SHERMAN — Western New York football community, meet Sawyer Whitney. Clymer/Sherman/Panama’s sophomore running back ran 35 times for 203 yards and three touchdowns as the Wolfpack beat Franklinville/Ellicottville 25-14 on Saturday afternoon at Harry S. Brosius Field. Whitney’s ...

FALCONER — The Randolph defense had kept the Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove offense at bay all game long, but with a pick-six from the Herd, the Cardinals’ lead was in jeopardy on Friday night. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Grant Zahm returned an interception 55 yards ...

MAYVILLE — The Ty Harper era at Chautauqua Lake started off on the right foot Friday night. That might be the biggest understatement of the year. Dominance on the field clearly followed Harper from his decade of success with the Clymer/Sherman/Panama Wolfpack to his new position with ...

ORCHARD PARK — Mark Andrews has chosen to close the book on how Baltimore’s season ended with a thud on a cold, snowy night against the Buffalo Bills. Seven months since his critical drop sealed a 27-25 loss in the AFC divisional playoffs, the veteran Ravens tight end came to the ...

SOUTH DAYTON — Three different goal scorers led North Collins to a 3-0 shutout of nonleague Pine Valley/Gowanda. Karter Bartholomew scored from Nathan Wilkin in the 21st minute, Neven Sheehy scored from Eli Hoffman in the 43rd minute and Luchia Zagari scored from Evan Weisdel in the 56th ...

I was wearing corduroy pants when I shot my first deer. The swish-swishing of those corduroy ribs was much louder in the woods than in the hallways of school. It didn’t matter much because I was heading to a tree I had earlier picked out with my father. “Just gotta find the right time, ...