By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA What began as a six-day trip to Massachusetts could end up being a 15-day baseball journey of a lifetime for the Greece American Legion Post 468 team. In winning the Northeast Regional last week in Shrewsbury, Mass., Greece Post became the first team from New York in 23 years – and the first ever from Monroe County – to earn a berth in the American … [Read more...] about Greece Post ready to make history at American Legion World Series
Looking back: The one time the American Legion World Series almost came to Rochester
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA For the first time ever, the New York State American Legion baseball tournament will be played in Monroe County. Volunteers from Greece Post 468 will see their countless hours of preparation come to fruition when more than a dozen games are played between Saturday and Wednesday at Rochester Institute of Technology, culminating in the crowning of a state … [Read more...] about Looking back: The one time the American Legion World Series almost came to Rochester
Webster’s Haley Winn selected 2nd overall in PWHL draft
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA She was a standout with the Bishop Kearney Selects program, has been a star at Clarkson University and owns two gold medals from the IIHF Women’s World Championship. Haley Winn now will have a chance to shine at the professional level. Winn, the youngster defender in a family of defensemen from Webster, was selected second overall by the Boston Fleet … [Read more...] about Webster’s Haley Winn selected 2nd overall in PWHL draft
Harrigan, Barbulean come up clutch as Mendon reaches state Final Four
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Sam Harrigan, the freshman second baseman for Pittsford Mendon’s on-the-upswing baseball program, learned a valuable lesson on Friday evening about being the hero. Avoid at all costs the celebratory meet-and-greet on the infield. Harrigan boomed a two-out double over the head of right fielder Sebastian Gonzalez in the bottom of the ninth inning, … [Read more...] about Harrigan, Barbulean come up clutch as Mendon reaches state Final Four
Amerk teammates remember Scott Metcalfe: ‘The ultimate competitor’
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA When Scott Metcalfe was playing youth hockey, he never fixated on being the glamour-boy goal-scorer. Good thing, too. That would have really annoyed his parents, June and Bryan Metcalfe. They weren’t raising some Waltzing Matilda. “That’s what my mom used to call me if I was just out there skating around, a Waltzing Matilda,” Metcalfe said back in … [Read more...] about Amerk teammates remember Scott Metcalfe: ‘The ultimate competitor’