H.S. GIRLS' LACROSSE: DAUGHTER OF HORSEHEADS GRADS BECOMES ONE OF STATE'S BEST FOR SETON CATHOLIC (2022-05-20)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
For Peep Williams one word that scares her is the word average.

When the lacrosse star started looking at colleges she wasn’t looking to be average. She was looking for somewhere she could be special.
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CHEERLEADING: CORNING'S STURDEVANT ENJOYS EXPERIENCE AT CHEER WORLDS (2022-05-18)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
For Corning’s Meghan Sturdevant it’s always about balance.

The Hawks senior recently headed to Orland for cheering worlds with her New York Icons Perfection team out of Rochester, N.Y.
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HORSEHEADS HOLDS SIGNING FOR 11 ATHLETES HEADED TO PLAY AT D1/D2 LEVELS (24 PHOTOS) (2022-05-18)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
HORSEHEADS — The goal for many high school athletes is to one day get a chance to compete at the collegiate level.
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COLLEGE BASEBALL: DREAM COME TRUE FOR CORNING'S CHAMBERLIN AS HE SIGNS TO PLAY AT NAVY (7 PHOTOS) (2022-05-17)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
CORNING — Ever since he was three years old, serving as the bat boy at his older brother’s games, Aidan Chamberlin seemed destined to be a baseball player.
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H.S. SOFTBALL: BIGELOW ESTABLISHING HERSELF AS ONE OF SECTION 4'S BEST AS ND SOFTBALL HEADS INTO IAC TITLE GAME, THEN SECTIONALS (2022-05-12)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
As the ball left Lawson Bigelow’s bat it traveled over the fence, across the parking lot and made it’s way all the way to the school.
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COLLEGE SOFTBALL: CITES, VILLANOVA EXCITED FOR CHANCE TO DEFEND THEIR BIG EAST TITLE (2022-05-06)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
When Tess Cites was younger she was watching players like Paige Rauch and looking up to the things they were doing.
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HORSEHEADS' FATULA COMPETES AT INTERNATIONAL CHEER EVENT AT DISNEY (2022-05-04)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
For years Cassidy Fatula’s schedule has been so packed with cheerleading and school she rarely has a moment of free time.

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HORSEHEADS' MASSENGALE COMMITS TO KICK AT ST. JOHN FISHER (2022-05-02)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
This past fall Ben Massengale proved to be one of the best kickers in Section 4.
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COLLEGE WOMEN'S LACROSSE: CORNING GRAD NEWMAN MAKING MOST OF HER OPPORTUNITIES AT BINGHAMTON (2022-04-28)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
Kenna Newman always believed she was capable of big things at the collegiate level.
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COLLEGE SOFTBALL: WORTH THE WAIT: HORSEHEADS GRAD RICHMOND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF INCREASED ROLE WITH HUGE SEASON FOR BINGHAMTON (2022-04-22)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
Sometimes a player comes into college and stars from day one. For others it can take some time to find their role.
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FLAG FOOTBALL: HORSEHEADS GIRLS READY FOR LAUNCH OF FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM (24 PHOTOS) (2022-04-21)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
HORSEHEADS — All of her life Alicia Williams watched football with her family, she just never imagined that one day she’d get a chance to play the sport for her school.
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PREP BASEBALL: A BASEBALL COMEBACK STORY, EDISON'S XANDER BURCH FINDING SUCCESS ON THE MOUND AFTER NEARLY THREE YEARS AWAY (2022-04-20)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
When Xander Burch got hurt he never imagined he’d be out this long.
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GIRLS' BASKETBALL: ELMIRA'S MEGAN FEDOR SIGNS TO PLAY AT D2 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS (2022-04-19)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
Elmira standout Megan Fedor was one of the best players in Section 4 this year. Next year she’ll be playing at the collegiate level as she signed with Division II St. Thomas Aquinas.
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COLLEGE WOMEN'S SWIMMING: LONG JOURNEY FROM YOUTH SWIMMER TO COLLEGE NATIONAL RUNNER-UP FOR HORSEHEADS' VERKLEEREN (2022-03-29)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
Sophia Verkleeren remembers the moment well.

She was 10 years old, swimming for the Horseheads Thrashers swimming right next to former Notre Dame star Molly Craig.
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WOMEN'S COLLEGE SWIMMING: ND GRAD CRAIG OVERCOMES ADVERSITY TO CAP CAREER WITH NATIONAL TITLE (2022-03-28)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
If it wasn’t for Molly Craig’s coaches, family and friends she wouldn’t have even been at the national meet.

As she touched the wall first to win her second national title Craig realized what she had accomplished.
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COLLEGE WOMEN'S WRESTLING: A MAGICAL FIRST YEAR FOR CHAKOUIAN, EC WOMEN'S WRESTLING (2022-03-26)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
It took just one year for the Elmira College women’s hockey team to land on the national map.

One season, one All-American, one top 15 national ranking.
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: CORNING'S NICHOLS HEADLINES TOP COACHES OF THE WINTER SEASON (2022-03-26)

INDOOR T&F: HISTORY MAKING GREGORSKI IS THE ULTIMATE TEAMMATE FOR CORNING (2022-03-24)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
What Jack Gregorski has done this year is the stuff of legends.

Cross country individual state champion. Cross country team state champion. And now, 3200 indoor state champion, going sub-nine minutes in the process.

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COLLEGE INDOOR T&F: NOTHING CAN STOP CORNING'S BUTLER IN MAGICAL INDOOR SEASON THAT ENDS WITH NATIONAL TITLE (2022-03-22)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
The expectations were high for Lindsey Butler as she entered the NCAA Championships.

The Corning grad had the best time in the nation when she won the ACC Championships for Virginia Tech, a time that was 17th best in the world.
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NYSPHSAA SKIING: FUN EXPERIENCE FOR CORNING'S WALSH AS SHE WRAPS UP HS SEASON AT STATES (2022-03-20)
By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
It took just one season of varsity skiing for Corning’s Teagan Walsh to end up in the state meet.

While the results at states weren’t everything Walsh had hoped for, it was a special experience for the eighth-grader to make it to states.
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