basketball

BUFFALO — Legendary Alabama Football Coach Bear Bryant once remarked that “defense wins championships.” The Salamanca girls basketball team (17-6) fol...

BUFFALO — The Allegany-Limestone boys basketball team had been used to getting knocked down, and finding a way back onto its feet. But this time, the ...

NCSAA TOURNAMENT New Life Christian 37, Veritas Christian (N.J.) 21 MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — The New Life girls were able to get past Veritas Christian to...

Midway through the fourth quarter, Kingston Loucks hit a contested runner in the lane to give the Bolivar-Richburg boys basketball team a 51-50 advant...

The Bonnies won for the first time when trailing at halftime this season on Wednesday in their 73-72 home win against UMass. Now the St. Bonaventure m...

Fillmore has gotten both their boys and girls basketball teams in the Section 6 Class D Championships in Rochester on Saturday. Each team has had a tr...

It has been an exciting playoff week with plenty of close games. The Salamanca boys and Portville girls each went down in heartbreaking fashion in the...

BUFFALO – It took nearly an entire calendar year, but Allegany-Limestone enacted some payback on Thursday night and it sure did taste good. A season a...

NCSAA TOURNAMENT New Life Christian 59, Jefferson County Christian (Ohio) 44 MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — New Life is moving on to the Division 5E semifinal a...

BUFFALO — The Salamanca boys basketball team couldn't pull off another comeback playoff victory as they fell 63-60 in their Section 6 Class B2 semifin...

ST. BONAVENTURE — The final St. Bonaventure men’s basketball home game of 2024-25 came down to the buzzer. The Bonnies, for the fourth time since Atla...

JAMESTOWN — After knocking off No. 1 Holland on Friday night, the Franklinville girls basketball team’s inspired playoff run has come to an end. Bryan...

IAC CHAMPIONSHIP New Life Christian 51, Christian Central 39 SOUTH WALES — New Life got out to an early lead and never looked back to win the IAC Cham...

CHEEKTOWAGA- The Portville girls basketball team had many turnovers that cost them defeat in their Section 6 Class B2 semifinal in Maryvale Tuesday. D...

SALAMANCA- What can you do when you’re down 54-36 in the fourth quarter with your season on the line? Salamanca figured it out, winning 60-58 over Fal...

BUFFALO — The Portville girls basketball team knocked off the No. 1 seed in the Section 6 Class B2 quarterfinals and handed Riverside just its second ...

SALAMANCA- What can you do when you're down 54-36 in the fourth quarter with your season on the line? Salamanca figured it out, winning 60-58 over Fal...

Sylvia Bysiek, a fifth-grader from Allegany, captured the 2025 Elks Hoop Shoot State Championship in the 10- to 11-year-old girls’ division Saturday i...