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Mar 07, 2020
Sara Pfeiffer began the season at Division II College of Saint Rose in Albany. The former Olean High star finished it as an all-conference player at D...
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Aug 20, 2019
OLEAN — Soggy weather didn’t dampen spirits at the 12th annual Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament this weekend, the Greater Olean Area Chamber of...
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Apr 03, 2019
PORTVILLE — Max Payne gave his team “the green light,” and the New York girls made him look smart for it Sunday afternoon in the fifth annual Big 30 S...
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Mar 04, 2019
BUFFALO — So little went Olean’s way Sunday. Yet the Huskies were so close to winning a Section 6 girls basketball championship. Foul-plagued senior s...
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Feb 22, 2019
OLEAN — Sara Pfeiffer missing all five of her 3-point attempts in the first quarter could have been a good sign for upset-minded Dunkirk. But Ken Rick...
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Feb 06, 2019
OLEAN — Chelsea Bowker was more than a little concerned. The Olean High School girls basketball team was 15 minutes from perhaps its biggest game of t...
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Feb 03, 2019
OLEAN — For the Olean High girls basketball team, it was a day to celebrate offense. The Huskies’ senior star reached a rare milestone. And collective...
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Jan 09, 2019
OLEAN — How much does Sara Pfeiffer mean to the Olean High girls basketball team? The final 5 minutes, 48 seconds of Monday’s game was the painful ans...
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Dec 22, 2018
Sometimes one player makes all the difference. At least if that player’s name is Sara Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer’s return to Olean after a year in Arizona has...
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Dec 19, 2018
Sara Pfeiffer Olean Girls basketball Pfeiffer’s return to Olean has been nothing short of spectacular. After moving to Arizona and leading Seton Catho...
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Dec 19, 2018
OLEAN — Sara Pfeiffer netted a game-high 29 points to pace the Olean High girls basketball team to a 76-20 non-league victory over Health Sciences on ...
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Dec 13, 2018
BUFFALO — In only its first game of the season, the Franklinville girls basketball team got the ultimate learning experience. The Panthers, unlike dur...
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Nov 30, 2018
BUFFALO — The last time she donned a red and gold uniform, Sara Pfeiffer had just led the Olean High girls basketball team to the Section 6 Class A-2 ...
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Mar 09, 2018
Sara Pfeiffer said the feeling began to feel a little more real when her teammates recently ordered their state championship rings. New York won’t cro...
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Dec 08, 2017
The biggest storyline surrounding the girls basketball scene in Cattaraugus County entering the 2017-18 season isn’t who’s back but who’s gone. Sara P...
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Aug 02, 2017
Invariably, when I’ve seen people around town lately, they ask, "How’s your summer?” Work-wise, for someone whose main responsibility is covering high...
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May 17, 2017
Olean High sophomore Sara Pfeiffer and Ellicottville senior Marissa Hamilton earned first-team all-state girls basketball recognition Monday in Class ...
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Apr 09, 2017
Dani Haskell’s career progression has mirrored those of some of the best Big 30 players before her. In some ways — the fact she finished fifth in West...
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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...
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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...
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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...
