ELMIRA COLLEGE TO ADD WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL STARTING IN 2025-26 (2025-01-17)
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ELMIRA – Elmira College, in conjunction with the Department of Athletics, has announced the addition of women's flag football as an intercollegiate sponsored sport at the institution,  beginning in the 2025-26 academic year. The sport will begin as a club-level program for the Spring of 2025 before making the transition. ...more

STAC BOYS' BASKETBALL: HORSEHEADS AVENGES EARLIER LOSS BY RALLYING PAST ELMIRA (24 PHOTOS) (2025-01-16)
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HORSEHEADS — It was 10 days ago that the Horseheads boys’ basketball team lost by over 30 points as Elmira.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' WRESTLING: ELMIRA COMPETES IN TRI-MEET AT TIOGA (24 PHOTOS) (2025-01-16)
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TIOGA — The Elmira girls’ wrestling team wrestled a tri-meet on Wednesday night, falling to Tioga 40-25 and Waverly 28-27.
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IAC BOYS' BASKETBALL: SECOND QUARTER KEY AS EDISON FALLS AT GROTON (12 PHOTOS) (2025-01-16)
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GROTON — The second quarter was a big key again for the Edison boys’ basketball team as they fell to Groton 60-45.

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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: ELMIRA EDGED BY NEWARK VALLEY IN NONLEAGUE MATCHUP (2025-01-16)
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ELMIRA — The Elmira wrestling team was edged by Newark Valley on Thursday night, 36-36 in a non-league matchup.
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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: HORSEHEADS NOTCHES NONLEAGUE WIN OVER WYALUSING (2025-01-16)
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WYALUSING — The Horseheads wrestling team went on the road to Pennsylvania and picked up a 41-18 win over Wyalusing on Thursday night.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: 15 LOCALS EARN ALL-STATE RECOGNITION, PECKHAM BECOMES FIRST HORSEHEADS PLAYER TO EARN FIRST-TEAM HONORS (2025-01-16)
By Brian Fees
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It was a big year for area football teams, and now they are earning honors at the state level for all the success.
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STAC BOWLING: ELMIRA BOYS AND GIRLS TOP CORNING ON SENIOR NIGHT FOR EXPRESS (24 PHOTOS) (2025-01-15)
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ELMIRA — The Elmira girls’ bowling team swept Corning on Wednesday at Dixie Lanes, while the boys picked up a 4-1 win over the Hawks on senior day for the Express.
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STAC GIRLS' BASKETBALL: ELMIRA HAS THREE IN DOUBLE FIGURES AS THEY EDGE CORNING ON THE ROAD (24 PHOTOS) (2025-01-15)
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CORNING — The Elmira girls’ basketball team had three players score in double figures as they edged Corning 51-47 on Wednesday night.

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IAC BOYS' WRESTLING: EDISON WINS 4 OF FIVE MATCHES WRESTLED, BUT FORFEITS THE DIFFERENCE AS THEY FALL TO SVEC (21 PHOTOS) (2025-01-15)
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SPENCER — The Edison wrestling team won four of the five matches wrestled, but fell to SVEC 42-29 on Wednesday night.
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STAC GIRLS' BASKETBALL: HORSEHEADS HITS 10 THREES ON WAY TO WIN OVER ITHACA (2025-01-16)
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ITHACA — The Horseheads girls’ basketball team picked up a 62-26 win over Ithaca on Wednesday night.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' WRESTLING: HORSEHEADS SPLITS PAIR IN TRI-MEET (2025-01-16)
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GROTON — The Horseheads girls’ wrestling team split a pair of matches during a tri-meet at Groton on Wednesday night.
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STAC BOYS' BOWLING: HORSEHEADS PICKS UP VICTORY OVER BINGHAMTON (2025-01-15)
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BINGHAMTON — The Horseheads boys’ bowling team picked up a 5-0 victory over Binghamton at Ripics Carousel Lanes on Wednesday night.
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STSR PRESENTS THE DRAKE HVAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: CORNING'S CRISCO & MCLAUGHLIN AND HORSEHEADS' CARROLL (2025-01-15)
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There were a lot of great performances this week, leading to some tough choices for the athlete of the week honors. In the end, it was Corning’s Cella McLaughlin, while for the boys Corning’s Joey Crisco and Seamus Carroll of Horseheads who shared the weekly honors who are the Southern Tier Sports Report, sponsored by Drake HVAC Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning, Athletes of the Week.
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STAC BOYS' BASKETBALL: 2ND HALF SURGE LIFTS 11-1 CORNING PAST ELMIRA (24 PHOTOS) (2025-01-14)
By Brian Fees
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ELMIRA — With the game tied at the half, the Corning Hawks attacked the basket to start the second half as they moved to 11-1 on the year with a 54-46 win over Elmira.
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STAC BOYS' SWIMMING & DIVING: HORSEHEADS NOTCHES VICTORY OVER JOHNSON CITY (13 PHOTOS) (2025-01-14)
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HORSEHEADS — The Horseheads boys’ swimming and diving team notched a 101-53 win over Johnson City on Tuesday night.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' WRESTLING: HORSEHEADS NOTCHES VICTORY OVER TIOGA (15 PHOTOS) (2025-01-14)
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HORSEHEADS — The Horseheads Blue Raiders wrestling team picked up a 46-21 win over Tioga on Tuesday in a non-league matchup.
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IAC GIRLS' BASKETBALL: HUFFNER NETS 21, BUT EDISON FALLS TO LANSING (19 PHOTOS) (2025-01-14)
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ELMIRA HEIGHTS — Mali Huffner had 21 points, but the Edison girls’ basketball team fell to Lansing on Tuesday, 49-42.

Lansing led 17-9 after one quarter and 27-13 at the half, before Edison scored 29 second-half points in the game.
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IAC GIRLS' BASKETBALL: NOTRE DAME EDGED BY WHITNEY POINT (2025-01-14)
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WHITNEY POINT — With leading scorer Payton Sutryk battling foul trouble all game, the Notre Dame girls’ basketball team fell to Whitney Point 50-39 on Tuesday night.
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IAC BOYS' BASKETBALL: 11 PLAYERS SCORE AS ND BOYS TOP WHITNEY POINT (2025-01-14)
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SOUTHPORT — Eleven different players scored as the Notre Dame boys’ basketball team picked up a 69-40 win over Whitney Point on Tuesday night.

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IAC BOYS' BASKETBALL: BENNETT, CORNACCHIO EACH NET 15, BUT EDISON FALLS AT LANSING (2025-01-14)
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LANSING — The Edison boys’ basketball team went on the road and fell to Lansing 70-41 on Tuesday night.
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STAC BOYS' BASKETBALL: HORSEHEADS HOLDS ON FOR WIN OVER ITHACA (2025-01-14)
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HORSEHEADS — Horseheads held on for a 44-41 win over Ithaca in STAC boys’ basketball action on Tuesday night.
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HISTORIC NIGHT: H5 BROTHERS START IN VARSITY GAME FOR FIRST TIME IN H.S. HOOPS HISTORY (24 PHOTOS) (2025-01-13)
By Brian Fees
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CORNING — For the Peters brothers playing basketball together is something they do all the time outside at their house.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL: SNELL'S BASKET LIFTS CORNING CHRISTIAN TO WIN (24 PHOTOS) (2025-01-13)
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CORNING — A three-pointer by Autumn Snell with 1:11 left in the game helped the Corning Christian beat 35-33 on Monday night.
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STAC GIRLS' BASKETBALL: ELMIRA NOTCHES WIN OVER MAINE-ENDWELL (2025-01-13)
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ELMIRA — The Elmira Express picked up a 55-46 win over Maine-Endwell in STAC action on Monday night.

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STAC BOWLING: ELMIRA BOYS SWEEP WAY PAST MAINE-ENDWELL (2025-01-13)
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ENDWELL — The Elmira boys’ bowling team swept Maine-Endwell on Monday, while the girls were swept by the Spartans.
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STAC BOWLING: CORNING BOYS AND GIRLS DOWN VESTAL (2025-01-13)
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CORNING — The Corning boys and girls bowling teams each notched 5-0 wins over Vestal at Crystal Lanes on Monday afternoon.
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STAC BOYS' BOWLING: HORSEHEADS NOTCHES VICTORY OVER JOHNSON CITY AS 2 SHOOT OVER 700 (2025-01-13)
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CORNING — The Horseheads boys’ bowling team picked up a 5-0 win over Johnson City on Monday afternoon at Crystal Lanes.
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IAC BOWLING: EDISON BOYS AND GIRLS DOWN GROTON (2025-01-13)
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GROTON — The Edison boys and girls bowling teams each picked up victories at Groton on Monday afternoon.

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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' WRESTLING: ELMIRA WRESTLERS FIND SUCCESS AT RIVER HAWK ROUND ROBIN (17 PHOTOS) (2025-01-12)
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OWEGO — A number of Elmira wrestlers found success at the River Hawk Round Robin over the weekend.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SWIMMING & DIVING: JARDIN-REED SETS MEET RECORD, CORNING HAS STATE QUALIFIERS AS HAWKS, BLUE RAIDERS GO 1-2 AS TEAMS AT WOLVERINE INVITE (10 PHOTOS) (2025-01-12)
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WAVERLY — Corning’s Brenden Jardin-Reed broke the meet record in winning the diving compeittion at the Wolverine Invite over the weekend, while Corning made states in a pair of events at the meet.
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HIGH SCHOOL INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD: RECORD-SETTING DAY FOR CORNING AT JACK REED INVITE (2025-01-12)
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ROCHESTER — The Corning girls took third and the boys were eighth at the Jack Reed High School Invitational over the weekend.
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HIGH SCHOOL INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD: LOCALS FIND SUCCESS AT WINTER CLASSIC (2025-01-12)
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CORTLAND — The Elmira boys took fourth at the Winter Classic track and field meet, while they were sixth on the girls side.
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THE WEEK AHEAD: RIVALRY MATCHUPS HIGHLIGHT WEEK OF GAMES (2025-01-12)
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Rivalry matchups highlight the week of local sports as there is a little bit of everything on the schedule this week.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' WRESTLING: HORSEHEADS HAS 2 FINALISTS, TAKES 6TH AT SOUTHERN TIER MEMORIAL (24 PHOTOS) (2025-01-11)
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ELMIRA —The Horseheads wrestling team had two finalists, and finished sixth at the 2025 Southern Tier Memorial Boys’ Championship at the Lecom Events Center on Saturday.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' WRESTLING: STRONG SHOWING FOR LOCAL GIRLS AT SOUTHERN TIER MEMORIAL (24 PHOTOS) (2025-01-11)
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ELMIRA — It was a strong showing for local girls in the 2025 Southern Tier Memorial Girls' Championship at the Lecom Events Center on Saturday. ...more

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' WRESTLING: GOLDEN EARNS 7TH PLACE FINISH AT SOUTHERN TIER MEMORIAL (8 PHOTOS) (2025-01-11)
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ELMIRA — Edison’s Greg Golden was a place winner at the Southern Tier Memorial at Lecom Event Center over the weekend, taking seventh at 170 pounds.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' WRESTLING: ELMIRA HAS PAIR OF PLACE WINNERS AT SOUTHERN TIER MEMORIAL (12 PHOTOS) (2025-01-11)
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ELMIRA — Elmira had a pair of place winners at the Southern Tier Memorial at Lecom Event Center over the weekend, led by a third-place finish by Max Collins.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' WRESTLING: CORNING'S MAHON FINISHES 6TH AT SOUTHERN TIER MEMORIAL (6 PHOTOS) (2025-01-11)
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ELMIRA — Corning’s Matthew Mahon was a sixth-place finisher at the Southern Tier Memorial at Lecom Event Center over the weekend.
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STAC BOWLING: SMITH HAS HIGH SERIES, GAME TO HELP LEAD ELMIRA GIRLS TO STAC MID-SEASON TOURNEY TITLE; BOYS TAKE 2ND (2025-01-11)
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VESTAL — Madison Smith had the highest overall series as the Elmira girls won the STAC mid-season tournament on Saturday at Midway Lanes. ...more