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Reviving community through leadership on the field

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 12, 2024November 12, 2024

November 12, 2024November 12, 2024

GWENYTH KIRKWOOD Special to The Leader Being a part of a team involves leadership and community involvement. Lindsay Hocking knows all about that. Hocking, a senior at SUNY Fredonia, has dedicated her time in college to leadership and community involvement. A public relations major with a minor in leadership studies,......

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5th Quarter Column: Coop there it is

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 1, 2024October 28, 2024

November 1, 2024October 28, 2024

MITCHELL HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor After a two-game skid, the Bills got back into the win column with a 23-20 win over the Jets. Before I get started, I want to preface this column by saying that it was written before the Bills-Titans game on Sunday. Due to The Leader’s......

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A Gen(s)erational Tennis Legacy

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 29, 2024October 28, 2024

October 29, 2024October 28, 2024

AMARAH GHORI DEI Chair & Asst. Opinion Editor In the world of college athletics, it’s normal for a coach to act as your mentor in life and as someone who will help you invest in your future. For Fredonia State women’s tennis player Bernadette Gens, her coach happens to be......

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How the now helps the future of Fredonia athletics

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 15, 2024October 15, 2024

October 15, 2024October 15, 2024

MITCHELL HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor Sam Evans (Midfielder), Men’s Soccer | Photo by Becca Torncello (Sports Photographer) After numerous years of declining enrollment, Fredonia has welcomed its largest freshman class in three years. The school announced that the total of first-year, transfer and new graduate students was 1,034. This means......

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Sport Management Club revived under new management

Matt VolzOctober 11, 2024October 11, 2024

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024

MATT VOLZ Sports Editor Who knew the best ideas could come from FredFest? Indeed, the weekend last May provided two sport management majors the inspiration to bring back a club that had been dormant for a few years. Mason Neale and Alex Smith were hanging out that weekend, blowing off......

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Athletics department unveils new turf field at University Stadium

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 29, 2024October 11, 2024

September 29, 2024October 11, 2024

MATT VOLZ Sports Editor Photograph by JEAN CESTARO | Staff Photographer For Fredonia athletics, there seems to be more enthusiasm behind the term “home turf ” entering this fall season. That’s all thanks to the school’s newest athletic facility, an updated turf field attached to University Stadium. The previous turf......

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Buffalo what? Back-to-back champions, maybe

Matt VolzMay 14, 2024May 13, 2024

May 14, 2024May 13, 2024

MATT VOLZ Sports Editor In the sports world, Buffalo is often seen as a city of losing. Because the Bills and Sabres have never brought home their respective league championships, outsiders often see the city as a sports disaster. Don’t tell that to the Buffalo Bandits, though. Buffalo’s indoor lacrosse......

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The Ethics Behind Coaching

Contributor to The LeaderMay 13, 2024May 10, 2024

May 13, 2024May 10, 2024

MARISSA BURR Opinion Editor With Fredonia being a Division III athletics university, scholarships are not offered to encourage athletes to play a sport during their time here. Because of this, the team atmosphere must be supportive enough of its athletes to keep them coming back for multiple seasons. This starts......

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5th Quarter Column: Sabres go back to the future with Lindy Ruff

Contributor to The LeaderMay 11, 2024May 10, 2024

May 11, 2024May 10, 2024

PARKER GURNETT Staff Writer “Just a chance that maybe we’ll find better days” will be playing loudly through speakers in Buffalo. “Better Days” by the Goo Goo Dolls is, as many Sabres fans hope, what the hiring of ‘new’ head coach Lindy Ruff will bring. The hiring of Ruff comes......

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5th Quarter Column: NFL Draft recap

Contributor to The LeaderMay 10, 2024May 10, 2024

May 10, 2024May 10, 2024

MITCH HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor After three days, 257 picks and a lot of chaos, the 2024 draft season has come to an end. The Bills made a total of 10 picks, including seven between rounds two and five. As mentioned in my pre-draft article, this was an important draft......

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Reviving community through leadership on the field

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5th Quarter Column: Coop there it is

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Reviving community through leadership on the field

5th Quarter Column: Coop there it is

A Gen(s)erational Tennis Legacy

How the now helps the future of Fredonia athletics

Sport Management Club revived under new management

Athletics department unveils new turf field at University Stadium

Buffalo what? Back-to-back champions, maybe

The Ethics Behind Coaching

5th Quarter Column: Sabres go back to the future with Lindy Ruff

5th Quarter Column: NFL Draft recap