basketball

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – This feels different from where it was after Duquesne. And Saint Joe’s. And Fordham. Yes, each of those were much-needed bounc...

BOYS NORTH TIER Smethport 69, Galeton 43 GALETON — Three double-digit scorers led Smethport’s offense to a weekend win. Alex Ognen led all scorers wit...

DUKE CENTER — For the first time in 44 years, the Otto-Eldred girls basketball team are North Tier League champions. Friday’s 63-34 victory over Smeth...

In a game that went blow-for-blow for most of the first three quarters, a final run to begin the fourth gave Brookville the points needed to get by Br...

Perhaps the ending of the junior varsity game was a good omen. AJ Gleason’s buzzer-beater lifted the Bradford JV boys over DuBois and prompted his on-...

DUKE CENTER — Coudersport has long been known as a three-happy team. The Falcons are willing to “live and die by it,” as coach Scott Easton said after...

They had fun. They looked like themselves again. They resembled the team that was going to rip through the Atlantic 10 from the beginning this season....

GALETON — The game was closer than the final score may have suggested. But, after trailing Galeton at halftime, Northern Potter’s offense erupted in t...

Smethport 57, Austin 32 AUSTIN — Alex Ognen scored 15 points, buried one 3-pointer and got the line six times to steer Smethport to a dominant victory...

GIRLS NON-LEAGUE Smethport 40, Kane 24 SMETHPORT — Abby Letts stuffed the stat sheet with 11 points, seven rebounds and two steals for Smethport in a ...

GIRLS Otto-Eldred 48, Ridgway 32 RIDGWAY — Down six to end the first quarter, Otto-Eldred shutout Ridgway in the fourth to complete the comeback. Bri ...

GIRLS Smethport 39, Austin 26 SMETHPORT — Smethport pulled away in the second half behind clutch shooting from Abby Lutz. Lutz hit a trio of triples o...

Jerid Wilmoth wanted the ball in his hands. Trailing late, the senior guard found himself alone in a corner of the offensive half. He’d hit the 3-poin...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — After finally getting one to go down, Jaren Holmes stopped at halfcourt, affixed a wide smile and began clapping. Relentlessly...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — By now, the problems have become pretty clear. The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team isn’t the same shutdown group defensi...

BOYS NORTH TIER Port Allegany 50, Oswayo Valley 40 PORT ALLEGANY — Port Allegany’s defense locked down in the fourth quarter to lead the Gators to a t...

COUDERSPORT — Things got away from Coudersport early. Once the proverbial dust from Otto-Eldred’s initial offensive explosion settled, the Falcons kep...

WARREN — Emma Ruhlman and Riley Childress were an offense unto themselves in Warren’s 65-19 win over Bradford. The duo scored 23 points apiece, each c...

Let’s get the obvious out of the way, Otto-Eldred is a really good basketball team. The Lady Terrors are currently 14-0 in league play. They just post...

KANE — Katie Sheeler racked up 24 points, four steals and four assists to lead the Otto-Eldred girls basketball team over Kane Friday, 52-26, in one o...