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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

Reading Time: 4 minutesMATT 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

Reading Time: 3 minutesMATT 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

Reading Time: 4 minutesMARISSA 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

Reading Time: 4 minutesPARKER 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

Reading Time: 4 minutesMITCH 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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30 years on: A look back at Fredonia’s 1994 hockey run, where are they now?

Matt VolzMay 9, 2024May 9, 2024

May 9, 2024May 9, 2024

Reading Time: 5 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor This is the second of a two-part series highlighting Fredonia’s 1993-94 hockey season. Part one can be found in Issue 6. It’s been 30 years since the Blue Devils tore through Division III on the way to a 29-1-4 record and a third-place national finish. A......

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SUNYACtion on the horizon: Brockport and Geneseo Leave Conference

Contributor to The LeaderApril 27, 2024April 22, 2024

April 27, 2024April 22, 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutesMITCHELL HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor After a 64-year run, Brockport and Geneseo will leave the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) following the 2023-24 academic year. Announced in August of 2023, The Golden Eagles and Knights will be the 10th and 11th teams to join the Empire 8......

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A look back at Fredonia’s 1994 hockey run

Matt VolzApril 24, 2024April 23, 2024

April 24, 2024April 23, 2024

Reading Time: 6 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor This is the first of a two-part series highlighting Fredonia’s 1993-94 hockey season. In Fredonia’s first-ever NCAA hockey season, the 1986-87 campaign, the team didn’t win a single game. Seven years later, they lost only one. The 1993-94 Blue Devils’ record of 29-1-4 was the best......

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5th Quarter Column: 2024 NFL draft preview

Contributor to The LeaderApril 23, 2024April 23, 2024

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024

Reading Time: 6 minutesMITCHELL HORUCY Assistant Sports Editor With the weather starting to get nicer and the sun being out longer, this could only mean one thing. It’s NFL Draft season. For the Buffalo Bills, this very well may be their most important draft since 2018, when they moved up and drafted Josh......

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Girl power: The heroes of Fredonia’s female student-athletes

Matt VolzApril 12, 2024April 11, 2024

April 12, 2024April 11, 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor As sports fans, we all have our idols. Many of us grow up worshiping certain athletes and we carry that into our adult lives. Some sports heroes are obvious, like Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Tom Brady or maybe even a coach like Vince Lombardi. But in......

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Athletics department unveils new turf field at University Stadium

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5th Quarter Column: NFL Draft recap

30 years on: A look back at Fredonia’s 1994 hockey run, where are they now?

SUNYACtion on the horizon: Brockport and Geneseo Leave Conference

A look back at Fredonia’s 1994 hockey run

5th Quarter Column: 2024 NFL draft preview

Girl power: The heroes of Fredonia’s female student-athletes