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Weekend Wrap: Salamanca rolls past Ellicottville 15-6
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca baseball team, playing the second game of a season-opening weekend with back-to-back games, showed no signs of fatigue and rolled past Ellicottville to move to 2-0

PA boys all-stars run away with 101-81 win over NY in Big 30 Senior Classic
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com PORTVILLE — It was a high-scoring affair between the New York and Pennsylvania Big 30 Senior Classic Boys All-Stars, complete with spotlight-snatching dunks, dimes and blocks.

Ruter’s buzzer-beater hands PA girls all-stars Big 30 Senior Classic win over NY all-stars
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com PORTVILLE — The booming cheers that ensued after a game-winning shot found its way through the hoop symbolized everything good about the Big 30 Senior Classic.

Village of Cattaraugus wins $10 million Downtown Revitalization award
By RICK MILLER OLEAN STAR CATTARAUGUS — The Village of Cattaraugus won the lottery! Village officials were notified by Gov. Kathy Hochul this week that the village was the recipient of a

Cattaraugus County 4-H member excels at World Dairy Expo
Madison, Wis. — Cattaraugus County 4-H Member, Olivia Shawley traveled to Madison, Wisconsin to compete at the World Dairy Expo 4-H Judging Contest on Sunday, September 28, 2025. Olivia was

Bona men’s soccer pushes #24 George Mason to the brink in high-scoring contest
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — Entering its Saturday night affair, the St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team had scored just three goals in Atlantic 10 play — two in

Salamanca suffers defeat at the hands of potent Southwestern/Frewsburg offense
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com SALAMANCA — It had been a long time since the Salamanca football team had allowed 49 or more points in a regular season game. In fact,
FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Portville overwhelmed by Golden Falcons; Bradford blanked by 86
FALCONER, NY– In a back-and-forth battle of unleashed offenses, the Portville football team was unable to outgun Falconer/CV/MG, falling 48-36 and back to 0.500 with the Week 6 loss. Although












