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Defense sparks Salamanca past Clymer, 54-30
Basketball, High School, Sports
Dec 10, 2022
SALAMANCA — It shows what a margin for error defense can provide when the Salamanca boys basketball team wins by 24 points on what its coach considere...
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Hoops seniors at Salamanca, A-L leave lasting legacy
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Mar 24, 2022
GLENS FALLS — The Salamanca boys basketball team now has some loyal supporters for life. Though a loss in the NYS Class C semifinals last Friday broug...
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Salamanca suffers heartbreak in Glens Falls
Basketball, College Sports, High School, ...
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Mar 19, 2022
GLENS FALLS — Adam Bennett repeated the phrase reflecting on a painful season-ending loss. “I’m sick to my stomach,” he said. It was, for his Salamanc...
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Salamanca brings family bond into NYS Final Four
Basketball, High School, Sports
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Mar 17, 2022
SALAMANCA — For this inseparable group of athletes, more winning means more time together. That’s exactly how the members of the Salamanca boys basket...
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Herrick hits game-winner as Salamanca tops Avon
Basketball, High School, Sports
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Mar 13, 2022
BUFFALO — With his school’s first ever trip to the state final four on the line, Andy Herrick made the kind of shot young basketball players dream of....
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A-L, Salamanca look to continue playoff runs
Basketball, High School, Sports
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Mar 11, 2022
The Allegany-Limestone and Salamanca boys basketball teams, the last from the Big 30 still standing in the New York state playoffs, arrived at some un...
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Salamanca storms back after slow start to beat A-L
Basketball, High School, Sports
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 21, 2022
SALAMANCA — For a quarter, Adam Bennett said, Allegany-Limestone beat his Salamanca boys basketball team at its own game. The Gators had feasted on lo...
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Minus Brooks, Huskies hope to maintain high standard
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Dec 11, 2021
In Tim Kolasinski’s first two seasons leading the Olean High boys basketball program, his teams have boasted two Big 30 Players of the Year and reache...
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Local teams savoring return to summer league basketball
Basketball, Columnists, High School, ...
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jul 09, 2021
SALAMANCA — He missed the enduring charm of competing in the former IAABO Tournament at St. Bonaventure. He was pained by having to pull the plug on h...
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Salamanca’s Herrick: More than a feel-good story
Basketball, Big 30, Columnists, ...
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Apr 26, 2021
Nothing in Andy Herrick’s life has stopped him from playing the sport he loves. A pandemic season was no different. Herrick, a sophomore at Salamanca ...
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A-L starts fast, staves off Salamanca
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Feb 16, 2021
ALLEGANY — League foes once again after each joined the CCAA West I division a year apart, the Salamanca and Allegany-Limestone boys basketball teams ...
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Hind scores 36 as Randolph holds off Salamanca
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Mar 04, 2020
JAMESTOWN — With two sectional championships already under his belt, Tyler Hind knew how to play in a big game at Jamestown Community College. The Ran...
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Silver Creek spoils career night for SHS big man White
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 18, 2020
SALAMANCA — Career-high performances usually feel better after victories. Unfortunately for the Salamanca boys basketball team, it couldn’t take advan...
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