wrestling and weightlifting

GOWANDA — The Portville wrestling team took second as a team out of 17 teams at the Gowanda Round Robin, led by weight class winner Ethan Coleman. Col...

GAINESVILLE — With Bolivar-Richburg clinging to a 28-23 lead, Trey Buchholz’ pin at 152 pounds sealed the deal Thursday night in a non-league dual aga...

PORTVILLE — On Senior Night for the Portville wrestling team, the Panthers grabbed a 39-28 non-league victory over Southwestern. It was sophomore Jake...

PORTVILLE — The Portville wrestling team won its own tournament, topping a field of 11 teams at the Portville Invitational on Saturday. The Panthers 2...

SALAMANCA — The Olean High wrestling team grabbed a road win Saturday, defeating Salamanca in a CCAA Div. I dual, 52-18. Olean got pins from Dominick ...

FILLMORE — The Fillmore/Keshequa wrestling team dropped its first non-tournament match of the season 57-15 to visiting Wellsville Tuesday. The Lions w...

JAMESTOWN — Tyler Taylor was disheartened. A year ago, the Southern Tier Wrestling Officials Association tournament, for which he serves as organizer,...

SPRINGVILLE — The Olean High boys swimming and diving team picked up its second win in as many nights to start the season on the road Friday night. Ol...

PORTVILLE — The Portville wrestling team opened up the season with a 58-15 loss to Falconer/Cassadaga Valley. Ryan Thierman’s term as the Portville co...

Trent Sibble capped his senior season with the highest honor for a high school wrestler: a state championship. But Sibble was far from finished with t...

HERSHEY, Pa. — One thing about the PIAA wrestling tournament? Everyone is good. Fans of the sport already knew that. Wrestlers who have been there kne...

( EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a two-part series on the rise of girls wrestling. Today, a look at how that growth has impacted local programs....

( EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a two-part series on girls wrestling. Today, the roots of the sport’s general rise in popularity. Tomorrow, a lo...

BOLIVAR — Not much remains that Bolivar-Richburg wrestling hasn’t already accomplished. Sectional class champions, Section 5 champions and team champi...

MAYVILLE — Olean/Allegany-Limestone wrestler Hailey Feneran ended her high school career on a high note, earning a second-place finish at the Intersec...

The brackets will be different. The sites will be different. They’ll even be wrestled on different weekends. At District 9’s two upcoming championship...

BRADFORD, Pa. — It didn’t have any district, regional or state implications. For some, it was a postseason tune-up, and for others, a chance to show w...

BROCKPORT — Bolivar-Richburg out-did itself again. The Wolverines have been successful at the Section 5 State Qualifier wrestling tournament for some ...