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NYS officially cancels spring sports season
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
May 01, 2020
The 2020 spring high school sports season in New York officially ended with Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement Friday that schools would remain clos...
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Senior Spring Spotlight: Sam Benzel
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SAM BENZEL Cattaraugus-Little Valley 
May 01, 2020
Social Distancing is not good for a softball season. It has increased my time at home. I am trying to stay active and the latest snowfall isn’t helpin...
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Senior Spring Spotlight: Madison Smith
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MADISON SMITH Allegany-Limestone 
Apr 26, 2020
Senior year is certainly something we have all been looking forward to. Our last year to make the memories that will last a lifetime. There were so ma...
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Senior Spring Spotlight: Alexis Wulf
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ALEXIS WULF Cattaraugus-Little Valley 
Apr 25, 2020
Throughout senior year, teachers and parents of students probably at least once heard some of us say things like, “I want to drop out” or “I hate scho...
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Portville remains positive with season still in limbo
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Apr 09, 2020
PORTVILLE — Bill Torrey got the idea from the coaching staffs at Ellicottville and Cattaraugus-Little Valley. He’d seen some of the videos that had po...
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Burke announces creation of new softball all-star game
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Feb 06, 2020
Matt Burke had a good experience playing in the now-defunct Cattaraugus County Exceptional Seniors baseball game “decades ago.” In recent years, he’d ...
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Beilein reflects on Canisius days, move to NBA
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Sep 28, 2019
BUFFALO — Despite all the thrilling places his coaching career has taken him, from the highest levels of college basketball to the NBA, John Beilein s...
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50 years ago, locals dethroned a softball King
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JOEL WHETZEL Bradford Era 
Sep 06, 2019
There was a special buzz in the air around Bradford 50 years ago on Sept. 3, 1969, as softball royalty made its way to McKean County. Eddie “The King”...
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COY winners Thomas, Burke engineered dominant seasons
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SHAWN CAMPBELL Olean Times Herald 
Jun 30, 2019
One was loaded from the start. The other, by year’s end, boasted the most all-stars of any area squad. But as talented as the Wellsville softball and ...
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Sibble stood tall during Wellsville’s special spring
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jun 30, 2019
Morgan Sibble, admittedly, might not fit the traditional mold of an overpowering pitcher. At 5-foot-4, she isn’t particularly tall. She didn’t throw q...
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Oilers get much-needed win over Hornell
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jun 23, 2019
ST. BONAVENTURE — What’s certain is that it’s a victory the Olean Oilers desperately needed. What’s to be determined is whether Saturday afternoon’s 4...
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Brookses nab top CCAA I East softball honors
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Jun 07, 2019
The Brooks family dominated this year’s CCAA I East softball accolades. Senior Justine Brooks swept the league’s Player of the Year and Pitcher of the...
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