By PAUL GOTHAM FAIRPORT, N.Y. -- Coach Fitch Court was the setting as local seniors capped high school careers Saturday afternoon in the 2025 Greater Rochester Ronald McDonald House All-Star games. The 40th anniversary of the season-ending event brought together players and coaches to celebrate the recent season. Since 1986, the event has raised more than $460,000 for … [Read more...] about Seniors hold court in the Greater Rochester Ronald McDonald House All-Star games
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Six garner Monroe County Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year honors
By PATRICK WALSH LaShard Lowry Jr. (Fairport), Jalen Taggart (Rush-Henrietta), Levi Kulik (Webster Thomas), I'zick Reaves (Greece Athena), Connor Chapman (Canandaigua) and Caiden Evans (Greece Olympia) all garnered Monroe County Player of the Year honors for their respective divisions, the league announced. The six players were nominated by coaches in all four divisions … [Read more...] about Six garner Monroe County Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year honors
Roberts Wesleyan’s Brynn King Sets NCAA All-Time Outdoor Record For Women’s Pole Vault
AUSTIN, Texas – The saying “everything is bigger in Texas,” certainly applies to Roberts Wesleyan University pole vault standout Brynn King. One year after setting the Division II women’s outdoor pole vault record in her home state, King broke the all-time collegiate outdoor record in women’s pole vault by soaring over the 4.75-meter bar (15-feet, 7-inches) in front of a … [Read more...] about Roberts Wesleyan’s Brynn King Sets NCAA All-Time Outdoor Record For Women’s Pole Vault
Big first inning propels Red Wings to first win of year in rain-shortened game, 8-3
BY DAN GLICKMAN The Rochester Red Wings used a five-run first to propel them to their first win of the 2025 International League season on Saturday, beating the Buffalo Bisons, 8-3, in a game called in the eighth inning due to rain. All five runs of the Red Wings' first came with two outs, when Buffalo starter Trenton Wallace walked Rochester left fielder Andrew Pinckney … [Read more...] about Big first inning propels Red Wings to first win of year in rain-shortened game, 8-3
Frederickson, Wilson nab top Private-Parochial League Girls’ Basketball honors
By PAUL GOTHAM Allie Frederickson paced C.G. Finney to a 17-win season and a No. 3 seed in Class D. Asia Wilson led a Bishop Kearney squad that won 15 games and grabbed the fifth seed in Class AA. Private-Parochial League Girls' Basketball coaches honored the pair with Player of the Year for their respective divisions. Wilson, the reigning Private-Parochial Division … [Read more...] about Frederickson, Wilson nab top Private-Parochial League Girls’ Basketball honors