Football, High School, Sports
Sep 09, 2022
Shortly after its first-ever game in the new Section 5 8-man football league, the Bolivar-Richburg coaching staff wanted an honest assessment from its...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Oct 30, 2021
BOLIVAR — Steve Smith knew it would likely be a different kind of game this time around. After all, since hanging tough with his Bolivar-Richburg team...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 04, 2021
BOLIVAR — For the second time in as many season-openers — a span of just five months — the Bolivar-Richburg football team gave itself a chance against...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 27, 2021
WELLSVILLE — The Section 5 Class C high school football season is scheduled to kick off next Friday night with a trio of 7 o’clock contests. It’s a ca...
Football, High School, Local Sports, ...
Apr 15, 2021
CUBA — It wasn’t the work of art that Steve Smith might have envisioned. At least, not for a team that had knocked off arguably the section’s best Cla...
Outdoors
Mar 19, 2021
FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — With Americans hunkering down and hankering to get outdoors during the pandemic , L.L. Bean recorded its best annual sales grow...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Mar 19, 2021
After 16 months between football games, it might be fair to expect some rust when teams from Section 5 finally take the field this weekend. At Bolivar...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Mar 13, 2021
Football coaches normally expect the first day of practice to be spent on a hot, sunny summer day, a few weeks before the start of school. Instead, co...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 22, 2020
This Monday would have marked the first big date on the New York state high school football schedule. In mid-to-late August, teams would report for th...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Oct 22, 2019
Steve Smith would take this over another hollow title any day of the week. In three of his first four seasons, his Bolivar-Richburg football team, aft...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 04, 2018
They produced two of the most head-turning victories of the weekend. Randolph/Frewsburg, in Year 2 of its merger, opened the New York portion of the B...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 01, 2018
BOLIVAR — Steve Smith wished he had more defensive statistics on hand. It was easy to understand why. The Bolivar-Richburg offense did its part, scori...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 24, 2018
BOLIVAR — The Bolivar-Richburg football team went 3-6 on the field last fall but posted its third straight winning season. Confused? As Wolverines coa...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 31, 2017
It’s an ordinary preseason practice for the Franklinville/Ellicottville Titans. After stretching and calisthenics, coach Chad Bartoszek instructs his ...
High School, Sports
Nov 02, 2016
After a record-setting junior season, Jake Smith wasn’t finished. This fall, the Bolivar-Richburg football team’s star senior matched his single-seaso...
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...
