The idea was to honor more, and different kinds of, baseball and softball players.
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Pictured are the 2021 Big 30 boys and girls soccer player of the year award winners. Hudson “Huddy” Kwiatkowski (left) of Allegany-Limestone won the Rich Sullivan Award for Boys Soccer Player of the Year and Maddi Cowburn of Bradford won the Mary Neilon Award for Girls Soccer Player of the Year.
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SALAMANCA — For a quarter, Adam Bennett said, Allegany-Limestone beat his Salamanca boys basketball team at its own game.
ELLICOTTVILLE — Logan Grinols scored 21 points, dished out seven assists and posted four steals as Ellicottville held off a 24-point fourth-quarter rush from Franklinville to pull out a 62-59 CCAA East victory in boys hoops action Thursday.
ARKPORT — Just a week away from the start of the playoffs, the Cuba Rushford boys volleyball team needed a big win to cement its resume as one of the best teams in Section 5 Class C.
FILLMORE — Emma Cole recorded 24 points and 14 rebounds to power the Fillmore girls basketball team to a 60-14 triumph over Scio/Friendship in non-league action Thursday night.
ORCHARD PARK — Coming off the excitement of a playoff win, while focused on prepping to interview for the Miami Dolphins’ head coaching vacancy, Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier couldn’t leave his office before sending a congratulatory text to safety Micah Hyde early Sunday morning.
ST. BONAVENTURE – Last Friday, the immediate aftermath was marked by, quite literally, all laughs.
OLEAN — The Olean High/Allegany-Limestone wrestling team took on Dunkirk at 6 p.m. on Wednesday night.
DUKE CENTER, Pa. — A 23-4 first quarter set the tone as Otto-Eldred ran away with a 50-34 victory over Port Allegany in a North Tier League girls basketball game on Wednesday night.
FILLMORE — Randy Crouch’s only lament was that his team didn’t get off to a great start.
ST. LOUIS — Career nights from Asianae Johnson and Maddie Dziezgowski were not enough as the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team battled before falling to Saint Louis, 77-75, in overtime on Wednesday night at Chaifetz Arena.
The return of the Big 30 all-star football game in 2021 brought with it another $45,000 raised by the Charities Classic committee.
Due to the heavy snowfall in Western New York, it was forced to bus six-plus hours to Dayton rather than making its typical charter flight.
YORKSHIRE — Pioneer (9-2), the No. 3 ranked wrestling team in the Big 30 by the Olean Times Herald, won seven of the ten contested weight classes and two by forfeit to roll to victory over No. 4 Portville (12-2), 47-18 Tuesday.
PORTVILLE — Playing without leading scorer Luke Petruzzi, the Portville boys basketball team could not keep up with visiting Frewsburg Tuesday night in a CCAA Central matchup.
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