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Indoor track & field states begins on Staten Island

STATEN ISLAND — The New York State Public High School Athletic Association Indoor Track & Field state championships began on Friday at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Staten Island and a pair of local relay teams competed. The quartet of Noah Erickson, Ty Kraft, Cole Vaughn and ...

Sabres are playoff contenders at trade deadline

BUFFALO (AP) — Rasmus Dahlin doesn't recall being this excited on NHL trade deadline day. Having endured only losing during his previous seven seasons in Buffalo, the Sabres captain was practically giddy — "I'm fired up," he said after practice Friday — about the team adding rather than ...

SECTION VI POSTSEASON

BOYS BASKETBALL Class AAA Semifinals Thursday, Feb. 26 At Buffalo State University Health Sciences 83, Lancaster 57 Jamestown 64, Niagara Falls 51 Final Friday, March 6 At Buffalo State University Jamestown 61, Health Sciences 55 Class AA Qualifiers Saturday, Feb. ...

When the ice leaves, the crappies arrive

In Western New York, the end of the ice fishing season can feel a little bittersweet. The augers get put away, the shanties head back to the garage, and anglers start staring at open water like kids waiting for the school bell to ring. Here’s the good news: when the ice disappears, the ...

Spacciapolli wraps up swim career at Canisius

Tori Spacciapolli (Fredonia High School ’22, Canisius University ’26), swam to a great finish at the recent MAAC Conference Championships. She finished the 100-yard breaststroke with a season-best time of 1:06.19 for 12th place overall and in the 200 breaststroke she swam a career-best time ...

Sabres benefit from both Adams and Kekalainen

When dealing with the Buffalo Sabres, I did not want to jump the gun and preemptively anoint them as one of the top teams in the NHL on the verge of ending a playoff drought that goes back to April 26 of 2011. However, returning from the 2026 Olympic break, the Sabres have not missed a beat ...