Above anything else, we have to acknowledge the harsh reality. Had this school year gone as planned, this would have been the weekend where state football championships were played at […]

Early this week, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association was forced, again, to bend to the COVID-19 situation, officially announcing that “high-risk” winter sports – basketball, ice […]

AFLAC Amazing Athlete: Michael Gaughan, Bishop Ludden boys soccer. When the Gaelic Knights upended the Bishop Grimes Cobras 4-0 on November 7, Gaughan carried his side along, putting in all […]

As of the start of the second week of November, a full-bore winter sports season looked less likely. State officials announced that they weren’t inclined yet to alter the “high-risk” […]

AFLAC Amazing Athlete: Vassi Klock, Jordan-Elbridge girls cross country. Even though the Eagles lost 24-37 to the Marcellus Mustangs on November 4, Klock was the top individual runner, her time […]

AFLAC Amazing Athlete: Sam Taylor, Fabius-Pompey boys soccer. The Falcons ran over the LaFayette Lancers 5-0 on October 26 and Taylor had the most to do with it, notching three […]

AFLAC Amazing Athlete: Aryala Garcia, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill field hockey. The Red Devils dominated Central Valley Academy 5-0 on October 19 and Garcia was unstoppable, amassing a career-best four goals and assisting […]

AFLAC Amazing Athlete: Shayna Straney, Little Falls girls soccer. When the Mounties put together a 7-1 victory over the Herkimer Magicians on October 10, Straney was at the forefront all […]

AFLAC Amazing Athlete: Jenna Deep, Clinton field hockey. A low-scoring battle saw the Warriors defeat the Camden Blue Devils 1-0 on October 5, and it was Deep who scored the […]

AFLAC Amazing Athlete: Alexis Bates, Poland girls soccer. When the Tornadoes opened its season October 2 with a 4-2 win over the Little Falls Mounties, Bates led the reigning state […]

All other stories, including the end of the fall sports season, pale next to the still-uncertain fate of winter sports. At some point in the next couple of weeks, Governor […]

By the end of October, the COVID-19 shadows were gathering. It started in Cortland County with Cortland and Homer teams sidelined for weeks due to an outbreak of the virus […]

Two sets of Spartans are lighting up area girls soccer. There’s New Hartford, who in the process of getting to 5-0 has outscored its opponents by a combined 37-1 (including […]

Not only has Fayetteville-Manlius boys soccer roared out to a 5-0 start, it has done so with considerable style and history. Led by the high-scoring Pagano brothers (Cheeck and Nino), […]

The full return of high school sports was marked by a series of high-profile soccer games in the first full week of October. Perhaps the best of them was a […]