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Fredonia honors Kara Hall in memorial run

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Reading Time: 2 minutesPARKER GURNETT Special to The Leader KAYLA WELSH | Sports Photographer On Saturday, Sept. 30, Fredonia will look to race their hearts out in honor of a former Blue Devils cross country runner, Kara Hall.  Hall, in three years as a Fredonia runner, went from a walk-on to a captain.......
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Old faces in new places: Former athletes return as assistants

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor For many Fredonia student-athletes, graduation means goodbye. But for two former Blue Devils, it meant the start of a new journey. Nick Abdo and Brinn Shaughnessy have begun their new journey as assistant coaches. Shaughnessy, who graduated in 2022 with a degree in childhood inclusive education,......
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Blue Devils 2022-2023 sports season roundup

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Reading Time: 7 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor **All photographs by Kayla Welsh, Sports Photographer** FALL SPORTS WOMEN’S SOCCER The women’s soccer team’s overall record was 2-9-5, with wins over Utica University and Allegheny College. Their final conference record was 0-7-2. Junior forward Bri Grazen led the team in goals with three and in......
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Kristin Kelemen named female student athlete of the year

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK Editor in Chief Finding a balance between athletics and the academic course load of a college student can be quite challenging.  But Kristin Kelemen, a recent graduate of SUNY Fredonia, has mastered the craft.  Fredonia Athletics has recently given Kelemen the honor of Female Student Athlete of the......
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[GALLERY] Blue Devils men’s and women’s soccer: Scrimmaging images

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Reading Time: 2 minutesKAYLA WELSH Sports Photographer During their off-season, Fredonia’s Blue Devils men’s soccer team has been competing in exhibition games, friendly matches, against neighboring schools such as Gannon University and Jamestown Community College (JCC). The Blue Devils women’s soccer team has been playing exhibition games against Daemen College and Niagara University......
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Safety on the Mind: What if a life-threatening injury happened to a varsity athlete at Fredonia?

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Reading Time: 6 minutesMATT VOLZ Asst. Sports Editor  Sports can be dangerous. There is always the possibility of injury, no matter the sport. But many football fans likely will not forget what happened on Jan. 3, 2023, when Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during a Monday Night Football game. Bills trainer Denny......
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Racing Into Action with captain of Track and Field, Joshua Walters

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMITCHELL HORUCY Staff Writer Captain of the men’s track and field team, Josh Walters, runs year-round for the Blue Devils. He is a member of the cross-country team as well. Walters, a junior exercise science major, ran track in middle and high school. He debated on if he wanted to......
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