Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Oct 20, 2018
YORKSHIRE — In a span of six minutes, Pioneer showed why it should be feared by every high school football team in Western New York. The Panthers demo...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Oct 14, 2018
LACKAWANNA — Olean was coming off its most disappointing weeks of football, but you wouldn’t have known it watching the Huskies on Saturday afternoon....
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 28, 2018
The Olean High School football team’s push for the Section 6 Class B playoffs takes a two-week hiatus. But the Huskies should have no trouble finding ...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 22, 2018
MEDINA — Phil Vecchio said the wait seemed like an hour. Medina partially blocked Max Linderman’s extra point attempt into a stiff wind. The football ...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 15, 2018
OLEAN — If Alex Weakfall had the ball in his hands, there was a pretty good chance he was heading to the end zone. Mainly because Springville couldn’t...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 14, 2018
Eyes will be on the Pioneer and Olean football teams tonight to see whether the Panthers and Huskies can continue their momentum. While Pioneer (2-0) ...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 01, 2018
OLEAN — Olean’s defense missed tackles and allowed three passing plays of more than 42 yards. Its offense never found much room to run and went three-...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 13, 2018
OLEAN — Virtually everything went the Olean High football team’s way two years ago in coach Phil Vecchio’s rookie campaign. The Huskies’ 8-1 record in...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Oct 27, 2017
YORKSHIRE — Phil Vecchio called it a “season of streaks” for his Olean High School football team. The good news for Vecchio’s Huskies is they ended th...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Oct 06, 2017
In the penultimate week of the regular season, no New York Big 30 football team finds itself in a more critical situation than Olean High. The Huskies...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 29, 2017
They’re the Big 30’s top two small schools. Both can also be found in the state’s Class D football rankings. But this weekend, Franklinville/Ellicottv...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 23, 2017
DUNKIRK — It wasn’t that the Olean High football team lost. That also happened a week earlier — its first regular-season defeat in two years under Phi...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 22, 2017
It’s only the first day of fall. However, halftime of tonight’s games will mark the midway point of the regular season for Big 30 football teams. More...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 16, 2017
OLEAN — The result itself was enough of a damper for the Olean High football team. The Huskies’ regular-season win streak — nine games of perfection i...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 12, 2017
The standard-bearer in this particular category is the most recent Cameron County era under Tony Defilippi and John Fragale. From 2007-09, the Red Rai...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 09, 2017
OLEAN — Dylan Vincent said it was a matter of being “in the right position at the right time.” That’s happened so often for the Olean High School foot...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 31, 2017
It’s an ordinary preseason practice for the Franklinville/Ellicottville Titans. After stretching and calisthenics, coach Chad Bartoszek instructs his ...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 20, 2017
OLEAN — Olean High football coach Phil Vecchio had a running joke during the offseason. “I should’ve retired,” he said with a laugh, “and been a one-y...
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...
