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Leaving the nest: Four Owls sign letters to play collegiate sports
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA – For most high school athletes, the prospect

Thursday HS Wrap: Salamanca girls hoops pick up big win over Dunkirk on senior night; Portville falls to Frewsburg despite Haynes’ 20 points
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca girls basketball team celebrated its senior night with a resounding 53-22

Olean girls hoops downed 48-29 by Fredonia after second half offensive deluge
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com OLEAN — It was a tale of two halves for the Olean

Terrors survive overtime thriller against Port despite offensive struggles
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com DUKE CENTER, PA – For the first time all season,

IDA meeting Friday to vote on Alle-Catt tax breaks
If granted, a PILOT would provide Towns $15M more than the NYS Uniform Assessment, but

Bona sees second-half surge fended off by UMass, falls 81-54
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com AMHERST, MA — After enduring a consistent offensive display from UMass in

Wednesday Roundup: Lady Terrors sweep Smethport with 20-point road win; Olean wrestling celebrates seniors, youth
SMETHPORT, PA – Weathering a second-half surge from the Lady Hubbers, the Otto-Eldred girls’ basketball

Wednesday Roundup: Bradford falls to .500 after loss to Beavers; Lady Owls downed in three frames
DUBOIS, PA – Unable to find consistency on neither offense nor defense, the Bradford baseball

Tuesday Wrap: Salamanca baseball remains perfect to start season, Portville softball drops season-opener
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca boys baseball team was able to maintain its blemish-free record on

Bona baseball overcomes command issues, fends off Binghamton 8-7
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — In its mid-week affair against a Binghamton side

Olean cashes in on Bears’ mistakes, open season with a win at home
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com OLEAN, NY – Stepping onto their home diamond for the

Sherrie L. “Ray” Bennett
December 7, 1951 – March 29, 2025 Salamanca, NY- Sherrie L. “Ray” Bennett passed away

Alice Barton Lindquist
January 22, 1925 – March 29, 2025 Alice Barton Lindquist, 100, of Randolph, formerly of

Allegany-Limestone suffers 7-2 defeat to Wellsville in season-opener
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ALLEGANY — The Allegany-Limestone baseball team wasted no time putting itself
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