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Squaring up for senior season with SUNY Fredonia’s women’s basketball team

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MITCHELL HORUCY  Special to The Leader  Usually this late in the season, Fredonia’s women’s basketball team would be gearing up for a senior night to celebrate the players getting ready to take the next step in their lives. But this year, things look a little different with no seniors on......
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Flying into LAX : a new coach on board for women’s lacrosse

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JACOB VALLAS Special to The Leader  The Fredonia women’s lacrosse team was faced with adversity during the 2022 season and finished bottom of the standings. The growing uncertainty of even playing a season was pressing for the Devils. In recent years, the program has failed to retain a supportive coach.......
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King of Clubs: How one Blue Devil balances three club sports at once

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MATT VOLZ Assistant Sports Editor Whether it be Bo Jackson playing in both the NFL’s Pro Bowl and the MLB’s All-Star Game or Deion Sanders playing in an NFL game and a World Series game on the same day, we’ve seen athletes shine in multiple sports before. But at Fredonia......
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On and off the ice: Fredonia Men’s Ice Hockey’s Craig McCabe

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WILL KARR Editor in Chief  Ever since he could stand up on his own, Fredonia men’s ice hockey player Craig McCabe has had skates on his feet. Growing up, his parents built him and his siblings an outdoor rink in their backyard.  “Ever since I was two until I came......
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A brotherhood that transcends boundaries

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WILL KARR Life & Arts Editor This summer, SUNY Fredonia international student Alon Haimovitz was preparing for the 2022-2023 basketball season. But, a couple years ago, Haimovitz was gearing up for something much different, nearly 6000 miles away back home in Israel, until his agent got one game-changing phone call. ......
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Blue Devil cheerleaders build bonds through love of sport

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ALANA WINGATE  Staff Writer   Basketball, football, hockey and soccer are sports featured in the media regularly. Meanwhile, cheerleading is often widely underrepresented in the athletic community, as many people fail to see the athleticism that goes into the sport. The Fredonia Blue Devils women’s cheerleading team is one of the......

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