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After a tough start – 0-7 at home – the Olean Oilers, the two-time defending New York Collegiate Baseball League champions, have seemingly gotten into...

When the Big 30 baseball/softball All-Star committee met two Sundays ago, those who were on hand did their homework. The committee of seven area high ...

OLEAN — What home-field struggles? After losing their first seven home games of the season, the Oilers made it two wins in a row in front of the Bradn...

ST. BONAVENTURE – Their days as members of the St. Bonaventure baseball team are over. Back in August, Bona coach Larry Sudbrook said there was a stro...

OLEAN — After going one third of their home season without a win, the Olean Oilers logged their first victory of the campaign at Bradner Stadium. It t...

HORNELL — It’s not because of a lack of hitting that the Olean Oilers’ losing streak is up to five games. Eleven contests in, the Oilers rank third in...

The City’s Parks and Recreation Program offers a wide array of programming for all ages. The seven- week Youth Recreation Program is back this year an...

How do you make a baseball hall of fame without ever playing the sport competitively? Oh, you just need nearly a half-century dedicated to coaching th...

OLEAN — The Olean Oilers weathered another shoddy inning early in their latest bid for a win in their home ballpark. After surrendering three first-in...

JAMESTOWN — The senior all-stars from CCAA Div. I East made Mike Matz’s job easy Wednesday night, just as he expected. Matz, the Portville baseball co...

OLEAN — Frustration began to set in for the Olean Oilers Tuesday night. Against a Rochester team they had dominated twice for their only wins, the Oil...

It began as a column about the day St. Bonaventure’s Bob Lanier went No. 1 overall in the 1970 NBA Draft. The story about Lanier was ultimately writte...

OLEAN — The Olean Oilers once again failed to maintain a lead and saw the number in their loss column increase Sunday night. But Allen Murphy wasn’t t...

OLEAN — If only the Olean Oilers could have saved some offense from Friday. After exploding for 24 runs the night before at Rochester, Olean needed a ...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — It was a happy coincidence. Each year, a group of friends and I head to the Baltimore/D.C. area for a weekend. We usually take in a ...

OLEAN — There were reasons Jay Weitzel could’ve been frustrated. But he wasn’t going to push the panic button. The first-year Olean Oilers coach, alon...

A few reflections on an interesting weekend: ON SATURDAY night at the Holiday Inn in Saratoga Springs, the New York State Associated Press Association...

Cleaning out the notebook as another scholastic sports season reaches its conclusion: — One of the Big 30’s most recognizable baseball names will be j...