ATTICA — As a parade of fire trucks led the Attica football team through the village following its sectional championship victory over East Rochester/Gananda, one could almost feel a breeze created by what was a collective sigh of relief as the Blue Devils’ football family littered the stree…

BATAVIA — After winning its first Section V title, Attica had to wait three extra days to get back onto the field in the Far West Regional final against Section VI winner Lackawanna following last weekend’s snow storm. And the Blue Devils had the undefeated Steelers on the ropes for much of …

BATAVIA — Leading 14-8 with 5:30 remaining in the fourth quarter of Monday’s NYSPHSAA Class B Far West Regional Final, Batavia’s season had come down to one play. With Iroquois facing a fourth-and-goal from the five-yard line, the Blue Devils needed to come up with one stop to help ensure it…

BROCKPORT — Oakfield-Alabama/Elba relied on its dominant running game all season to impressively roll through its Section V competition on the way to a second straight Class D title. But on Monday night in the Far West Regional final, the Aggies got a taste of its own medicine.

OAKFIELD — When Tyler Winter took over the Oakfield-Alabama/Elba program three years ago, he had a definitive plan of where he wanted the Aggies to go.

DETROIT — A joyful Stefon Diggs exclaimed, “Back on track!” as the Bills made their way through the tunnel to the locker room following their 31-23 win over the Cleveland Browns at Ford Field.

DETROIT — All of Bills Mafia breathed a sigh of relief as Buffalo wrapped up a 31-23 bounce-back win over the Cleveland Browns at Ford Field. Coming off of two straight losses, the Bills came out of the gates slow, but finished the first half strong and limited Cleveland to one score the fin…

BATAVIA — Since serving as a ball boy during his father’s days roaming the sidelines, Brennan Briggs has always wanted to be a football coach.

DETROIT — What was once supposed to be a snow-filled contest in Orchard Park has shifted west, away from the eye of the winter storm sweeping through the Western New York region. The Bills will now meet the Cleveland Browns for the two teams’ Week 11 matchup at the home of the Detroit Lions,…

PITTSFORD — Pembroke kept its dream season alive with a back and forth 54-38 win over Morrisville-Eaton in Thursday’s New York State Regional Semifinal. The Dragons’ eight-man squad improves to 11-1 and advances to the regional final on Friday, Nov. 25 at Union-Endicott High School.

A winter storm watch set for the Western New York region has forced the NFL to shovel the Bills’ Week 11 matchup with the Cleveland Browns to an alternate game site, Ford Field in Detroit. The game remains set for a 1 p.m. kickoff

CORFU — Pembroke football is ready for its close-up.

As first reported by the Daily News, due to the impending snow storm potentially heading to Western New York, late Tuesday night officials from Section V, Section VI and the New York State Public High School Athletic Association began discussing whether or not to postpone this weekend’s New …

ORCHARD PARK — An illness has spread its way through the locker room at One Bills Dr., keeping several players from the practice facility during Buffalo’s first prep session of the week leading up to their expected snow-filled matchup with the Cleveland Browns. Reggie Gilliam, Cam Lewis, Mat…

Late Tuesday afternoon, sources revealed to The Daily News that officials from Section V, Section VI and the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) had considered postponing this weekend’s Far West Regional football games due to a projected snowstorm set to sweep t…

University of Rochester women’s basketball kept things rolling to start their 2022-23 season, topping the 21st-ranked Messiah University Falcons, 57-44, on Saturday at the Louis Alexander Palestra to take home their second straight Chuck Resler Tournament Championship.

BATAVIA — A legend in the local high school football scene has passed away.

The forecast for Buffalo calls for more than two feet of snow and falling point totals on Sunday.

BROCKPORT — Ten seconds remaining. Fourth-and-goal from the 19-yard line. Batavia’s perfect campaign, its pursuit of a second straight Class B title, facing one of the most significant Section V Football postseason upsets in recent memory. One play to save the season.

ORCHARD PARK — Sean McDermott, Ken Dorsey and Leslie Frazier met the media over Zoom on Monday. The Bills’ head coach, offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator answered many tough questions regarding their team’s defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Vikings that dropped Buffalo to 6-3…

ORCHARD PARK — Coming off of an ugly defeat at the hands of the New York Jets, it was difficult to imagine things going worse for the Bills entering their matchup with the Minnesota Vikings. Well, they did.

Both mired in losing streaks, the Vancouver Canucks visit the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday in a battle of teams desperate for a breakout performance.

VERONA — Oakfield-Alabama/Elba’s Connor Domoy completed his junior season over the weekend in much of the same manner that he competed the rest of the fall — with another impressive performance.

ORCHARD PARK — Drama at Highmark Stadium.

BROCKPORT — You won’t see a more dramatic finish to a sectional championship game than what a packed house at SUNY Brockport witnessed to conclude Saturday’s Section V Football Class B Final between No. 1 and defending champion Batavia and No. 2 Monroe.

ORCHARD PARK — Despite a brutal loss at the hands of the New York Jets in Week 9, the Bills enter Week 10 atop the AFC standings, sitting at 6-2 with a non-conference foe, the Minnesota Vikings, coming to town for a 1 p.m. Sunday kickoff.

BROCKPORT — Three-quarters of a century. Put that into perspective.

PITTSFORD — There’s a first time for everything. On Saturday, it was the Pembroke football team’s chance to make a bit of history as they matched up in the Section V Eight-Man Football final against top seed Canisteo-Greenwood, a team which beat the No. 2 Dragons early in the regular season.

BROCKPORT — A heavyweight fight was expected when the No.1 Oakfield-Alabama/Elba Aggies took on fellow unbeaten, the No. 2 Alexander Trojans, in Saturday afternoon’s Class D Final. Instead, what a sizeable crowd on hand at SUNY Brockport was treated to was a one-sided affair that went in fav…

On Saturday three Section V championships will be up for grabs at SUNY Brockport and while Oakfield-Alabama/Elba and Alexander will battle it out in Class D, two more local teams will be looking to find their way to the top in Classes B and C.

SCOTTSVILLE — Undefeated Harley Allendale Columbia put an end to a pair of great volleyball careers Thursday night as the Lady Wolves defeated defending NYS finalist Pavilion in four sets during Section V Class D state qualifier action at Wheatland-Chili HS.

ORCHARD PARK — Sean McDermott failed to clarify the status of Josh Allen, who sustained an elbow injury late during the Bills’ loss to the New York Jets this past Sunday. McDermott announced before practice that Allen would not participate in Wednesday’s session, and the Buffalo quarterback …

AVON — This wasn’t your average Midlakes volleyball squad.

Saturday promises to be a dandy for our local high school football teams, their communities and all their fans.

VICTOR — Whatever it was that kept Pavilion’s Lauren Kingsley on the floor Tuesday night in her team’s Section V Class D state qualifier game against Notre Dame, I’ll take double.

PEMBROKE — Pembroke’s 8-Man football team will be playing for their first sectional title after their convincing 40-18 victory over Bolivar-Richburg in Saturday’s Section V semifinals in Pembroke.

HENRIETTA — Great gymnasts, great sportsman.

AVON — Dropping the first set to East Rochester, No. 1 Le Roy bounced back winning the next three in dominating fashion as the Lady Knights defended their sectional title from a year ago, winning the Section V Class C2 crown Saturday in Avon.

WARSAW — Three-peats don’t come around often.

SANBORN — Mackenzie Hagen accounted for five goals, including scoring three goals and dishing out two assists, as undefeated Byron-Bergen (22-0) defeated Section VI champ Frewsburg 6-2 in Saturday’s Far West Regionals at Niagara Wheatfield HS.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As the media entered the Bills’ locker room following the team’s 20-17 defeat at the hands of the New York Jets, a solitary Josh Allen sat despondently inside his locker with a blank look on his face as he gazed fixedly at the wall opposite him.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Dion Dawkins removed his helmet, slamming it to the ground in frustration as Josh Allen’s deep ball to Gabe Davis near the end of Sunday’s 20-17 loss to the New York Jets fell to the turf incomplete. The frustration displayed by Dawkins on the Bills’ final offensive p…

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Bills have won four games in a row as they hit the road to New Jersey to visit the New York Jets for what has developed into a critical AFC East matchup.

BATAVIA — The Batavia CheerDawgs competed in the 2022 NOFA CheerZone on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Genesee Community College.

BATAVIA — Ja’Vin McFollins has improved with each passing week since taking the reins as a first-year varsity quarterback to begin the season. McFollins has helped guide defending champion Batavia to 10 straight victories since starting his time under center for the Blue Devils football prog…

PENN YAN — One more win. That’s all it will take for the Attica Blue Devils to seize their first Section V Football championship in program history.