By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A pair of Major League Baseball draft picks along with a trio of coaches who combined for more than 20 sectional titles as well as an umpire with five decades-plus of contributions to the sport will be among those inducted when Section V Baseball honors its 2022 Hall of Fame class. Pat Atwell (Andover), Jim Billitier (Edison Tech), Bill … [Read more...] about Section V Baseball to induct seven
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Greece Post rallies in seventh to claim Legion title
By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Pinch-hitter CJ Phelps cleared the bases with a two-out double to highlight a dramatic seventh-inning rally as Greece Post 468 defeated Ely Fagan Post 1151, 11-7 to claim the 2022 District 7 American Legion championship in Tuesday's deciding game of the Best-of-Three series. Greece will play the Hamburg Post 527 - Brounshidle Post winner … [Read more...] about Greece Post rallies in seventh to claim Legion title
Amerks ink trio to AHL contracts
Courtesy of Amerks.com ROCHESTER, N.Y. –- Rochester Americans General Manager Jason Karmanos announced today that the team has signed forward Mason Jobst and has re-signed defensemen Mitch Eliot and Peter Tischke all to one-year American Hockey League contracts for the 2022-23 season. Jobst, 28, returns to the organization after splitting the 2021-22 campaign between … [Read more...] about Amerks ink trio to AHL contracts
Seattle Mariners select Livonia’s VanScoter in MLB Draft
By KEVIN SMITH The Seattle Mariners selected former Livonia High School baseball standout Reid VanScoter as the 156th pick in the fifth round of the Major League Baseball draft on Monday. A redshirt senior with Coastal Carolina University, VanScoter received a collegiate baseball second-team All-American nod. He was also the Chanticleers' first-ever Sun Belt Conference … [Read more...] about Seattle Mariners select Livonia’s VanScoter in MLB Draft
Wings enter break with 13-7 loss to Omaha
The Rochester Red Wings finished off the first half of their season on Sunday with a 13-7 loss against the Omaha Storm Chasers, as a deep early hole was erased bit-by-bit over the game only for the Wings to again fall behind for good in the ninth after another big Omaha inning. The first half-inning of the game was a nightmare for the Wings. Carson Teel, making an emergency … [Read more...] about Wings enter break with 13-7 loss to Omaha