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An impressive speaker and basketball player
Bernie “Murph” Voorheis of Spencerport was often a career day guest speaker in one of the Churchville-Chili Senior High classrooms back in the mid-1960s. The 1938 Churchville graduate was then employed at Eastman Kodak as Director of Employee Recreational Activities. He worked at Kodak for 35 years until his retirement in 1983. But Bernie’s work resume also included a brief stint as a player in the National Basketball League (later NBA), and that experience was what he shared with the C-C students.
SUNY Brockport’s Heuler named National Scholar Athlete of the Year
SUNY Brockport senior Rebecca Heuler, a javelin student-athlete on the women’s track and field team, was named the 2024 NCAA Division III Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Scholar Field Athlete of the Year in a release by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on July 22. Heuler is the first student-athlete in program-history to earn this prestigious distinction from the coaches association.
Muckdogs open playoffs with 4-2 over Jamestown
The Batavia Muckdogs opened the postseason with a 4-2 win over Jamestown at Dwyer Stadium on Monday.Batavia finished the regular season with a 34-8 record for a .802 win percentage, 10 games ahead of second-place Elmira and the second-best record in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League. The Amsterdam
Division crown secured, Muckdogs keep pressure in in 11-4 win over Jamestown
Even with the West Division title in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League clinched, the Batavia Muckdogs showed no letup on Saturday. They scored 11 runs over the Jamestown Tarp Skunks at Dwyer Stadium in front of a home crowd of 2,143.Eric Woodley, from Depew, made only his
Pair of six-horse fields highlight opening night at Batavia Downs
Batavia Downs opened its 2024 summer/fall meet on Saturday night. The 3-year-old pacing filly division of the New York Sire Stakes was in town, featuring two six-horse fields that vied for $58,100 each.The first division was won by A Few Choice Words (Courtly Choice-Top Choice Hanover), who made
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