Basketball, Big 30, Columnists, ...
Dec 29, 2022
Pro baseball uses Memorial Day and pro hockey uses Thanksgiving. Those dates are often considered benchmarks — indicators — of what is to come. Teams ...
Columnists, Football, High School, ...
Sep 07, 2021
SMETHPORT, Pa. — Through two weeks, the Smethport football team has played as advertised. Picked by area coaches to tie atop the District 9 Small Scho...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Oct 09, 2020
DUKE CENTER, Pa. — The Coudersport football team will look to remain unbeaten on the season when it meets Otto-Eldred on the road tonight. The Falcons...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Oct 02, 2020
ST. MARYS, Pa. — Two teams will enter undefeated, but only one will leave Dutch Country Stadium with its unblemished record intact. St. Marys and Ridg...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 26, 2020
By and large, Bradford’s defense came to play Friday night. In fact, it kept the Owls in the mix throughout most of the first half even as the offense...
Big 30, Columnists, Football, ...
Jul 29, 2020
We’re now within a month of the high school football regular season kicking off in Pennsylvania. Earlier this week, we looked at the best early season...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Mar 03, 2020
The District 9 playoffs are now in the rearview mirror after beginning on what felt like only a few days earlier. This year’s postseason provided plen...
Aug 18, 2019
With roughly two weeks until the high school football season kicks off, programs are hard at work preparing for their opening matchups and 2019 season...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Nov 20, 2018
KARNS CITY, Pa. — There are a lot of words that come to mind when you think of Ridgway football. Toughness. Physicality. Defense. Now you can add anot...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Mar 17, 2018
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a two-part series previewing the Big 30 Basketball Senior Classic games Sunday in Portville.) Rivals throughout t...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Dec 13, 2017
CUBA — At halftime, it appeared to be anyone’s game. In a non-league boys basketball matchup between Allegany-Limestone and Cuba-Rushford on Tuesday n...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 26, 2017
COUDERSPORT, Pa. — Take a look at the scores of the Allegheny Mountain League’s North Division as it squared off against the South on Friday night and...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 12, 2017
RIDGWAY, Pa. — The Ridgway football team made history last year. The members of the 2017 squad are hoping to do the same. The Elkers come into this se...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 06, 2017
BRADFORD, Pa. — Notes and quotes from the 44th annual Big 30 Football All-Star Charities Classic, won by Pennsylvania, 48-30, on Saturday night at Par...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Feb 18, 2017
Having played one of the toughest non-league schedules in the area, the undefeated Coudersport boys basketball team is battle-tested. With wins over D...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Jan 07, 2017
COUDERSPORT, Pa. — The Coudersport boys boys basketball team was looking to keep its perfect season alive when it hosted Ridgway on Friday night in a ...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Jan 06, 2017
BOLIVAR — The final score would indicate a dominating effort. Yet as Bolivar-Richburg coach Todd Taylor saw things, his wrestlers got a good test. Wit...
Crime
Dec 12, 2016
RIDGWAY, Pa. — Three troopers who responded to a one-vehicle accident Friday night in Fox Township were assaulted by four of the car’s five occupants....
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...
