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Despite foul trouble, Salamanca girls hoops cruise past Roy-Hart 68-40 in B2 Quarterfinal
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com SALAMANCA — While it was far from the cleanest game the No. 2 seed Salamanca girls basketball team had played this season, it still managed to

Bona women’s hoops falls 67-57 to physical Dayton side in regular season finale
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — In its final home game of the regular season, coach Jim Crowley wanted to see his St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team put together

Olean boys hoops survive Lew-Port’s 3-point barrage, claim 59-56 win in A2 Quarterfinal
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com OLEAN — Olean boys basketball coach Tim Kolasinski knew that his team’s opponent in the Section 6 Class A2 Quarterfinal, Lewiston-Porter, was going to shoot the

All roads lead here: O-E boys, girls finally return to D9 championships, face tall tasks
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com You couldn’t write a better script if you tried to. On one hand, you have grass roots camaraderie, ascension and failure, persistence and failure, redemption

182nd Cattaraugus County Fair starts Saturday in Little Valley
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — This year’s 182nd Cattaraugus County Fair kicks off its eight-day run on Saturday, July 26 and goes to Saturday, Aug. 2. “The 182nd Cattaraugus

Demonstrators protest GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Saturday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — About 120 demonstrators protested along East State Street by Lincoln Park in Olean Saturday — a “Good Trouble” protest honoring the late Rep. John Lewis.

MONDAY ROUNDUP: Lizards sweep Watertown Rapids in DH, OWSL Playoffs get underway with lopsided wins
SALAMANCA, NY — With a doubleheader sweep of the Watertown Rapids, the Salamanca Lizards have officially taken themselves out of last place in the New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL)

Owen Wright makes 10-shot improvement in bounce back win at Penn-York
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com WELLSVILLE — Owen Wright, the boys Division I winner from the opening week of the Penn-York Junior Golf League, made his triumphant return to the top












