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OLEAN - In Portville, New York, hockey was never supposed to become a passport to the NHL. It sits tucked into the Southern Tier, closer to Pennsylvan...

ORCHARD PARK — A snapshot of Landon Jackson’s rookie season came on Wednesday night in March, roughly two hours from Highmark Stadium. Eleven months e...

GERRY — Allegany-Limestone found itself feeling a bit of “deja vu,” held to one hit and still in contention to take a road playoff win. The Gators rec...

No. 13 seed A-L upsets Westfield in C first round; No. 7 Portville holds off Barker WELLSVILLE — Trenton Green hit a home run and earned the pitching ...

A-L’s Wilczewski  wins two events; Olean girls 2nd SALAMANCA — Nolan Wilczewski won two events and both his boys and the girls Allegany-Limestone team...

OLEAN — The third seeded Huskies are headed to the Class A2 semifinals, as they allowed just one hit and caught fire at the plate late in a 9-0 quarte...

FILLMORE — Abby Early went 2-for-3 with a three-run triple and RBI double as the Fillmore softball team opened the postseason with a convincing quarte...

OLEAN — The Olean Oilers are entering a new summer baseball season with a new voice in the dugout, a step up in league competition, and a familiar loc...

ALLEGANY — With a “workhorse” performance from pitcher Kailey Truman, as coach Kaelyn Arnold called it, the Allegany-Limestone softball team kept its ...

OLEAN — Third-seeded Olean erased a late two-run deficit Thursday night on junior Alaina Hirliman’s dramatic seventh-inning home run, but sixth-seeded...

CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR’s three national series, has died. He was 41. ...

PORTVILLE — New Penn remained perfect on the season, improving to 6-0 in the Battle at the Border Beach Volleyball League with a 4-1 victory over the ...

ORCHARD PARK — Dalton Kincaid was fed up. He was impatient and just wanted to fix it. After trying to play through a torn left posterior cruciate liga...

PORTVILLE — Caine DeGolier went 3-for-3 with a triple and three runs scored and Olean wrapped up a dominant regular season with a 13-2 five-inning tri...

ORCHARD PARK — Buffalo Bills coach Joe Brady remembers the chemistry between Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs. When Brady arrived in Buffalo as quarterback...

OLEAN - At 9 a.m. this Saturday morning, Olean tennis coach Ben Wright was already rallying with one of his new players. Months earlier, freshman Carm...

Olean, Portville, A-L also secure early-week wins SALAMANCA — Triple-winner Talon Bramer led the Cattaraugus-Little Valley girls track and field team ...

ALLEGANY — Kailey Truman struck out eight while tossing a complete-game, two-hit shutout to guide Allegany-Limestone 12-0 over Newfane in its playoff ...