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PROCTOR RAIDERS AT IT AGAIN-BACK TO SEMI-FINALS 05/29/08 RAIDERS SQUEEZE WAY PAST BLACK KNIGHTS 4-1 IN ROME TRISTAN HOBBES  The Proctor Raiders were the 2007 New York State Champs in "AA". This year the Raiders are the #10 seed in the Section III tournament and it seemed like everyone had counted the Raiders out. Proctor proved everyone...Read More
GRANDMA’S BOY COMES THROUGH AS BULLDOGS BITE REDSKINS 10-9 05/14/08 TWO CSC III CONTENDERS FIGHT TO THE FINISH FRED MILLER/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  On a day that started out in such grand fashion with a ribbon cutting ceremony to show off the new and improved baseball field at Oriskany High School the story line that grabbed the headlines was the one...Read More
MODIFIED BASEBALL-JFK @ RFA ORANGE 05/13/08 RAMSEY-COOKE PITCH RFA PAST JFK BOB GEORGE/PHOTOS MICHELLE GEORGE  The JFK Raiders traveled to Bill Vinci Stadium at the old RFA in Rome to face the RFA-Orange modified baseball team. It was nice to finally have the weather on our side. Recent games have been 45 degrees and rain so anything...Read More
ENYTB CROSS COUNTY BATTLE 05/12/08 UTICA FALCONS -SWING AWAY STARZ MOTHERS DAY DOUBLEHEADER BOB GEORGE/PHOTOS MICHELLE GEORGE  The Utica Falcons and the Swing Away Starz squared off in a Mothers Day doubleheader today. Both teams compete in the highly competitive Eastern New York Travel Baseball League. They have been playing each other for the last...Read More
A TRUE FIELD OF DREAMS-VERNON LITTLE LEAGUE SEASON OPENS! 05/10/08 CEREMONIES HELD AT BARTHOLOMEW MEMORIAL PARK FRED MILLER  Build it and they will come. Someone said that in a baseball movie. "Field Of Dreams" I believe. No truer words could be spoken if you were lucky enough to visit Bartholomew Memorial Park in Vernon on a...Read More
PLAY BALL-ROME LITTLE LEAGUE OPENS SEASON! 05/04/08 CEREMONIES HELD AT BELL ROAD COMPLEX FRED MILLER  Play ball! As a procession of orange, blue, purple, red, white, and green, clad Rome Little Leaguers paraded past me, I got a sense that spring had officially arrived. Hundreds of parents, grandparents, and Little League players converged on...Read More
HANNAFORD'S IMPROVES TO 4-1 IN WHITESTOWN LL PLAY 05/15/08 MATCH-UP-WEEK UNDER WAY IN WHITESTOWN RON JONES  It was another beautiful night, Tuesday, for a Whitestown Little League Baseball game at Robert Hooper Memorial Field in Whitestown. Robert Hooper Memorial Field is the home of the 10 time District X Champions and the home of the 2006 Section II...Read More
DISTRICT 10 ALL-STARS SKENANDOA MOVES ON 07/07/08 SKENANDOA OUSTS MARCY-DEERFIELD 10-0 BOB GEORGE/PHOTOS MICHELLE GEORGE  After dealing with their first loss of the tournament, Skenandoa bounced back with an impressive 10-0, 5 inning victory over Marcy-Deerfield. Alex Dobizenski started things off with a two run homerun in the opening frame. He would later...Read More
SPARTANS HOIST SPARRIOR CUP AGAIN-BEAT WHITESBORO 5-3 05/01/08 NEW HARTFORD MAKES IT 7 0F 8 IN LACROSSE RIVALRY TIM SCHOEN/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  I was impressed. Hundreds of fans that came out to see the 7th annual Sparrior cup had to be impressed. From start to finish both teams were ready to play. New Hartford came out on top 5-3 and...Read More
SPARTANS MAKE IT A PERFECT 10 04/29/08 SHERIDAN-VERBICKAS LEAD NEW HARTFORD PAST NOTRE DAME 8-1 JOHN THEALL  Eric Sheridan pitched six dominate innings, and Eric Verbickas knocked in three runs as the New Hartford (10-0) Spartans defeated Notre Dame 8-1 on a windy Tuesday afternoon at Joseph Corr Memorial Field. New Hartford improves to a...Read More
FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHT IN EAST UTICA 05/09/08 TREEN POWERS CARDS OVER YANKEES BOB GEORGE  Proctor Park in East Utica was alive with Little League Baseball. On a warm Spring Friday night the East Utica Cardinals set out to do battle with the East Utica Yankees. Jordan Treen set the tone early with...Read More
SPARTANS WIN ROUND ONE-BEAT WHITESBORO 7-2 04/15/08 WARRIORS LOSE HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE HOME OPENER. JOHN THEALL/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  After beginning their season with a strong 3-2 start, the Whitesboro Warriors (3-3)were treated rudely by their guests in their home opener against cross-town rival New Hartford, falling 7-2 Monday evening at Edwin Wadas Athletic Complex at Whitesboro...Read More
SPARTANS MAKE RAIDERS SEE RED BEAT FULTON 17-5 04/10/08 NEW HARTFORD GETS READY FOR WHITESBORO WITH BIG WIN AT HOME JOHN THEALL/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  After coming up short in their last game against Westhill, New Hartford (2-1) responded in a big way against the Fulton Red Raiders with a 17-5 victory on a chilly Thursday night in New Hartford. Spartan senior Thomas Karam scored 5 goals,...Read More
BLACK KNIGHTS WIN BATTLE OF MOUND ACES 1-0 04/07/08 COURTNEY CREEDON STRIKES OUT 16 IN WIN OVER LIVERPOOL JOHN THEALL/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  The Rome Free Academy Lady Black Knights were put to the test on the young softball season against a tough Liverpool Warrior team Tuesday night at John Kost Field. Battling 21 mph winds, a potent Warrior lineup, and facing a top pitcher...Read More
LITTLE LEAGUE GEM-NO HITTER 05/07/08 GEORGE-HEINTZ COMBINE FOR NO-HITTER BOB GEORGE  Editors Note: MHTS is thrilled to post your stories online and in print. With the spring sports season in full gear we offer you the opportunity to do the same. Thanks to Bob George for sending in this...Read More
PLAY BALL-2008 HS BASEBALL SEASON IS HERE-MHTS PREVIEWS 04/03/08 MEET THE 2008 NOTRE DAME JUGGLERS JEFF PEXTON  Play ball! The 2008 high school baseball season is here and MHTS is excited to get out and follow your favorite team. Before we head out to the ball park we want to give local fans the opportunity...Read More
WARRIORS 3 RUN RALLY LEADS TO SECTION III CLASS A CROWN 06/03/08 CHRIS VOMER’S RBI SINGLE SEALS THE DEAL FRED MILLER  If you are a fan of dramatic heart pounding endings then DeLutis Field in Rome was the place for you to be on an overcast afternoon in early June. The Whitesboro Warriors completed an improbable last raps...Read More
WILL SMITH WILLS CAMPERS TO REACH FOR THE STARS 05/17/08 FORMER PROCTOR RAIDER HOSTS YOUTH CAMP AT PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL JEFF PEXTON/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  Local Proctor High School graduate Will Smith, a New Orleans Saint defensive end, and his foundation, Where There’s A Will There’s A Way, hosted this years foundation football at Proctor High School's A'llesandro stadium today. The day started out with...Read More
CLINTON CUDAS BACK IN ACTION 03/17/08 COMPETE IN ALBANY AT METER MADNESS JUNE 1ST HILARY NAWOJ  The Clinton Cudas are back in the water! The Clinton CUDAS Swim Team kicked off the Long Course Season at the Meter Madness hosted by the Albany Starfish at Niskayuna High School on Sunday June 1. The CUDAS...Read More
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Number 10 seed my eye! The Proctor Raiders, scratched, clawed, ran, and willed their way to another Section III Class AA crown in front of a packed house at DeLutis Field in Rome on a drizzly, dreary,...
