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WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Pelchy stays hot as Port bests Keystone; Portville, Salamanca volleyball split Saturday action
KEYSTONE, PA — Continuing her goal-scoring streak, Kylee Pelchy nabbed the back of the net as she powered the Port United girl’s soccer team to a 2-0 win over Keystone.

Bona women’s soccer gains experience, belief despite loss to VCU in A10 opener
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — The Atlantic 10 portion of the season has arrived. And while the St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team may have begun conference play with

Pollock: Where was the ‘easy’ victory for the Buffalo Bills against the Miami Dolphins?
   By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist So much for that easy win. What was supposed to be an “oh-by-the-way’ victory for the unbeaten Bills against the winless Dolphins,

Salamanca defense comes up big as Warriors survive Wolfpack 21-14
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com SALAMANCA — There’s no one script that fits each and every game. What a team may find is working, suddenly might be shut down. It is

Front-loaded faceoff sees Owls top Johnsonburg in season opener
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA – Finding an eruption early, the Bradford baseball team managed to begin their 2026 campaign on the right foot, cruising to a 6-3

NY high school softball seasons to be spurred on by a surplus of experience
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com On the other side of the shadows of the winter sports season, our local New York high school softball teams are looking to have big years.

Proposed Olean city tax rate is down by half to 9%; aldermen seek water, sewer director reinstatement
By RICK MILLER Olean Star The Olean Common Council’s line-by-line review of the proposed $23.2 million budget for 2026-27 has resulted in cuts and revisions that have pared a tentative

IDA grants $480,000 sales tax abatement for Olean brownfield cleanup by Benson to retain 1 job
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — The Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) approved $480,000.00 in tax exemptions for a local developer Tuesday for a brownfield cleanup off River












