Big 30, High School, Sports
Jan 19, 2022
YORKSHIRE — Pioneer (9-2), the No. 3 ranked wrestling team in the Big 30 by the Olean Times Herald, won seven of the ten contested weight classes and ...
High School, Sports
Jan 19, 2022
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca wrestling team nearly equaled Fredonia/B/SC/F’s win total on the mat (4-3), but a 3-2 edge in forfeit points gave the latter...
High School, Sports
Dec 30, 2021
BOLIVAR — The Bolivar-Richburg wrestling team has been nothing short of a local and sectional power over the last several years. Indeed, the Wolverine...
High School, Sports
Dec 23, 2021
PORTVILLE — Trailing 30-16 entering the final four weight classes, the Portville wrestling team came up with three pins and a forfeit to close out a c...
Columnists, Sports
Dec 10, 2021
Eric D’Arcy wanted to remain involved in athletics. More specifically, he wished to continue, in some capacity, with perhaps his single biggest sports...
High School, Sports
Dec 09, 2021
OLEAN — The Olean/Allegany-Limestone high school wrestling team’s first home match of the season came down to the wire Wednesday night. After all 13 w...
Allegany County News, News
Dec 08, 2021
WELLSVILLE — As he has for the last several months, Wellsville School Superintendent Dave Foster opened Tuesday’s meeting with a coronavirus update. F...
High School, Sports
Dec 02, 2021
JAMESTOWN — Lucas O’Dell won by pin at 152 pounds and Damon Liguori won a decision at 138, but the Olean wrestling team could not match Southwestern’s...
Columnists, National Sports, Sports
Aug 05, 2021
Some reflections on the Tokyo Summer Olympics counting down to Sunday’s closing ceremonies: — It’s a matter of record that viewership numbers for the ...
Columnists, Football, High School, ...
Jul 25, 2021
In some ways, New York’s high school football teams are getting back to normal. But even ‘normal’ takes some adjusting to after a season that was anyt...
Big 30, Columnists, High School, ...
Jul 02, 2021
PORTVILLE — For Jayden Lassiter, this wasn’t a conflict. This was an opportunity. And he, like a number of athletes, particularly wrestlers, who were ...
Big 30, High School, Sports
Jun 24, 2021
FALCONER — The Allegany-Limestone and Franklinville/Ellicottville track and field teams were eager to see how their top athletes would fare against th...
Big 30, High School, Sports
Jun 21, 2021
YORKSHIRE — The Pioneer wrestling team capped off a perfect season in dual meets by running away with the Section 6 Division II championship and colle...
Big 30, High School, Sports
Jun 18, 2021
After a long-delayed, then shortened season, the end is finally here for Section 6 wrestlers. Pioneer Central School is set to host the Section 6 Div....
Big 30, High School, Sports
Jun 18, 2021
OLEAN — Connor Walsh won by pin in just nine seconds in the 215-pound bout for the Olean High wrestling team. The majority of the remaining highlights...
Big 30, High School, Sports
Jun 17, 2021
SALAMANCA — On Senior Night for the Salamanca wrestling team, Trevor Ellis won his final home match for the Warriors, but Maple Grove came out with th...
Big 30, High School, Sports
Jun 11, 2021
FALCONER — It was a heavyweight battle between the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in Western New York. And in the end, Pioneer picked up the come-from-behind vict...
Big 30, High School, Sports
Jun 10, 2021
PORTVILLE — On his Senior Night, Portville’s 172-pound wrestler Jayden Lassiter earned a pinfall victory in just 25 seconds, helping lead the Panthers...
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...
