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Pine Pieces

Pittsford Sutherland overcomes slow start to move to 10-0

By Tyler Hathaway | January 16, 2026

Friday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: Webster Schroeder’s Hart records monstrous triple-double; Keshequa’s Isaman joins 1,000-point club

By Matt Hanes | January 16, 2026

Delisanti Wealth Management Friday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Brown and Poth pace Athena’s dramatic fourth-quarter rally; Ward and Mannella keep Naples unbeaten

By Paul Gotham | January 16, 2026

Bills/Broncos playoff preview: Three storylines, two keys to the game, one X-Factor

By Tyler Hathaway | January 16, 2026

Mid-week Section V Hockey Wrap: Four Portside Royals tally first varsity goal; Smith registers five points for Hilton

By Jonathan Skuza | January 15, 2026

Delisanti Wealth Management Thursday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Canisteo-Greenwood’s Chaffee posts 32 and 20 en route to eighth straight; Washburn stays hot, drops 43 for Honeyoe’s ninth double-digit victory

By Dylan O'Loughlin | January 15, 2026

Thursday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: Alexander finishes with 27 for W/M; Bonnell leads Lyons with 26

By Ashton Townsend | January 15, 2026

Delisanti Wealth Management Saturday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Dergham’s big fourth quarter lifts Fairport; Roe leads Cuba-Rushford to statement win

By Victor Menendez | January 17, 2026

Scores and recaps from Saturday’s Section V Boys’ Basketball action…

Pittsford Sutherland overcomes slow start to move to 10-0

By Tyler Hathaway | January 16, 2026

After falling behind 13-6 after the first quarter, Pittsford Sutherland overcame the deficit and rallied to beat Canandaigua 47-41. The Knights used a 13-0 run in the opening minutes of the second quarter…

Friday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: Webster Schroeder’s Hart records monstrous triple-double; Keshequa’s Isaman joins 1,000-point club

By Matt Hanes | January 16, 2026

Scores and game recaps from Friday’s Section V Girls’ Basketball action…

Delisanti Wealth Management Friday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Brown and Poth pace Athena’s dramatic fourth-quarter rally; Ward and Mannella keep Naples unbeaten

By Paul Gotham | January 16, 2026

Scores and recaps from Friday’s Section V Boys’ Basketball action…

Bills/Broncos playoff preview: Three storylines, two keys to the game, one X-Factor

By Tyler Hathaway | January 16, 2026

The Buffalo Bills will continue their postseason run when they travel to face the number one overall seed in the AFC, the Denver Broncos. Where as the Bills enter off of a battle against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Broncos will come into Saturday’s game fully rested…

Mid-week Section V Hockey Wrap: Four Portside Royals tally first varsity goal; Smith registers five points for Hilton

By Jonathan Skuza | January 15, 2026

Scores and recaps from the week’s action in Section V Ice Hockey…

Delisanti Wealth Management Thursday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Canisteo-Greenwood’s Chaffee posts 32 and 20 en route to eighth straight; Washburn stays hot, drops 43 for Honeyoe’s ninth double-digit victory

By Dylan O'Loughlin | January 15, 2026

Scores and game recaps from Thursday’s Section V Boys’ Basketball action…

Thursday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: Alexander finishes with 27 for W/M; Bonnell leads Lyons with 26

By Ashton Townsend | January 15, 2026

Scores and recaps from Thursday’s Section V Girls’ Basketball action…

Former Newark star Ben Cowles claimed by Cubs

By Tyler Hathaway | January 15, 2026

Cowles, who was a 10th-round selection by the New York Yankees in the 2021 MLB Draft, is returning for another stint with the Cubs…

Jones keeps piling up the points as Levi, Amerks blank Syracuse

By Kevin Oklobzija | January 14, 2026

Zac Jones scored two more goals – giving him four in the past seven games – and pushed his team-leading point total to 34 as the Amerks and goalie Devon Levi blanked the Syracuse Crunch 3-0…

Delisanti Wealth Management Wednesday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Henry’s late bucket lifts R-H; Johnson’s double-double paces Lyons

By Paul Gotham | January 14, 2026

Scores and recaps from Wednesday’s Section V Boys’ Basketball action…

Wednesday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: McCombs, LaBour lead Bloomfield and Midlakes with 24 each; Mullen hits six threes in win

By Ashton Townsend | January 14, 2026

Scores and recaps from Wednesday’s Section V Girls’ Basketball action…

Brighton’s Heininger among Section V Large School All-State selections

By Tyler Hathaway | January 14, 2026

The NYSSWA announced its Big School Football All-State selections on Wednesday as well as the state Players of the Year. Brighton senior linebacker Matthew Heininger was named to the Class A Defensive First team. Heininger, who was the Section V Class A1 Co-Defensive Player of the Year…

High School

Pittsford Sutherland overcomes slow start to move to 10-0

By Tyler Hathaway | January 16, 2026 | 0 Comments

After falling behind 13-6 after the first quarter, Pittsford Sutherland overcame the deficit and rallied to beat Canandaigua 47-41. The Knights used a 13-0 run in the opening minutes of the second quarter…

Friday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: Webster Schroeder’s Hart records monstrous triple-double; Keshequa’s Isaman joins 1,000-point club

By Matt Hanes | January 16, 2026 | 1 Comment

Scores and game recaps from Friday’s Section V Girls’ Basketball action…

Delisanti Wealth Management Friday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Brown and Poth pace Athena’s dramatic fourth-quarter rally; Ward and Mannella keep Naples unbeaten

By Paul Gotham | January 16, 2026 | 0 Comments

Scores and recaps from Friday’s Section V Boys’ Basketball action…

Mid-week Section V Hockey Wrap: Four Portside Royals tally first varsity goal; Smith registers five points for Hilton

By Jonathan Skuza | January 15, 2026 | 0 Comments

Scores and recaps from the week’s action in Section V Ice Hockey…

Delisanti Wealth Management Thursday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Canisteo-Greenwood’s Chaffee posts 32 and 20 en route to eighth straight; Washburn stays hot, drops 43 for Honeyoe’s ninth double-digit victory

By Dylan O'Loughlin | January 15, 2026 | 0 Comments

Scores and game recaps from Thursday’s Section V Boys’ Basketball action…

Thursday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: Alexander finishes with 27 for W/M; Bonnell leads Lyons with 26

By Ashton Townsend | January 15, 2026 | 0 Comments

Scores and recaps from Thursday’s Section V Girls’ Basketball action…

WNY Sports

Amerks skid continues with loss to undermanned Utica

By Kevin Oklobzija | December 17, 2025

A dream come true, Hudson discusses winning goal in national title game

By Paul Gotham | December 15, 2025

Trusting the process, Levi earns the Amerks a point

By Kevin Oklobzija | December 13, 2025

Council’s career night leads Kansas in overtime

By Paul Gotham | December 13, 2025

Bills

Bills/Broncos playoff preview: Three storylines, two keys to the game, one X-Factor

By Tyler Hathaway | January 16, 2026 | 0 Comments

The Buffalo Bills will continue their postseason run when they travel to face the number one overall seed in the AFC, the Denver Broncos. Where as the Bills enter off of a battle against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Broncos will come into Saturday’s game fully rested…

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Bills/Jaguars playoff preview: Three storylines, two keys to the game, one X-Factor

By Tyler Hathaway | January 10, 2026 | 0 Comments

The 2025 NFL regular season has come to a close, and the Buffalo Bills will be competing in the playoffs for the seventh straight season. But unlike the previous five, the No. 6 seed Bills will be starting their playoff run on the road, heading south to face the Jacksonville Jaguars this Sunday. The third-seeded Jaguars enter the contest red-hot, while Buffalo is coming off of an emotional yet emphatic win over the New York Jets…

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Jets/Bills preview: Three storylines, two keys to the game, one X-Factor

By Tyler Hathaway | January 2, 2026 | 0 Comments

The Buffalo Bills enter their final regular season game coming off of a last-second loss to the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. They will need to right the ship in Week 18 as the playoffs are right around the corner. The New York Jets will travel to Orchard Park in what will probably be the final game in Highmark Stadium…

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Amerks

Jones keeps piling up the points as Levi, Amerks blank Syracuse

By Kevin Oklobzija | January 14, 2026 | 5 Comments

Zac Jones scored two more goals – giving him four in the past seven games – and pushed his team-leading point total to 34 as the Amerks and goalie Devon Levi blanked the Syracuse Crunch 3-0…

Amerks ‘dominate’ Laval … but lose

By Kevin Oklobzija | January 9, 2026 | 1 Comment

Despite a multitude of scoring chances and long stretches of offensive zone time, the Amerks lost 3-2 to the Laval Rocket in front of 7,310 fans at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial…

Amerks drop road decision at Toronto

By admin | January 3, 2026 | 1 Comment

After trading goals through the first half of the contest, the Rochester Americans (16-11-3-1) were unable to recover from a four-goal second period by the Toronto Marlies (18-13-1-1) in what became a 6-4 loss in Saturday’s matinee at Coca-Cola Coliseum in the first game of the calendar year…

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