This month’s local sports history lesson centers on coaches. Terrible ones. There are two particular coaches I had the distinct displeasure of interacting with as sports editor of the EVENING OBSERVER in the 1970s through early 1990s. The first guy was a longtime varsity football coach ...
FOOTBALL Class AA Quarterfinals Thursday, Oct. 30 Lancaster 20, Niagara Falls 14 Friday, Oct. 31 Jamestown 56, Lockport 0 Saturday, Nov. 1 No. 7 Hutch Tech at No. 2 Orchard Park, 2 p.m. Semifinals Friday, Nov. 7 or Saturday, Nov. 8 No. 4 Lancaster vs. No. 1 Bennett at TBA, ...
ORCHARD PARK — Patrick Mahomes has made enough trips to Buffalo to know he and the Kansas City Chiefs shouldn’t expect a warm welcome from Bills fans on Sunday. “They don’t like us,” Mahomes said. Can you blame them? Since 2020, Mahomes and the Chiefs have blocked Josh Allen and ...
New York’s Southern Zone early archery season kicked off Oct. 1, and it was special this year — not just because the woods became alive with fall color — but because it marked the first early archery season where modern crossbows are legal during the early big-game archery hunt. For one ...
FREDONIA — Londyn Wilmot had 18 kills to go along with five aces, seven digs and four blocks as No. 4 Fredonia swept No. 5 Tonawanda 25-8, 25-14, 25-22 in a Section VI Class B1 quarterfinal volleyball match Thursday at Fredonia High School. Elly Saunders had seven kills, an ace and 15 ...
WESTFIELD — After winning the home opener against Sherman on Sept. 3, Avery Smith said of her Westfield Wolverines, “I think we’re going to be good this year.” Two months later, Westfield will be hosting a semifinal contest with the winner advancing to the sectional final. “It ...