Baseball
Blue Devil Sports Roundup
MATT VOLZ Asst. Sports Editor CHEERLEADING The Blue Devils cheer squad competed at the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) Nationals in Daytona Beach, F.L. from Thursday, April 6 to Saturday, April 8. In the preliminary round on April 6, the team scored a perfect 10 in the Collegiate Image category and......
Can the Yankees fight off their playoff demons ?
TYLER PACOS Sports Editor Although the Yankees still have to play game five in the opening round of their playoff appearance this season, New York faithfuls are still weary that the first-round curse will strike the Yanks again. The American League Divisional Series isn’t officially over until Oct. 17, but......
Featured Fredonia hires two head coaches for baseball, lacrosse
TYLER PACOSSports Editor Although students have had the past couple of months off for summer vacation, the Fredonia Blue Devils Athletic Department has been working diligently to fill two vacant head coaching positions over the course of the off-season.At the end of the Spring 2022 semester, the search began for......
Fredonia sports update [04.10.2022]
ANTHONY GETTINO Sports Editor Spring sports have continued to move forward for Fredonia athletics, with five teams active last week. Women’s lacrosse played two games on the road before a home match in conference play. In the team’s game Tuesday, April 5, they lost 3–19 to Brockport. Julie Culver and......
MLB moves All-Star Game from Georgia after voter suppression law passed
SOBAN FAISAL Special to The Leader Major League Baseball has moved the 2021 All-Star game from Atlanta to Denver. The move occurs roughly one week after the passing of S.B. 202 in Georgia. This law perpetuates voter suppression by altering voting rules, targeting the voting rights of minority citizens, specifically......
Fredonia sports update
ANTHONY GETTINO Sports Editor Has it been a long time since The Leader has had one of these or what! After over 12 months without competition, SUNY Fredonia has finally had their first intercollegiate games this spring. This past week began competition for both our men’s baseball team and our......
2021 MLB season preview
SOBAN FAISAL Special to The Leader COVID-19 has hit every sporting event in very negative ways. The National Football League is losing roughly 7 percent of its TV viewership from last year. The National Basketball Association has seen a tremendous fall in postseason viewership with a whopping 49 percent. But......
Why is Justin Turner in trouble
TYLER PACOS Special to The Leader The World Series has finally come to an end after a delayed start to the MLB season due to the recent global pandemic caused by COVID-19. It took six games of a possible seven for the Los Angeles Dodgers to clinch the World Series......
MLB playoff preview and predictions
ANTHONY GETTINO Sports Editor This season of MLB will go down as one of the most bizarre in history. Due to COVID-19, the MLB shortened their season from the usual 162 games all the way down to a 60 game set, with teams only playing against their own divisions and......