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OLEAN — After 38 years, the Bob Davies-Lou Foy Memorial Big 30 Scholar-Athlete Award continues to log milestones and, in this case, three of them. The...

I’ve heard so many people over the years say, “There’s nothing to do around here.” But I beg to differ. I find there are many different things to do w...

OLEAN — Paul Ksionzyk has no idea what his career record is. Oh, he could probably figure it out, if he really wanted. But the longtime Olean boys tra...

CALEDONIA — With top-three finishes, a pair of Wellsville girls track and field athletes are headed to next week’s New York State championships. Jordy...

OLEAN — Their names have become almost synonymous with Olean Oilers baseball, two of the first that roll off the tongue when recounting those back-to-...

The high school spring sports season has reached its height, but now is also a good time to catch up on three former Big 30 standouts: — After a year ...

When I was a kid – well before Title IX which profoundly expanded sports opportunities for females – among the most admired students in high schools w...

Hannah Burch Cuba-Rushford Track & field Now is the time to shine for area track and field athletes, and Burch did so twice on big stages last week. T...

Alyssa Ramarge Olean Softball The reigning Big 30 Player of the Year couldn’t have had a much better week. In CCAA I East action, Ramarge homered twic...

Josh McGuire Genesee Valley Baseball McGuire showed last week why he’s one of the Big 30’s premier two-way players. A three-sport athlete, the GV juni...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series on Houghton College’s recently promoted Skip Lord, now the school’s Executive Director of Athl...

Marissa Klimczak Pioneer Track & field Klimczak starred at last Saturday’s Olean Boosters/Ried’s Food Barn Invitational, winning both hurdles races fo...

Human. Nature. Throughout the last century these two words have become burdened with serious complexity. For thousands of years, humans have evolved t...

Ally Haskell Franklinville Softball It didn’t take long for Haskell to remind the area why she’s one of the most accomplished softball players around....

In the middle of this opioid crisis people are scared. People in our community and our country are dying. This is a serious health crisis. But as peop...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a two-part series previewing the Big 30 Basketball Senior Classic games Sunday in Portville.) How much girls hoo...

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a two-part series previewing the Big 30 Basketball Senior Classic games Sunday in Portville.) Rivals throughout t...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Two athletes who learned their craft on the slopes of HoliMont Ski Resort in Ellicottville are headed to PyeongChang, South Korea for ...