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 — 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 ⇒
A little more than four years ago, bones in Ky Sawyer’s left leg shattered as a car crashed into his motorcycle. A defensive tackle then for the Watertown Red & Black, he was heading home from the gym when he was hit by another car and run over. As he laid on the gritty pavement in the i… 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 ⇒