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May 26, 2019
You know that phrase “No good deed goes unpunished”? That was reiterated Friday when my story on the Olean/Tonawanda Section 6 Class B-1 girls softbal...
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May 17, 2019
OLEAN — It felt like the playoffs, albeit a week early, for the Olean softball team. “Every at-bat was important, every pitch was important, every fie...
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Jul 01, 2018
Both coach proud programs, but neither was expected to have this kind of season. Dustin Allen’s Bolivar-Richburg baseball team lost its first three ga...
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Jul 01, 2018
OLEAN — Alyssa Ramarge has always been a big-game pitcher. As a sophomore, the year she split starting pitching duties, she took a no-hitter into the ...
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Jun 10, 2018
SOUTH GLENS FALLS — Notes from the Olean softball team’s 5-0 loss to Ichabod Crane in the Class B state semifinals Saturday at Moreau Recreational Par...
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Jun 10, 2018
SOUTH GLENS FALLS — Every scouting report Olean received about Calista Phippen was virtually the same. But it probably didn’t matter how much the Husk...
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Jun 08, 2018
SOUTH GLENS FALLS — Today should be the last day of school at Olean High for Alyssa Ramarge and Mariah Moses. But don’t expect to find them anywhere n...
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Jun 08, 2018
SOUTH GLENS FALLS — Olean softball coach Dan Brooks has only one gripe about playing in the state final four: To bring home the program’s first state ...
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Jun 02, 2018
EAST AMHERST — Two weeks ago, the Olean High softball team was nowhere to be found in the state rankings. Now the Huskies are among the last eight tea...
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May 30, 2018
WILLIAMSVILLE — Replacing last spring’s heartbreak with joy, the Olean High softball team made this season’s bid for the Far West Regionals a success,...
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May 29, 2018
WILLIAMSVILLE — The Olean High softball team graduated half of its lineup after winning a sectional title in Class A-2 last year. Yet here the Huskies...
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May 22, 2018
OLEAN — It seemed as if it would be easy. Olean High scored three runs during a sloppy first inning for Depew in Monday’s Section 6 Class B-1 softball...
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May 06, 2018
ST. BONAVENTURE — A year ago, Alyssa Ramarge was the star of the Olean High softball team’s playoff run through Class A-2, pitching the Huskies to a S...
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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...
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Apr 15, 2018
High school sports followers and writers, and especially baseball and softball coaches, know not to take much of the April start to the spring sports ...
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Jun 18, 2017
Alyssa Ramarge shone brightest on the biggest stage. That was never more evident than in Olean High’s heartbreaking loss to Williamsville East in the ...
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May 31, 2017
WILLIAMSVILLE — Pitcher Alyssa Ramarge and the Olean High softball defense proved their coach right: they could play with Williamsville East and had a...
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May 30, 2017
When the Olean High School softball clashes with Williamsville East tonight, coach Dan Brooks will get a chance to do something only one other Huskie ...
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June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
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June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
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June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
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June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
