WATERTOWN — Seventh-seed and 14-time champion Bob Hughes outlasted No. 10 Andrew Marks in 20 holes to advance in his Round of 16 match Wednesday at the Watertown City Golf Tournament at the Watertown Golf Club. Read More ⇒
The Northern New York Misfits 16-and-under softball team is willing to go the extra mile to get some games in this summer. Read More ⇒
BRASHER FALLS — The vast majority of sports facilities and playing fields in the North Country sit eerily vacant as the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact summer youth and adult recreational schedules. Read More ⇒
FARLEY, Iowa — Watertown’s Tim McCreadie overcame an early flat tire to finish third in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Truck Country 50 Monday night at 300 Raceway. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Defending and seven-time champion John Bufalini defeated No. 16 Justin Maxwell, 5 and 4, Tuesday in the Round of 16 at the Watertown City Golf Championship at the Watertown Golf Club. Read More ⇒
The current COVID-19 pandemic has sidelined some fall sports at Jefferson Community College. Read More ⇒
LAFARGEVILLE — Can-Am Speedway will hold racing Friday, but fans will not be in attendance. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Rick Algie defeated two-time champion and finalist the past two years Adam Brown on the 19th hole Sunday to highlight the opening-round of match play the Watertown City Golf Championships at the Watertown Golf Club. Read More ⇒
PHILADELPHIA — Syracuse University football junior safety Andre Cisco has been named to the watch list for this year’s Bednarik Award, as announced Monday by the Maxwell Football Club. Read More ⇒
LATHAM — The New York State Public High School Athletic Association is proud to announce Columbia High School (Section 2), Lisbon Central School (Section 10) and Center Moriches High School (Section 11) as its winners of the 2019-20 Sportsmanship Promotion program. Read More ⇒
CLAYTON — The Bassmaster Elite, a bass fishing competition held the last several years in St. Lawrence County, will be moving to Jefferson County this year. Read More ⇒
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Much like its decision to cancel its conference basketball tournament back in March, on Wednesday the Ivy League became the first conference in college sports to cancel its fall season due to COVID-19. Read More ⇒
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — Trevor Allard, of Mexico, a member of the wrestling team, was one of a Bloomsburg University school-record 208 student-athletes recognized as Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Scholar-Athletes for the 2019-20 academic year. The 208 Huskies join a PSAC-record 3,7… Read More ⇒
SPARTA, Ky. — On a restart with two laps to go, some of the biggest names in NASCAR — Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski — were at the front of the field racing for the Quaker State 400 win. Read More ⇒
The New York Yankees held outfielder Aaron Judge out of their intrasquad game for the second straight day on Sunday as he deals with neck stiffness. Read More ⇒
Collin Morikawa capped a sizzling performance by besting Justin Thomas in the third hole of a playoff on Sunday to win the Workday Charity Open in Dublin, Ohio. Read More ⇒
POTSDAM — The following local residents were among the 121 SUNY Potsdam student-athletes to earn a spot on the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll for the 2019-20 school year, the conference announced Wednesday, June 17. Athletes named… Read More ⇒
Boeheim’s Army was eliminated from The Basketball Tournament on Saturday with a quarterfinal upset loss televised on ESPN. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — This year’s Watertown Men’s City Golf Championship is the largest since the late 1990s with 84 participants playing in Saturday’s qualifying round at the Watertown Golf Club. Read More ⇒
CANTON — Head coach Shiva Senthil and the SUNY Canton men’s basketball program, the reigning North Atlantic Conference champion, have announced their incoming 2020 recruiting class that includes two junior transfers and eight freshmen. Read More ⇒
POTSDAM — SUNY Potsdam men’s volleyball players Justin Crovetto and Kiernan Morgan are North Eastern Athletic Conference Scholar-Athletes for the 2019-20 season, SUNY Potsdam announced. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — Oswego High School senior athletes were denied the opportunity to script a happy ending to their respective high school careers due to the cancelation of the spring season, but still received a cinematic send-off from the Buc Boosters. Read More ⇒
The New York State Public High School Athletic Association COVID-19 Task Force unveiled six potential scenarios for the 2020-21 school year following its most recent meeting last week that could result in drastic changes for Oswego County athletes and their peers around the state beginning t… Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Kate O’Neil and Jacob Grant are this year’s Immaculate Heart Central Exceptional Senior “Boots” Gaffney award winners. Read More ⇒
As Vern LaFave laid in the hospital a few days after his horrific crash last June at Oswego Speedway, facing an uncertain recovery time from third-degree burns and blurred vision, he started searching the internet for his next supermodified race car. Read More ⇒
BASS officials have announced the cancellation of the Bassmaster Elite Series competition next week on Cayuga Lake but remain hopeful that the Elite Series event on the St. Lawrence River the following week will continue as scheduled. Read More ⇒
Race tracks in the local area have been sent to the pits for this weekend. Read More ⇒
The Watertown Wolves announced on Wednesday that the brother combination of Michael and Dallas Desjarlais is returning for the 2020-21 Federal Prospects Hockey League season. Read More ⇒
TURIN — After more than 25 years, the South Lewis Central School Director of Health, Physical Education and Athletics has retired. Read More ⇒
The Ivy League announced Wednesday that it will not hold fall sports competition, making it the first Division I conference to shut athletics down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read More ⇒
Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined a timeline for his decision on opening schools come September in his daily press conference Wednesday and said he will announce his finalized guidance on reopening schools Monday. Read More ⇒
Jefferson Community College will have a decision on how it will proceed with athletics this fall by Monday, according to Athletic Director Jeff Wiley. Read More ⇒
TROY — The Liberty League, which includes Clarkson and St. Lawrence athletic teams, will begin its fall season no earlier than Sept. 26, according to a plan for returning to competition approved by the league and announced Tuesday. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — Oswego Speedway canceled its racing schedule for this Saturday and July 18 after Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the weekend issued an update to his executive order regarding race tracks operating with fans in attendance, barring entry for spectators through Aug. 2. Read More ⇒
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Eric Devendorf netted 20 points as the third-seeded Boeheim’s Army fended off the No. 19 Men of Mackey, 76-69, in the Round of 16 in The Basketball Tournament on Tuesday at the Nationwide Arena. Read More ⇒
LAKE PLACID — The COVID-19 pandemic did not get in the way of a special moment for a select group of players committing to the Paul Smith’s women’s hockey team last week. Read More ⇒
Syracuse University director of athletics John Wildhack announced Monday that Salatha Willis has been appointed as associate athletic director of diversity, culture and climate, a newly-established position in the SU Department of Athletics. Read More ⇒
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In anticipation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo providing more guidance on how schools will be proceeding in September amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association has outlined six school-reopening scenarios and detailed proposals for jump-starting high school sports. Read More ⇒
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — Watertown’s Tim McCreadie got back on the right path with a fifth-place showing at the Independence 50 Lucas Oil Dirt race Saturday night at Portsmouth Raceway Park. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Tuesday is the last day to sign up for the Watertown Men’s City Golf Tournament, which is set to begin Saturday at the Watertown Golf Club. Read More ⇒
As Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race wound down to its final laps it appeared that for the second straight race that Kevin Harvick would be finishing as a runner-up to Denny Hamlin. Read More ⇒
Boeheim’s Army has already conquered its most unpredictable foe in The Basketball Tournament — getting all of its coaches and players to the quarantined bubble site and cleared to play after initial COVID-19 testing — and is now gearing up for its first action on Tuesday. Read More ⇒
Bryson DeChambeau completed a solid week with a final-round 7-under 65 to win the Rocket Mortgage Classic by three shots over Matthew Wolff on Sunday in Detroit. Read More ⇒
“Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask” by Jon Pessah; Little, Brown and Company (576 pages, $30) Read More ⇒
The Watertown American Little League will kick off its sandlot-style season at 6 p.m. Monday at Rand Field off of West Main Street. Read More ⇒
LAFARGEVILLE — No action is going to be taken against a speedway at this time, coming after it didn’t comply with COVID-19 guidelines during an event last week. Read More ⇒
The Syracuse University football team added a key building block to each unit late last week to further solidify its 2021 recruiting class. Read More ⇒