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A chance for spring sports

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANTHONY GETTINO Sports Editor Unlike previous semesters, there is no guarantee that SUNY Fredonia will compete against other schools for Spring 2021. However, the feelings toward this are much different from the previous 12 months for SUNY Fredonia, and there is hope to return to competition once more. Within the......
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A Q+A with Jerry Fisk: “It’s a tough situation, but we’re doing all of the planning that we can.”

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJORDAN-CHRISTOPHER PURVIS Staff Writer Jerry Fisk has served as the athletic director for SUNY Fredonia for three years. Some of his responsibilities involve managing the Athletic Department’s budget, coordinating athletic events, hiring and firing coaches and most importantly, discussing areas in which teams can improve. Entering his fifth year working......
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Athletic Departments Quarantine Decisions: An interview with Jerry Fisk

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Reading Time: 4 minutesANTHONY GETTINO Assistant Sports Editor “You don’t get into a profession for the awful days. You get into it for the good days, the camaraderie. We’ve just gotta keep putting one foot in front of the other through the hard days in hopes we get back to those types of......
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Athletic facilities to reopen once COVID-19 numbers decrease

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN-CHRISTOPHER PURVIS Staff Writer  There is good news, and there is bad news.  The good news is that the Blue Devil Fitness center, Dods Hall Gym and other athletic facilities on Fredonia’s campus will be reopening Sept. 21. The reopening of athletic facilities was initially scheduled for Sept. 7, but......
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What comes next for Fredonia senior athletes?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANTHONY GETTINO Assistant Sports Editor Almost every day since the coronavirus has pushed classes to online learning and shut down all sports, I’ve woken up and asked myself, “What now?”  I’m sure that I’m not the only one that’s asked this question at least once. So I thought, who better......
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COVID-19 changes sports indefinitely

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCAROLYN MULLARKEY Staff Writer [For updates on information regarding COVID-19 and the impact it has on SUNY Fredonia, follow @LeaderFredonia] The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic yesterday. Since then it seems like Americans have been notified every hour on how this is affecting......
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Men’s basketball head coach let go

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDANTE LASTING Sports Editor The Fredonia men’s basketball team is moving on from their head coach. On March 3, the university’s HR department sent out a vacancy announcement for the position. Philip Seymore was hired in 2013 and fulfilled his contract, which ended after this season. The Canisius graduate brought......

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