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MONDAY ROUNDUP: Lady Hubbers open with tournament loss, see flashes in debut

December 1, 2025

RIDGWAY, PA – A slow start and a scoreless end sunk the Smethport girl’s basketball team as they opened the season with 56-31 loss to Keystone in the Ridgway Tip-Off

The Bradford girl's basketball team poses at the media day as they welcome in the new season. The Lady Owls return four returning letterwinners this season. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Pennsylvania Girl’s Basketball Preview: Stars lead the charge in upcoming girl’s hoops season

December 1, 2025

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA – Success is a coveted, yet elusive thing. Winning, especially in high school sports with the coming and goings of student athletes, can

Bona men’s hoops edge out victory over FAU behind big bench contributions

November 30, 2025

By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com BOCA RATON, FL — Through seven games this season, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team had yet to play a true away game. It had played

Pollock: The playoffs could be at stake on Sunday as the Buffalo Bills visit the Pittsburgh Steelers

November 30, 2025

Share: By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist The Bills have been in this spot before … and not that long ago. Twelve games into the 2023 season, the three-time

(City of Olean YouTube) Outgoing Olean Common Council President John Crawford (left) hands gavel to Ward 6 Alderman Vernon Robinson Jr., who was elected the first Black common council president. Crawford has taken a new job and stepped down as council president, but will continue as Ward 5 alderman.

Vernon Robinson Jr. elected first Black council president

August 13, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Ward 6 Alderman Vernon Robinson Jr., was elected Olean Common Council Tuesday after then-president John Crawford, D-Ward 5, resigned the post. Robinson, an

Going into the 2025 season, the Bradford football team returns 12 varsity Owls. Pictured here is Logan Kohler (front, left to right), Kaden Kicior, Matt DeCasper, Tommy Langdon, Kolton Miller, Lucas Wallace, Blake Callihan (back, left to right), Sean Ward, Kaleb Mackey, Braylon Little, Jacob Abers and Andrew Giordano. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Owls implement new offense as they fill gaps, sustain development

August 13, 2025

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA – Progress isn’t formed over night. It takes time, continuous dedication and rigorous trials and errors and while the Bradford football team has

(Photo provided) Stan Cizdziel of West Valley, who was in anaphylactic shock after getting stung repeatedly by bees on July 26 while cutting trees hugs Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Deputy Rachel Zimmer last week, thanking her for rushing to the scene with an Epi-pen that brought him out of shock. At left is Sheriff Eric Butler.

Cattaraugus Sheriff’s deputies save lives with EpiPen program

August 12, 2025

On July 26th, Stanley Cizdziel was cutting trees with a friend when they encountered a hive of bees, Cattaraugus County Sheriff Butler reported. As they dropped the chainsaw and ran

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Steve Langert of Pleasant Valley holds a Triumph Master Grip trap, a collector’s item he values at $550 at the 45th annual Cattaraugus County Trappers Association Sportsmen’s Rendezvous last weekend at the county fairgrounds in Little Valley.

Sportsmen’s Rendezvous boosts trapping, hunting and camaraderie

August 12, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — For those who think fur trapping is a bygone era, several thousand people attending the 45th Cattaraugus County Trappers Association Sportsmen’s Rendezvous