SPORTS
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...
Longtime Central NY high school coach to be grand marshal of Boxing Hall of Fame parade
Longtime Canastota High School volleyball coach Marcia Laidlaw, who began her coaching career more than 50 years ago, will be the grand marshal of the annual Parade of Champions this summer at the International Boxing Hall of Fame, it was announced on Tuesday. The parade will be at noon on...
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.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Whitesboro tops Oneida in 36 photos
The Whitesboro softball team broke open a Tri-Valley League game Monday against host Oneida with seven runs in the third inning for a 10-0 lead. The Warriors added five more in the sixth inning to earn a 15-0 mercy-rule win. Oneida was limited to one hit.
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.
Colgate Basketball's Star Sophomore Guard Braeden Smith Elects to Enter Transfer Portal
HAMILTON, N.Y. -- Some tough news out of Hamilton for Colgate Men's Basketball. Star guard Braeden Smith has entered the transfer portal. Sophomore guard Braeden Smith posted a statement on his X page thanking the Colgate coaching staff, his teammates, as well as the Hamilton community for embracing him in his two years with the university.
Eyewitness Sports Scoreboard for Wednesday, May 1
A triple-overtime thriller for Colgate highlights a great night of sports in the Mohawk Valley! You can catch up with the Raider’s thriller in the Patriot League quarterfinal — plus much more — on today’s edition of the Eyewitness Sports Scoreboard! We have all of the high school and college action from across the region, because we are committed to bringing you the Local Sports, Stats and Scores That Matter to you and all of Central New York!
Norah Galiulo's home run sparks New Hartford softball win over RFA
New Hartford trailed 1-0 after four innings on Tuesday, but a four-run fifth highlighted by seventh-grader Norah Galiulo’s three-run home run was enough for a 4-1 Tri-Valley League softball win over host Rome Free Academy. “We had to be patient,” said New Hartford head coach Dan Stalteri. “That’s what...
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.
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.
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.
Matt Sheppard passes Billy Decker late for second straight modified win at Utica-Rome Speedway
VERNON — Matt Sheppard passed Billy Decker in traffic with just three laps to go to claim his second 3 Bastards Brewing Modifieds victory of the season on Friday night at Utica-Rome Speedway. With Decker rolling the bottom groove, mired in lap traffic, Sheppard, of Savannah, used the outside...
SECTION III BASEBALL: RFA walks off for Friday win, falls on Saturday
The Rome Free Academy baseball team walked off with a six-run, seventh-inning rally to beat Cicero-North Syracuse 11-10 on Friday then stumbled in a 3-2 loss at home on Saturday to Fayetteville-Manlius. On Friday, CNS scored four runs in the first and were up 7-1 after four innings. RFA scored...
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