Jul 05, 2022
CLEVELAND — When the Yankees first got Clay Holmes from the Pirates, there was hardly a ripple of a reaction. The big right-hander had underwhelmed wi...
Baseball, High School, Sports
Jun 05, 2022
PORTVILLE — Playing its third game in as many days, Oakfield-Alabama did not have the benefit of rest going into Saturday’s Far West Regional. The Hor...
Columnists, Local Sports, Olean, ...
Apr 17, 2021
( Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series previewing the Olean 1854 FC men’s amateur soccer team’s upcoming season. Today: Olean’s excit...
Baseball
Dec 27, 2020
ATLANTA — Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers. Heck, he didn’t even know where it was going most of the time. But the knuckleb...
Baseball, College Sports, Columnists, ...
Aug 15, 2019
BUFFALO — He’s gone from Knothole Park in Johnsonburg to McGraw-Jennings Field at St. Bonaventure to minor league ballparks across the country. And wh...
Baseball, Big 30, High School, ...
Jul 01, 2018
Oswayo Valley baseball coach Brad Buchholz can characterize Garren Black, his senior ace pitcher and slugging first baseman, with two words: “consiste...
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jun 04, 2018
OLEAN — A persistent batch of rain showers pushed back the first pitch of the Olean Oilers' 2018 New York Collegiate Baseball League home opener by mo...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Jun 02, 2018
EAST AMHERST — Two weeks ago, the Olean High softball team was nowhere to be found in the state rankings. Now the Huskies are among the last eight tea...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
May 26, 2017
WILLIAMSVILLE — The Olean High School softball team went ahead in the first inning, produced big hits at key moments and took advantage of five illega...
Baseball, Big 30, High School, ...
Apr 27, 2017
PORTVILLE — Some love it. Some hate it. But proponents and critics of New York state’s new baseball pitch count will agree the rule affects games. On ...
Baseball, Columnists, High School, ...
Jan 30, 2017
The ripple effect will be seen down to the modified and Little League levels: we need more arms ready for high school baseball. Beginning this spring,...
Basketball, College Sports, Columnists, ...
Nov 11, 2016
For baseball fans at games, catching a foul ball is a true highlight of the experience. Jeff Clapacs now has a story to tell about just that. A new St...
Crime, News
June 16, 2025
OLEAN — A West Valley woman faces felony welfare fraud charges following an investigation, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported. Nicole L....
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
More rain is on the way for the Olean area in the coming week, though the National Weather Service predicts a lower chance for severe weather than the...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
OLEAN — The regular monthly meeting of the Olean Public Library Board of Trustees will be held Wednesday, June 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the library's Conf...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
BRADFORD, Pa. — To understand the engineering challenges they had set before them, members of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s Baja Racing C...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
BRADFORD, Pa. — In August 2024, Keating Township supervisors Dave McClain, John Anderson and Ryan Herzog adopted a protective ordinance that attempted...
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. ...
