football

Last season, the Pioneer girls soccer team boasted two Big 30 Player of the Year-caliber players. But Rachael Foote wasn’t one of them. The Panthers h...

BROCKWAY, Pa. — You might not bet a paycheck on it, but you’d get pretty good odds that tonight’s District 9 Class A championship football game won’t ...

ALFRED — The Alfred University football team climbed a spot in one national Division III Top 25 poll and stayed put in another following its come-from...

By J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald Four days ago, we weren’t quite sure what to expect. Yes, six Big 30 teams (aside from bottom-seeded Class D qualifi...

When the Bills recovered from their 0-2 start and dispatched Arizona, New England and Los Angeles on consecutive Sundays, it was easy to extrapolate i...

PENFIELD — Steve Smith’s decision came quickly. The Bolivar-Richburg football coach watched C.G. Finney/Northstar score via a 48-yard run on the game’...

ELLICOTTVILLE — A cold, muddy Friday night at Ray Gray Field couldn’t stop Brock Blecha and the Franklinville/Ellicottville offense. Playing through s...

MIDDLEPORT — The Pioneer football team likely wondered what might have been had Jason Gauthier been healthy this season. It got at least an inkling on...

ORCHARD PARK — The most polarizing player in the National Football League heard it from both sides. On his way into New Era Field, Colin Kaepernick sa...

ORCHARD PARK — Who, besides the most blindly loyal Bills fans, would have thought Buffalo would be in the position where it is today? At midnight on S...

By CHUCK POLLOCK Olean Times Herald ORCHARD PARK — From the time Rex Ryan was hired to coach the Buffalo Bills, a year ago January, he made it clear t...

One way to measure the Olean High football team’s successful season is by looking at the droughts it has ended. Among the Huskies’ accomplishments are...

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — Gaining Ben Roethlisberger’s trust can be a difficult process for any new Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiv...

Two teams — the Rams and Bills — riding recent hot streaks will square off in an important game this afternoon at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The Rams, ...

SHEFFIELD, Pa. — The Sheffield football team dominated on both sides of the ball Saturday afternoon en route to its first win in two years. The Wolver...

PORTVILLE — Chad Bartoszek prepared backup quarterback Deric Leiper all week for a spot start, but still held out hope Brock Blecha could play Friday....

EAST AURORA — Phil Vecchio shook his head and smiled. At this point, there really was nothing else for the first-year Olean High coach or his players ...

By SHAWN CAMPBELL Olean Times Herald Steve Smith is in only his second season as head coach of the Bolivar-Richburg football team. But his time with t...