By PAUL GOTHAM BRIGHTON, N.Y. -- On a Sunday afternoon when tracking the weather could have proven to be a distraction, eight different players combined for 11 extra-base hits as Monroe Community College Baseball (23-6) swept a doubleheader (9-5/11-3) from Utica College JV. Miguel Matos (Rochester, N.Y./East High) finished a double shy of the cycle in Game 1. The … [Read more...] about MCC rolls past Utica College JV
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Amerks clinch spot in playoffs
Courtesy of Amerks.com Hershey, PA – A wild back-and-forth affair between the American Hockey League’s two oldest teams ultimately ended with the Rochester Americans (31-31-6-4) rallying in the third period to earn the single point they needed to extend their season at least for another week before falling 5-4 in overtime to the Hershey Bears (32-31-6-3) in Sunday’s … [Read more...] about Amerks clinch spot in playoffs
Blackwood commits to St. Bonaventure
By PAUL GOTHAM Mason Blackwood committed to St. Bonaventure University for the 2026-27 men's college basketball season, the former Aquinas Institute standout announced on his Instagram page, Sunday. A 6-foot-7, 230-pound forward, Blackwood played his first collegiate season at Penn State University where he appeared in 26 games averaging 2.6 points and 1.8 rebounds in … [Read more...] about Blackwood commits to St. Bonaventure
After 40 years as Voice of the Amerks, Stevens is saying goodbye
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
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