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Good crowds of shoppers on opening day of 14th annual WILMA Woolly Bear Weekend

October 17, 2026

By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Crowds of people looking to get an early start on their holiday shopping turned out in droves for the 14th annual WILMA

Allegany-Limestone's Dylan Rhodes and Olean's Lucius Clark vie for position during their matchup on Wednesday. Both teams will open their respective playoff campaigns on Tuesday. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Gators take No. 2 in Class B bracket; third meeting set between Portville, Randolph in Class C

October 17, 2026

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com After six weeks of the regular season campaign, the Section VI boy’s soccer postseason has arrived. As the four local teams enter their respective brackets,

FILE -- Hayden Schappacher splits the defense in front of him during Portville's win over Olean in Week Three of the regular season. | File photo by Hunter O. Lyle

FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Panthers roll over Southwestern/Frewsburg; Allegany-Limestone, Olean soccer fall in finale

October 17, 2026

CUBA, NY – Combined staunch offense and defense in every quarter carried the Portville/Cuba-Rushford/Bolivar-Richburg football team to their fifth win of the season, beating Southwestern/Frewsburg 32-0. The Panthers opened their

Dom Myers and the Huskies celebrate after a big gain during their win over Cheektowaga. In the past two weeks, Olean's offense has combined for 84 points. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Huskies’ score 30 unanswered points in rout of Cheektowaga

October 16, 2026

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com OLEAN, NY – Some would argue that there’s no better time to get your win at home than on Senior Night. The same could be

Kane's Phinn Chamberlain (30) beats an attempted tag out at first during Bradford Legion's 6-1 loss on Tuesday. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Bradford Legion bows out of regular season with blowout loss to Kane

July 1, 2025

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com KANE, PA – In their season finale, the Bradford Legion Post 108 baseball team fell to Kane 6-1 as their playoff chances were thrown into

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) The number of local protesters in Olean to policies of President Trump have grown from a few dozen to more than 450.

Saturday protest in Olean will focus on Iran, Supreme Court

July 1, 2025

OLEAN — There are national protests for Fourth of July weekend. Olean will be having theirs on Saturday, July 5, from noon to 2 p.m. at Lincoln Park. Local Organized

SUNDAY ROUNDUP: Cattaraugus County FC falls 3-0 to Polonia FC

June 30, 2025

OLEAN, NY — Cattaraugus County FC was left still in search of its first win of the campaign after falling 3-0 to Polonia Legacy. Sustained sequences of possession were hard

Owen Wright, a Cardinal Hills member, fired an even-par 70 to capture the boys Division I (16-18-year-olds) title at Monday’s first stop of the 56th Penn-York Junior Golf League season at Elkdale Country Club in Salamanca. Wright, a rising Cattaraugus-Little Valley senior, edged Louie Nedzinski by three strokes. | Photo provided

Penn-York: Wright wins Week 1 at Elkdale Country Club

June 30, 2025

By J.P. BUTLER Special to the Olean Star SALAMANCA — A year ago, Owen Wright fared quite impressively. In his first year in the oldest age group, the long-time Penn-Yorker