Big 30, High School, Softball, ...
Apr 30, 2022
PORTVILLE — For most of Friday night’s championship game of the Don Jordan Memorial Tournament, the Portville softball team struggled to find a way on...
Big 30, High School, Softball, ...
Jun 25, 2021
FALCONER — The final score indicates that the Portville softball team was handled with relative ease. But this was a classic case of the scoreboard fa...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Feb 20, 2021
PORTVILLE — At this point, it’s become expected. A year ago, the Portville and Franklinville boys basketball teams played three heart-stopping, one-po...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 23, 2020
Although it is heartbreaking I was unable to play softball my senior season for PCS, I have a great deal to be thankful for. I am unbelievably gratefu...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Apr 09, 2020
PORTVILLE — Bill Torrey got the idea from the coaching staffs at Ellicottville and Cattaraugus-Little Valley. He’d seen some of the videos that had po...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Jun 04, 2019
ST. BONAVENTURE — Portville appeared to be in another tight, tense softball contest, much like the one it had four days ago against the defending stat...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 31, 2019
ST. BONAVENTURE — For six innings, the Portville and Chautauqua Lake softball teams locked into a pitchers’ duel, with just four runs and seven hits b...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 29, 2019
PORTVILLE — After surviving a few tense late innings with Cattaraugus-Little Valley, the Portville softball team is back to where its season ended a y...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Apr 11, 2019
PORTVILLE — With 3:52 to go in the third quarter, Bill Torrey saw the momentum shifting away. Oswayo Valley retook the lead in the third in a non-leag...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 30, 2018
ST. BONAVENTURE – As the sun slowly descended upon Joyce Field, Portville furiously attempted a rally to save one of the school’s best softball season...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 29, 2018
For the Portville and Franklinville softball teams, the road to the state final four goes through the Big 30. There will be no need for long bus rides...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 25, 2018
PORTVILLE — Even with almost everybody back from a sectional championship team, Bill Torrey acknowledged there were some nerves. Visiting Cattaraugus-...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 10, 2018
OLEAN — How did the Portville softball team celebrate its biggest win of the season? The Panthers hopped on a school bus Tuesday and headed to Fillmor...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Apr 20, 2018
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last in a six-part series previewing the Big 30 baseball and softball teams. Today: Cattaraugus County softball) You won’t...
Baseball, Big 30, Columnists, ...
Jun 18, 2017
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 ...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Jun 05, 2017
DUNKIRK — A daunting two-loss opponent, a couple of early defensive miscues, a first-inning 2-1 deficit. None of it seemed to faze the Portville softb...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Jun 03, 2017
DUNKIRK — Bill Torrey and his Portville softball team have heard the stories. Now in his 12th year with the PCS athletics program, he’s seen a number ...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 31, 2017
DUNKIRK — The Portville softball team made history by winning the program’s first Section 6 Class C-2 title over the weekend. It added to that chapter...
Local Sports, Sports
July 14, 2025
The second leg of the 56th season was played Monday at Pennhills Country Club. Phinn Chamberlain (Kane) shot a solid 5-over-par 75 to beat Louie Nedzi...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
July 14, 2025
LITTLE VALLEY — 4-H members from across the county have spent recent months preparing their projects for the Cattaraugus County Fair, to be held July ...
News, NY State News
July 14, 2025
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched an independent run for New York City mayor on Monday, restarting his campaign after a bruising loss to progressive Z...
Local News, News
July 14, 2025
WELLSVILLE — The Wellsville Rotary Club and The Arc Allegany-Steuben have teamed up to offer Cash Bonanza 2025, with proceeds to be split between the ...
Local News, News, NY State News
July 14, 2025
WELLSVILLE — “It is important for us to know what your needs are,” Allegany County Legislative Chairman Brooke Harris told those who attended an Older...
Local News, News
July 14, 2025
WELLSVILLE — The Wellsville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Wellsville Development Corporation announced that the "WELLSVILLE" mural is officially co...
