Football, High School, Sports
Sep 02, 2022
It probably didn’t need it, but the Portville football team is happy to take any extra motivation wherever it may find it. So coach Josh Brooks was th...
Football, High School, Sports
Aug 30, 2022
From one perspective, it wasn’t our best year for prognostications. In the annual review of our record predictions for the Big 30’s football programs,...
High School, Sports
May 27, 2022
RANDOLPH — It routed the competition on its way to a perfect regular season record. It ran away with last week’s CCAA Division II title, finishing nea...
High School, Sports
Apr 22, 2022
RANDOLPH — Host Randolph won three times in a four-team match at Cardinal Hills Golf Course on Thursday, defeating Salamanca, Allegany-Limestone and C...
Basketball, High School, Sports
Jan 29, 2022
OLEAN — After a 50-34 loss to Randolph in the Joe DeCerbo Memorial IAABO Basketball Tournament, the Olean girls basketball team had a second chance to...
Basketball, High School, Sports
Jan 10, 2022
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca boys basketball team erupted for a season-high 92 point total Saturday night, running away with its CCAA West I divisional o...
High School, Sports
Jan 06, 2022
RANDOLPH — Wrestling on just a day’s notice, Randolph and Wellsville proved to be a competitive match in a cross-sectional non-league dual Wednesday n...
Basketball, High School, Sports
Dec 31, 2021
RANDOLPH — Coming off its first loss of the season, the Randolph boys basketball team bounced back in a big way Thursday night at the expense of Ellic...
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, High School, Sports
Dec 20, 2021
ALLEGANY — Going into the season, the Portville girls basketball team wanted to get the Randolph thorn out of its side. Portville’s hopes were deraile...
Football, High School, Sports
Dec 06, 2021
RANDOLPH — Brent Brown sowed the seeds for this seven months earlier. Back in mid-April, his Randolph football team’s originally scheduled Week 3 matc...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Nov 20, 2021
JAMESTOWN — Tyler Winter called it a heavyweight fight. It took all 12 rounds for his Oakfield-Alabama/Elba football team to knock out undefeated Rand...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Nov 13, 2021
ORCHARD PARK — Brent Brown didn’t have to tinker much with his offense during the regular season: in most cases, a ground and pound attack did more th...
Football, High School, Sports
Nov 11, 2021
ORCHARD PARK — Highmark Stadium — or one of its many previous names — once may have felt like a second home for the Randolph football team. The Cardin...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Nov 10, 2021
ORCHARD PARK — A clash of playing styles is likely when Randolph and Franklinville/Ellicottville meet again to decide the Section 6 Class D football c...
Football, High School, Sports
Nov 04, 2021
After a week off, the four remaining teams in Section 6 Class D return to play this weekend for a chance to reach the championship game at Highmark St...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Oct 23, 2021
RANDOLPH — Xander Hind finished the year much as he began it, and much as he continued it almost every game in between: With a tremendous performance ...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Oct 17, 2021
YORKSHIRE — The Pioneer football team rolled to its second straight victory, powered by running back Jayden Okhamvilaysack, who took five carries for ...
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...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
