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WELLSVILLE — Attempting to navigate a bracket that boasts four squads ranked in the state’s Top 25, Matt Burke had a simple message for his Wellsville...

BATAVIA — Fillmore took a 2-0 lead in the first inning but could not hold on as Batavia Notre Dame scored three in the third, two in the fourth and on...

BELMONT — Malayna Ayers came as close to perfection as one can get. The Bolivar-Richburg sophomore struck out 15 on her way to no-hitting Genesee Vall...

OLEAN — The Olean High softball team had struggled offensively its last time out. In that one, the Huskies “just did not hit the ball” in a 9-1 setbac...

ROCHESTER — For the first time this year, it was given a test from a Class A opponent. And still, the Wellsville softball team came away with a famili...

OLEAN — Adam Spencer surrendered two hits in the top of the first inning. After that, however, the Olean High senior pitcher blanked Allegany-Limeston...

FRANKLINVILLE — It was a back-and-forth game between two teams hungry for their first win. The West Valley softball team jumped out to a 3-0 lead befo...

Let’s talk some baseball … specifically no-hitters and Tony La Russa. IF IT SEEMS as if there’s a hitless game every other day in the major leagues, t...

FRIENDSHIP — Neveah Ross, the ninth-grader who’s begun to make a name for herself in Allegany County with her dazzling pitching efforts, was her typic...

LIVONIA — The Wellsville baseball team’s winning streak has been halted at five. In a classic pitchers’ duel in which both team’s starters went the di...

FREDONIA — Brett Miles’ seventh-inning, one-out, two-run single put Olean ahead for good as the Huskies rallied past Fredonia for their first win of t...

BOLIVAR — Call it an impressive response from the Cuba-Rushford baseball team. Four nights after its youth showed in a 12-2 loss to Fillmore, the Rebe...

WELLSVILLE — On Saturday, Makenzie Cowburn came within the final batter of a no-hitter. Two days later, the other half of the Wellsville softball team...

DUKE CENTER, Pa. — The Otto-Eldred softball team hit a pair of home runs en route to a 15-0, four-inning victory over Smethport in a Northern Alleghen...

NEW YORK — Julian Merryweather had to get used to fans in the stands, having debuted last summer in an empty ballpark. He was surprised the 10th innin...

NEW YORK — Completing the 2020 season required MLB to rewrite its rule book. Stadiums were emptied, schedules rewritten. Some players opted out. The o...

(Editor’s note: This is the next of a series in which the Times Herald and Bradford Era will present the best season/team accomplishment for every sch...

OLEAN — Katie Douthit went 4-for-4 with a double, leading the Pink Ladies over the Misfits, 15-11, in Olean Women’s Slow-Pitch Softball League action ...