jeff anastasia

BUFFALO — Jeff Anastasia has already been inducted to the Section 6 Hall of Fame and the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame. Just over a month ago...

PORTVILLE — Three more individuals joined the Big 30 Basketball Hall of Fame late last month. Inducted this year were former star Salamanca athlete Ch...

( 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 sc...

BUFFALO — Covi James had made this shot before. In his first game of the year for the Olean High boys basketball team, James drilled a buzzer-beating ...

This year, the theme is variety. Since its inception in 2015, the Times Herald’s recollection of the top 10 local sports stories of the year has large...

OLEAN — It might not have been the start that Tim Kolasinski envisioned for his debut as Olean High varsity boys basketball coach, but it was certainl...

OLEAN — As a student walked into the newly renovated gymnasium at Olean High School during a junior varsity volleyball game Tuesday, she stopped and e...

OLEAN — Jeff Anastasia, the longtime Olean High School boys basketball coach and physical education teacher at Washington West Elementary School, was ...

OLEAN — What better way to celebrate a legendary basketball coach than play a basketball game in his honor? A retirement party will be held for Olean ...

OLEAN — The Olean Teachers’ Association is recognizing three retiring Olean City School District teachers. Jeff Anastasia, Joe Batesky and Jean Nickel...

BINGHAMTON — If this were Hollywood, the ending would be different. Olean — not Glens Falls or Lowville — would be the team celebrating a New York sta...

BINGHAMTON — It would’ve been easier for Olean if its most difficult task was slowing Mr. New York Basketball Joseph Girard III. But the Huskies’ bigg...

BINGHAMTON — The matchup has been dubbed “Breakfast in Binghamton.” But Friday morning’s hyped showdown between Olean (25-0) and Glens Falls (25-1) co...

ROCHESTER — The Olean Huskies always seem to be in the right place at the right time. Their cohesion should come at no surprise, however. The seven se...

ROCHESTER — Jeff Anastasia politely disagrees with Raymie Auman. After Auman’s Wellsville boys basketball team fell to press-heavy Greece Odyssey, 63-...

OLEAN — The general comments from recipients of Thursday’s Olean YMCA’s “Salute to Olean” awards at Good Times of Olean were that of surprise and grat...

BUFFALO — It was the 32-minute rock fight area basketball fans hoped for. Olean and Allegany-Limestone put their friendships aside. The scoring was lo...

BUFFALO — It’s the biggest meeting the neighboring programs have ever had. But it’s not the first time this season that the Olean and Allegany-Limesto...