Football, High School, Sports
Oct 28, 2022
In Week 2, a trip to Cleveland Hill turned into a 26-point Salamanca win, the Warriors’ first victory of the season, albeit in non-league play. The st...
High School, Soccer, Sports
Oct 26, 2022
DUNKIRK — The Portville girls soccer team simply gave up too many chances at set pieces to hope to contain a familiar thorn in its side. For the third...
High School, Sports
Jan 07, 2022
BOLIVAR — Gary McDowell and Teegan Sibble opened their team’s dual meet with Keshequa with a pair of wins by fall. It turns out, that’s all the Boliva...
High School, Soccer, Sports
Oct 27, 2021
DUNKIRK — The Portville girls soccer team had not lost since the second game of the season, racking up 15 consecutive wins since early September throu...
Baseball, Big 30, High School, ...
May 22, 2021
OLEAN — Adam Spencer surrendered two hits in the top of the first inning. After that, however, the Olean High senior pitcher blanked Allegany-Limeston...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Nov 12, 2020
FREWSBURG — The Portville girls soccer team held off Frewsburg for a half. On the road at Robert H. Jackson Elementary School against the unbeaten No....
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Dec 11, 2019
FREWSBURG — Portville improved to 3-0 with an impressive 72-18 win over Frewsburg in CCAA Division II action on Tuesday night. The Panthers were power...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Oct 24, 2019
DUNKIRK — Chloe Barrett tallied a goal and two assists leading No. 6 seed Silver Creek to a come from behind 3-2 win against No. 11 seed Franklinville...
Columnists, Football, High School, ...
Sep 14, 2019
For years, it seemed a sport buried in the past. But as turnouts continue to shrink for Big 30 football programs, those days in the 1960s aren’t so ou...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 25, 2019
RANDOLPH — It’s safe to say this is the youngest team Brent Brown will have coached in his seven years leading the Randolph Cardinals. Of course, when...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Jan 24, 2019
ELLICOTTVILLE — The celebration is on hold for the Ellicottville girls basketball team and its star senior. Linnea Jimerson scored 13 points (12 in th...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Oct 06, 2018
ELLICOTTVILLE — You sort of had an inkling of what was coming. In Friday night’s Section 6 Class C South football matchup, Randolph/Frewsburg and Fran...
Baseball, Big 30, High School, ...
May 18, 2018
ST. BONAVENTURE — Stung by a 10-9 loss at Springville on Wednesday, the Allegany-Limestone baseball team got into playoff mode by downing Frewsburg, 7...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Jan 24, 2018
OLEAN — The feeling was that maybe this was a game the Olean High girls basketball team would win easily. After all, even in an up-and-down year, the ...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Oct 24, 2017
DUNKIRK — Entering Monday’s Section 6 Class D semifinal, the No. 3 Ellicottville girls’ soccer team was looking to punch its ticket to its 33rd consec...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 06, 2017
In the first full week of the Big 30 football season, a majority of the top headlines stemmed from the same league — Section 6 Class D. The smallest (...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 01, 2017
It would’ve been opening night’s marquee matchup anyway. The Franklinville/Ellicottville and Randolph football teams have been perennial Section 6 Cla...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 23, 2017
Discussed in the spring, a merger of Randolph and Frewsburg’s high school football programs came to reality Tuesday, a week into practice and less tha...
Local News, News
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...
Obituaries
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...
Obituaries
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...
Obituaries
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...
