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State Champs: Victor rolls to Class AA title

By admin | March 19, 2023

Avoca/Prattsburgh clinches second straight trip to state final

By Paul Gotham | March 19, 2023

Robb Delisanti APG/American Portfolios Saturday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Victor wins first-ever state title; A/P clinches return to state final

By David Dobrasz | March 19, 2023

State Champs: Fourth-quarter blitz carries Waterloo to Class B crown

By Paul Gotham | March 18, 2023

Herman’s big half not enough as Canandaigua falls short in state final

By johnmitchelllikanje | March 18, 2023

Irondequoit falls in NYSPHSAA Class A final

By admin | March 18, 2023

Josh Harter CEB Saturday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: Schroeder and Waterloo capture state titles

By David Dobrasz | March 18, 2023

Fans frustrated by late-game strategy as Amerks fall in shootout to Crunch

By Kevin Oklobzija | March 21, 2023

The crowd at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial on Tuesday night wasn’t happy. Some booed, disenchanted with a safety-first approach. They were even more perturbed when the Amerks ended up losing in the tiebreaker shootout 3-2 to the Syracuse Crunch…

Wright and Monroe walk off with sweep

By Paul Gotham | March 20, 2023

Tobey Wright (Henrietta, N.Y./Rush-Henrietta) connected on a one-out, two-run double, and host Monroe Community College (3-5) walked off with a doubleheader sweep (11-3/4-3) of Cayuga Community College in NJCAA Baseball action from Tribune Field on Friday…

State Champs: Avoca/Prattsburgh wins back-to-back Class D titles

By Paul Gotham | March 19, 2023

On Sunday afternoon, the Avoca/Prattsburgh Titans put themselves among elite company in Section V history with their second straight NYSPHSAA title…

State Champs: Schroeder climbs to the top of AA mountain

By Paul Gotham | March 19, 2023

Mariah Watkins registered a double-double, and Schroeder claimed the 2023 NYSPHSAA Class AA championship with a 49-41 victory over Section I champion, White Plains…

High School

Avoca/Prattsburgh clinches second straight trip to state final

Haden Abbott scored 17 of his game-high 21 points including a trio of 3-pointers to highlight a 13-3 run to close the first half, and Avoca/Prattsburgh went on to defeat Section III champion Hamilton, 64-41 in NYS Class D semifinal action Saturday at Cool Insuring Arena…

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Robb Delisanti APG/American Portfolios Saturday Boys’ Basketball Wrap: Victor wins first-ever state title; A/P clinches return to state final

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

By David Dobrasz | March 19, 2023 | Read More...

State Champs: Fourth-quarter blitz carries Waterloo to Class B crown

Seniors Morgan Caraballo, Natalie DiSanto and Jazzmyn Lewis combined for 24 points as Waterloo erased a 12-point deficit heading into the fourth quarter to defeat Section I champion Putnam Valley, 58-48 in the NYSPHSAA Class B championship game…

By Paul Gotham | March 18, 2023 | Read More...

Herman’s big half not enough as Canandaigua falls short in state final

Mya Herman unloaded all 22 of her points in the second half, but her eruption wasn’t enough as Canandaigua’s late rally fell short in a 61-51 setback to Walter Panas (I) in the New York State Public High Schools Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) class A final…..

By johnmitchelllikanje | March 18, 2023 | Read More...

Irondequoit falls in NYSPHSAA Class A final

When you get far into a sectional or state tournament bracket, you tend to run into teams that are very similar to yourself.  Any variation from the usual flow of how you play the game can be a major disruption.  Irondequoit collided with that disruption when star guard Ryan Heath ran into foul trouble, changing the tenor of the game as Tappan Zee of Section I took advantage, outscoring the Eagles 31-14 in the second half, winning the NYSPHSAA Class A title 49-36, Saturday night at Cool Insuring Arena…

By admin | March 18, 2023 | Read More...

Josh Harter CEB Saturday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: Schroeder and Waterloo capture state titles

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

By David Dobrasz | March 18, 2023 | Read More...
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WNY Sports

Biro dazzles again on offense as Subban, Amerks blank Laval

By Kevin Oklobzija | March 16, 2023

Giant-slaying Holy Cross ends RIT’s season

By Kevin Oklobzija | March 12, 2023

RIT facing elimination after OT loss to Holy Cross

By Kevin Oklobzija | March 10, 2023

Cassaro’s patented one-timer sends RIT into Atlantic Hockey semifinals

By Kevin Oklobzija | March 4, 2023

Red Wings

Red Wings announce 50-degree guarantee on Opening Day

By admin | February 15, 2023

Red Wings release 2023 promotional schedule

By admin | February 10, 2023

LeCroy to return as Wings’ manager in 2023

By admin | February 2, 2023

Rochester Red Wings mourn the passing of Blaise DiNardo

By admin | December 18, 2022

CBB

Jones turns in electric second half, pushes Marquette past Vermont

By Tyler Hathaway | March 17, 2023 | 0 Comments

After giving up a backdoor cut to Vermont’s Finn Sullivan for an easy layup with just under 16 minutes to play in the second half, something changed in Kam Jones. He went on to score eighteen consecutive points for Marquette over a six minute stretch midway through the second half that helped the second-seeded Golden Eagles pull away from the No. 15 seed Vermont Catamounts for a 78-61 win, Marquette’s first NCAA tournament win since 2013.

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Pickett and Penn State cruise past Texas A&M

By Paul Gotham | March 17, 2023 | 0 Comments

Andrew Funk poured in a game-high 27 points, and Jalen Pickett (Aquinas Institute) finished two assists shy of a double-double to lead 10th-seeded Penn State past No. 7 seed Texas A&M, 76-59 in Midwest Region action o fthe NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, Thursday…

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West Virginia falls in Round of 64

By Patrick Walsh | March 16, 2023 | 0 Comments

Kedrian Johnson had a career-high 27 points including 10 straight points after a Tre Mitchell free throw to start the second half, but it wasn’t enough as West Virginia fell to Maryland 67-65 in the Round of 64 on Thursday…

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Pucko's Unfinished Business

Pucko: Crimes of Being Young

By Bill Pucko | March 13, 2023 | 0 Comments

Crimes of being young.  Maybe some overindulgence.  Perhaps getting a tattoo of something you shouldn’t somewhere you shouldn’t.  Bad hair.  No fashion sense.  Many of us have been there.  Done that.  What we probably haven’t done is wave a gun in public and brag about it on Instagram…

The Other Goats

By Bill Pucko | February 6, 2023 | 0 Comments

Add to the list, Cincinnati linebacker Joseph Ossai, for a late hit in the closing seconds on Patrick Mahomes, costing the Bengals a chance to win the AFC Championship game last week.  Ossai is just 22 years old.  Pretty young to be marked for life.  But that’s the way it is.  He no longer has a choice in the matter…

Pucko: Cinderella in Real Life

By Bill Pucko | January 29, 2023 | 1 Comment

Sure, there were football reasons that Buffalo was unceremoniously swept out of the playoffs.  I won’t try to analyze strategy here.  But the Bills collapsed under the weight of expectation along with a unique and amazing array of challenges…

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