softball

DUKE CENTER, Pa. — Surprising? Hardly. Bri Heller’s dominance was still impressive, however, as she and the Otto-Eldred softball team rolled in their ...

SALAMANCA — Last Saturday, the Salamanca baseball team went into the final inning tied 4-4 before dropping a 7-5 heartbreaker to Port Allegany. Three ...

ALFRED — Alfred State College Director of Athletics Jason Doviak announced Monday the addition of three new varsity sports. Alfred State will add wome...

OLEAN — Six days earlier, Randy’s Up The River had fallen to Smethport VFW in the Olean Women’s Softball League championship game. By the following Su...

OLEAN — The crowd grew louder in these final few seconds, doing its best to will the Oilers to this last remaining strike. Michael Cunningham turned t...

For all three, the most basic similarity was the strength of their right arms. But for Makenzie Cowburn, Kiley Anastasia and Jessica Majot, the congru...

MANSFIELD, Pa. — The Olean Oilers’ long weekend, quite fittingly, started out with a bang. On Saturday, Olean won both games of a home doubleheader ag...

OLEAN — She’d quietly planted the seed five years earlier. JoJo Gibbons had always gravitated toward softball, first taking it up as an 8-year-old wit...

PORTVILLE — Host Portville moved to 2-0 this weekend in the District 2 Little League 8-10-year-old baseball tournament, defeating Ellicottville/Cattar...

By June 13, longtime PIAA official Dave Fuhrman had packed it in. After working 3-4 softball and baseball games a week during the regular season and f...

One team went undefeated en route to the regular season league title. The other reached the Section 6 Class D championship. It only seemed fitting, th...

HONEOYE FALLS — Makenzie Cowburn struck out 12 batters as the Wellsville softball team ran away with an 18-0, five-inning victory over Waterloo in the...

ALLEGANY — How fast was Westfield Central School pitcher Haleigh Dellow throwing? “Fastest by far we’ve seen all year,” Ellicottville coach Matt Finn ...

WILLIAMSVILLE — The Olean softball team fell just short of glory in a low-scoring pitcher’s duel Thursday night. The Huskies lost to Depew, 2-1, in th...

OLEAN — City leaders hope to tap into Cattaraugus County funds to kickstart upgrades at the Forness Park baseball and softball fields. The Common Coun...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Opponents usually don’t give Olean catcher JoJo Gibbons many chances to show off her arm. But the Niagara University-bound senior pl...

The postseason has arrived and several area baseball and softball teams could be in line for deep runs. But for some sectional contenders, the end cou...

FILLMORE — For the Fillmore softball team, it’s been the definition of an up-and-down season. The Eagles have won six games by double-digit deficits a...