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Tuesday American Legion Wrap: Brinza, Barbulean pace Greece; Munzinger walks it off in extras for Rayson Miller

By Dylan O'Loughlin | June 17, 2025

Monday American Legion Wrap: Cottreall-Warner rallies to stay unbeaten; Thomas and Yageric pace Ely Fagan

By Paul Gotham | June 17, 2025

House call: Brady House, Daylen Lile receive promotion to Nationals

By Dan Glickman | June 15, 2025

Sunday American Legion Wrap: Cottreall-Warner Post remains undefeated; Martini hurls shutout

By Victor Menendez | June 15, 2025

Wings fall in extras, 5-4, as Father’s Day loss sends losing streak to 12 straight

By Dan Glickman | June 15, 2025

State champs: Postle leads Mendon to Class A title

By Paul Gotham | June 15, 2025

State Champs: Bloomfield leaves no doubt

By Paul Gotham | June 14, 2025

Red Wings break losing streak with 3-1 win at Lehigh Valley

By Dan Glickman | June 17, 2025

After two weeks of losses, the Rochester Red Wings have gotten back into the win column with a 3-1 win at the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Tuesday.

Tuesday American Legion Wrap: Brinza, Barbulean pace Greece; Munzinger walks it off in extras for Rayson Miller

By Dylan O'Loughlin | June 17, 2025

Scores and recaps from Tuesday’s American Legion District 7 action…

Monday American Legion Wrap: Cottreall-Warner rallies to stay unbeaten; Thomas and Yageric pace Ely Fagan

By Paul Gotham | June 17, 2025

Scores and recaps from Monday’s American Legion District 7 action….

House call: Brady House, Daylen Lile receive promotion to Nationals

By Dan Glickman | June 15, 2025

The Rochester Red Wings’ best hitter and the Washington Nationals’ top pick of the 2021 draft is finally earning a call-up to the big leagues.

Sunday American Legion Wrap: Cottreall-Warner Post remains undefeated; Martini hurls shutout

By Victor Menendez | June 15, 2025

Scores and recaps from Sunday’s American Legion action…

Wings fall in extras, 5-4, as Father’s Day loss sends losing streak to 12 straight

By Dan Glickman | June 15, 2025

It was Father’s Day at the ballpark, but the result ended up being the same for the Rochester Red Wings: another loss, as the bullpen failed to hold off the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in a 5-4 loss in 10 innings.

State champs: Postle leads Mendon to Class A title

By Paul Gotham | June 15, 2025

Junior right-hander Ethan Postle shrugged off an illness to throw 6 and 1/3 scoreless innings as Mendon defeated reigning champion Maine-Endwell, 2-0 in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Class A championship game…

State Champs: Bloomfield leaves no doubt

By Paul Gotham | June 14, 2025

Falsone scored four runs and drove in two while Ashlyn Wright accounted for four hits and five RBI along with hurling a one-hit shutout as Bloomfield (23-1) claimed the 2025 New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Class C title with a convincing 11-0 victory over Tuckahoe (I)…

Red Wings frustrated by Shrimp, 5-4, to lose 11th straight

By Dan Glickman | June 14, 2025

A ninth-inning rally came up short as the Red Wings lost their 11th straight…

Penn Yan boys rally to win NYS Class D lacrosse title

By Bob Chavez | June 14, 2025

The Mustangs are state champions for the first time since 2001 with an 11-8 win over a pesky Chenango Forks team that was playing in a state final for the second time…

Garden City overwhelms Canandaigua in Class B lacrosse final

By Bob Chavez | June 14, 2025

That’s how the Canandaigua Academy boys lacrosse team left Boswell Field on Saturday night even though they were on the wrong side of a 14-5 score in the Class B state championship game at Hobart and William Smith Colleges…

Witherell and Haverling clinch spot in NYS Class B final

By Paul Gotham | June 14, 2025

Senior Kaili Witherell retired 20 straight batters, and the Haverling offense supplied three runs in the fifth as the Rams (21-3) pulled away to defeat Section IX champion Highland (16-6), 6-0 in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Class B Softball semifinals, Friday at Greenlight Networks Grand Slam Park…

Castle Packs Power Friday Softball Wrap: Haverling and Bloomfield advance to state finals

By Dan Glickman | June 13, 2025

Scores and recaps from Friday’s Section V softball action…

High School

State Champs: Bloomfield leaves no doubt

By Paul Gotham | June 14, 2025 | 0 Comments

Falsone scored four runs and drove in two while Ashlyn Wright accounted for four hits and five RBI along with hurling a one-hit shutout as Bloomfield (23-1) claimed the 2025 New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Class C title with a convincing 11-0 victory over Tuckahoe (I)…

Penn Yan boys rally to win NYS Class D lacrosse title

By Bob Chavez | June 14, 2025 | 0 Comments

The Mustangs are state champions for the first time since 2001 with an 11-8 win over a pesky Chenango Forks team that was playing in a state final for the second time…

Garden City overwhelms Canandaigua in Class B lacrosse final

By Bob Chavez | June 14, 2025 | 0 Comments

That’s how the Canandaigua Academy boys lacrosse team left Boswell Field on Saturday night even though they were on the wrong side of a 14-5 score in the Class B state championship game at Hobart and William Smith Colleges…

Witherell and Haverling clinch spot in NYS Class B final

By Paul Gotham | June 14, 2025 | 0 Comments

Senior Kaili Witherell retired 20 straight batters, and the Haverling offense supplied three runs in the fifth as the Rams (21-3) pulled away to defeat Section IX champion Highland (16-6), 6-0 in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Class B Softball semifinals, Friday at Greenlight Networks Grand Slam Park…

Castle Packs Power Friday Softball Wrap: Haverling and Bloomfield advance to state finals

By Dan Glickman | June 13, 2025 | 0 Comments

Scores and recaps from Friday’s Section V softball action…

Constantino Financial Friday Baseball Wrap: Barbulean and Postle pitch Pittsford Mendon to state final

By Dan Glickman | June 13, 2025 | 0 Comments

Scores and recaps from Friday’s Section V baseball action…

WNY Sports

Monroe’s season ends with loss to UConn-Avery Point

By Paul Gotham | May 12, 2025

MCC drops Game 2

By Paul Gotham | May 10, 2025

Brockport wins Empire 8 championship

By admin | May 10, 2025

Brock, Hileman lead MCC to Game 1 win

By Paul Gotham | May 9, 2025

CBB

Canisius Men’s Basketball announces the addition of three freshmen to 2025-26 roster

By admin | April 22, 2025 | 0 Comments

Canisius head coach Jim Christian announced today that Andreo Ash, Chris Kumu and Brendan Oliver have all committed to join the Golden Griffin men’s basketball program for the 2025-26 season…

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Bonnies sign Olimpia Milano guard Achille Lonati to Letter of Intent

By Paul Gotham | April 21, 2025 | 0 Comments

Achille Lonati, a 6-5 guard out of the famed Olimpia Milano club in Italy, has signed a letter-of-intent to join the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball team for the 2025-26 season…

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Sampson’s Cougars look to utilize stifling defense in Final Four

By Patrick Walsh | April 4, 2025 | 0 Comments

For the first time since 2008, the Men’s Basketball Final Four consists of only No. 1 seeds. However, there is one matchup that particularly sticks out. Duke and Houston. The number one rated offense pitted up against the top scoring defense in the country…

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Amerks

Amerks to host celebration of life in honor of Scott Metcalfe

By admin | June 12, 2025 | 1 Comment

Metcalfe played nine seasons (1987-91, 1993-98) in Rochester over multiple stints, becoming an instant fan favorite due to his tenacious play and endless devotion to the community. A former first-round pick of the Edmonton Oilers, “Metter”, as he was affectionately known, amassed 349 points on 137 goals and 212 assists while also piling up a franchise record 1,424 penalty minutes over 499 career regular-season games in the red, white and blue…

Amerk teammates remember Scott Metcalfe: ‘The ultimate competitor’

By Kevin Oklobzija | June 6, 2025 | 39 Comments

Today the Amerks family is in mourning. Scott Metcalfe, a member of the 1996 Calder Cup championship team and a 2006 inductee into the Amerks Hall of Fame, died suddenly on Friday morning surrounded by family at Strong Memorial Hospital. He was 58.

In playoff hockey, physicality often trumps skill, as the Amerks learned

By Kevin Oklobzija | May 27, 2025 | 3 Comments

Because big, mean and relentless are difficult qualities to overcome for a smaller team, even if the smaller team does its best to fight back. In reality, while losing Game 5 brought the season to an end, the series was ideal for the prospects of the Buffalo Sabres…

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