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SOMERSET — The record book will read that the Coudersport baseball team logged no state playoff victories in the 2019 season. The Falcons, understanda...

ST. MARYS — You could argue that it shouldn’t have been playing in this game. At least, not yet. Under different circumstances, the Otto-Eldred softba...

Mother Nature may have other ideas, but if the rain holds off, Thursday’s slate of District 9 playoff games features plenty of intriguing matchups acr...

CLARION — Cameron County put up a valiant effort against the No. 2 seed, but saw its playoff run cut short. Junior ace Kait Constantino, who’s been a ...

You could hear the collective sighs of frustration all the way from Coudersport on Thursday afternoon. It wasn’t that the Lady Falcons softball team h...

ST. MARYS — The Kane Lady Wolves picked up their first ever state basketball playoff win on Friday night with a 45-29 victory over the Saegertown Lady...

ST. MARYS — The Coudersport Falcons find themselves in familiar territory this weekend. But that won’t make their first round playoff matchup any easi...

The District 9 playoffs begin in earnest tonight, with seven games scattered across four counties involving 13 high schools. Four of those games featu...

ST. MARYS — If Elk County Catholic had any sort of hangover after beating Bradford Wednesday to cap its undefeated regular season, they certainly didn...

One of the most quoted and replayed soundbites in sports for the last decade or so is former NFL head coach Herm Edwards’ ‘You play to win the game!” ...

PORT ALLEGANY — The Smethport Hubbers had three chances left to earn a win and qualify for the upcoming District 9 playoffs. With the way the game sta...

A couple bits of basketball news and notes as we all try to power through this latest winter blast: —There wasn’t a more fitting way for Owen Chambers...

It’s been a pretty special 12 months throughout the local sports landscape. All across the grass, hardwood, turf and the diamond, area athletes excell...

This past Saturday officially marked the conclusion of high school football for the Era’s local teams and those in District 9. And what a season it wa...

DUKE CENTER — It was the perfect example of a team effort Thursday night. Eighth-seeded Otto-Eldred and ninth-seeded Cameron County battled for five g...

Any coach will tell you the importance of entering the postseason with momentum. In Bradford’s case, the Lady Owls couldn’t have gotten a bigger dose ...

DUKE CENTER — With the North Tier League title already in hand, you could be forgiven for thinking that Port Allegany was simply playing out the stret...

With five games decided by less than three possessions in District 9 football this past week, intensity is certainly picking up with less than a month...

As hard as it is to believe, we’ve already reached the halfway point of the high school football regular season. It seems like yesterday that teams we...

Otto-Eldred and Coudersport have long been the teams to beat in North Tier League volleyball. Undefeated seasons, district titles, and state playoff w...