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OLEAN — More than a week had passed since the Olean High boys basketball team’s last game. And in their first postseason contest after an undefeated r...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Having lost to Clymer in December, the Ellicottville girls’ basketball team knew not to look past the sixth-seeded Pirates in the Sect...

OLEAN — Jeff Anastasia has held Senior Night in 28 previous seasons. Each was, rightfully, about honoring his oldest players, those who had toiled the...

PORTVILLE — At the start and the finish, the Portville boys basketball team made the big runs it needed to take control. In both instances, the Panthe...

PORTVILLE — The Portville boys basketball team found itself in one of those close games the Panthers have come to dread. Bill Torrey’s snake-bitten sq...

Olean High School teams winning basketball games won’t surprise many people. Outside the OHS gymnasium, trophy cases filled with sectional championshi...

BOLIVAR — Each year under Jeff McMahon, the Bolivar-Richburg girls basketball team has gotten closer and closer to beating Wellsville. But each year, ...

OLEAN — This didn’t look like the Olean High boys basketball team. And early on Saturday afternoon, the Huskies weren’t themselves against a Williamsv...

OLEAN — St. Bonaventure has its “Big Three” of Jaylen Adams, Marcus Posley and Dion Wright. But there’s another trio in town that doesn’t have any tro...

OLEAN — There’s more to the undefeated Olean High girls basketball team than freshman scoring machine Sara Pfeiffer. Just look at the Huskies’ 72-45 C...

Two months later, the postseason awards continue to roll in for the Franklinville/Ellicottville football team. By season’s end in mid-November, the Ti...

FRANKLINVILLE — Trailing by 10 points early in the second half of a CCAA East II boys basketball clash with Ellicottville, Franklinville coach Jeff Ha...

OLEAN — First Ben Eckstrom made a 3-pointer from the right corner to open the game. Then Derek Schmidt converted from the right wing. Eckstrom followe...

OLEAN — Jeff Anastasia wasn’t happy with his team’s defense in its last game. Neither were his players. Much to Maryvale’s misfortune, the Olean High ...

OLEAN — The Archbishop Walsh boys basketball team couldn’t be stopped. Tavien Kemp couldn’t miss. And Niagara Catholic couldn’t wait for the first hal...

GALETON, Pa. — In a season when Big 30 girls basketball teams have struggled from the foul line, there was a refreshing counter to that here on Friday...

As time passed and the marquee matchup grew closer, Dana Hand watched more and more spectators file into Wellsville’s gymnasium for last year’s Dan Ba...

RANDOLPH — In a game that will be remembered even longer than it lasted, the scoreboard, once these boys basketball rivals had duked it out for 48 min...