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Salamanca woman jailed on murder, other charges

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Salamanca woman jailed on murder, other charges

November 1, 2025

SALAMANCA — A city woman is facing murder and other felony charges after a death on River Street on Friday morning. The Salamanca Police Department re...

Fast start for new Bonnies in 82-34 win

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Fast start for new Bonnies in 82-34 win

By SAM WILSON Special to the Press

Nov 04, 2025

Newcomers Drake, Krysztof pace Bona past D-II Mansfield ST. BONAVENTURE — In the third year for coach Jim Crowley since returning to the Reilly Cente...

Darryl Simmons II, Bonnies escape with season opener win

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Darryl Simmons II, Bonnies escape with season opener win

By HENRY BUCHAN Sports Editor

Nov 04, 2025

ST. BONAVENTURE — It looked like the Bonnies had let their season opener get away from them early on Monday afternoon, turning a 13-point lead into a ...

Salamanca football bows out in section quarterfinals

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Salamanca football bows out in section quarterfinals

By HENRY BUCHAN Sports Editor

Nov 01, 2025

OLEAN — The eighth seeded Warriors gave first seeded Barker/Roy-Hart a scare early on the road on Friday night in their Section C quarterfinal matchup...

St. Bonaventure Men’s Basketball Preview: All in on the unknown

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After rebuilding nearly the entire roster, the Bonnies enter A-10 play with a team built for growth, and a point guard ready to lead them there.

St. Bonaventure Men’s Basketball Preview: All in on the unknown

By HENRY BUCHAN Sports Editor

Oct 28, 2025

( Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series previewing the 2025-26 St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team.) ST. BONAVENTURE — This year’s S...

Blazing a Trail: Selena Hernandez leads the way for Franklinville girls wrestling

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Blazing a Trail: Selena Hernandez leads the way for Franklinville girls wrestling

By HENRY BUCHAN Sports Editor

Oct 27, 2025

FRANKLINVILLE — At Franklinville’s home wrestling tournament last winter, in the boys lightweight division, a first-year girls wrestler turned heads. ...

Titans fall to Silver Creek/Forestville in OT thriller

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Titans fall to Silver Creek/Forestville in OT thriller

By HENRY BUCHAN Sports Editor

Oct 26, 2025

ELLICOTTVILLE — Late in the fourth quarter of a cold, rainy Thursday night in Ellicottville, Silver Creek/Forestville Central had reached a stand-stil...

‘Paws for a Cause’ raises over $4,000 for cancer research

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‘Paws for a Cause’ raises over $4,000 for cancer research

Oct 23, 2025

WEST VALLEY — The West Valley/Franklinville varsity, JV and modified volleyball teams successfully raised $4,055 for Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer...

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Sports Schedule

Oct 22, 2025

Thursday, Oct. 23 Cattaraugus-Little Valley volleyball at Pine Valley, 6:30 p.m. Franklinville/Ellicottville football vs. Silver Creek/Forestville, 7 ...

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Gators volleyball takes down Gowanda

Oct 21, 2025

ALLEGANY — The Allegany-Limestone girls volleyball team handed Gowanda its first league lost of the season with a 25-15, 21-25, 25-22, 25-19 win on Mo...

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Cardinals top Timberwolves, 37-8

Oct 21, 2025

RANDOLPH — Jaxon Morrison accounted for five touchdowns to spark Randolph on Friday. Morrison completed 8-of-11 passes for 151 yards and three touchdo...

Salamanca flips the script, beats Fredonia after early scare

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Salamanca flips the script, beats Fredonia after early scare

By HENRY BUCHAN Sports Editor

Oct 18, 2025

SALAMANCA — Late in the first half, with two straight losses behind them, Salamanca (5-2) was on the brink last Thursday. Fredonia led 6-0 and was thr...

Wilson stays perfect, dominates Franklinville/Ellicottville 45-6

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Wilson stays perfect, dominates Franklinville/Ellicottville 45-6

By HENRY BUCHAN Sports Editor

Oct 17, 2025

FRANKLINVILLE — Wilson (7-0, 6-0) kept their perfect and dominant season going on the road on Friday night, beating host Franklinville/Ellicottville (...

Portville dominates on Senior Day with 9-1 win over Salamanca

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Portville dominates on Senior Day with 9-1 win over Salamanca

By HENRY BUCHAN Sports Editor

Oct 17, 2025

PORTVILLE — The Panthers’ boys soccer team beat the Warriors 9-1 last Tuesday, Oct. 14, celebrating Senior Day with a bang as each senior on the team ...

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Henry's Pressing Issue

Henry’s Pressing Issue

Henry Buchan

Oct 16, 2025

Watching Cam Skattebo Recently, Taylor Swift released the widely canned album "The Life of a Showgirl," where she focused again on Travis Kelce. She s...

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Sports Schedule

Oct 15, 2025

Thursday, Oct. 16 Randolph boys soccer at Gowanda, 4:30 p.m. Ellicottville boys soccer vs. Portville, 4:30 p.m. Salamanca swimming at Allegany-Limesto...

Local Sports, Soccer, Sports

Randolph bests Portville in battle of league unbeatens

Oct 14, 2025

PORTVILLE — It was a battle between two of the premier Class C boys soccer teams in Western New York — Randolph and Portville. It was a rematch of squ...

Salamanca falls to Southwestern, 49-7, for second straight loss

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Salamanca falls to Southwestern, 49-7, for second straight loss

By SAM WILSON Special to the Press

Oct 14, 2025

SALAMANCA — If last week cemented Southwestern/Frewsburg as the team to beat in Section 6 Class C South football, Friday night only served as supporti...

The Bills still have time, but they don’t look like contenders

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The Bills still have time, but they don’t look like contenders

By HENRY BUCHAN Sports Editor

Oct 14, 2025

The bye week comes at a good time for the Buffalo Bills. They’ve dropped two winnable games to the Patriots and Falcons back-to-back, and fans have be...

Girls in Sports event inspires local girls to ‘get in the game’

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Girls in Sports event inspires local girls to ‘get in the game’

Oct 13, 2025

ST. BONAVENTURE — The 2025 Western New York Girls in Sports event, held Saturday, Oct. 4 at St. Bonaventure University, welcomed more than 75 girls fr...

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A New Era: Schmidt, Wojnarowski lead Bonnies’ bebuild

By HENRY BUCHAN Sports Editor

Oct 12, 2025

ST. BONAVENTURE — This year’s St. Bonaventure men’s basketball roster hardly resembles the one that walked off the floor for the last time last March....