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GLENS FALLS — The sights and sounds told the tale of triumph best. Jake Cavana dribbling out the final seconds before tossing the ball high into the a...

The Olean High boys basketball program’s success over the past 29 years can be summed up by the numbers: Players have come and gone. Seasons have pass...

GLENS FALLS — Jeff Anastasia began fantasizing about the possibility in the preseason. When practice opened in November, the Olean High boys basketbal...

OLEAN HIGH Section 6 champion Nickname : Huskies Location : Cattaraugus County Record : 25-0 State ranking : No. 1 Coach : Jeff Anastasia Previous sta...

Joe Palumbo is what every Olean High School boys basketball player wants to be: a state champion. As a sophomore, Palumbo started at point guard on th...

The rumor surfaced late last fall. Supposedly, the Allegheny Mountain League and Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference would merge to form a 24-team D...

CLARION, Pa. — A spectacular Coudersport boys basketball season came to a rather unspectacular finish Tuesday. The Falcons (23‑4) fell to Kennedy Cath...

BUFFALO — Another win in hand in a season that’s had no other result, Jeff Anastasia signified the latest, most important triumph with basketball’s ve...

By SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald HENRIETTA — The big shots fell all postseason for the Olean High girls basketball team. But the last two, with a trip...

HENRIETTA — Far West Regionals may be nothing new to the Olean High girls basketball program, but that doesn’t mean Randy Samuelson isn’t appreciating...

BUFFALO — The Big 30 is guaranteed a team in next weekend’s boys basketball state final four. There’s only one question: Who will it be — the Olean Hu...

BUFFALO — You’ll often hear basketball coaches say it this time of year. It’s hard to beat a team three times. But that thought wasn’t exactly on Rand...

In the previous two years, the postseason was a time of heartbreak for the Olean High girls basketball team. The Huskies not only were ousted from the...

HENRIETTA — Amy Lorshbaugh decided her team needed some help. Heading into the fourth quarter trailing, 36-34, the 6-foot-1 senior center erupted for ...

ALBANY — Olean High senior Zach Bierfeldt’s quest for a state title was thwarted by Maine-Endwell’s Kobe Garrehy. Garrehy, the No. 2 seed in the 152-p...

JAMESTOWN — Ally Forness and her Allegany-Limestone girls basketball teammates were intent on not going home with the same bitter feeling of unfinishe...

Five Big 30 senior wrestlers competed in the opening rounds of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association wrestling tournament Friday ...

AMHERST — As Sara Pfeiffer goes, so goes the Olean High girls basketball team. Once the freshman star found her groove after a slow start Wednesday ni...