High School, Sports, Volleyball
Nov 09, 2022
BROCTON — For the Portville girls volleyball team, adversity struck both on and off the court. While the three other teams competing in the Class C an...
High School, Sports, Volleyball
Oct 21, 2022
PORTVILLE — A perfect season to date met an emotional high note for the Portville girls volleyball team. The Panthers honored their four seniors befor...
Basketball, High School, Sports
Jan 31, 2022
OLEAN — The Olean High boys basketball team’s undefeated start to the season came to a close after 10 games, thanks to a tough test from a visiting Se...
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...
Basketball, College Sports, Columnists, ...
Nov 29, 2021
ST. BONAVENTURE — They couldn’t do it again … could they? St. Bonaventure’s basketball team, en route to the No. 16 ranking in the country, had done i...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Mar 26, 2021
SHERMAN — The Franklinville boys basketball team started Thursday’s playoff battle quickly on the offensive end. The Panthers built a double-digit lea...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Feb 06, 2020
FRIENDSHIP — Houghton had five players score over eight points to remain perfect in Allegany County Division II league play with a 60-24 win over Frie...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Dec 06, 2019
PORTVILLE — After taking an 18-2 lead through the first quarter, the Pioneer girls basketball team rolled to a first-round victory in the Adam Elliott...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Nov 13, 2019
AMHERST — After a five-set thriller over Eden last Friday, it was back to business for the Portville volleyball team on Tuesday. The Panthers swept Se...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Nov 09, 2019
It was the one instance in which the Portville football team’s superiority actually might have hurt it. Entering their Section 6 Class C semifinal wit...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Nov 09, 2019
JAMESTOWN — Pushed to the brink, the Portville girls volleyball team survived a five-set thriller to defeat Eden and stay alive in the postseason on F...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 25, 2019
OLEAN — The strongest indication, to this point, that things might be different this year unfolded in Mayville last Friday. The Portville football tea...
College Sports
Apr 19, 2019
BRADFORD, Pa. — The Pitt-Bradford softball team split an AMCC doubleheader with D’Youville Thursday at Kessel Athletic Complex, taking the opener in c...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Dec 27, 2018
NORTH POLE — Sure, the holidays are a time of giving, but is it too much to ask the jolly man in red for a few gifts here and there? If you ask basket...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Nov 03, 2018
ORCHARD PARK — Pioneer had been the only team to solve Cheektowaga’s stifling defense this season. Doing so again proved impossible for the Panthers o...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Oct 27, 2018
FREDONIA — One three-syllable word rang throughout the Orange Bowl. But the Pioneer football team’s emotions numbered many more. The Panthers’ magical...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Oct 19, 2018
LANCASTER — After the longest rally of the night ended with a Portville kill, St. Mary’s of Lancaster coach Don Pieczynski turned to the Panthers’ ben...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Oct 13, 2018
SPRINGVILLE — Pioneer has tried its best to block out the prognostications that have come with its successful football season. The reality is, the Pan...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
BELFAST — A newly constructed and reopened bridge on County Road 26 in the town of Belfast has been named the William “Bill” A. Nichols Bridge. Allega...
June 16, 2025
Donald L. Thierman, Sr. OLEAN --- Donald L. Thierman, Sr., 86, passed away peacefully Friday (June 13, 2025) at The Pines of Olean. Born August 14, 19...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
CUBA — The village of Cuba hosted the Dairy Days 2025 celebration over the weekend, which featured the Community Yard Sale throughout the area on Satu...
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...
