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    Commentary: This time, Wolf makes the decision himself
    Bradford, Columns, High School, ...
    Commentary: This time, Wolf makes the decision himself
    JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 11, 2020
    Back in August, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association defied Governor Tom Wolf’s strong recommendation of putting athletics on hold am...
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    Winter sports still on… for now
    Bradford, Columns, High School, ...
    Winter sports still on… for now
    JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 19, 2020
    It was perhaps expected that the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association wouldn’t take any substantive action on winter sports during its me...
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    Penn State’s Franklin: No decision yet on starting QB
    College Sports, Football, Local Sports, ...
    Penn State’s Franklin: No decision yet on starting QB
    DONNIE COLLINS The Times-Tribune/TNS 
    Nov 18, 2020
    UNIVERSITY PARK — If James Franklin knows who his starting quarterback will be Saturday, he's sure not going to tell Iowa just yet. Penn State's head ...
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    Bradford school board approves start of winter sports
    High School, Local Sports, Sports
    Bradford school board approves start of winter sports
    PATRICK KOTNIK pkotnik@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 10, 2020
    The Bradford Board of Education approved the beginning of winter sports at Monday night’s meeting. As it was in the fall, Bradford will compete in the...
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    Skull Identification Program set at Sinnemahoning State Park
    Bradford, Local News, News
    Skull Identification Program set at Sinnemahoning State Park
    Oct 27, 2020
    AUSTIN — For anyone who’s ever discovered an animal skull during a woods-wandering and wondered what species it was from, here’s a chance to learn. Fr...
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    Will Titans be penalized for Covid-19 fiasco?
    Bradford, Columns, Football, ...
    Will Titans be penalized for Covid-19 fiasco?
    CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
    Oct 10, 2020
    The list of incredibly inconvenienced teams includes the Steelers, the Ravens, the Vikings and, of course, the Bills. The Titans? Well, if you count s...
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    Kio Chiropractic opens in Smethport
    Business
    Kio Chiropractic opens in Smethport
    Marcie 
    Oct 02, 2020
    SMETHPORT (EC) — Dr. Ryan Kio is the owner of Kio Chiropractic, which opened Sept. 21 at 301 West Main St. in Smethport. Kio is a 2011 graduate of Por...
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    Practice squad’s new rules make Bills’ cuts easier
    Bradford, Football, Sports
    Practice squad’s new rules make Bills’ cuts easier
    CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
    Sep 05, 2020
    There was a time when cutdown day was the most feared moment in a National Football League player’s career. Before 2004, if a player didn’t make a tea...
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    Finally pain-free, Roethlisberger ready to sling it
    Football, Local Sports, Pro, ...
    Finally pain-free, Roethlisberger ready to sling it
    WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer 
    Aug 28, 2020
    PITTSBURGH — The chronic ache in his right arm, the one that served as Ben Roethlisberger's companion for years, is gone. No more fibbing about being ...
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    Bills training camp 2020: Day 1 observations
    Football, Local Sports, Pro, ...
    Bills training camp 2020: Day 1 observations
    MATT PARRINO syracuse.com/TNS 
    Aug 18, 2020
    Orchard Park, N.Y. — It’s weird to type “Day 1” of Buffalo Bills training camp on Aug. 17. But here we are on this Monday in a whole new Covid-19 foot...
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    Bills’ hierarchy still in a battle with Covid-19
    Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
    Bills’ hierarchy still in a battle with Covid-19
    CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
    Aug 14, 2020
    The Bills won’t even be allowed to conduct a practice in pads until Monday, three days after their long-ago postponed preseason opener at Baltimore. I...
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    PIAA votes to delay start of sports by two weeks
    Big 30, High School, Sports
    PIAA votes to delay start of sports by two weeks
    ANDREW CHIAPPAZZI Beaver County Times (TNS) 
    Aug 07, 2020
    The PIAA voted on Friday to delay the start of the fall sports season two weeks in order for its Board of Directors to have further discussion with Go...
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    For McDermott, a training camp such as no other
    Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
    For McDermott, a training camp such as no other
    CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
    Aug 07, 2020
    The confusion is palpable. By this point, in a normal year, the Bills would have been 11 days into training camp and looking ahead a week to the prese...
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    Pennsy girls looking to make most of Corporate Cup opportunity
    High School, Local Sports, Soccer, ...
    Pennsy girls looking to make most of Corporate Cup opportunity
    JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
    Aug 01, 2020
    KERSEY — It hasn't been the usual run-up to the annual New York/Pennsylvania Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase, but suffice it to say this year's girls sq...
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    PIAA releases guidelines for fall sports; alternate starts to fall season allowed
    High School, Local Sports, Sports
    PIAA releases guidelines for fall sports; alternate starts to fall season allowed
    JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
    Jul 30, 2020
    School districts and athletic administrators will have plenty of options to consider as they prepare to potentially reopen schools and resume athletic...
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    McKnight likes depth for New York boys squad
    High School, Local Sports, Soccer, ...
    McKnight likes depth for New York boys squad
    SAM WILSON Special to the Era 
    Jul 29, 2020
    More than three months after schools shut down, taking high school sports with them, Ryan McKnight wasn’t sure what to expect when his team for the Ne...
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    ‘I always think about Cups’ – Rejuvenated Malkin leads Pens
    Local Sports, Pro, Sports
    ‘I always think about Cups’ – Rejuvenated Malkin leads Pens
    WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer 
    Jul 21, 2020
    PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin is already thinking about the future, the one where the hockey star in the family isn't the four-time All-Star forward...
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    Big 30 Charities Classic canceled
    Big 30, Football, High School, ...
    Big 30 Charities Classic canceled
    JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 29, 2020
    For the first time since its inception in 1974, the annual Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic between senior football players from New York and Pennsyl...
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    Charities Classic decision to cancel made total sense
    Big 30, Football, High School, ...
    Charities Classic decision to cancel made total sense
    CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
    Jun 29, 2020
    My mind started writing this column last Tuesday when the Kensington Lions Club announced the cancellation of its annual All-Star Football Classic. Th...
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    PIAA monitoring recent COVID-19 surge, still striving towards fall season
    Football, Golf, High School, ...
    PIAA monitoring recent COVID-19 surge, still striving towards fall season
    ERIC F. EPLER The Patriot-News (TNS) 
    Jun 27, 2020
    Since the NCAA allowed voluntary workouts to begin June 1, major college football programs have been forced to deal with multiple COVID-19 cases soone...
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    Cook, ‘versatile’ PA offense seek to strike balance
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    August 1, 2025
    It’s been a big last two years for Troy Cook and the Otto-Eldred football coaching staff. In the summer of 2023, the group was tabbed to lead the Nort...
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    Hill leads NY ‘D’: looking to defend with ‘energy’
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    Aaron Hill remembers the camaraderie of former rivals teaming up to play one last game in the Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic. Hill played in 2003, ...
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    Local oil purchasers decrease prices
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    Two local oil purchasers have decreased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Thursday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Pu...
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    Bartoszek, New York offense plan to ‘keep it simple’
    By SAM WILSON Special to the Era 
    August 1, 2025
    This will officially be Chad Bartoszek’s fourth time on the sidelines for the Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic in one capacity or another. He played ...
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