Emma Cockerel: Trading cleats for a whistle
Reading Time: 4 minutesCockerel is continuing her education and returning to coach her old team. But she's influenced Fredonia athletics beyond the field....
Lacrosse
Bandits win third straight title, blank Rush in second half
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Buffalo Bandits are champions of the National Lacrosse League. Stop me if you’ve heard that sentence before....
Lacrosse sets sights on Puerto Rico, playoffs
Reading Time: 4 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor As spring sports begin, teams often deal with postponements or cancellations due to bad weather. Fredonia’s women’s lacrosse team is no different, as they’ve already seen two of their first three games go unplayed. However, in a few weeks, they’ll ditch the cold and clouds for......
Buffalo Bandits look to snatch third straight title
Reading Time: 3 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor As the breezy fall transitions to the bitter cold winter, thousands of fans will fill KeyBank Center to watch their favorite team. They’re not wearing the blue and gold of the Buffalo Sabres, though. These fans are donned in the black and orange of the Buffalo......
Lacrosse: A worldwide game with local origins
Reading Time: 3 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor Lacrosse is a game that’s known by many different names. Those who invented it referred to it as “Deyhontsigwa’ehs,” which translates to “they bump hips.” It is also often called “the creator’s game,” as its earliest players believed that playing could be a form of ceremonial......
Buffalo what? Back-to-back champions, maybe
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......
Fredonia lacrosse brings mental health to forefront with Morgan’s Message
Reading Time: 4 minutesPARKER GURNETT Staff Writer Content Warning: mentions of suicide When athletes take the field, to some, they lose their human characteristics. They become the face of a sport and are almost meant to be robotic and perfect at their sport in every way imaginable. Many believe it is not fair......
[PHOTO GALLERY] Lacrosse Senior Day Game
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKAYLA WELSH Sports Photographer...
Blue Devil Sports Roundup
Reading Time: 5 minutesMATT 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......
Flying into LAX : a new coach on board for women’s lacrosse
Reading Time: 4 minutesJACOB 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.......