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Jack Leasure Shooting and Skills Camp Sectional Preview: Girls’ Class C2

February 23, 2026 by Ashton Townsend 2 Comments

The 2026 Section V Class C2 Girls' Basketball bracket has five teams from the Livingston County Division III, three from the Finger Lakes West, two from Allegany County Division I and Genesee County Division II, and one from Steuben County. First-round games start on Wednesday, February 25, and the final two teams in Class C2 will face off on Saturday, March 7 at FLCC. The … [Read more...] about Jack Leasure Shooting and Skills Camp Sectional Preview: Girls’ Class C2

Saturday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: Paddock’s double-double paces Le Roy; McDermott leads Mynderse into the quarterfinals

February 21, 2026 by Paul Gotham Leave a Comment

CLASS B1 NO. 11 WAYLAND-COHOCTON (1-20) 27NO. 6 MIDLAKES (9-12) 56Midlakes advances to the quarterfinals and will face No. 3 Hornell. NO. 10 NORTH ROSE-WOLCOTT (2-19) 16NO. 7 WELLSVILLE (10-11) 58Wellsville will take on No. 2 Waterloo in the quarterfinals. NO. 9 HAVERLING (8-13) 52NO. 8 LIVONIA (7-14) 33Haverling will face top-seeded Dansville in the quarterfinals. … [Read more...] about Saturday Girls’ Basketball Wrap: Paddock’s double-double paces Le Roy; McDermott leads Mynderse into the quarterfinals

Kennelly leads as Red Jacket advances in C1

February 21, 2026 by Paul Gotham 1 Comment

By PAUL GOTHAM Jackson Kennelly netted a game-high 18 points, and No. 17 Red Jacket advanced in the Section V Class C1 playoffs with a 57-39 victory over No. 16 Harley-Allendale-Columbia on Saturday afternoon. Kennelly accounted for nine points in the first half as the Cardinals took a double-digit lead after two quarters of play. The senior connected three times … [Read more...] about Kennelly leads as Red Jacket advances in C1

Laval, with plenty of swagger, frustrates Amerks again

February 20, 2026 by Kevin Oklobzija 3 Comments

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA The hatred between the Rochester Americans and Laval Rocket is quite real. That’ll happen when you’re playing in-your-face hockey shift after shift, game after game, year after year. And when the team that ended your season the year before – as the Rocket did to the Amerks last spring – acts like they own you. “They’re pricks,” Amerks winger Jagger … [Read more...] about Laval, with plenty of swagger, frustrates Amerks again

For heroes from Amerks 1996 Calder Cup team, the memories live on

February 20, 2026 by Kevin Oklobzija 3 Comments

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Until Friday night, Dixon Ward’s last appearance in Rochester was on June 15, 1996, the day he packed up his hockey-season belongings and headed home for the summer. Just 24 hours earlier, Ward, his Rochester Americans teammates and a few thousand of their suddenly closest friends celebrated on the streets of downtown with the Calder Cup. “I haven’t … [Read more...] about For heroes from Amerks 1996 Calder Cup team, the memories live on

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