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MONDAY ROUNDUP: Huskies fall to Wellsville; Salamanca baseball stumbles late

May 5, 2025

OLEAN, NY – Despite avoiding a shutout with a late score, the Olean softball team fell to 5-5 with a 4-1, six-inning loss at home to Wellsville. While the Lions

Through four years as a Terror, Landon Francis has racked up an impressive resume. However, he recently made history as the only Terror to be selected to the Pennsylvania All-State First Team. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Francis ends hoops career with PA All-State First Team selection

May 5, 2025

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com DUKE CENTER, PA – Out of the thousands of high school basketball players in Pennsylvania, only five can make it to the coveted All-State First

FILE - Otto-Eldred's Manning Splain fields a ball during the Terrors' win over Oswayo Valley on Monday, May 7. On Saturday, O-E fell to Bolivar-Richburg. | File photo by Hunter O. Lyle

WEEKEND ROUNDUP: O-E baseball falls to B-R; Salamanca girls’ track finds scattered field of personal bests

May 4, 2025

BOLIVAR, NY – Heading north of the border for a weekend contest, the Otto-Eldred baseball team fell back to 0.500 with a 7-2 loss to Bolivar-Richburg. The Wolverines would strike

St. Bonaventure’s late dramatics highlight A10 series sweep of VCU

May 4, 2025

By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — Over the course of its three-game Atlantic 10 series against VCU, the St. Bonaventure baseball team found itself living on the edge. In

(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