Reprinted from Seneca Media Facebook page Eagles senior standout lacrosse player Hogaiyo John signed a NLI to play at Genesee Community College. Thank you Hogaiyo for being a positive leader and mentor within our hallways. GCC is lucky to have you.
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Amos Whitcomb (Allegany, son of Rae Lynn George and Chad Whitcomb) playing lacrosse at an elite level for his family and little brother Kaine. Ja:goh Amos!
By Dan Ninham | Reprinted from NDNSPORTS.com | April 7, 2020 | Photo credit: Kristen Sledge-Whitcomb Amos Whitcomb is a member of the Seneca Nation and of the Snipe Clan. His Native name is Hadeÿost, which translates to “The fighter”. He is the son of Chad Stxy Whitcomb and Rae Lynn George. Amos is from […]
Ja:goh Efrain Barreto!
Reprinted from Seneca Media Facebook page Shout out and congrats to Efrain Barreto, from the Seneca Nation, who signed his letter of intent to play lacrosse at Onondaga Community College.
Dakota D. Snyder (Seneca): Leading The CattRez Mentality at the Cattaraugus Seneca Nation Territory
By Dan Ninham | Reprinted from NDNSPORTS.com | April 25, 2020 | Photo credit: Dakota Snyder The Mamba Mentality of the late Kobe Bryant is well known in the media and the impact is global. In its simplest form it is trying to get better at what you’re doing. And not only today but each […]
Summer Hemphill to return to UB women’s basketball team
By Rachel Lenzi | Published March 30, 2020| Reprinted from the Buffalo News | (Photo credit: Harry Scull Jr.) Summer Hemphill will return to the University at Buffalo women’s basketball team for a final season. A forward and a Cardinal O’Hara graduate, Hemphill missed all of the 2019-20 season with a knee injury, which she […]
Nizhoni Kennedy (Navajo): Competing For Mom and Family at Salamanca HS (NY)
By Dan Ninham | March 31, 2020 | Reprinted from ndnsports.com | (Photo credit: Michelle Hill) High achieving student-athletes lead busy lives from sun up to sun down usually seven days a week. Many indigenous cultures begin their day before the sunrise comes up on the horizon. They run toward the sunrise when the early […]
Attention all NAIG 2020 athletes: 2020 North American Indigenous Games postponed in light of COVID-19 concerns
Officials working to reschedule massive sporting event for summer of 2021 By Nic Meloney | Reprinted from CBC News | March 25, 2020 | Photo credit: Kerry Campbell/CBC The 2020 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) have been postponed until next year in light of concerns about COVID-19. The event was originally scheduled to take place […]
The Rebirth of Allegany Lacrosse
By Rod Pierce As a teenager living in Jimersontown, we would meet after school and play football in front of the Haley Community Building every day. The game of lacrosse didn’t really exist on the Rez in Allegany. It wasn’t until 1976 when Steve Gordon decided to put a team together. He asked us if […]
Ja:goh Vanessa Cooper & Hannah John!
These two young ladies signed to play women’s lacrosse at GCC. Vanessa Cooper & Hannah John have been accepted to Genesee Community College for the 2020-2021 women’s lacrosse team under the National Junior College Athletic Association. Letters of intent have been signed and both ladies have received scholarships to attend GCC. Vanessa & Hannah started […]
Silver Creek’s Abby Rice, Gowanda’s Miya Scanlan named to First Team. Ja:goh, Miya!
CCAA East 1 All-Stars revealed Photo: Gowanda’s Miya Scanlan is pictured scoring her 1,000th career point during a game at Salamanca earlier this season. Scanlan was named a CCAA East 1 Division First Team All-Star. (Photo by Tami Watt) Silver Creek’s Abby Rice and Gowanda’s Miya Scanlan have had quite a few battles over the […]