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Local wrestling teams faced with another setback
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Feb 02, 2021
The week began with optimism for Western New York wrestling teams, then fear. Now, again, they wait. After getting the go-ahead from the state governm...
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‘High-risk’ NY winter sports get  Feb. 1 start date
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JAMES ALLEN Times Union, Albany (TNS) 
Jan 22, 2021
The New York State Department of Health and Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an update on high-risk high school winter sports Friday, a decision that will all...
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CC tops Smethport on PA’s opening night
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PATRICK KOTNIK Special to the Times Herald 
Jan 09, 2021
SMETHPORT, Pa. — Cameron County six’s seniors, like other winter sport athletes in Pennsylvania, had been itching to get back on the court. Friday mar...
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Lots at stake for Reich’s ‘homecoming’
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Football, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 08, 2021
He’s one of the most iconic players in Buffalo Bills history. And, come Saturday, he’ll return to Orchard Park … as the “enemy.” Oh, Frank Reich’s pla...
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The top stories of 2020
Local Sports, Olean, Sports
Olean Times Herald staff 
Jan 01, 2021
This year’s theme, of course, is much different. Oh, some of the typical sources for the best local sports stories are still represented. The St. Bona...
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PIAA savors fall season completed against all odds
High School
CHRIS HARLAN The Tribune-Review, Greensburg (TNS) 
Dec 01, 2020
There was cause to celebrate, but PIAA executive director Bob Lombardi probably didn’t spike the football or exchange high-fives after the state champ...
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Bona pauses men’s hoops after positive test
Basketball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Nov 20, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE – The signs were ominous. Before the local Division I basketball team became the latest to be affected, 35 other programs had temporar...
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NY delays start of high-risk winter sports to Jan. 4
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LINDSAY KRAMER syracuse.com (TNS) 
Nov 18, 2020
SYRACUSE — With the chances of a high school winter season for some sports in New York seemingly hanging by a final thread, the man with a large voice...
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Bills in another battle of top quarterbacks
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 14, 2020
For the second straight week, the Bills are heading into a game featuring two prolific quarterbacks. When Buffalo (7-2) visits State Farm Stadium in G...
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PIAA releases return to play guidance for winter sports
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PATRICK KOTNIK Special to the Times Herald 
Nov 05, 2020
How winter sports could look this academic year became a little clearer this week, as the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association released r...
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Three questions facing Penn State entering Week 1
College Sports, Football
NUBYJAS WILBORN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS) 
Oct 21, 2020
There should be Penn State football on Saturday, with the Nittany Lions scheduled for a road trip to play the Indiana Hoosiers. Of course, predicting ...
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