SPORTS
Utica Football Gearing Up for the 2024 Season with Spring Game This Saturday
UTICA, N.Y. -- Anticipation is building on the campus of Utica University, as the Pioneers Football Program is gearing up for their spring game on Saturday. Utica Football is coming off of a strong 2023 campaign. The Pioneers finished the season at 9-2, including a 10-6 win over Hobart in the ECAC Clayton Chapman Bowl.
Meet the 2024 Go the Distance Team: Tiffaniann Hernandez-Pawluckie
UTICA, N.Y. -- WKTV's first featured Go the Distance runner came to this country less than a decade ago and has made Utica her home. Now, Tiffaniann Hernandez-Pawluckie is ready to tackle the best 15K in the country.
Eyewitness Sports Scoreboard for Tuesday, April 30
Several teams from across the Mohawk Valley managed to beat out the rain and gave fans some thrillers, including a 12-inning barn-burner for Utica University! We have that game — plus a whole lot more — in today’s edition of the Eyewitness Sports Scoreboard! We have all the games from the high school and college ranks, because we are committed to bringing you the Local Sports, Scores and Stats That Matter to you and all of Central New York!
Westmoreland softball earns convincing CSC win over Herkimer
Westmoreland smacked 11 hits and beat visiting Herkimer 11-1 in Center State Conference softball on Wednesday. Autumn Millington had two hits, two runs and drove in three in the win. Molly Nestved, Jenna Tyczynski and Aubriana Metz all had two-hit games as well.
Proctor's Jason Angotti tosses one-hit shutout in baseball win over HP
Jason Angotti silenced the Holland Patent bats in a complete game, one-hitter for Thomas R. Proctor High School baseball on Monday in the Tri-Valley League. The Raiders won 3-1 and Angotti had 10 strikeouts while walking two. The one run he allowed was unearned.
Empire State “All In” at Utica & Fonda with High Limit 410’s
The Kubota High Limit Racing Series 410 Sprint Cars take on Utica-Rome Speedway (Vernon, N.Y.) and Fonda Speedway (Fonda, N.Y.) on back-to-back nights Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18. The 410 Sprint Cars compete for a $12,000 winner’s share and $1,000 to start each night. Both events offer...
Oriskany's Chase Koenig drives in five runs in birthday baseball win
Chase Koenig celebrated his birthday on Wednesday with a two-hit, five-RBI performance in Oriskany baseball’s 12-8 win over Westmoreland at DeLutis Field in Rome in a Center State Conference crossover. “I was hunting fastballs and looking to crush line drives, and I did that,” said the junior first baseman....
ROUNDING THIRD: Savor the sweet moments
Life is certainly a box of chocolates as Forrest’s mama said. You can never be quite sure what will happen next—good or bad. The best surprises, of course, are the good ones, and if you’re smart, you’ll enjoy them to the fullest no matter your age or whatever else is happening. Recently, I went to play in my Monday night golf league at Rome Country Club. I really didn’t want to because I felt poorly and had a doctor’s appointment in two days. Unable to get a sub, I went myself to “fulfill my duty.”
Crate LM Join Utica-Rome Division Roster This Week
VERNON, NY – Round No. 3. Utica-Rome Speedway brings live and local stock car racing to Route 5 in Vernon this Friday, May 3 for the third time in 2024. A complete program on the half-mile, banked oval is bolstered by the first appearance of the Crate Late Models presented by M2 Metals LLC.
Local College Student Athletes Honored for Excellence On and Off the Field
YORKVILLE, N.Y. -- The Kiwanis Club held its 35th annual recognition banquet honoring 12 outstanding student athletes from six local colleges at Club Monarch in Yorkville. Coaches, athletic directors, and student-athletes from Hamilton College, Herkimer College, MVCC, SUNY Morrisville, SUNY Poly and Utica University were all in attendance. Each school...
West Canada Valley Athletics Thriving with the Success of Baseball and Softball Teams in the CSC
NEWPORT, N.Y. -- West Canada Valley Baseball is off to a hot start, winning its first five games, and currently atop division two in the CSC. MARK MAXWELL: "Right now we're playing well," West Canada Valley Baseball Head Coach Mark Maxwell said. "We have a good mix. Four seniors on...
Hamilton Men's Lacrosse Players Receiving Top Honors as They Gear Up For First-Ever NESCAC Semifinal Game
CLINTON, N.Y. -- The Hamilton College Men's Lacrosse Team is coming off an epic performance last weekend, when they topped top-seeded Tufts on the road in the NESCAC quarterfinals. Now several Continentals players are receiving top honors from the conference, as well as nationally. Hamilton will play in its first...
Notre Dame's Ella Trinkaus and New Hartford's Ruby Gehringer pitch gems
Utica-Notre Dame’s Ella Trinkaus allowed one run in a complete game, 5-1 win over visiting Rome Free Academy in Tri-Valley League softball on Monday. Trinkaus surrendered five hits and walked two while striking out eight. At the plate, she had a single and double with a run scored.
SECTION III BASEBALL: Three-run double by Jake Cenname breaks late tie for a Red Devils' win
Jake Cenname hit a three-run double with two outs in the bottom of the sixth to break the tie and help Vernon-Verona-Sherrill baseball to a 6-3 win at home on Tuesday in the Tri-Valley League. Oneida led 3-0 before VVS scored three in the bottom of the third.
Herkimer Lions host successful cleanup
HERKIMER — The Greater Herkimer Lions Club held its annual Canal Clean-Up following its meeting on Thursday, April 18. Looking ahead following the successful cleanup, Club President Rudy Scialdo Jr. announced the following upcoming events:
CNY COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Samantha DeCondo leads Pioneers into women's lacrosse semifinals
A Utica University women’s lacrosse team that earlier this spring ended a 27-game losing streak to Nazareth University is about to face the Golden Flyers yet again, and the Pioneers — and graduate student Samantha DeCondo (Whitesboro) in particular — are hoping Wednesday’s Empire 8 Conference tournament rematch isn’t their last hurrah.
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