Softball

WEST VALLEY — Maybe it was an eight-day layoff waiting for its playoff opener or the pitching of Brocton’s Hunter Rizzo, possibly a combination of bot...

WILLIAMSVILLE — The Olean High School softball team went ahead in the first inning, produced big hits at key moments and took advantage of five illega...

CATTARAUGUS — Latrell Butler-Kemp and Jacob Bronneberg took turns grabbing the pitching spotlight on Saturday. In the first game of a non-league twinb...

OLEAN — The Olean High softball team had to wait nearly 24 hours to resume its playoff opener Friday. But it turned out the Huskies had already done e...

ADDISON — It wasn’t the kind of playoff opener Mark Emery had wanted — or even expected — from his Bolivar-Richburg softball team. The Wolverines were...

He’s familiar with most, if not all, of the players from scouting or coaching against them in high school soccer, but Jon Luce said he’s never had to ...

A pair of former Olean High School classmates are back in the national Division III baseball and softball tournaments. Evan Ryan and Monica Moses are ...

PORTVILLE — After falling in the opener, Piper Slocum decided her teammates deserved better. The Portville junior posted a career performance in Game ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Dan Brooks wanted to get a read on where his Olean High School softball team stood entering the Section 6 playoffs. Brooks’ Huskies ...

PORTVILLE — With the Section 6 softball playoffs set to begin next week, you could look at Olean High School’s dominating win over Portville on Thursd...

FRANKLINVILLE — There have been no shortage of highlights to Ally Haskell's high school softball career. The Franklinville junior has pitched 11 no-hi...

PORTVILLE — There’s a lot for Bill Torrey to like about his Portville Central School softball team right now. One, the Panthers are winning: Wednesday...

ALMOND — When Whitesville baseball coach Scott Ellison called the Times Herald Thursday night, among the first words he uttered were “we played.” Rain...

PORTVILLE — Looking at the weather, it was hard to fathom any high school athletics would be contested on Monday. Yet, amidst a tornado watch and a co...

If you play, coach or follow softball in the Twin Tiers, odds are you’ve heard the name Diana Phalon. In her senior year of high school, the Smethport...

CATTARAUGUS — A lead-off triple and two-run home run in the third inning hardly rattled pitcher Ally Haskell and the Franklinville softball team. If a...

CUBA — The memory had been gnawing at Mark Emery for nearly a year. The Bolivar-Richburg softball program isn’t accustomed to early postseason exits. ...

HAMBURG — Dan Brooks would like for his team to fare a bit better against some of the tougher teams on its nonleague schedule. Even among the losses, ...