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Home runs propel Red Wings to 11-4 win in Lehigh Valley

By Dan Glickman | July 18, 2025

American Legion Final Preview: Chili Post and Cottreall-Warner Post go to battle for District 7 championship

By Dylan O'Loughlin | July 18, 2025

Thursday American Legion Wrap: Cottreall-Warner and Chili Post clinch spots in District 7 Championship Series

By Ryan Broderick | July 18, 2025

Wednesday American Legion Wrap: Reina’s extra-inning blast lifts Chili Post; Estelle and Nick pace Cottreall-Warner

By Ryan Broderick | July 17, 2025

Brynn King signs professional contract with adidas

By Steve Bradley | July 17, 2025

Red Wings to induct OF Jason Kubel, GM Dan Mason to team’s Hall of Fame

By Dan Glickman | July 16, 2025

All-Star Wrap: How Current and Former Red Wings did during MLB’s All-Star festivities

By Dan Glickman | July 16, 2025

Cottreall-Warner outlasts Chili Post to take American Legion District 7 championship

By Paul Gotham | July 20, 2025

Chase Sackett turned in his longest outing of the season on the mound, and Nick Rene helped pace a 14-hit attack as Cottreall-Warner clinched the 2025 American Legion District 7 title with a 7-5 victory, Saturday afternoon at Penfield High School…

Home runs propel Red Wings to 11-4 win in Lehigh Valley

By Dan Glickman | July 18, 2025

The Rochester Red Wings came off the All-Star break with an 11-4 win on Friday…

American Legion Final Preview: Chili Post and Cottreall-Warner Post go to battle for District 7 championship

By Dylan O'Loughlin | July 18, 2025

The 2025 American Legion District 7 Championship is on the line when third-seeded Chili Post 1830 faces second-seeded Cottreall-Warner Post 942 this weekend. A 6 p.m. first pitch is scheduled for Game 1 on Friday. The best-of-three series continues Saturday with a 12:30 p.m. start for Game 2. Game 3 (if necessary) will follow. Penfield High School will host all games of the championship series…

Thursday American Legion Wrap: Cottreall-Warner and Chili Post clinch spots in District 7 Championship Series

By Ryan Broderick | July 18, 2025

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

Wednesday American Legion Wrap: Reina’s extra-inning blast lifts Chili Post; Estelle and Nick pace Cottreall-Warner

By Ryan Broderick | July 17, 2025

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

Brynn King signs professional contract with adidas

By Steve Bradley | July 17, 2025

King leaves quite a legacy at Roberts as a four-time national champion and four-time first-team All-American. She received the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association national athlete of the week award nine times and was named the USTFCCCA Division II Women’s National Field Athlete of the Year after the 2024 indoor season…

Red Wings to induct OF Jason Kubel, GM Dan Mason to team’s Hall of Fame

By Dan Glickman | July 16, 2025

Twins-era outfielder Jason Kubel and longtime general manager Dan Mason will be inducted into the Rochester Red Wings Hall of Fame…

All-Star Wrap: How Current and Former Red Wings did during MLB’s All-Star festivities

By Dan Glickman | July 16, 2025

From the Futures Game through the All-Star Game itself, current and former Rochester Red Wings were all over the All-Star festivities in Atlanta…

Tuesday American Legion Wrap: Kelly hurls complete game for Greece Post; Sova and Thomas lead Ely Fagan Post in extras

By Dylan O'Loughlin | July 15, 2025

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

Monday American Legion Wrap: Chili Post rallies for walk-off win; Ely Fagan Post uses extras to edge James Cooke Post

By Paul Gotham | July 14, 2025

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

Padres select Webster Schroeder’s Michael Salina in MLB Draft

By Paul Gotham | July 14, 2025

An injury cut short Michael Salina’s 2025 season. The setback did not keep the former Webster Schroeder standout from getting the opportunity to take the next step in his career…

Sunday American Legion Wrap: VanGorder leads Irondequoit Post; Phillips and VanAuker lift Ely Fagan Post

By Victor Menendez | July 14, 2025

Scores and recaps from American Legion District 7 postseason action….

Future Red Wing? Nationals select 17-year-old Eli Willits with top pick of MLB Draft

By Dan Glickman | July 13, 2025

The Washington Nationals selected high schooler Eli Willits with the first pick of the 2025 MLB Draft on Sunday, potentially beginning a journey that could include a stop in Rochester…

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

Red Wings to play as “Rochester White Hots” on Aug. 20

By Dan Glickman | July 5, 2025

Hassell and Schnell lead Red Wings to 14-8 win in Buffalo

By Dan Glickman | July 3, 2025

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

By Kevin Oklobzija | June 24, 2025

Long ball haunts Red Wings

By Jonathan Skuza | June 13, 2025

Legion

Cottreall-Warner outlasts Chili Post to take American Legion District 7 championship

By Paul Gotham | July 20, 2025 | 0 Comments

Chase Sackett turned in his longest outing of the season on the mound, and Nick Rene helped pace a 14-hit attack as Cottreall-Warner clinched the 2025 American Legion District 7 title with a 7-5 victory, Saturday afternoon at Penfield High School…

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American Legion Final Preview: Chili Post and Cottreall-Warner Post go to battle for District 7 championship

By Dylan O'Loughlin | July 18, 2025 | 0 Comments

The 2025 American Legion District 7 Championship is on the line when third-seeded Chili Post 1830 faces second-seeded Cottreall-Warner Post 942 this weekend. A 6 p.m. first pitch is scheduled for Game 1 on Friday. The best-of-three series continues Saturday with a 12:30 p.m. start for Game 2. Game 3 (if necessary) will follow. Penfield High School will host all games of the championship series…

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Thursday American Legion Wrap: Cottreall-Warner and Chili Post clinch spots in District 7 Championship Series

By Ryan Broderick | July 18, 2025 | 0 Comments

Scores and recaps from Thursday’s American Legion District 7 semifinal 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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