BRADFORD, Pa. — It took 48 years, but the Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic’s all-time series has a new leader.

BRADFORD, Pa. — The 48th annual Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic, a football game between the area’s top graduated seniors, is set to kick off Saturday with major state bragging rights on the line.

OLEAN — They followed the same script they’d been writing since Week 1.

After a season-ending loss in the New York State Class C semifinals at Glens Falls, the Salamanca boys basketball team rode the bus back late Friday night, not arriving home until 2:30 a.m.

BRADFORD, Pa. — Mandy Hurlburt jokingly suggested she was cursed.

SALAMANCA — Starting this week, young Salamanca students are getting a chance to work with the coaches they might play for one day at the high school level.

(Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series on Cattaraugus native baseball coaches who won sectional championships this spring. Today: Hamburg’s Derek Hill.)

(Editor’s Note: This story is the first in a two-part series on Cattaraugus native baseball coaches who won sectional championships this spring. Today: Orchard Park’s Chuck Senn Jr.)

Ellicottville senior Lucas Marsh was one of the 15 players named by the Olean Times Herald to its Big 30 Baseball All-Star team, the paper announced Wednesday.

CUBA — Ellicottville/Cattaraugus-Little Valley defeated Cuba, 13-2, in four innings for the District 2 softball championship on Friday.

PORTVILLE — Host Portville moved to 2-0 this weekend in the District 2 Little League 8-10-year-old baseball tournament, defeating Ellicottville/Cattaraugus-Little Valley 9-7 in the second round.

SALAMANCA — A veteran of the Penn-York Junior Golf League ahead of his age 18 season, Spencer Cornelius took a business-as-usual approach to Monday’s league opening tournament.

Harley and Hayden Hoag earned first-team league all-star honors for Salamanca as the CCAA Div. III recently announced its postseason honors.

SALAMANCA — As he nears retirement, Gene Jankowski said he’ll miss “the little things” about coaching the most.

SALAMANCA — Salamanca High School announced its annual senior athletic awards, including the Male and Female Athletes of the Year, as the Warriors near graduation.

WELLSVILLE — It had everything that one could have hoped for in a first-of-its-kind all-star game.

WEST SENECA — For many top track and field performers, last weekend brought the last chance to perform in their top events.

WEST SENECA — In a game of runs, the biggest one favored Akron Wednesday night and swung the Section 6 Class D title.

ALLEGANY — How fast was Westfield Central School pitcher Haleigh Dellow throwing?

WILSON — The Salamanca High School track and field teams earned four Section 6 Class C individual championships between three athletes on Friday, including two throwing victories by senior Jil…

SALAMANCA — Keianna John registered four girls to power Salamanca to a girls lacrosse playoff quarterfinal victory on Monday.

SALAMANCA — With no clock to be found on a baseball field, a game cannot be considered over until the losing team registers its last out.