class...

WEST SENECA — After the way his team’s season ended a year ago, Portville boys soccer coach J.J. McIntosh admitted he had his doubts. Following an unb...

WEST SENECA — A big start and an even bigger finish told the tale for the Ellicottville boys soccer team in a wild Monday night thriller against Maple...

AVON — On paper, it was a David and Goliath type of matchup. This, after all, was a Red Creek team, one of the most decorated in Section 5 annals, mak...

DUNKIRK — Tammy Eddy said she had not started to think about overtime … yet. For 79 minutes on Saturday, neither Eddy’s Ellicottville girls soccer tea...

HORNELL — After playing to a scoreless tie, the Genesee Valley/Belfast girls soccer finally saw some balls reach the back of the net in the penalty ki...

AMHERST — Entering Wednesday night’s contest, the Allegany-Limestone and Royalton-Hartland girls soccer teams had collectively not allowed a single go...

WARSAW — Scoring three times in the first half wasn’t quite enough to put the Bolivar-Richburg boys soccer team over the edge, so the Wolverines won i...

WEST SENECA — There was still 18 minutes left in the Section 6 Class C semifinal boys soccer match between Portville (13-3-1) and Wilson (9-8-1) Wedne...

PERRY — It took a half, and then 50 minutes, and then 70. And then it took a few more. On this night, it might have taken a bit longer than the Fillmo...

WARSAW — After stunning No. 2 Marion four nights earlier, the Bolivar-Richburg girls soccer team couldn’t quite conjure the same magic. On Friday, Cas...

DUNKIRK — The Portville girls soccer team simply gave up too many chances at set pieces to hope to contain a familiar thorn in its side. For the third...

WEST SENECA — What at first seemed to be an innocuous attempt to clear the ball from the defensive third of the field and force extra time ultimately ...

DUNKIRK — It’s an adage that any number of coaches have used at this time of the year. “You’re going to get everybody’s best shot in the playoffs.” Th...