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Tuesday American Legion Wrap: Miner’s seventh inning heroics lift Chili; Ciccone walks it off for Ely Fagan

By Dylan O'Loughlin | July 1, 2025

Red Wings reliever Marquis Grissom Jr. named to All-Star Futures Game

By Dan Glickman | June 30, 2025

Sunday American Legion Wrap: Rene and Cottreall-Warner Post stay hot; Vorrasi leads Rayson Miller

By Victor Menendez | June 29, 2025

Red Wings lose another heart-breaker, 5-3, on late home run

By Dan Glickman | June 29, 2025

Red Wings lose both ends of Saturday doubleheader- in utterly different fashions

By Dan Glickman | June 28, 2025

Friday American Legion Wrap: Chili Post takes unconventional DH

By Matt Hanes | June 28, 2025

Complete team effort guides Wings

By Jonathan Skuza | June 28, 2025

Former Red Wing James Wood to take part in All-Star Home Run Derby

By Dan Glickman | July 3, 2025

Former Rochester Red Wing James Wood will take part in this year’s Home Run Derby…

Tuesday American Legion Wrap: Miner’s seventh inning heroics lift Chili; Ciccone walks it off for Ely Fagan

By Dylan O'Loughlin | July 1, 2025

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

Red Wings reliever Marquis Grissom Jr. named to All-Star Futures Game

By Dan Glickman | June 30, 2025

Rochester Red Wings reliever Marquis Grissom Jr. has been selected to the All-Star Futures Game, where he’ll face a team managed by his MLB veteran father…

Sunday American Legion Wrap: Rene and Cottreall-Warner Post stay hot; Vorrasi leads Rayson Miller

By Victor Menendez | June 29, 2025

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

Red Wings lose another heart-breaker, 5-3, on late home run

By Dan Glickman | June 29, 2025

A late home run given up to Syracuse’s Francisco Alvarez sent the Red Wings down in defeat on Sunday…

Red Wings lose both ends of Saturday doubleheader- in utterly different fashions

By Dan Glickman | June 28, 2025

The Red Wings lost game one, 8-0, before falling in extras in game two, 10-2.

Friday American Legion Wrap: Chili Post takes unconventional DH

By Matt Hanes | June 28, 2025

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

Complete team effort guides Wings

By Jonathan Skuza | June 28, 2025

The Rochester Red Wings (1-2, 28-47) picked up their first win in the second half of the season with a 6-1 victory over the Syracuse Mets (2-1, 33-44) Friday evening…

Thursday American Legion Wrap: Coon smashes three-run homer for Irondequoit; Ricigliano hurls complete game for James Cooke

By Ashton Townsend | June 26, 2025

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

Six earn Monroe County Baseball Player of the Year Honors

By Dylan O'Loughlin | June 26, 2025

John Swartz and Victor won the Monroe County Division I title. Aaron Reina paced Churchville-Chili to the Division II title and a second seed in the postseason. Derrick Allen helped Greece Athena grab the best record in Class AA. Cam Barbulean led Pittsford Mendon to the top seed in Class A. Evan Bishop and Eastridge earned a share of a divisional title while Jack Kelly led Webster Schroeder to 12 regular season wins and a first-round bye in sectionals. Monroe County coaches honored the six student-athletes with top post-season awards…

Red Wings and Mets game postponed

By Jonathan Skuza | June 26, 2025

Thursday’s contest between the Rochester Red Wings (0-2, 27-47) and the Syracuse Mets (2-0, 33-44) at Innovative Field was postponed due to poor field conditions…

Wings drop matinee with Syracuse, 5-1

By Dan Glickman | June 25, 2025

A rehabbing Washington National struggled, a AAA newcomer excelled, and the Red Wings’ bats were cold on a hot day in Rochester…

Webster’s Haley Winn selected 2nd overall in PWHL draft

By Kevin Oklobzija | June 24, 2025

Winn, the youngster defender in a family of defensemen from Webster, was selected second overall by the Boston Fleet in Tuesday night’s Professional Women’s Hockey League draft…

High School

Six earn Monroe County Baseball Player of the Year Honors

By Dylan O'Loughlin | June 26, 2025 | 0 Comments

John Swartz and Victor won the Monroe County Division I title. Aaron Reina paced Churchville-Chili to the Division II title and a second seed in the postseason. Derrick Allen helped Greece Athena grab the best record in Class AA. Cam Barbulean led Pittsford Mendon to the top seed in Class A. Evan Bishop and Eastridge earned a share of a divisional title while Jack Kelly led Webster Schroeder to 12 regular season wins and a first-round bye in sectionals. Monroe County coaches honored the six student-athletes with top post-season awards…

State champs: Postle leads Mendon to Class A title

By Paul Gotham | June 15, 2025 | 0 Comments

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 | 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 | 1 Comment

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…

WNY Sports

Victor’s Burgess advances to U.S. Open Golf Final Qualifying

By Patrick Walsh | May 14, 2025

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

Legion

Sunday American Legion Wrap: Rene and Cottreall-Warner Post stay hot; Vorrasi leads Rayson Miller

By Victor Menendez | June 29, 2025 | 0 Comments

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

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Friday American Legion Wrap: Chili Post takes unconventional DH

By Matt Hanes | June 28, 2025 | 0 Comments

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

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Thursday American Legion Wrap: Coon smashes three-run homer for Irondequoit; Ricigliano hurls complete game for James Cooke

By Ashton Townsend | June 26, 2025 | 0 Comments

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

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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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