Soccer

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Olean holds on for 3-2 triumph over Dutch United

Jul 27, 2020

ELMA — The Olean 1854 FC soccer team was issued a new — and unexpected — task this summer: playing at Sahlen’s Sports Park as part of the eight-team a...

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The 2017 A-L girls soccer team

J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald

Jul 25, 2020

(Editor’s note: This is the next in a series in which the Times Herald and Bradford Era will be presenting the best season/team accomplishment for eve...

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The 2000 Fillmore boys soccer team

(Editor?s note: This is the next in a series in which the Times Herald and Bradford Era will be presenting the best season/team accomplishment for every school in the Big 30. The staffs at both papers made a singular selection for each school in conjunction with current and former coaches and athletic directors. Today: Fillmore.) By JEFF MADIGAN Olean Times Herald

Jul 23, 2020

Jon Beardsley had a tough time coming to a decision, and who could blame him? Fillmore Central School has had athletic success across the board, past ...

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Olean 1854 FC seizes chance for summer play

J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald

Jul 22, 2020

Mike Martel figured his team was done for the summer. In late May, the Buffalo and District Soccer League canceled its 2020 season due to the COVID-19...

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A-10 postpones fall sports season, championships

Jul 17, 2020

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. — The Atlantic 10 Conference Friday announced the postponement of all scheduled fall contests in conference-sponsored sports and A-1...

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NYS delays start of fall HS sports, cancels championships

J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald

Jul 16, 2020

It was the announcement that schools and their athletes had been anticipating for the last several weeks. It, unfortunately, came with the news that n...

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Section 6 expects guidance from governor, NYSPHSAA soon

SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald

Jul 15, 2020

A little more than a month away from the planned start date of fall sports practices in New York, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the state’s h...

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Soccer Showcase overcame odds to get playing date

CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald

Jul 10, 2020

It was a triumph of persistence. With the Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic and two other regional all-star football games already canceled nearly two...

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Corporate Cup still on, slated for Aug. 2

J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald

Jul 09, 2020

OLEAN — In the face of blanket cancelations and lost seasons, Kris Linderman, from the beginning, was determined to avoid a similar fate. His event wo...

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Pollock: Charities Classic decision to cancel made total sense

CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald

Jun 29, 2020

My mind started writing this column last Tuesday when the Kensington Lions Club announced the cancellation of its annual All-Star Football Classic. Th...

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Turnout, spirits high as Port A starts offseason workouts

JOEL WHETZEL, Special to the Times Herald

Jun 26, 2020

PORT ALLEGANY, Pa. — The Gators are back in business, or at least to the greatest extent they can be right now. Athletes from within the Port Allegany...

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The 1990 Ellicottville girls soccer team

By SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald

Jun 12, 2020

(Editor’s note: This is the next in a series in which the Times Herald and Bradford Era will be presenting the best season/team accomplishment for eve...

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Olean’s momentum halted as BDSL cancels season

J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald

May 21, 2020

OLEAN — The Olean 1854 FC soccer team was looking forward to a season of turf field home games, stronger competition and increased exposure. It’ll hav...

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Corporate Cup pushes ahead, hoping for summer game

SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald

May 18, 2020

Sunday was supposed to be the day high school soccer players from New York and Pennsylvania took the field at Pitt-Bradford for the fourth annual Corp...

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McGlade outlines potential contingencies for fall sports

J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald

May 01, 2020

ST. BONAVENTURE — The Marra Athletics Fields Complex, which opened in September 2014, was designed to host multiple sporting events — in both good wea...

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Olean 1854 hoping its season isn’t next to be canceled

J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald

Apr 29, 2020

OLEAN — One by one, the vast majority of the area’s summer sports entities are arriving at the same fate: Cancelation. New York State announced the dr...

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Annual NY/PA Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase postponed

Apr 17, 2020

The fourth annual New York/Pennsylvania Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase, scheduled for May 17 at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, has been post...

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Pitt-Bradford adjusting to spring athletics halt

JOEL WHETZEL, Special to the Times Herald

Mar 30, 2020

It won’t be remembered as a typical spring for Pitt-Bradford women’s soccer coach Melissa Graham. With the outbreak of COVID-19, UPB canceled its spri...

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Davies-Foy Award among victims of novel coronavirus

Mar 21, 2020

The decision wasn’t easy but it was obvious. After all, courtesy of the novel coronavirus, the Triple Crown horse races – Kentucky Derby, Preakness an...

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COVID-19 leaves area all-star games in limbo

ANTHONY SAMBROTTO Special to The Times Herald

Mar 21, 2020

They’re the premier events for top athletes and sports fans from our area every spring and summer. But now — just like nearly every other social happe...