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Constantino Financial Sub-Regional Preview: Fillmore and Ellicottville to duel in Class D

By Tyler Hathaway | June 2, 2026

Constantino Financial Sub-Regional Preview: Pittsford Sutherland to take on Grand Island in Class A

By Tyler Hathaway | June 2, 2026

Constantino Financial Sub-Regional Preview: McQuaid to meet Niagara Falls in Class AAA

By Tyler Hathaway | June 2, 2026

LaRocco’s late hit lifts Webster Schroeder in Class AA

By Paul Gotham | June 2, 2026

Castle Packs Power Monday Softball Wrap: Crye powers Avon; Caledonia-Mumford’s Talty hits for the cycle

By Patrick Walsh | June 2, 2026

Constantino Financial Monday Baseball Wrap: Kendall rallies to win, Haverling and Webster Schroeder advance

By Tyler Hathaway | June 1, 2026

Haverling holds off late rally, advances to Class B sub-regional

By Paul Gotham | June 1, 2026

Constantino Financial Sub-Regional Preview: Webster Schroeder to face Hamburg in AA

By Tyler Hathaway | June 2, 2026

One squad has won seven of its past eight games. The other has won four of its past five. Webster Schroeder and Hamburg each averaged a run or less per game allowed in sectionals and will meet in the sub-regionals..

Constantino Financial Sub-Regional Preview: Fillmore and Ellicottville to duel in Class D

By Tyler Hathaway | June 2, 2026

Two teams enter Tuesday having already won a sectional title. Fillmore is 16-1 in its past 17 games and outscoring their opponents by over seven runs per game. Ellicottville has won five of its past seven and has held its opponent to one run or less in four of those games…

Constantino Financial Sub-Regional Preview: Pittsford Sutherland to take on Grand Island in Class A

By Tyler Hathaway | June 2, 2026

One team has won 13 of its past 15 games and hasn’t lost to a Class A team all season. The other has taken eight of its past nine and only given up more than one run in one of their past four outings. Pittsford Sutherland will meet Grand Island on Tuesday in a clash of Section V and Section VI. The winner advances to the NYS Class A quarterfinals…

Constantino Financial Sub-Regional Preview: McQuaid to meet Niagara Falls in Class AAA

By Tyler Hathaway | June 2, 2026

Each team has already won a sectional title. McQuaid has won eight straight games, while Section VI Niagara Falls has won four of its past six. The Knights and Wolverines will meet in the state tournament for the second straight season…

LaRocco’s late hit lifts Webster Schroeder in Class AA

By Paul Gotham | June 2, 2026

Trailing by one with runners on second and third in the top of the seventh inning, LaRocco drove in the tying and go-ahead runs as Webster Schroeder (12-11) advanced to the state tournament with a 9-7 win over Canandaigua (18-6), Monday night at ESL Ballpark…

Castle Packs Power Monday Softball Wrap: Crye powers Avon; Caledonia-Mumford’s Talty hits for the cycle

By Patrick Walsh | June 2, 2026

Scores and recaps from Monday’s Section V Softball action…

Constantino Financial Monday Baseball Wrap: Kendall rallies to win, Haverling and Webster Schroeder advance

By Tyler Hathaway | June 1, 2026

Scores and recaps from Monday’s Section V baseball action…

Haverling holds off late rally, advances to Class B sub-regional

By Paul Gotham | June 1, 2026

Wenban hurled six-plus innings, and Haverling held off a late push to beat Wellsville, 6-5…

Red Wings end May with 20-6 record, enter June in playoff race

By Dan Glickman | June 1, 2026

Despite ending May with a loss, the Red Wings are firmly in the playoff race…

Rush-Henrietta goes back-to-back in AAA

By Paul Gotham | May 31, 2026

R-H sent 11 to the plate in a seven-run third inning on the way to a 9-3 win over Fairport in the Section V Class AAA championship at Gates Chili High School…

Constantino Financial State Qualifier Preview: Webster Schroeder and Canandaigua to decide Class AA

By Tyler Hathaway | May 31, 2026

One squad has won six of its past seven games and just won its first sectional title in a decade. The other has won eight of their past nine outings and is coming off of a walk-off sectional win. Webster Schroeder and Canandaigua have each already won sectional championships, and will meet Monday to decide who goes to the state tournament…

Constantino Financial State Qualifier Preview: Haverling and Wellsville to meet in Class B

By Tyler Hathaway | May 31, 2026

One squad has won 17 straight games and didn’t give up a run in sectionals. The other has won six of its past eight games and just won its third straight sectional title. Haverling and Wellsville will meet Monday night to decide who will represent Section V in the state tournament…

Constantino Financial State Qualifier Preview: Gananda and Kendall to clash in Class C

By Tyler Hathaway | May 31, 2026

One team hasn’t lost in 17 games. The other has won 11 of its past 12. Gananda and Kendall have already each won sectional titles and will meet for a spot in the state tournament…

High School

Constantino Financial Sub-Regional Preview: Fillmore and Ellicottville to duel in Class D

By Tyler Hathaway | June 2, 2026 | 0 Comments

Two teams enter Tuesday having already won a sectional title. Fillmore is 16-1 in its past 17 games and outscoring their opponents by over seven runs per game. Ellicottville has won five of its past seven and has held its opponent to one run or less in four of those games…

Constantino Financial Sub-Regional Preview: Pittsford Sutherland to take on Grand Island in Class A

By Tyler Hathaway | June 2, 2026 | 0 Comments

One team has won 13 of its past 15 games and hasn’t lost to a Class A team all season. The other has taken eight of its past nine and only given up more than one run in one of their past four outings. Pittsford Sutherland will meet Grand Island on Tuesday in a clash of Section V and Section VI. The winner advances to the NYS Class A quarterfinals…

Constantino Financial Sub-Regional Preview: McQuaid to meet Niagara Falls in Class AAA

By Tyler Hathaway | June 2, 2026 | 0 Comments

Each team has already won a sectional title. McQuaid has won eight straight games, while Section VI Niagara Falls has won four of its past six. The Knights and Wolverines will meet in the state tournament for the second straight season…

LaRocco’s late hit lifts Webster Schroeder in Class AA

By Paul Gotham | June 2, 2026 | 0 Comments

Trailing by one with runners on second and third in the top of the seventh inning, LaRocco drove in the tying and go-ahead runs as Webster Schroeder (12-11) advanced to the state tournament with a 9-7 win over Canandaigua (18-6), Monday night at ESL Ballpark…

Castle Packs Power Monday Softball Wrap: Crye powers Avon; Caledonia-Mumford’s Talty hits for the cycle

By Patrick Walsh | June 2, 2026 | 0 Comments

Scores and recaps from Monday’s Section V Softball action…

Constantino Financial Monday Baseball Wrap: Kendall rallies to win, Haverling and Webster Schroeder advance

By Tyler Hathaway | June 1, 2026 | 0 Comments

Scores and recaps from Monday’s Section V baseball action…

WNY Sports

Tribunes ‘Sweepin’ down the plain’: Sardou finds the power of adjustments

By Paul Gotham | May 21, 2026

Ninth-inning rally secures district championship; Tribunes clinch trip to World Series

By Paul Gotham | May 17, 2026

Tribunes move within one game of clinching World Series spot

By Paul Gotham | May 16, 2026

Sardou powers Monroe to district-opening win

By Paul Gotham | May 15, 2026

Bills

Bills promote offensive coordinator Joe Brady to head coach

By Tyler Hathaway | January 27, 2026 | 0 Comments

Buffalo is in the process of finalizing a deal to promote offensive coordinator Joe Brady to the head coaching role. Brady plans to sign a five-year deal with the Bills and will replace former coach Sean McDermott, who was fired last Monday…

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Bills/Broncos playoff preview: Three storylines, two keys to the game, one X-Factor

By Tyler Hathaway | January 16, 2026 | 0 Comments

The Buffalo Bills will continue their postseason run when they travel to face the number one overall seed in the AFC, the Denver Broncos. Where as the Bills enter off of a battle against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Broncos will come into Saturday’s game fully rested…

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Bills/Jaguars playoff preview: Three storylines, two keys to the game, one X-Factor

By Tyler Hathaway | January 10, 2026 | 0 Comments

The 2025 NFL regular season has come to a close, and the Buffalo Bills will be competing in the playoffs for the seventh straight season. But unlike the previous five, the No. 6 seed Bills will be starting their playoff run on the road, heading south to face the Jacksonville Jaguars this Sunday. The third-seeded Jaguars enter the contest red-hot, while Buffalo is coming off of an emotional yet emphatic win over the New York Jets…

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Amerks

Stevens says a tearful goodbye to Amerks fans

By Kevin Oklobzija | April 26, 2026 | 1 Comment

After calling more than 5,000 sporting events – and nearly 3,700 Amerks games since the 1986-87 season – Stevens has entered retirement. He had announced back in September that this would be his final season…

Early deficit too much to overcome as Amerks season comes to an end

By Kevin Oklobzija | April 26, 2026 | 2 Comments

With the loss – a ninth straight at Coca-Cola Coliseum dating back to Feb. of 2024 – the Amerks season comes to a close, and so, too, does the 58-year broadcasting career of Don Stevens…

Amerks blank Marlies to force deciding game

By Kevin Oklobzija | April 24, 2026 | 1 Comment

On Wednesday, the Amerks played a game fit for a three-in-three weekend in November, not the Calder Cup playoffs. As a result, they weren’t even competitive, losing 5-0 on the road to the Toronto Marlies in Game 1 of the North Division play-in, mini-round…

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