By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA He once broadcast high school football games from a platform affixed to a light pole, suspended a dozen or so feet above the ground. There were no stairs, just rungs sticking out of the pole. That was how Don Stevens was welcomed into the glamorous world of small-market radio in Nebraska in 1969. Not long after, he called a playoff football game … [Read more...] about After 40 years as Voice of the Amerks, Stevens is saying goodbye
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Imagine RIT Saturday Softball Wrap: Fox caps Lyndonville comeback; Panek etches name in record book
RUSH-HENRIETTA (5-2) 25SPENCERPORT (3-3) 3Jade Galaska went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run, a double, four RBI, and a walk to lead Rush Henrietta. The Royal Comets scored four runs before an out was recorded en route to an 11-run first inning capped off by Galaska’s home run. Elizabeth Brown went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBI, while Etta Neubeck had two singles and a … [Read more...] about Imagine RIT Saturday Softball Wrap: Fox caps Lyndonville comeback; Panek etches name in record book
Imagine RIT Weekend Flag Football Wrap: LaBounty leads East Rochester to two wins; Leilah Manuel scores three touchdowns for Batavia
FRIDAY GAMES: WILSON/EARLY COLLEGE (3-2) 25BISHOP KEARNEY (0-2) 18 EAST ROCHESTER (3-0) 20NEWARK (1-2) 0East Rochester's Alex LaBounty threw for two touchdowns, both to Lily Chambers-Silva, who also recorded an extra point. Payton Kinney recorded three sacks for the Bombers. Mia Rountree and Sloan Sowinski each had an interception, with Rountree bringing her interception … [Read more...] about Imagine RIT Weekend Flag Football Wrap: LaBounty leads East Rochester to two wins; Leilah Manuel scores three touchdowns for Batavia
Constantino Financial Saturday Baseball Wrap: Postle fans 15 for Pittsford Mendon; Larsen slugs McQuaid past Saratoga Springs in battle of state-ranked teams
RUSH-HENRIETTA (0-8) 5SPENCERPORT (6-1) 7Liam Watson went 2-for-3 with three RBI, a walk and a run scored to lead Spencerport as the Rangers won their sixth straight. Rush-Henrietta got on the board first in the top of the first on an RBI groundout from Jake Militello, but the Rangers got that run back on an RBI groundout from Watson. Matthew Turner gave the Royal Comets the … [Read more...] about Constantino Financial Saturday Baseball Wrap: Postle fans 15 for Pittsford Mendon; Larsen slugs McQuaid past Saratoga Springs in battle of state-ranked teams
Playoff berth still in jeopardy as Amerks lose to Cleveland
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Somehow it just seems fitting that, on the final weekend of the regular season, that after 70 games have already been played, this 70th edition of the Rochester Americans still hasn’t clinched what so far has been an elusive playoff berth. This team has never really done things the easy way, so why wouldn’t their hopes of tearing open the invitation to … [Read more...] about Playoff berth still in jeopardy as Amerks lose to Cleveland