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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

(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...

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 ...

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 ...

WILLIAMSVILLE — Pitcher Alyssa Ramarge and the Olean High softball defense proved their coach right: they could play with Williamsville East and had a...

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 ...