jeff anastasia

OLEAN — A look at the Olean boys basketball team during pre-game introductions won’t strike much fear in opponents. In the OHS starting five, there’s ...

Three years later, a favorite has emerged from the Times Herald’s now-annual year-end top 10 local sports stories piece. Predictably, it’s the St. Bon...

BUFFALO — As good as the Olean High boys basketball team’s 4-0 start looked on paper — wins by margins of 23, 23, 27 and 74 points — a chance to bette...

WELLSVILLE — Going back 20 years, Jeff Anastasia has had the same message for his Olean High boys basketball players in each season’s first practice a...

OLEAN — Days earlier, Jeff Anastasia had praised the continuity within his Olean High School boys basketball program, specifically the work of junior ...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a six-part series previewing the basketball teams in the Big 30. Today: Cattaraugus County boys.) Both have hopes...

BUFFALO — Late in the first half, Jeff Anastasia threw his hands on his head. Olean High’s boys basketball coach was upset with a blocking call on Tri...

OLEAN — For the Olean High School boys basketball team, there’s something special about playing on its home court. The Huskies haven’t lost in the gym...

FALCONER — The final score doesn’t indicate much drama, but it marked yet another accomplishment for Jeff Anastasia’s Olean High boys basketball progr...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Darren Fenn summed up the contest perfectly. “Every point matters in this game!” the first-year Nichols boys basketball coach urged ...

Much has been written about Olean High School boys basketball coach Jeff Anastasia on these pages in recent years. All deserving and well earned. The ...

ELMA — Jeff Anastasia, Tim Bergan and Mark Ward each expressed pride seeing the company they entered the Section 6 Hall of Fame with Friday night. In ...

OLEAN — Back-to-back losses have been rare for the Olean High boys basketball team. In fact, during the last five seasons, each of which ended with a ...

OLEAN — Opponents of the Olean High School boys basketball team would probably rather not play the Huskies when they have extra motivation. On Saturda...

OLEAN — Those expecting a significant drop-off from the Olean High boys basketball team after last season’s state championship may have had their eyes...

Once last winter’s state championship season ended, Jeff Anastasia was already thinking about the challenge he’d face next. “We’ll be starting basical...