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Uveino: Leach had big impact on local football coaches
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JEFF UVEINO juveino@bradfordera.com 
Dec 15, 2022
Wherever Mike Leach went, offensive football changed. Leach made a career out of revolutionizing college offenses. As he’d jump states, however, his i...
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Bradford’s Zitnik reflects on career
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PATRICK KOTNIK pkotnik@bradfordera.com 
Dec 07, 2020
Bradford offensive coordinator Nate Zitnik didn’t check his mailbox during Thanksgiving break, but when he finally did, he found a small envelope addr...
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Owls look to end season on high note against Otto-Eldred
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PATRICK KOTNIK pkotnik@bradfordera.com 
Oct 30, 2020
DUKE CENTER — With one game left on the schedule and a winless record, there’s not much else Bradford can do other than leave everything it has on the...
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Owl offense looking to grow from Week 1 performance
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JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Sep 23, 2020
A slow start presented some tough sledding for Bradford in Week 1’s loss at St. Marys, to be sure. The Owls quickly fell behind 28-0 and never quite r...
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Groomed via Zoom, Davis ready to take QB reins for Owls
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JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Sep 02, 2020
Consider it taking virtual learning to a whole new level. As if switching positions and learning a new offense under a new coordinator weren’t challen...
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Puglio, Owls taking advantage of delay to football season
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JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Aug 12, 2020
It certainly hasn’t been the normal run up to football season in Pennsylvania, but count Jeff Puglio and the Bradford Owls among those who are using t...
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Stuckey signs NLI with St. Bonaventure
Baseball, College Sports, High School, ...
Nov 14, 2019
PORT ALLEGANY — Port Allegany High School senior Howie Stuckey officially signed his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to play Division I basebal...
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O-E hopes to build on promising first year under Cook
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J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Aug 22, 2019
DUKE CENTER — They accomplished phase one of their plan last fall. After a pair of standout seasons in which it won two Allegheny Mountain League Nort...
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Stuckey showed early signs of a standout season
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ANTHONY SAMBROTTO asambrotto@bradfordera.com 
Jul 01, 2019
It didn’t take long for Port Allegany coach Nate Zitnik to realize just how locked in Howie Stuckey was for the 2019 season. In fact, it took all of o...
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Seven-run third lifts Port A baseball over Smethport
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JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
May 17, 2019
PORT ALLEGANY — Through two and a half innings of play between Smethport and Port Allegany, it seemed as if Hubbers were going to cruise to a Northern...
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