WATERTOWN — The Watertown Red and Black held the final practice of the season on Thursday night, just after the sun dipped below the horizon. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Facing their toughest opponent to date for the second time in three weeks, credit Charlie Hogg and his Watertown Red and Black teammates, who responded with another hard-fought and bone-jarring effort against the Syracuse Smash. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Chris Furr and Keegan Queior have teamed up to comprise one of the Empire Football League’s most lethal wide receiver duos in recent years. Read More ⇒

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WATERTOWN — In a highly anticipated late-season showdown, Kalon Jeter and his Watertown Red and Black teammates delivered in a big way on Saturday night. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Much has transpired since the Watertown Red and Black’s last encounter with the Syracuse Smash. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Watertown Red and Black followed a familiar formula for success on Saturday night. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Watertown Red and Black hasn’t played a home game in more than a month, but it has excelled on the road in recent weeks. Read More ⇒

BEEKMANTOWN — The Watertown Red and Black delivered another stalwart effort on defense on the road Saturday night. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Last week while in the clutch, the Watertown Red and Black’s defense carried the team to victory. Read More ⇒

GLENS FALLS — Credit the Watertown Red and Black with a hard-fought road triumph Saturday night. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Coming off a tough loss on the road, Keenan Randle and his Watertown Red and Black teammates know they can be better as a team. Read More ⇒

SYRACUSE — A trio of long passing plays and missed opportunities cost the Watertown Red and Black in its 28-14 Empire Football League loss to the Syracuse Smash on Saturday night at Meechum Field. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — In making his debut with the Red and Black last Saturday, Kalon Jeter had waited for the moment since last winter and teammate and fellow quarterback Justin Stevenson had waited even longer. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Having not played a game in nearly two years, and led by newcomer Justin Stevenson, the Watertown Red and Black gutted out a season-opening victory over the Plattsburgh North Stars on Saturday. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — In the absence of football last summer, George Ashcraft spent some extra time at his camp on Brennan Beach near Pulaski. Read More ⇒

The Empire Football League announced a revision to its 2021 season schedule after two teams, the Tri-City Spartans and the Northern New York Grizzlies, opted not to play this season. Read More ⇒

The Watertown Red and Black will open its season with a home game against the Syracuse Smash on Aug. 7, according to the schedule released on the team’s website. Read More ⇒

The Empire Football League announced Friday that the Watertown Red and Black and the five other teams in the league will begin the EFL season Aug. 7 and play a six-week season, ending Sept. 25. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — George Ashcraft has been asked the same question dozens of times. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Watertown Red and Black will hold events Saturday and Monday involving players and coaching staff. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Those interested in playing for the Watertown Red and Black this season can sign up today at Above Reality Virtual Sports Complex in the Stateway Plaza. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Watertown Red and Black will be holding its first sign-up session at Above Reality in Watertown today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — With the Watertown Red and Black trailing Mohawk Valley by 13 points with 2 minutes, 40 seconds left in the Empire Football League semifinal game Sept. 29, quarterback Jared Hendricks set up in a shotgun formation at the Mohawk Valley 5-yard line. To Hendricks’ left was T.J. Will… Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — There’s a quote that always sticks in Joe Brennan’s mind: “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Watertown Red and Black Hall of Fame will induct 10 more members, including two former presidents and two longtime coaches, during ceremonies Nov. 2. Read More ⇒

The Empire Football League released its All-Star teams for the 2019 season. Nineteen Watertown Red and Black players were named across the three different teams, seven of which made the first team. Jared Hendricks tied with Nakia Boozer of Tri-City for first team quarterback, Phillip Tross w… Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — An unfavorable start to the game as well as to open the second half ultimately doomed the Watertown Red and Black in a playoff loss to the Mohawk Valley Nighthawks on Saturday night. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — For the first time in 30 years George Ashcraft’s voice won’t be booming from the Watertown Red and Black sideline during tonight’s playoff game versus Mohawk Valley. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Red and Black scored four touchdowns in Watertown’s 27-20 victory over Mohawk Valley on Saturday night, but Connor Brown’s 85-yard pick-six with 3:35 left in the third quarter proved to be the most important. Having jumped the route on a Shawn Johnson pass intended for Chris … Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Red and Black has come a long way these past five weeks. Entering the fourth quarter with a 12-point lead Saturday, Watertown’s defense held tough for the final 15 minutes and earned its fifth straight victory with a 20-8 victory over Glens Falls at the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — A football field is a 100 yards long, but the Watertown Red and Black defense spent the majority of its win over Tri-City having to defend only half of that. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Jared Hendricks and Chris Furr knew exactly what play to run at the start of the Red and Black’s game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter against Tri-City on Saturday. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — With three home games remaining and a surplus of players expected to suit up for the Red and Black over the next three weeks, competitions have broken out at practice between teammates vying for more playing time. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Wide receiver Keegan Queior said he took the Watertown Red and Black’s week one loss to Plattsburgh personally. With a chance to avenge that loss at home, Queior and the rest of the Red and Black did just that. Read More ⇒

WATERVILLE — The Watertown Red and Black owes its first victory of the season to its defense and special teams. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Joe Brennan remembers the days he played behind the bleachers at the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds while the Red and Black played between the lines on the other side. Read More ⇒

GLENS FALLS — Quentin Austin ran in four touchdowns as the Glens Falls Greenjackets rallied past the Watertown Red and Black for a 32-14 Empire Football League victory Saturday night at East Field. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — When Hunter Loftus joined the Watertown Red and Black in May, wide receivers Chris Furr, Keegan Queior and Daniel Weaver added him to their group chat. Read More ⇒

SCHENECTADY — The Tri-City Spartans used a strong ground game and scored 29 unanswered points to beat the Watertown Red and Black, 29-13, in an Empire Football League game Saturday night at Schenectady High School. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Red and Black defensive players are still learning each others names. When I asked a couple of defensive backs at practice Thursday where I could find Tyler Hill, they looked at each other then turned to field and half serious, half joking asked, “Is there a Tyler here?” Read More ⇒

PLATTSBURGH — Former Watertown Red and Black quarterback Harry Rascoe haunted his old team with four touchdown passes as the Plattsburgh North Stars downed Watertown, 47-17, in the Empire Football League season-opener for both teams Saturday night at Melissa L. Penfield Park. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Hanging on a coat hook in George Ashcraft’s office is an Empire Football League mug, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the league back in 2009. After a couple of years away from the EFL, the Watertown Red and Black are back in and just in time for the league’s 50th anniversary. Read More ⇒