BUFFALO — Invigorated after transforming the Sabres into contenders in his second coaching stint in Buffalo, Lindy Ruff sees no reason why he'd stop now. With the full backing of team management, and his wife Gaye's blessing, the 66-year-old Ruff is staying put after signing a two-year ...

DEPEW — Fredonia is headed to the Section VI Class C flag football championship game after knocking off Depew, the top seed, 32-25 on Wednesday night in the semifinal. Head coach Nick Bertrando couldn’t be happier. “I’m proud of the grit they showed in the second half,” he said. ...

Above are the tennis players from the Chautauqua-Cattraugus Athletic Asssociation who have qualified for the Section VI Championship, which will be held next week at Orchard Park High School. Kneeling are the singles qualifiers. From the left are Josiah Todd (Olean), CCAA champion Jackson ...

Southwestern senior Carmine Calimeri was presented with The Knuutila Family Award at the Ilio DiPaolo Scholarship Fund on Tuesday night in Blasdell. Nine wrestlers from Western New York were honored with the qualities of family, education, athletics and community in mind. Since the Ilio DiPaolo ...

SOUTHERN TIER GIRLS BABE RUTH SOFTBALL 12U MAJORS Reale's Garage of Frewsburg beat Southwestern 19-13. For Frewsburg, Avery Armella was the offensive player of the game and Cordelia Dahlin was the defensive player of the game. For Southwestern, Caroline Brown was the offensive player of ...

GOWANDA — Aidan Geiger hit a double and scored three times for Gowanda as the Panthers defeated Silver Creek/Forestville 10-2 in nonleague baseball action on Wednesday. Seth Geiger drove in a pair of runs hitting 1 for 2 for Gowanda (16-3), while Aidan Geiger earned the win on the bump ...