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Ward helped Fillmore finish what it started
Big 30, High School, Soccer, ...
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Dec 24, 2022
It would be difficult to come up with a better senior-season résumé. Fillmore’s Mitchell Ward had already established himself as one of the best boys ...
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It was the best season in recent Big 30 history
Columnists, High School, Sports
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Dec 09, 2022
The writing was on the wall … but positively so. Pardon the cliche, but in this case, it’s almost certainly true. A year ago, the area’s sports teams ...
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Olean rides strong start past Westfield
Basketball, High School, Sports
Dec 03, 2022
OLEAN — The 2022-23 boys basketball season started with a bang — or, well, four of them — for Olean senior guard Jack DeRose. DeRose nailed four 3-poi...
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A repeat for Portville
High School, Sports, Volleyball
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Nov 21, 2022
GLENS FALLS — After a perfect Saturday in pool play, the Portville girls volleyball team enjoyed another clean sweep to secure the Panthers’ seventh s...
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Five Big 30 teams set their sights on ‘stadium’
Football, High School, Sports
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Nov 04, 2022
The Big 30 will have at least one, possibly two, teams in next week’s Section 6 Class D football championship at Highmark Stadium. The question to be ...
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Portville punches ticket to Section 6 title game
High School, Soccer, Sports
TAYLOR NIGRELLI Special to the Times Herald 
Oct 27, 2022
WEST SENECA — There was still 18 minutes left in the Section 6 Class C semifinal boys soccer match between Portville (13-3-1) and Wilson (9-8-1) Wedne...
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Local shooter wins PA state trap shoot
Outdoors, Sports
Jun 26, 2022
ELYSBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania State Shotgunning Association (PSSA) recently held its annual state-registered Amateur Trap Association (ATA) trap sh...
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Friendship/Scio falls short of a NYS title
High School, Softball, Sports
Jun 13, 2022
MORICHES — The dream of a state championship for the Friendship/Scio softball team looked very much alive early on in Saturday’s NYSPHSAA Class D semi...
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Napoleon nails down an NYS triple crown
High School, Sports
Jun 13, 2022
SYRACUSE — Angelina Napoleon had already made this one of the most successful individual athletic years in Big 30 history. The Allegany-Limestone juni...
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A-L tandem brings back more blue
High School, Sports
Jun 05, 2022
WEST SENECA — They’d bested the competition at the Section 6 cross country championships in the fall, bringing home the individual Class C titles. The...
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