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Free boxing camp at World Gym inspires community with champion's guidance, life lessons
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — World Gym in Greece recently hosted a one-day free boxing camp. The camp, which was designed to reach out to both boxing enthusiasts and the broader community, featured a special appearance by a six-time professional boxing champion. Aspiring boxers from the area flocked to the event,...
Jayne Williams Headed To UB As First HF-L Track Athlete Recruited By DI University
Honeoye Falls-Lima Class of 2024 graduate Jayne Williams may be in a league of her own. No one remembers the last time an HF-L student athlete was recruited by and signed with a NCAA Division I university for track. Williams can make that claim as she is heading to the...
Accessible Adventures offers wheelchair tennis classes
Rochester Accessible Adventures (RAA) says 26% of disabled people have been unable to participate with family in health and wellness spaces. The organization is on a mission to include everyone who wants to play sports. 13WHAM's Chris Lopez takes us to Pieters Family Life Center to learn more. "We focus...
Matt Sheppard and Randy Kisacky join forces to develop dominant dirt modified race team
Driver Matt Sheppard and crew chief Randy Kisacky are both college graduates with degrees in engineering. Since they joined forces in 2015, their dirt-modified team has been dominant throughout the Northeast. Sheppard, who graduated from RIT in Rochester, has won 518 feature events, with Kisacky on board for over 300...
44 YEARS AGO THURSDAY: Original Lancers played final home game ever
Forty-four years ago on Thursday, on Aug. 22, 1980, the original Rochester Lancers played their final home game, losing to the struggling Atlanta Chiefs, 2-0. No one realized at the time it was the last time they would perform at Holleder Stadium in a tumultuous season that included owner in-fighting, a financial crisis, a team meltdown and a coaching change, among other problems.
O’Connor named to U.S. National Team for World Box Lacrosse Championship
Rochester Knighthawks defenseman Ethan O’Connor has been named to the United States national team for the 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships in Utica, N.Y., in September. Set to make his international debut, O’Connor, 32, completed his first season with the Knighthawks in 2023-24, recording four goals and three assists while appearing in all 18 regular season contests. In addition to collecting 48 ground balls in the regular season, he recovered three during Rochester’s playoff appearance against the Toronto Rock.
Red Wings have biggest offensive night of August, defeat Lehigh Valley
Travis Blankenhorn came up a double short of the cycle Thursday night as the visiting Rochester Red Wings defeated the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 12-3. Blankenhorn, playing in his first game since being returned from the Washington Nationals, finished with two RBI while Jake Alu collected four batting 2-for-5. Drew Millas led the Wings in hits going 4-for-6 with two runners scored of his own. Dylan Crews, Carter Kieboom and Jack Dunn each also had multi-hit nights in an offensive onslaught by Rochester.
Red Wings clipped by IronPigs
The Rochester Red Wings entered Friday night having won nine of their last 10 games. However, another rocky start on the mound from Jackson Rutledge put them in a hole they would not recover from as they fell to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 6-2. Rutledge surrendered six earned runs in...
Darick Hall leads the way to end Lehigh Valley’s six-game losing streak
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (57-63) played game four of a six-game series against the Rochester Red Wings (68-54) on Friday night from Coca-Cola Park. Lehigh Valley starter Seth Johnson (0-0, 0.00 ERA) was on the mound against Jackson Rutledge (4-7, 6.87 ERA). In the bottom of the first inning, Lehigh...
PLATANIA AND BROOKS WIN QUICK 32 AND PRO BIKE AT EMPIRE
LEICESTER, NEW YORK (August 20, 2024) – Anthony “The Shoe” Platania from Rochester, NY, wheeled his Dream Team 2021 Power Chassis Race Cars Top Dragster entry to the Quick 32 Sportsman Series win at Empire Dragway in Leicester, New York, this past weekend. Charlie Emler Jr. from...
Redhawks Finish Fourth In ECC Preseason Poll
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Roberts Wesleyan University women's soccer team received one first-place vote in the East Coast Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll that was released this afternoon. The Redhawks, who won the 2023 ECC regular-season title, finished with 46 points and ranked fourth in the poll. Daemen received two first-place votes to lead the way with 56 points, Molloy garnered four first-place votes and ranked second with 52 points and Mercy held down the third spot with 48 points and one first-place vote. Roberts, which went 10-3-3 in 2023, conceded just one goal during ECC regular-season play and returns several...
Top 100 Moment: May 24, 2018 - Emily Thompson finishes in 6th place at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships
ROCHESTER, NY - Graduate student Emily Thompson delivered a final race to remember on May 24, 2018, finishing in sixth place in the 10,000-meter run to earn all-american honors at the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships. Thompson clocked a 36:33.89 to become the Golden Flyers' first-ever women's outdoor...
Scott Kingery scores Lehigh Valley’s only run in another loss to Rochester
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (56-62) played game two of a six-game series on Wednesday night against the Rochester Red Wings (67-53) from Coca-Cola Park. Lehigh Valley pitcher Kyle Tyler (5-2, 2.95 ERA) was on the mound against Rochester’s Tyler Stuart (0-0, 0.00 ERA). At the top of the first...
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