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Castle Packs Power Tuesday American Legion Wrap: Forkey sends Cottreall-Warner finals; Young leads Kingston-Saugerties

By Tom Alexander | July 28, 2026

Team effort guides Red Wings

By Jonathan Skuza | July 28, 2026

Greece Post holds off comeback; defeats Hamburg Post in extras

By Tyler Hathaway | July 27, 2026

Castle Packs Power Monday American Legion Wrap: Kingston-Saugerties stays unbeaten; Greece Post staves off elimination

By David Premyslovsky | July 27, 2026

Barbulean and Weber grab top District 7 honors

By Elias Vega-Diaz | July 27, 2026

Red Wings split Buffalo series with 5-4 win

By Dan Glickman | July 27, 2026

Cottreall-Warner rallies twice; takes down unbeaten Hamburg Post in 11 innings

By Tyler Hathaway | July 26, 2026

Cottreall-Warner cruises into a spot in the NYS American Legion Championship

By Tyler Hathaway | July 28, 2026

Cottreall-Warner Post 942 (19-6)  plated four runners in the second inning and never looked back on its way to a 15-3 win over Hillcrest Post 1194…

Castle Packs Power Tuesday American Legion Wrap: Forkey sends Cottreall-Warner finals; Young leads Kingston-Saugerties

By Tom Alexander | July 28, 2026

Scores and recaps from Tuesday’s American Legion action…

Team effort guides Red Wings

By Jonathan Skuza | July 28, 2026

The Rochester Red Wings (15-13, 60-41) beat the Syracuse Mets (12-15, 50-52) 6-5 Tuesday evening behind a complete team effort…

Greece Post holds off comeback; defeats Hamburg Post in extras

By Tyler Hathaway | July 27, 2026

Logan DeMember delivered a go-ahead RBI single in the top of the eighth inning, and Max Sheehan tossed two scoreless innings of one-hit relief to help Greece Post 468 (18-6) hold off a late rally from Hamburg Post 527 (17-2) and win 5-4…

Castle Packs Power Monday American Legion Wrap: Kingston-Saugerties stays unbeaten; Greece Post staves off elimination

By David Premyslovsky | July 27, 2026

Scores and recaps from Monday’s American Legion action….

Barbulean and Weber grab top District 7 honors

By Elias Vega-Diaz | July 27, 2026

Cam Barbulean and Jake Weber led Greece Post 468 to the New York State American Legion District 7 Regular Season Championship. The duo earned top honors as voted by the coaches…

Red Wings split Buffalo series with 5-4 win

By Dan Glickman | July 27, 2026

The Rochester Red Wings earned a series split with the Buffalo Bisons on Sunday, winning 5-4 thanks to a two-run fifth and a pitching escape in the eighth…

Cottreall-Warner rallies twice; takes down unbeaten Hamburg Post in 11 innings

By Tyler Hathaway | July 26, 2026

Trailing by two runs after the top of the 11th inning, Cottreall-Warner Post 942 (18-5) plated three runners in succession in the bottom of the frame to rally and take down previously unbeaten Hamburg Post…

Castle Packs Power Sunday American Legion Wrap: Barbulean leads Greece Post; Cottreall-Warner rallies to win extras

By Tom Alexander | July 26, 2026

Scores and recaps from Sunday’s American Legion action…

Castle Packs Power Saturday American Legion Wrap: McNeil leads Cottreall-Warner Post; Greece Post falls to late-inning rally in New York State Tournament

By Victor Menendez | July 26, 2026

Scores and recaps from Saturday’s American Legion action…

Preview: 2026 New York State American Legion Championship

By Tom Alexander | July 24, 2026

The 101st New York State American Legion Championship is coming to Rochester for the second year in a row. Greece Post 468 will host the tournament at Penfield High School. Action begins with four games on Saturday, July 25 and the final game will be held on Wednesday, July 29th where a champion will be crowned…

Red Wings beat Bisons, 5-2, in 10 innings

By Dan Glickman | July 24, 2026

The Rochester Red Wings beat the Buffalo Bisons, 5-2, on Thursday…

Dominant sixth inning leads Cottreall-Warner to second straight District 7 title

By Tyler Hathaway | July 22, 2026

Leading by a run entering the top of the sixth inning, Cottreall-Warner Post 942 (16-5) plated eight runners in the frame to secure a 15-6 win over Greece Post 468 on Wednesday night, clinching the best-of-three championship series two games to one to take home its second straight American Legion NY District 7 title…

High School

Maley, Constantino, Crittenden and Carpenter earn Monroe County Softball Player of the Year honors

By Matt Hanes | June 24, 2026 | 0 Comments

Ella Maley (Penfield) claimed the honor for Monroe County Division I after leading Penfield to the Class AA1 sectional title. Olivia Constantino (Webster Thomas) earned the award for Division II. Jalissa Crittenden (Eastridge) garnered the award after leading Eastridge to the Class AA2 finals after an undefeated regular season. Hannah Carpenter (Brockport) claimed the honor in Division IV. Coaches in each of the Monroe County divisions have announced their Players of the Year honors for this season, as well as All-League teams. 

Five garner Monroe County Baseball Player of the Year Honors

By Dylan O'Loughlin | June 24, 2026 | 0 Comments

Sam Roselli paced Fairport to an undefeated season and the Division I title. Max Seaver and Webster Thomas grabbed the top seed in AA1 while Bobby Rule Jr. and Churchville-Chili went back-to-back as Division II champions. Cole Harris led Canandaigua to its first sectional title since 2019 and Ethan Postle helped Pittsford Mendon go undefeated in Division IV while notching the first seed in AA2. Monroe County coaches honored the five student-athletes with top postseason awards…

Nine take home Section V Baseball Class Player of the Year awards

By Tyler Hathaway | June 23, 2026 | 0 Comments

The 2026 Section V Baseball Player of the Year awards for all nine classifications were recently announced. Six seniors received honors, while three juniors took home an award…

Gananda’s Stoughton takes home Wayne County Player of the Year

By Tyler Hathaway | June 23, 2026 | 0 Comments

Maddox Stoughton turned in a .507 batting average with three home runs, 33 RBI, and 20 scored runs while also going 4-1 on the mound with a 2.33 ERA as Gananda won the Wayne County league and earned the top-seed in the Section V Class C1 bracket…

Bostick and Odenbach headline 2026 Section V Baseball HOF Class

By Paul Gotham | June 18, 2026 | 0 Comments

Christopher Bostick (Aquinas), Dusty Odenbach (McQuaid), Dudley “Skip” Bailey (Greece Olympia), Justin D’Amato (Canandaigua), Tim Fennell (Fairport), Johnny Ricotta (Greece Athena), Mike Zaccardo (Irondequoit) and the 2017 Livonia Bulldogs will be inducted during a ceremony prior to the Rochester Red Wings’ game against Toledo…

State Champs! Oakfield-Alabama softball claims Class D title

By Paul Gotham | June 18, 2026 | 0 Comments

Allison Harkness went 3-for-3 at the plate, and Savannah Durham hurled a 2-hitter as the Hornets (22-1) claimed the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Class D title with a 4-1 victory over Windham-Ashland-Jewett (20-1) of Section 2at Greenlight Networks Grandslam Park…

WNY Sports

Brady House hits for first Red Wings cycle since ’04 as Rochester beats Worcester, 10-4

By Dan Glickman | July 10, 2026

Sabres ink Kuntar to multi-year deal

By admin | July 7, 2026

Red Wings drop series finale with Lehigh Valley, 5-3, on late IronPigs scoring

By Dan Glickman | July 5, 2026

Red Wings end Fourth of July happy as Pinckney walks it off for 2-1 win

By Dan Glickman | July 5, 2026

MCC

MCC Baseball Prospect Camp dates announced

By Paul Gotham | June 23, 2026 | 0 Comments

Monroe Community College Baseball will host its 2026 Prospect Camp on a pair of separate dates: Saturday, August 8th and Sunday, September 20th…

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Monroe’s season ends with loss to Frederick

By Paul Gotham | May 25, 2026 | 0 Comments

MCC (38-10) dropped a 9-4 decision to Frederick (MD) in an elimination game of the 2026 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II World Series, Monday at David Allen Memorial Ballpark…

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Monroe CC to face Frederick Community College in World Series elimination game

By Paul Gotham | May 25, 2026 | 0 Comments

One team is making a second straight World Series appearance and fifth in the past six seasons. The other has returned to the World Series after a five-season absence. It’s win or go home when Monroe Community College faces Frederick Community College in an elimination game on Monday…

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Legion

Cottreall-Warner cruises into a spot in the NYS American Legion Championship

By Tyler Hathaway | July 28, 2026 | 1 Comment

Cottreall-Warner Post 942 (19-6)  plated four runners in the second inning and never looked back on its way to a 15-3 win over Hillcrest Post 1194…

Castle Packs Power Tuesday American Legion Wrap: Forkey sends Cottreall-Warner finals; Young leads Kingston-Saugerties

By Tom Alexander | July 28, 2026 | 0 Comments

Scores and recaps from Tuesday’s American Legion action…

Greece Post holds off comeback; defeats Hamburg Post in extras

By Tyler Hathaway | July 27, 2026 | 0 Comments

Logan DeMember delivered a go-ahead RBI single in the top of the eighth inning, and Max Sheehan tossed two scoreless innings of one-hit relief to help Greece Post 468 (18-6) hold off a late rally from Hamburg Post 527 (17-2) and win 5-4…

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