SECTION 4 BOYS' BASKETBALL: NEW SEASON, NEW COACH AS HORSEHEADS BOYS PREP FOR SEASON (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-27)
BY BRIAN FEES
Southern Tier Sports Report
HORSEHEADS — The Horseheads boys’ basketball team will start the season with a new coach, only the third in over three and a half decades for the Blue Raiders. ...more

SECTION 4 BOYS' BASKETBALL: LOTS OF RETURNING TALENT AS CORNING PREPS FOR SEASON (15 PHOTOS) (2025-11-26)
BY BRIAN FEES
Southern Tier Sports Report
CORNING — The Corning Hawks boys’ basketball team has a strong group of returning players as they hit the court to start practicing for the upcoming season.  ...more

SECTION 4 GIRLS' BASKETBALL: HORSEHEADS HOSTS FORKS IN SCRIMMAGE (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-26)
Southern Tier Sports Report
HORSEHEADS — The Horseheads girls’ basketball team held their second scrimmage as they prepare for the start of the season.
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SECTION 4 GIRLS' BASKETBALL: WITH A NEW COACH, CORNING PREPARES FOR SEASON (17 PHOTOS) (2025-11-25)
BY BRIAN FEES
Southern Tier Sports Report
CORNING — With a new coach the Corning Hawks girls’ basketball team got on the court last week to begin practices for the new season.
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HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING: COMING OFF BIG FALL SEASON, HORSEHEADS PREPS FOR WINTER SEASON (15 PHOTOS) (2025-11-25)
BY BRIAN FEES
Southern Tier Sports Report
HORSEHEADS — Coming off a fourth-place finish at states during the fall season, the Horseheads Blue Raiders cheer team got back to work last week as they started practices for the winter season.
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SECTION 4 GIRLS' BASKETBALL: HORSEHEADS TUNES UP FOR SEASON WITH THREE-TEAM SCRIMMAGE (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-24)
Southern Tier Sports Report
HORSEHEADS — The Horseheads girls’ basketball team tuned up for the season with a three-team scrimmage on Monday night.
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SECTION 4 GIRLS' BASKETBALL: ELMIRA SCRIMMAGES AGAINST ATHENS (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-24)
Southern Tier Sports Report
ELMIRA — The Elmira girls’ basketball team tuned up for the season with a scrimmage on Monday night.
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COLLEGE DIVING: ELMIRA'S BENJMAIN EARNS EMPIRE 8 DIVER OF THE WEEK HONORS (2025-11-24)
Southern Tier Sports Report
Elmira graduate Lydia Benjamin was named the Empire 8 Diver of the week recently. ...more

COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: EDISON GRAD LITTLEFIELD NETS SEASON HIGH 10 AGAINST ROCHESTER (2025-11-24)
Southern Tier Sports Report
Edison graduate Payton Littlefield scored a season-high 10 points in a loss to Rochester over the weekend.
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ELMIRA HOCKEY CLUB PLAYS GAME AT LECOM EVENT CENTER (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-23)
Southern Tier Sports Report
ELMIRA — The Elmira Hockey Club played a game at Lecom Event Center on Sunday night against Binghamton.
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SECTION 4 BOYS' WRESTLING: CORNING BEGINS SEASON WITH BIG NUMBERS (17 PHOTOS) (2025-11-23)
BY BRIAN FEES
Southern Tier Sports Report
CORNING — With the biggest numbers in a long time the Corning Hawks are getting to work as they began practices last week.
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SECTION 4 GIRLS' WRESTLING: CORNING GETS TO WORK PREPARING FOR NEW SEASON (11 PHOTOS) (2025-11-23)
BY BRIAN FEES
Southern Tier Sports Report
CORNING — The Corning Hawks girls’ wrestling team hit the at last week to begin practices for the new season.
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NEW YORK STATE FOOTBALL: TWO-TIME DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION CBA PULLS AWAY LATE FOR 42-7 WIN OVER ELMIRA IN CLASS AA QUARTERFINALS (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-22)
By TIM BIRNEY
Southern Tier Sports Report
VESTAL — Elmira played the two-time defending state champions to a one-score game for 2 1/2 quarters, but Christian Brothers Academy pulled away over the final 18 minutes for a 42-7 win Saturday night in the quarterfinals of the New York State Class AA football playoffs here at Dick Hoover Stadium. ...more

NYSPHSAA SWIMMING & DIVING: HORSEHEADS ATHLETES COMPETE AT STATES (18 PHOTOS) (2025-11-21)
BY BRIAN FEES
Southern Tier Sports Report
WEBSTER — For four Horseheads seniors they were able to end their high school careers at the biggest meet of the all, swimming at the NYSPHSAA Championships at the Webster Aquatic Center on Friday.
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SECTION 4 GIRLS' BASKETBALL: ND LOOKING TO TAKE ANOTHER STEP AS THEY PREPARE FOR SEASON (15 PHOTOS) (2025-11-20)
BY BRIAN FEES
Southern Tier Sports Report
SOUTHPORT — The Notre Dame girls’ basketball took a big step a year ago, and now they are excited as they returned to the court for the first week of practices this week.
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SECTION 4 GIRLS' BASKETBALL: NEW COACH, NEW SEASON FOR EDISON GIRLS (12 PHOTOS) (2025-11-19)
BY BRIAN FEES
Southern Tier Sports Report
ELMIRA HEIGHTS — It’s a new season with a new coach for the Edison girls’ basketball team as they hit the court to start pracctices for the new season this week.
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SECTION 4 TRACK AND FIELD: HORSEHEADS HITS THE TRACK TO PREPARE FOR SEASON (13 PHOTOS) (2025-11-19)
BY BRIAN FEES
Southern Tier Sports Report
HORSEHEADS — Cross Country seasons still going on for two Horseheads runners, but now it’s right into track and field as the Blue Raiders hit the track this week to begin practices for the season.
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SECTION 4 BOYS' BASKETBALL: NOTRE DAME HOPES TO BUILD ON LAST YEAR'S SUCCESS AS THEY START SEASON (10 PHOTOS) (2025-11-19)
Southern Tier Sports Report
SOUTHPORT — A year ago the Notre Dame boys’ basketball won their first IAC division title since 2013, and came a basket away from an IAC overall title.
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PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY: BEECHER MAKES FLAMES DEBUT IN WIN AT BUFFALO (2025-11-19)
Southern Tier Sports Report
BUFFALO — Elmira’s Johnny Beecher made his debut with the Calgary Flames and he did it in his home state.
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SECTION 4 GIRLS' WRESTLING: BLUE RAIDERS HAVE NEW COACH, VETS AND NEW FACES IN LINEUP AS THEY OPEN YEAR (16 PHOTOS) (2025-11-18)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
HORSEHEADS — The Horseheads girls’ wrestling team heads into the season with a new coach, and a number of successful, veteran wrestlers.
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SECTION 4 WRESTLING: ELMIRA BEGINS PRACTICES AS THEY GEAR UP FOR SEASON (15 PHOTOS) (2025-11-18)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
ELMIRA — The Elmira Express wrestling team hit the mats on Monday for the first day of winter sports practices. ...more

SECTION 4 GIRLS' BASKETBALL: TWO-TIME DEFENDING SECTIONAL CHAMP BLUE RAIDERS PREPARE FOR NEW SEASON (15 PHOTOS) (2025-11-18)
BY BRIAN FEES
Southern Tier Sports Report
HORSEHEADS — Coming off their second straight sectional title the Horseheads girls’ basketball team got back to work on Monday as practices started for the winter sports season. ...more

SECTION 4 GIRLS' BASKETBALL: TWO-TIME DEFENDING SECTIONAL CHAMPS ELMIRA READY FOR NEW SEASON (15 PHOTOS) (2025-11-17)
BY BRIAN FEES
Southern Tier Sports Report
ELMIRA — It’s back to work for the Elmira girls’ basketball team coming off back-to-back sectional championships the past two seasons.
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SECTION 4 WRESTLING: NEW ERA FOR HORSEHEADS WRESTLING AS THEY OPEN NEW SEASON WITH NEW COACH (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-17)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
HORSEHEADS — There is a coaching change at Horseheads wrestling this year, but the reality is things aren’t changing much at all.
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COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: HORSEHEADS' MALONE EARNS ALL-EMPIRE 8 HONORS (2025-11-17)
Southern Tier Sports Report
Horseheads graduate Taylor Malone earned a second-team all-Empire 8 volleyball selection.
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NYSPHSAA GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY: CORNING'S MARTINEC TAKES 29TH TO LEAD LOCALS AT STATES (7 PHOTOS) (2025-11-16)
Southern Tier Sports Report
QUEENSBURY — Olivia Marinec of Corning had a top-30 finish to lead the local girls at the New York State Cross Country Championships.
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NYSPHSAA BOYS' CROSS COUNTRY: CORNING TAKES 3RD AT STATES, HORSEHEADS, CORNING HAVE STATE MEDALISTS (13 PHOTOS) (2025-11-16)
Southern Tier Sports Report
QUEENSBURY — Two locals earned state medals, while the Corning boys’ cross country team posted a third-place finish at the Class A State Championships at Queensbury on Saturday.
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NYSPHSAA VOLLEYBALL: CORNING STARTS FAST, BUT FALLS TO SHEN IN REGIONAL FINAL (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-15)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
OWEGO — The Corning Hawks got off to a dominant start, but in the end the Shenendehowa rallied for a 3-1 victory over Corning. ...more

NYSPHSAA VOLLEYBALL: HORSEHEADS LEADS EARLY, BUT FALLS IN REGIONAL FINAL (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-15)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
OWEGO — The first two sets everything went Horseheads way in the NYSPHSAA Class AA Regional Final.
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SECTION 4 FOOTBALL: ELMIRA MAKES HISTORY WITH 3RD STRAIGHT SECTIONAL TITLE (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-14)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
ELMIRA — Down 12-6, the Elmira Express scored the next 27 points and never looked back as they topped Corning 53-18 to win the Section IV, Class AAA Championship on Friday night.
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SECTION 4 FOOTBALL: HORSEHEADS STOPPED ON 2-POINT TRY IN OT AS THEY ARE EDGED BY U-E IN SECTION FINAL (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-14)
BY BRIAN FEES
Southern Tier Sports Report
ENDICOTT — The Horseheads Blue Raiders came up two yards short in their sectional final against Union-Endicott, falling to the Tigers 21-20 in overtime on Friday.
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IAC GIRLS' SOCCER: YOUNG EARNS MVP HONORS, 9 OTHER ND, EDISON GIRLS EARN IAC HONORS (2025-11-13)
Southern Tier Sports Report
Notre Dame’s MK Young was the IAC South Large School MVP, while nine other Notre Dame and Edison girls’ soccer players earned league honors.
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COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY: ELMIRA GRAD BELANGER TAKES 26TH AT EMPIRE 8 CHAMPIONSHIPS (2025-11-13)
Southern Tier Sports Report
ROCHESTER — Elmira graduate Caleb Belanger had a 26th-place finish, earning him all-conference honors at the Empire 8 Championships. 

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THE SPORTS REPORTS: TROY'S GILLILAND, CORNING'S MARTINEC NAMED ZIFF LAW FIRM REGIONAL 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (2025-11-13)
The Sports Reports
Troy senior Brendan Gilliland had a game for the ages to put the Trojans back in the District 4 championship game, while Corning senior Olivia Martinec punched her ticket to the N.Y. State Cross-Country Championships. They are The Sports Reports / Ziff Law Firm Regional "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending No ...more

COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: ELMIRA GRADS LEAD EC IN SCORING IN LOSS TO MISERICORDIA (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-12)
Southern Tier Sports Report
ELMIRA — Elmira grads Lauren Miller and Amarionah Dixon both scored in double figures, but the Elmira College women’s basketball team fell to Misericordia 71-59 on Wednesday night.
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COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY: CORNING GRAD NAYLOR MAKES BIG JUMP IN FIRST YEAR AT NAZARETH, LOCAL GRADS SHINE AT EMPIRE 8'S (2025-11-12)
Southern Tier Sports Report
Corning graduate Mike Naylor was part of a team that made the NCAA Division III Niagara Region Cross Country Championshipsfor Nazareth.
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