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5th Quarter Column: College Football; Sport or Business?

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MITCH HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor Figure skating, diving, gymnastics, sometimes mixed martial arts fights and now college football.  All the sports listed are decided based on scores from judges, and not a set time and scoring format.   Now, one of the sports I listed isn’t like the others. That sport......
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5th Quarter Column: Bills streak grows with blowout wins

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MITCHELL HORUCY  Asst. Sports Editor The Bills continued their winning streak with wins over the Tennessee Titans, Seattle Seahawks and Miami Dolphins over the past two weeks.  The first two games weren’t close: the team won 34-10 against the Titans and 31-10 in Seattle.  The Bills needed a 61-yard field......
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Reviving community through leadership on the field

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GWENYTH KIRKWOOD Special to The Leader Being a part of a team involves leadership and community involvement.  Lindsay Hocking knows all about that.  Hocking, a senior at SUNY Fredonia, has dedicated her time in college to leadership and community involvement. A public relations major with a minor in leadership studies,......
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How the now helps the future of Fredonia athletics

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MITCHELL HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor Sam Evans (Midfielder), Men’s Soccer | Photo by Becca Torncello (Sports Photographer) After numerous years of declining enrollment, Fredonia has welcomed its largest freshman class in three years.  The school announced that the total of first-year, transfer and new graduate students was 1,034.  This means......
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Sport Management Club revived under new management

Matt Volz
MATT VOLZ Sports Editor Who knew the best ideas could come from FredFest? Indeed, the weekend last May provided two sport management majors the inspiration to bring back a club that had been dormant for a few years. Mason Neale and Alex Smith were hanging out that weekend, blowing off......
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Athletics department unveils new turf field at University Stadium

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MATT VOLZ Sports Editor Photograph by JEAN CESTARO | Staff Photographer For Fredonia athletics, there seems to be more enthusiasm behind the term “home turf ” entering this fall season.  That’s all thanks to the school’s newest athletic facility, an updated turf field attached to University Stadium.  The previous turf......

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