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Outdoors: Having some fun with ‘history’
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
Mar 20, 2026
As a public figure — hunter, fisherman, shooter, writer and occasional speaker — I receive my share of criticism on a variety of issues. One of the mo...
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Drake, Parker’s game winner help Bonnies get first playoff win since 2016
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By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
Mar 19, 2026
ST. BONAVENTURE — In many ways, the Bonnies’ performance during their first playoff win since 2016, 69-67 in the first round of the WNIT over Drexel, ...
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Schmidt & Nicholson: Building something special
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By J.P. BUTLER, Olean Times Herald 
Mar 19, 2026
How Schmidt and Nicholson revived Bona basketball, ushered in a new hoops golden era ( Editor's note : The following story is an excerpt from a larger...
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Bonnies take on Drexel at home in first round of WNIT
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By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
Mar 18, 2026
For the first time in a decade, the Bonnies women are playing postseason basketball, and will host Drexel at 6 p.m. on Thursday in the first round of ...
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After Schmidt, who will be the Bonnies’ next head coach?
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By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
Mar 17, 2026
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there’s been a lot of noise recently around the future of the Bonnies’ head coaching position. First, there were t...
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Top seniors from NY, PA set to meet in Big 30 Senior Classic
Basketball, Local Sports, Sports
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
Mar 16, 2026
OLEAN — The best high school basketball seniors from Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania will meet one last time when the Big 30 Senior Classic...
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Bonnies host Drexel in WNIT First Round Thursday
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Mar 16, 2026
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The St. Bonaventure University women's basketball team is slated to host Drexel in the first round of the WNIT Thursday at the R...
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Schmidt era reaches a valiant end
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By SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Mar 14, 2026
If this was the last time Mark Schmidt coached a basketball game, he can leave the sidelines with his head up, with dignity and pride. His Bonnies fou...
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Outdoors: A brutal winter for deer and turkeys
Local Sports, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
Mar 14, 2026
I cannot say I’m sorry area is experiencing milder and shorter winters than those of my youth. This winter, unfortunately, was a throwback — a winter ...
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