Baseball, Columnists, Sports
May 04, 2021
( Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series on the new management group of the Olean Oilers and their return to the New York Collegiate Ba...
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Jan 14, 2021
( EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series on the Olean Oilers and the decision to take a leave of absence for the 2021 New York Collegi...
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Jul 21, 2019
HOUGHTON — Back where they’d played a middle-of-the-night doubleheader less than two days earlier, the Olean Oilers were far from their best on Sunday...
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Jul 20, 2019
OLEAN — Brian O’Connell Jr. knew his team was in trouble. His Olean Oilers absolutely had to win Friday’s home doubleheader against Rome to give them ...
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Jun 29, 2019
OLEAN — Several Oilers have their work cut out for them to improve their summer batting averages. The player who jump-started Olean’s biggest inning F...
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Jun 27, 2019
OLEAN — If the Olean Oilers turn around their struggling start to this New York Collegiate Baseball League season and earn a spot in the playoffs, it’...
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Jun 25, 2019
OLEAN — The Olean Oilers’ disappointing season got a lot more discouraging on Monday night. A strong effort in the opener of a doubleheader at Bradner...
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Jun 23, 2019
ST. BONAVENTURE — Brian O’Connell Jr. won’t make any excuses for his team’s struggling start. The Olean Oilers owner/manager has seen his squad’s firs...
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Jun 23, 2019
ST. BONAVENTURE — What’s certain is that it’s a victory the Olean Oilers desperately needed. What’s to be determined is whether Saturday afternoon’s 4...
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Jun 14, 2019
OLEAN — With a threatening forecast, Thursday night’s Oilers-Destroyers matchup began without pregame introductions. Fortunately for Olean, it had the...
Sports
Jun 13, 2019
OLEAN -- Mired in a four-game slide characterized by late-inning collapses, an occasional lack of hitting and bad luck, the Olean Oilers gathered for ...
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Jun 12, 2019
OLEAN — Another game, another wasted pitching performance by the Olean Oilers. The victim Tuesday night was Jack Collins, who tossed five shutout inni...
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Jun 11, 2019
Sharing some info on a new way to follow the Olean Oilers as well as an update on one of their former players: — The New York Collegiate Baseball Leag...
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Jun 08, 2019
OLEAN — A day earlier, the Oilers were told to go back to bed. Olean’s players woke up at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, ready to board a bus to Niagara Falls. B...
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Jun 06, 2019
It’s a new-look New York Collegiate Baseball League which opens today. And that’s just fine with Brian O’Connell Jr., the owner and manager of the Ole...
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Jul 30, 2018
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series with Olean Oilers owner/manager Brian O’Connell Jr. Today he discusses the future of the New Y...
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Jul 24, 2018
OLEAN — Their biggest inning of the year, in this latest come-from-behind triumph, started out innocently enough. With one down, a runner at second an...
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Jul 20, 2018
OLEAN — Brian O’Connell Jr. called a team meeting. His Olean Oilers had just been handled by Rochester, 12-4, in falling to a season-worst three games...
Local Sports, Sports
June 16, 2025
Olean had the weather cooperate Monday to be able to play their first game at Bradner Stadium. However, the Oilers got pounded 12-3 by the Genesee Rap...
Local Sports, Sports
June 16, 2025
Randy's Up The River, Bamboo Strategy and Smethport VFW all pick up convincing wins in Monday's action of the Olean Women's Softball League. Randy's U...
Crime, News
June 16, 2025
OLEAN — A West Valley woman faces felony welfare fraud charges following an investigation, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported. Nicole L....
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
More rain is on the way for the Olean area in the coming week, though the National Weather Service predicts a lower chance for severe weather than the...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
OLEAN — The regular monthly meeting of the Olean Public Library Board of Trustees will be held Wednesday, June 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the library's Conf...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
BRADFORD, Pa. — To understand the engineering challenges they had set before them, members of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s Baja Racing C...
