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BRADFORD, Pa. — It’s been part of the fabric of Twin Tiers high school football since 1974. Back then it was called the Big 30 All-Star Game and was t...

FRANKLINVILLE — Seven weeks later, the Franklinville-Ellicottville football team’s defense still had the answers it needed against Cattaraugus-Little ...

CATTARAUGUS — Kellen Martin’s high school soccer season ended Thursday. But by an inch, he kept his football team’s season alive Friday. Martin, a Cat...

ST. BONAVENTURE — If Big 30 girls soccer fans looked at the matchup, they likely saw it as a one-sided pairing. After all, Allegany-Limestone has been...

OLEAN — After the game had ended, Dan Freeman had his Olean High girls soccer team and gather around. He urged his squad to get rest and stay hydrated...

The Allegany-Limestone football team wants you to know: It isn’t just happy to bere. When the Gators meet Bennett/Olmsted tonight in Buffalo in a Sect...

Two of the longest tenured Big 30 football coaches and longtime Section 6 Class D rival schools will face off yet again in the playoffs. Cattaraugus-L...

ALDEN — Olean High boys’ soccer coach Jim Charles could only play the ‘what if?’ game. “We had two good quality scoring opportunities; we hit the post...

OLEAN — Some fans call them nail-biters. Others might recall the days when ALCOA would advertise the periodical Fantastic Finish. Coaches? Let’s just ...

PORTVILLE — After splitting a pair of one-goal decisions during the regular season, Jesse Archer knew what his eighth-seeded Portville squad was facin...

OLEAN — With seniors Nick Trask and Ryan McClelland finding the back of the net, fifth-seeded Olean High School’s boys soccer team pulled all the stop...

YORKSHIRE —Shania Platt scored the hat trick, Meghan Root and Rachael Foote had two goals each and Kate Eigenbrod and Hailee Cope scored one goal apie...

The Pioneer Central School girls’ soccer team has had an incredible year. Coach Frank Asquith’s charges not only finished the regular season with a pe...

From top to bottom, regardless of which class they represented this season, Big 30 boys’ soccer teams in Allegany County were good … very good. What o...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Maybe it was senior night home-coming emotions, the luxury of playing with its playoff seeding already decided, or just some classic l...

PORTVILLE — Gary Swetland hadn’t paid much mind to what a win would do for his team’s playoff positioning. In fact, he wasn’t even particularly aware ...

Jim Charles saw it coming. Three years ago, his Olean High boys soccer team wound up meeting a young Genesee Valley squad in the championship game of ...

ALLEGANY — Paul Furlong had watched plenty of film on Portville’s schizophrenic season. And the Allegany-Limestone football coach was hoping it would ...