Best photos of the year from Fredonia athletics
Reading Time: 2 minutesCheck out some of the best photos of the year from Fredonia athletics, taken by Travis Bernhard and Riley Olson....
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Fredonia’s hockey recruiting extends across the nation, world
Reading Time: 3 minutesMitch Horucy Sports Editor Photo by RILEY OLSON | Special to The Leader For most North American sports, the path to becoming a collegiate athlete is straightforward. Most, if not all, will play in high school, then come to college as a 17 or 18-year old freshman. However, that isn’t......
The bogeyman of sports: When dominance meets terror
Reading Time: 3 minutesJACK HOADLEY Staff Writer There are a number of athletes in history who many would consider to be the strongest, greatest or “best.” But when it comes to October, the only adjective I’m concerned with is, you guessed it, scary. To celebrate Halloween, it’s time to look over some of the scariest athletes in history and what made them so feared. James Harrison ......
5th Quarter Column: Bills Start Season with Wild Comeback Win
Reading Time: 3 minutesMITCH HORUCY Sports Editor The sun is setting earlier and leaves are starting to fall, which can only mean it’s time for my fantasy team to let me down again. At the time of reading, Week 2 will be wrapped up, but Week 1 of the NFL gave fans a......
5th Quarter Column: Defense Wins Championships?
Reading Time: 3 minutesMitch Horucy Sports Editor Third-round pick Landon Jackson (#94) rushes the passer during minicamp, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. | Image property of the Buffalo Bills. With offseason workouts underway, fans are getting their first look at the Bills’ 2025 draft class. It was a defense-heavy draft with six of Buffalo’s......
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....
Construction progresses on new outdoor track
Reading Time: 5 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor In the late 20th century, Fredonia’s men’s track and field teams were powerhouses. For two decades, the Blue Devils dominated the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC), winning 20 straight conference titles from 1977 to 1996. It’s been a while since then. It’s also......
5th Quarter Column: NFL Draft First Round Review
Reading Time: 3 minutesMITCH HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor As said on the ESPN broadcast, Maxwell Hairston is trading his Kentucky blue for Buffalo Bills blue. At pick number 30, the Bills went with speed on the perimeter of their defense, as Hairston ran a 2025 NFL Combine-best 4.28-second 40-yard dash. He comes in......
Bandits win lowest-scoring game in league history, earn trip to semifinals
Reading Time: 6 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor Well, that was interesting, to say the least. Let’s start with the good: the Buffalo Bandits defeated the San Diego Seals in their National Lacrosse League (NLL) quarterfinal playoff game on Saturday, April 26. Buffalo is advancing to the league semifinals for the fifth straight season,......
From war zones to the winner’s circle: The unstoppable rise of Sembel Koshi
Reading Time: 4 minutesMASON NEALE Special to The Leader In 2000, while pregnant with her fourth child, Mashebe Ammoda and her husband, Dawit Tilan, made the difficult decision to flee their homeland of Eritrea. Seeking refuge from poverty and conflict, they journeyed to Ethiopia with the hope of securing a better future for......