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Coudy downs listless Lady Terrors in NTL Championship
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA – Unable to contain the Lady Falcons both inside and out, the Otto-Eldred girls’ basketball team lost wire-to-wire against Coudersport, 46-27, in the

Cameron County upsets Terrors in league championship, end four year win streak
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA – For the past four years, no North Tier League team has come close to touching the Otto-Eldred boys’ basketball team. Yet, in

Bonnies look to bounce back against ‘blue collar’ UMass
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com AMHERST, MA — Ahead of UMass’ switch to the MAC for the 2025-26 season, St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt will always remember the Minutemen

Second-half defense lifts Salamanca girls hoops to 43-26 win over Ellicottville
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com SALAMANCA — In the 5th Annual Swish Away Cancer game, the Salamanca girls basketball team’s staunch defense took center stage as it ran away from Ellicottville

As Bradford’s championship streak comes to an end, Lady Owls look to youthful future
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com All good things come to an end. For the Bradford girls’ soccer team, that good thing was their near-decade long dominance over District 9. While

Bradford’s Frair weathers illness, places at state championships
HERSHEY, PA – Persevering through illness, Brayden Frair still made his coaches and teammates at Bradford proud as he claimed 16th overall at the Pennsylvania Cross Country Championship Meet this

Election Day Tuesday follows a record early county voting turnout
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Election Day voting will be conducted from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at all 55 Cattaraugus County election districts. Early voting,

John Balacki of Downtown Beautification Group named ‘Volunteer of the Year’
OLEAN — John Balacki has been named “Volunteer of the Year” by Mayor Bill Aiello. The mayor held a Volunteer Appreciation Pizza Party at the John J. Ash Community Center











