Salamanca woman jailed on murder, other charges
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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...

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Weitzel’s Gators get first NCAA baseball title
Local Sports, Salamanca Sports, Sports, ...
Sam Wilson Sports Editor 
Jul 06, 2017
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part column series on the NCAA baseball champion Florida Gators. Today’s column features the career of UF a...
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Senn thankful, reflective on  Hall of Fame
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Sam Wilson Sports Editor 
Jun 16, 2017
How do you make a baseball hall of fame without ever playing the sport competitively? Oh, you just need nearly a half-century dedicated to coaching th...
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History, top competition keep Super 8 an attraction
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Sam Wilson Sports Editor 
May 23, 2017
A simple idea keeps bringing the best athletes in the Southern Tier back to Salamanca High every spring more than 30 years now. Friday marked the 30th...
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Depth of talent excited A-L’s Luce for Soccer Showcase
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Sam Wilson Sports Editor 
May 18, 2017
He’s familiar with most, if not all, of the players from scouting or coaching against them in high school soccer, but Jon Luce said he’s never had to ...
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Ward to enter NYSPHSAA Hall Of Fame
Ellicottville Sports, Local Sports, Sports, ...
Sam Wilson Sports Editor 
May 04, 2017
It was only five months ago that Mark Ward joined fellow Western New York coaches, athletes and administrators in being inducted in the Section 6 Hall...
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Senior Collins leads Warriors’ boys tennis team
Local Sports, Salamanca Sports, Sports
Sam Wilson Sports Editor 
Apr 05, 2017
Listening to Rich Morton, you get the feeling he wishes he could have seven Michael Collinses on his boys tennis team. That’s not a knock on Collins’ ...
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Senior core gives hope for Warriors softball
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Sam Wilson Sports Editor 
Mar 23, 2017
Led by a strong core of four seniors, a quiet optimism surrounds the Salamanca varsity softball team. Pitcher Emma Isaac and infielder Meagan Martin b...
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Salamanca baseball to start the spring anew
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Sam Wilson Sports Editor 
Mar 23, 2017
After two seasons in a baseball merger with Cattaraugus-Little Valley, Salamanca is trying a varsity team of its own again. New coach Steve Kojsza, a ...
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Randolph goalie ready to go D-II
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Sam Wilson Sports Editor 
Mar 02, 2017
In little more than two years, Jarrett Lecceadone transformed himself from a defender fighting for varsity playing time to a Division II college-bound...
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Mandatory pitch counts come to New York baseball
Ellicottville Sports, Local Sports, Sports, ...
Sam Wilson Sports Editor 
Jan 30, 2017
The ripple effect will be seen down to the modified and Little League levels: we need more arms ready for high school baseball. Beginning this spring,...
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Miller steps away from college lacrosse
Local Sports, Salamanca Sports, Sports
Sam Wilson Sports Editor 
Jan 29, 2017
Zach Miller, the Steamburg native lacrosse star, will not return for his senior season in 2017 at the University of Denver. A 2015 NCAA champion, two-...
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Adventures in Fitness: Krav Maga
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Danette M. Watt 
Jan 23, 2017
I had my mind set on taking a self-defense class the past year. When my editor suggested a column about Krav Maga, I jumped at the idea. I love it! It...
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The history of Gowanda high school bowling
Gowanda News, News
Mark Benton, Sports Correspondent 
Jan 21, 2017
Following the 1956-57 basketball season and during the Easter recess, the Gowanda High School was moved from the Center Street School to the new build...
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Remembering the year in sports
Local Sports, Sports
Dec 29, 2016
A chronological look at 2016’s biggest area sports stories: JANUARY Hamilton scores 1,000 Then-junior guard/forward Marissa Hamilton scored her 1,000t...
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SHS modified wrestlers making strides
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Sam Wilson Sports Editor 
Dec 21, 2016
SALAMANCA — Rich Morton hopes the future of the Salamanca varsity wrestling program can be seen in his modified team. If that’s the case, the Warriors...
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