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March Madness: Dancing on to the Final Four: Millions tear up brackets as South Carolina, Oregon advance to Final Four

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

March 29, 2017

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor Of the 18-million plus brackets that were filled out on ESPN.com for this year’s tournament challenge, a mere 657 of them correctly picked the Final Four. That’s right: a miniscule .0003 percent of brackets had top seeds North Carolina and Gonzaga advancing......

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Men’s baseball losing streak hits six

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 29, 2017

March 29, 2017

QUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer Coming back from Florida was very bittersweet for the Fredonia men’s baseball team. On one hand, the Blue Devils started the tournament out by losing two straight games, but won their next five. On the other hand, they ended the tournament getting swept by conference......

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March Madness: First weekend in the books: NCAA field of 68 trimmed to 16

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 22, 2017

March 22, 2017

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor The NCAA tournament selection committee screwed up in grand fashion last weekend when selecting the field of 68, and in doing so, they’ve gotten exactly what they wanted. The first two rounds are in the books and the field has dwindled down to 16. The......

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Track and field athletes make leaps

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 22, 2017

March 22, 2017

AVRIL KING Social Media Assistant Two athletes were recognized for their outstanding performances earlier in March. Brittany Feldman, a sprinter, and Kyle Brown, a thrower, were both included into the All-Regional Team for the Indoor Track and Field season. According to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country......

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March Madness 2017: NCAA bracket filled with question marks

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 16, 2017

March 16, 2017

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor Every year the NCAA tournament selection committee leaves fans of March Madness scratching their heads at a selection of one team or an admission of another. 2017 is no different. Let’s go through and see what the committee got wrong this time around. Teams who made......

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Diving to the top: Two Devils land hard-fought spots for Nationals

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 8, 2017

March 8, 2017

AVRIL KING Social Media Assistant There were six spots available for the Division III National Diving Competition, and Fredonia’s own Meghan Bartlett and Arron Carlson each took one. After competing at the NCAA Division III Region 4 meet in Ithaca on Feb. 24 and 25, these Blue Devils were......

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Wilbur, Bogart earn all-conference honors

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 8, 2017

March 8, 2017

[metaslider id=8680] QUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer Two players from the Fredonia hockey team made the list for third team All-Conference as voted on by the coaches. Junior center Samuel Wilbur and sophomore goalie Eric Bogart both made the list after having good individual stats in a season that saw......

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The Madness is beginning: NCAA gears up for the big dance

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 8, 2017

March 8, 2017

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor When Northwestern topped Michigan last week in their penultimate game of the regular season, it was not an elimination game. That said, the miraculous buzzer-beater that the Wildcats made following an impossible full-court pass with two seconds on the game clock certainly felt like the......

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Men’s hockey gets bounced at Buffalo State: Successful season culminates in first-round SUNYAC exit

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 1, 2017

March 1, 2017

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor For the first time since the 2013-14 season, the Fredonia Blue Devils men’s hockey team found themselves back in the SUNYAC tournament this February. Unfortunately for Fredonia, the Feb. 22 matchup with nationally ranked Buffalo State ended with a 2-1 defeat at the......

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Five divers, two boards, one goal: Diving Devils head into Regionals, Nationals on the horizon

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 1, 2017

March 1, 2017

AVRIL KING Social Media Asst. Five Blue Devils are making a splash in diving. After a stunning season and huge successes in SUNYACs, the athletes have made the trip to compete at the NCAA Division III Region 4 meet. All of this is done in the hopes of......

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March Madness: Dancing on to the Final Four: Millions tear up brackets as South Carolina, Oregon advance to Final Four

Men’s baseball losing streak hits six

March Madness: First weekend in the books: NCAA field of 68 trimmed to 16

Track and field athletes make leaps

March Madness 2017: NCAA bracket filled with question marks

Diving to the top: Two Devils land hard-fought spots for Nationals

Wilbur, Bogart earn all-conference honors

The Madness is beginning: NCAA gears up for the big dance

Men’s hockey gets bounced at Buffalo State: Successful season culminates in first-round SUNYAC exit

Five divers, two boards, one goal: Diving Devils head into Regionals, Nationals on the horizon