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Rochester, New York
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68’ OH MY WORD! Wrianna Hudson. @AthenaHigh 2-1
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Malik Zachery at buzzer for 3! @WGAthletics 73 @BkSportss 72
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Elena. Graziano!!! At the buzzer! @HiltonCadets is going to the Class AA finals! Cadets 73-71 in overtime.
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Miles Brown makes it official to attend Ohio U in the fall. @NCA1972
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I'm considering taking videos of players sitting on the bench because of academic ineligibility and posting to Twitter. For the love of God! Do. Your. Homework. I want to write about you instead of wondering what could have been.
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Anthony Iglesia for three at the buzzer. FINAL: McQuaid 57 East High 54 @MJSNetwork15
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Casey. Saucke II. Walk. Off. 💣 @AthenaBaseball 7 @MendonBaseball 5
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Coaches of @HFLfball and @WCSD_Athletics together with local media members @JennaCottrell and @WHEC_CMascitti wearing 🩳 for #trabs
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Golden! Elijah Bailey connects with 1:04 remaining in the first overtime. @CCCSDbsoccer win its first sectional title since 1994.
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Bella Pucci leaves no doubt. The Fairport senior needed 13 points to reach 1,000 for her career. She scored the Red Raiders’ first 14 points in 4:37 of game time to reach the career milestone.
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Tahj Hill will be the first Section V standout since James Reaves (Edison Tech) and current UPrep head coach Demond Stewart (Greece Olympia) to play at Niagara. wp.me/pr1MB-oS2
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On the road with the @MCCTribunes Heading to the 2019 @njcaa WS
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On Tuesday, Dylan Rice became the first player in the history of the @AthenaHigh boys' soccer program to be named to the USC All America team. wp.me/pr1MB-oox
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SectionnV Baseball coordinator Jason Bunting presents Kieran Murphy and @FHSBaseballFY13 with the state trophy.
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And there it is. National record. Chloe DeLyser scores career goal 317. She needed 11:56 to tally three times. Marion 3 Gananda 0
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“Scott had this larger-than-life personality about him, and it resonated with Amerks fans all over Rochester. He wore the red, white and blue proudly every night..."
Story: Kevin O.
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FINAL Game2: @MCCTribunes 12 @MNEsaints 4 Johnny Ricotta 5-5/3HR/2B/5R/8RBI Sets program record with 13th HR of season.
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Heartbreak for McQuaid: E’Ryan Lawrence scores as time expires. Bennett clinched a third straight regional championship with a 26-21 victory. @SecVFootball
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18 panelists, 61 players, 2 teams - Baseball Benchmarks 2010-19: wp.me/pr1MB-qfX
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SAM LOEW RBI SINGLE! TRIBS WIN! TRIBS WIN! TRIBS WIN! TRIBS WIN! OKLAHOMA BOUND! @NJCAA DII WORLD SERIES
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Emmitt Holt was back in town preparing for his final season at Providence. Here’s what the former @WebWarriorBball star had to say about having to sit out the last two years. wp.me/pr1MB-n5j
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Carson Joint takes over on the mound and finishes it off. HF-L advances to regionals with a 6-4 win
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Y'all are too kind. Appreciate it more than you know. Truth is, this is all do. Mr. Howard Nix, on the other hand, puts in his time at a day job. He and his wife are raising a small village, and he still finds time to promote local athletes. The real MVP? Howard Nix!
S/O to PAUL GOTHAM @pickinsplinters 💪🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️💯🗣 #585
Gotham has been covering #SectionV sports and has been a #beast with his coverage. I’m trying to figure out when he sleeps 📝👀
#WeoutHere💯 @GAHSBoysHoops @KevanJr @TrabsMatt @danfetes @SecVBBasketball @SecVGBasketball
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Nick Tomei and @McQuaidBaseball walk off with the Class AA title.
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One picture: A former DIII National Player of the Year and currently on the coaching staff of USA U17 squad. The other was a MAAC Player of the Year who finished Top 10 scoring nationally. Fairport vs. UPrep. Love me some Rochester.
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GOALLLLLLL!!! @HiltonSoccer clinches a spot in Sunday’s final! Ian Fediuk does it again!
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Gage Ziehl becomes the first Penfield Patriot since Jason Kanzler (2013) to be selected in the MLB Draft. wp.me/pr1MB-w0t
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Friday night: Monmouth was on hand to watch Miles Brown. Bonnies offered Tahj Hill. Love me some Rochester.
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Nate Carter makes it official. BK senior’s last day of high school is Friday. He will be heading to Storrs in January where he will continue his academics and athletic careers.
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"It’s always been my dream to play D-I baseball..." wp.me/pr1MB-fh2 @MCCTribunes @TribuneBaseball @AthenaBaseball @BallStateBB
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Just a few of the reasons to get excited for the 2019 @SectionVbball season: wp.me/pr1MB-kEl
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History made! Elizabeth Gleghorn drives a ball into right center. Olivia Sheffer scores from first. @RoyalCometsSB defeat Victor 6-5 in nine innings to claim the AA crown, a program first.
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Kobe Walker made sure his career would last at least one more week. The senior from Lloydminster, Alberta, scored the critical tying goal late in the second period, and in the process energized @RITMHKY Story Kevin O. wp.me/pr1MB-zD4
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For two summers @CDillard24 worked as a parking lot attendant in the VIP lot at Frontier Field. On Saturday the @UBwomenshoops star and recent draft pick of the @minnesotalynx was the guest of the @RocRedWings Story: @chuckiemaggio wp.me/pr1MB-lS7
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(L-R) David Stirpe, Tommy Baxter, Joey Carroll and Connor Fischer named recipients of the Hans Blatter Award given prior to Friday’s Exceptional Senior All-Star Game.
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It's been five-plus decades since a Rochester-area team won a @NYALBaseball Senior title. Greece Post ended that drought Wednesday afternoon. wp.me/pr1MB-Bd4
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Eight regional titles, three trips to the World Series. Here are some of the players responsible for the past decade of success. @TribuneBaseball wp.me/pr1MB-qDC
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Derrick Allen comes on in relief and induces a ground ball from the first batter he faces. Jaden Madrid makes the play at second for the final out. 2023 Class A1 Champs: Greece Athena with an 11-4 victory.
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Remembering the impact of Dave Nieman on and off the field 13wham.com/sports/pickin-spl…
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NYS Class AAA championship: Sam Roselli robs Owen Paino of a home run. @FHSBaseballFY13
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Brian Reinke makes it official and signs his NLI to continue his academic and athletic career at the University of Richmond. @HFLCSDAthletics
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Clincher! Noah Donner seals it. Zach Main makes two brilliant saves @CCCSDbsoccer advances
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Michael Tracey has the golden touch. @athena_soccer stays undefeated on the season with a 1-nil win in overtime.
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Wendy and Rob Mahan changed their itinerary – and witnessed a game neither they nor their son will ever forget. Story: Kevin O. @RITMHKY @RIT_CornerCrew wp.me/pr1MB-C6z
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The fall of his freshman year, Cas Sobaszek was a player without a position. Saturday night the returning SS will lead the @MCCTribunes on to the field at the @NJCAABaseball DII WS for the second straight year: wp.me/pr1MB-mod
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“Every August we meet and we talk about the standard, and the standard here is to win. You see the pictures in the locker room of people hoisting the trophies and that’s what you all want to do."
@RITMHKY is heading to the NCAA Tournament.
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Lexi Green converts a pair from the free throw line to reach the 1,000-point plateau for her career and to give @mendonGVBB a 16-2 lead.
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FINAL @NYSPHSAA Class A BSOC semifinals: @AthenaHigh 2 Jamesville-Dewitt 0 Goals: Ryan Fitzgerald and Brian Piendel
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STATE CHAMPS!! @Rangers_GSOC 2 Smithtown West 0 Class AA
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NYS Class AA FINAL: @FHSBaseballFY13 3 RC Ketcham 2 STATE CHAMPS!!!
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Sibling Rivalry Pt. 1 ends with Cody Cooper taking Tanner Cooper yard. Rochester Division: Flying Fish 10 Monarchs 2 #ICBL2018 @cabravebaseball
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"He’s clean with his glove. He handles picks to first base easily. All those middle infield instincts were there at first base..." wp.me/pr1MB-iqp @TribuneBaseball @MCCTribunes @AthenaBaseball @NJCAA
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The 2024 @SecVFootball Class A champion @brightonbruins
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NYS Class A Far West Regional: @Brighton_FB 48 Sweet Home 14 (final)
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"This group of guys, everybody just came together and did what we had to do. Everybody did their job. Everybody played their part..." @MCCTribunes wp.me/pr1MB-mdZ
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10’ Justin Arilotta is on the finishing end of a Tom Callery free kick. @HiltonCadets 1-0
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Casey Saucke II joins Brian Dupra, James Russell and Dave Allen as former @AthenaBaseball alums to be taken in the MLB draft:
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Mallory Heise buries a corner 3 for career points 999, 1,000 and 1,001. @LadyCadetsHoops Cadets 60-30.
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Joey Gombatto with the 🤜 out of a Dylan McDermott blast. @HiltonCadets
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FINAL: the picture says it all - Hilton 3 Schroeder 2. Carter Clark throws 8 shutout innings.
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“The guys always say if we could be a part of the @RIT_CornerCrew , we’d do it..."
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Great to see @HiltonSoccer behind the @HaverlingRams bench. Section V 💪
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Luke. Melidona. Connects with 8:06 to go in the first overtime and @WIEagles knock off Arcadia
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“We’ve been to four straight now. To finally get one is awesome. There are no words to describe it.”
@AthenaBaseball scores early and often to claim the 2023 Class A1 title.
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"It’s a pretty special moment just knowing that everything is coming together, and I finally get to live out the dream of attending UVA and keep working and keep chasing the dream."
Saucke inks NLI to attend UVA
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“It’s very seldom we have three freshmen but we decided to keep them together and all are having success, and that just doesn’t happen..."
@RITMHKY advances to the AHA semis
Story: Kevin O.
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48’ Noah Malta levels the match from 25 yards. @HiltonSoccer
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In honor of longtime RCSD Athletic Director, Joe Lapietra, @eastbaseball585 donned custom jerseys for the Inaugural Strike Out Lou Gehrig’s Disease Baseball Classic.
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