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Senior Damone Brown is looking to qualify for nationals in shot put

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 7, 2018

March 7, 2018

QUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor During the SUNYAC conference championship meet in Brockport, senior Damone Brown won the indoor shot put title and put himself closer to qualifying for the national meet for shot put next month. His winning throw of 15.93 meters, 3 ¼ inches is a personal......

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Blue Devils fall hard to Geneseo

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 7, 2018

March 7, 2018

AIDAN POLLARD Staff Writer That was a long 60 minutes. Fredonia hockey suffered a 7-1 loss to the Geneseo Ice Knights on Saturday night. Fredonia’s loss cost them both the SUNYAC title and the NCAA tournament bid that comes with winning the championship. The Blue Devils let up......

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Fredonia men’s hockey is flying through SUNYACs

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2018

March 3, 2018

AIDAN POLLARD Staff Writer We’ve come a long way from Pink the Rink. Just a couple weeks ago, the Fredonia men’s hockey team had to rally to make it into the SUNYAC playoffs, and now they’re two huge wins deep and looking to go on to best Geneseo......

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Top 5 offseason moves: MLB free agent & hot stove tracker

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2018

March 3, 2018

JORDAN PURVIS Special to The Leader Unless you live under a rock, you probably have been inundated with news of all the blockbuster trades and contract signings over the past several months. With Super Bowl LII finally out the way, we can now focus on MLB spring training and......

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Fredonia seniors shatter records

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 3, 2018

March 3, 2018

CASSIDY HERMAN Special to the Leader AVRIL KING Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor The past two weekends were exciting ones for the women’s indoor track and field team — especially for Mikayla Capestrani and Brittany Feldman. Capestrani came off an injury she endured recently and was......

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Olivia Miller awarded SUNYAC distinction

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

February 21, 2018

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor After a hugely successful season last fall, junior exercise science major Olivia Miller from the Fredonia women’s tennis team was selected by coaches in the league to receive the SUNYAC Second Team All-Conference award. Miller received this honor after a......

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Buffalo State saves their playoff hopes, ends the Blue Devils’

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

February 21, 2018

JORDAN PURVIS Special to The Leader The women’s basketball team fell 74-60 to Buffalo State on Saturday. The Bengals’ victory secured their first postseason berth since 2015. Leading up to the game on Saturday, both teams were in a tie for the sixth and final SUNYAC playoff spot. Coach......

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Can the Sabres use this trade deadline to fix their team?

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 21, 2018

February 21, 2018

AIDAN POLLARD Staff Writer The NHL trade deadline is approaching, and the Sabres are missing their star player, Jack Eichel. It’s hard to believe that the Sabres’ luck could have possibly gotten worse, but they lost Eichel to a high-ankle sprain which will likely take him out for the......

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SUNYAC Tournament on the horizon for women’s basketball: Can the Blue Devils put together a winning streak to end the season?

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 14, 2018

February 14, 2018

ANDREW RICHARDSON Special to The Leader This past weekend was a bright spot in a very up and down season for the Fredonia women’s basketball team. Although they did get blown out by Cortland 48-75 on Friday, the team showed solid effort. They were able to come back the......

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The U.S. has a brand new snowboarding prodigy – and he’s only 17.

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 14, 2018

February 14, 2018

AIDAN POLLARD Staff Writer Think back to when you were a junior in high school. Now imagine you were the first 2018 gold medalist for the U.S. as well. Redmond Gerard is the newest American Olympic gold medalist. He’s a 17-year-old kid from Ohio, and on Sunday he went......

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Senior Damone Brown is looking to qualify for nationals in shot put

Blue Devils fall hard to Geneseo

Fredonia men’s hockey is flying through SUNYACs

Top 5 offseason moves: MLB free agent & hot stove tracker

Fredonia seniors shatter records

Olivia Miller awarded SUNYAC distinction

Buffalo State saves their playoff hopes, ends the Blue Devils’

Can the Sabres use this trade deadline to fix their team?

SUNYAC Tournament on the horizon for women’s basketball: Can the Blue Devils put together a winning streak to end the season?

The U.S. has a brand new snowboarding prodigy – and he’s only 17.