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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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Blue Devil Sports Roundup: 2022-2023 Winter Sports Seasons Conclude

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MATT VOLZ Assistant Sports Editor MEN’S BASKETBALL Fredonia State’s men’s basketball concluded their season this past weekend with two home games. On Friday, Feb. 17, the Blue Devils hosted the SUNY Geneseo Knights and held a one-point lead at halftime before ultimately falling 80-64. Junior guard My’Kell Kaigler led the......
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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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From Jamestown to Juggernaut: Coach Nick Siriani’s journey to the Super Bowl stage

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MATT VOLZ Assistant Sports Editor  Western New York is headed to the Super Bowl. But not in the way we might have predicted four months ago. On Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles will play for the Lombardi Trophy, with Jamestown native Nick Sirianni at the helm. Sirianni, a 1999 graduate of......

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