Pine Pieces
Fairport closed out a 5-2 victory over Lancaster of Section VI, late Saturday night at Grand Island High School. With that, the Red Raiders put the finishing touches on one of Section V Baseball’s best performances against its counterparts from the west. Five wins in the Far West Regionals, local squads have only accomplished that feat one other time in the history of baseball’s state quarterfinals…
Walton first appeared on our radar in 1970 for his basketball abilities. He won his last 44 games in high school. His last 88 in college. Won two national championships, two NBA crowns. A league MVP. A finals MVP. He was the Sixth Man of the Year in his next to last professional season. And a Hall of Famer. Obviously. But among the week’s many tributes, few had much to do with basketball…
Sometimes youth can be an advantage. Players lacking experience may not know any better than to be free and loose in the moment. For Pittsford Sutherland that has been the case all season long as a team with just one senior continues to be unfazed in those moments that grow greater by the game. The Knights found a way again on Saturday as they rallied past the Iroquois Chiefs in eight innings, 2-1, to win the Class A Far West Regional…
Despite coming back from a 3-0 deficit and forcing two extra innings of play, Webster Schroeder lost 5-3 at the hands of Clarence (VI) in the 2024 Class AA Far West Regional on Saturday. Webster Schroeder finishes with a record of 21-3 in a season that saw the Warriors claim their third sectional title in the past four years…
High School
Sometimes youth can be an advantage. Players lacking experience may not know any better than to be free and loose in the moment. For Pittsford Sutherland that has been the case all season long as a team with just one senior continues to be unfazed in those moments that grow greater by the game. The Knights found a way again on Saturday as they rallied past the Iroquois Chiefs in eight innings, 2-1, to win the Class A Far West Regional…
Despite coming back from a 3-0 deficit and forcing two extra innings of play, Webster Schroeder lost 5-3 at the hands of Clarence (VI) in the 2024 Class AA Far West Regional on Saturday. Webster Schroeder finishes with a record of 21-3 in a season that saw the Warriors claim their third sectional title in the past four years…
CBB
A 6-foot-4 product of Rochester, Council earned First Team All-Conference honors for NEC champion Wagner last season. He appeared in all of his team’s 33 games, averaging 15 points and nearly six rebounds along with over three assists in nearly 38 minutes per game. He will have one year of eligibility remaining…
Read MoreSt. Bonaventure men’s basketball head coach Mark Schmidt has announced the signing of guard Jonah Hinton, a 6-foot-3 transfer from Panola (Texas) College, to join the Bonnies program for the 2024-25 season…
Read MoreAnd, just like that, the man who ranked third among active coaches in Division III men’s basketball with 613 career victories announced his retirement on March 18 after a 44-year career at RIT and Eisenhower College…
Read MoreIs there a more absurd number? Yet there it is. Immortalized on the centerfield wall at Innovative Field where the Rochester Red Wings play their baseball games. Along with Joe Altobelli’s number 26 and Luke Easter’s 36. They are the three most important numbers in the 125-year history of the franchise…