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Legendary Amerks analyst Bednarski makes surprise visit to honor Stevens

By Kevin Oklobzija | April 3, 2026

Constantino Financial Friday Baseball Wrap: Roselli strikes out five and scores two to lead Fairport; East sweeps 2026 Lumber Yard High School Classic

By Dylan O'Loughlin | April 3, 2026

Castle Packs Power Friday Girls’ Softball Wrap: Schroeder’s Murphy tosses three-hitter, strikes out 11; Penfield bests Beaver Area

By Matt Hanes | April 3, 2026

Wings drop both ends of Friday doubleheader

By Dan Glickman | April 3, 2026

Rochester native Jeff Anderson to officiate Final Four

By Paul Gotham | April 3, 2026

MCC outlasts rain, Erie CC

By Paul Gotham | April 3, 2026

Constantino Financial Thursday Baseball Wrap: Sansone’s late double lifts Pittsford Mendon; East Rochester’s DeHollander strikes out 18

By Tyler Hathaway | April 2, 2026

Levi pulled early as Amerks lose to Belleville

By Kevin Oklobzija | April 3, 2026

Devon Levi stopped just one shot while the other three hit twine – at 1:44, 3:31 and 8:00 – before coach Michael Leone replaced him with Scott Ratzlaff. When Levi did make his only save, on Olle Lycksell at 6:10, mock cheer cascaded down from the crowd at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial…

Legendary Amerks analyst Bednarski makes surprise visit to honor Stevens

By Kevin Oklobzija | April 3, 2026

Don Stevens announced before the season that this would be his final year as the Voice of the Amerks. So on Friday night, his former broadcast partner, John Bednarski, made a surprise appearance in the press box for one final game together…

Constantino Financial Friday Baseball Wrap: Roselli strikes out five and scores two to lead Fairport; East sweeps 2026 Lumber Yard High School Classic

By Dylan O'Loughlin | April 3, 2026

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

Castle Packs Power Friday Girls’ Softball Wrap: Schroeder’s Murphy tosses three-hitter, strikes out 11; Penfield bests Beaver Area

By Matt Hanes | April 3, 2026

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

Wings drop both ends of Friday doubleheader

By Dan Glickman | April 3, 2026

Clear skies didn’t bring good feelings for the Rochester Red Wings, as they dropped both ends of the twin-bill to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders…

Rochester native Jeff Anderson to officiate Final Four

By Paul Gotham | April 3, 2026

Anderson, who has worked men’s finals in 2018 (Villanova and Michigan), 2022 (North Carolina-Kansas) and 2024 (UConn-Purdue), is one of 11 referees announced by the NCAA to work the games held this Saturday, April 4th and Monday, April 6th…

MCC outlasts rain, Erie CC

By Paul Gotham | April 3, 2026

Three batters later, the Tribunes (12-4) were back in the dugout, and on their way to a doubleheader sweep (2-1/4-1) of Erie Community College (12-10) in Western New York Athletic Conference action…

Constantino Financial Thursday Baseball Wrap: Sansone’s late double lifts Pittsford Mendon; East Rochester’s DeHollander strikes out 18

By Tyler Hathaway | April 2, 2026

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

Alvarez gem helps lead Wings to 3-1 win over Scranton

By Dan Glickman | April 2, 2026

The Rochester Red Wings moved to 4-1 on the season on Thursday with a 3-1 victory over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, paced by a 10-strikeout, one-hit performance over five innings from left-hander Andrew Alvarez…

Critical turnover dooms Amerks in loss to Charlotte

By Kevin Oklobzija | April 1, 2026

Which is why the Checkers left Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial with two points, and why the fifth place Amerks (28-26-5-4) still have a magic number of 11 to clinch a playoff berth in the North Division…

Trey Lipscomb’s bat helps lead Red Wings to home opener win

By Dan Glickman | April 1, 2026

According to his manager, Trey Lipscomb had his best spring this March — and his hot streak continued on Wednesday…

Constantino Financial Wednesday Baseball Wrap: Nick paces Schroeder offense; Fairport rallies to win in extras

By Paul Gotham | April 1, 2026

Scores and recaps from Wednesday’s Section V Baseball action…

Castle Packs Power Wednesday Softball Wrap: Knapp and Mendon walk off; Coughlin paces Penfield

By Robert Calhoun | April 1, 2026

Scores and recaps from Wednesday’s Section V Softball action…

High School

Castle Packs Power Friday Girls’ Softball Wrap: Schroeder’s Murphy tosses three-hitter, strikes out 11; Penfield bests Beaver Area

By Matt Hanes | April 3, 2026 | 0 Comments

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

Constantino Financial Thursday Baseball Wrap: Sansone’s late double lifts Pittsford Mendon; East Rochester’s DeHollander strikes out 18

By Tyler Hathaway | April 2, 2026 | 0 Comments

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

Constantino Financial Wednesday Baseball Wrap: Nick paces Schroeder offense; Fairport rallies to win in extras

By Paul Gotham | April 1, 2026 | 0 Comments

Scores and recaps from Wednesday’s Section V Baseball action…

Castle Packs Power Wednesday Softball Wrap: Knapp and Mendon walk off; Coughlin paces Penfield

By Robert Calhoun | April 1, 2026 | 0 Comments

Scores and recaps from Wednesday’s Section V Softball action…

Jones named RCAC Player of the Year

By Paul Gotham | April 1, 2026 | 0 Comments

The 5-foot-6 guard topped the 30-point mark in four separate games including a 40-point effort and another in which scored 50. She finished the season with 437 total points…

Constantino Financial Tuesday Baseball Wrap: Bailey walks it off for McQuaid Jesuit in extras; Ritchlin’s late triple lifts Penfield

By Dylan O'Loughlin | April 1, 2026 | 0 Comments

Scores and game recaps from Tuesday’s Section V Baseball action…

WNY Sports

Wahlberg, Kuntar score clutch goals to power Amerks past Toronto

By Kevin Oklobzija | March 27, 2026

Red Wings open 2026 season with win in Jacksonville

By Dan Glickman | March 27, 2026

Brust reaches career milestone in MCC sweep

By Paul Gotham | March 25, 2026

Hat trick by Helenius powers Amerks past Hartford

By Kevin Oklobzija | March 22, 2026

Bills

Bills promote offensive coordinator Joe Brady to head coach

By Tyler Hathaway | January 27, 2026 | 0 Comments

Buffalo is in the process of finalizing a deal to promote offensive coordinator Joe Brady to the head coaching role. Brady plans to sign a five-year deal with the Bills and will replace former coach Sean McDermott, who was fired last Monday…

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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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Amerks

Levi pulled early as Amerks lose to Belleville

By Kevin Oklobzija | April 3, 2026 | 1 Comment

Devon Levi stopped just one shot while the other three hit twine – at 1:44, 3:31 and 8:00 – before coach Michael Leone replaced him with Scott Ratzlaff. When Levi did make his only save, on Olle Lycksell at 6:10, mock cheer cascaded down from the crowd at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial…

Legendary Amerks analyst Bednarski makes surprise visit to honor Stevens

By Kevin Oklobzija | April 3, 2026 | 0 Comments

Don Stevens announced before the season that this would be his final year as the Voice of the Amerks. So on Friday night, his former broadcast partner, John Bednarski, made a surprise appearance in the press box for one final game together…

Critical turnover dooms Amerks in loss to Charlotte

By Kevin Oklobzija | April 1, 2026 | 1 Comment

Which is why the Checkers left Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial with two points, and why the fifth place Amerks (28-26-5-4) still have a magic number of 11 to clinch a playoff berth in the North Division…

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