Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Feb 07, 2019
EMPORIUM, Pa. — Entering this season, it seemed like a long shot to expect the Coudersport girls basketball team to continue its dominance in the Nort...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Jan 27, 2019
SALAMANCA — Salamanca outscored Depew in all but one quarter of Saturday afternoon’s non-league boys basketball matchup. But it was that one quarter t...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 03, 2018
BELMONT — Lisa Clark-Hapeman doesn’t sound like a coach whose squad is undefeated in early May. The Genesee Valley softball team is 8-0 after Wednesda...
Baseball, Big 30, High School, ...
Apr 29, 2018
BOLIVAR — The Bolivar-Richburg baseball team experienced both sides of a seventh-inning rally in its tournament Saturday. First, the good: In a first-...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 25, 2017
EMPORIUM, Pa. — It’s not exactly the way they planned. Nonetheless after a 1-8 season, Cameron County is entering 2017 under the radar. “That wasn’t m...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 02, 2017
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a four-part series on the units that will participate in Saturday night’s 44th annual Big 30 All-Star Charities C...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Apr 13, 2017
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — That his team finished 1-2 on its season-opening trip to South Carolina didn’t bother Olean High School softball coach Dan Brooks...
Baseball, Big 30, High School, ...
Apr 13, 2017
EMPORIUM, Pa. — In a game that featured 20 hits, it was Alex Umble’s swinging bunt with the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth that enabled the C...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Apr 11, 2017
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Prior to Monday’s game, the Olean softball team had been outside twice, with no games played. The Huskies’ opponent, North Myrtle...
Baseball, Big 30, High School, ...
Mar 25, 2017
MANSFIELD, Pa. — Just a week and a day after the school’s basketball season ended with a PIAA second round loss, the Coudersport baseball team took th...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Feb 16, 2017
DUKE CENTER, Pa. — In its final tune-up before the District 9 Class A playoffs, the Otto-Eldred girls basketball team faced a 25-all halftime score be...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Feb 05, 2017
ALLEGANY — It was a 1-1 road trip to the Southern Tier for the Nichols boys basketball team. Following a 63-54 Monsignor Martin loss at Archbishop Wal...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Jan 28, 2017
Coudersport, OV, Cameron County and Port Allegany scored victory in boys basketball North Tier League action on Friday night. NORTH TIER Cameron Count...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Jan 24, 2017
BELFAST — Tied with Cuba-Rushford 18-18 at halftime, Belfast girls basketball coach Lintz Bliven thought his team may have needed some time to respond...
Columnists, Sports
Jan 17, 2017
Always in search of good stories to share with our readers, these two items fell into our laps over the weekend. One regarding a former Big 30 coach w...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports
Jan 15, 2017
OLEAN — Getting a big game from its frontcourt star, the New Life Christian School girls basketball team ran its record to 6-0 Saturday afternoon. Emi...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Jan 04, 2017
OLEAN — Twelve days had passed since the Archbishop Walsh boys basketball team’s last game — a 79-63 loss at Corning on Dec. 22. So perhaps the holida...
Basketball, Big 30, College Sports, ...
Dec 24, 2016
It takes a lot to simply make it as a Division I basketball player, and even more to find success. Just as important as natural athleticism is the abi...
June 16, 2025
David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
June 16, 2025
David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
June 16, 2025
Ruth M. Baillargeon, mother, grandmother, sister BELFAST --- Ruth M. Baillargeon, 82, of Belfast, New York, passed away Monday, June 16, 2025 at High...
June 16, 2025
Robert E. Stephens PORTVILLE === Robert E. Stephens of 24 Finch Street, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2025 at the Cuba Memorial Skilled Nursing Faci...
Commentary, Opinion
June 16, 2025
Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I talk about what’s happening in Albany — but the failures keep repeating. This year was no different. Whil...
