american football

ELLICOTTVILLE — Through mud, sweat and rain, Franklinville/Ellicottville (7-1) were beaten to the league crown and suffered its first loss of the seas...

For several Big 30 teams this weekend, the chance at a league championship and No. 1 playoff seed comes down to one game. In Ellicottville and Portvil...

The Portville football team graduated its top defensive tackle and two best linebackers. The latter two, Zander Keim and Caiden Zollinger, accounted f...

ORCHARD PARK — Josh Allen is becoming adept at rallying to the defense of his teammates and coaches. On Sunday night, the Bills quarterback lowered hi...

A single game could be written off as an aberration, but does a second make a trend? For the second consecutive week, the Bills did not look like the ...

From the busy game of telephone to a new parent for the Olean Oilers, from a UFO sighting to dedicating a well-worn trail, here’s a look back on the w...

ORCHARD PARK — The Buffalo Bills are a bit of a bewilderment a third of the way through the season. At 4-2, are they the three-time defending division...

OLEAN — The Enchanted Mountains Farmers Market will wrap up its season from 2-6 p.m. Friday. Opening for the season for the Memorial Day weekend, the ...

ORCHARD PARK — Well, you can’t blame this one on jet lag. But this time, unlike in last week’s loss to the Jaguars in London, the Bills did just enoug...

CHEEKTOWAGA — The Franklinville/Ellicottville football team took to scoring by committee as six different players found the endzone in their blowout w...

STATE COLLEGE, P.A. — One area where Penn State struggled through its first five games this season is the return game. The Nittany Lions may have foun...

ORCHARD PARK — Buffalo holds a special place in Brian Daboll’s heart that goes beyond being his beloved hometown. And while the Giants’ second-year co...

When the NFL scheduled the New York Giants for a Sunday Night Football trip to Orchard Park in Week 6, Bills fans circled it as Brian Daboll’s homecom...

RANDOLPH — If you looked at the records of these two teams, you might assume Portville/Cuba-Rushford was well on its way to an easy non-league win in ...

SALAMANCA — It was better late than never for Salamanca. After being shut out for nearly four quarters, the Warriors found a way and swiped a 14-7 ove...

ALLEGANY — Michael Frederick, dipped, dodged and scrambled away from the Frewsburg defense nearly each time he dropped back to pass in the first half....

ORCHARD PARK — Josh Norman wouldn’t be back in Buffalo for a second stint if not for a rash of injuries depleting the Bills’ defense. What the veteran...

From where he was standing, Jim Duprey couldn’t quite see the extent of it. But his players certainly could. “The kids were all going nuts,” the Pione...