ALBANY - Fishermen are being urged to follow some simple steps during trout and salmon fishing trips this summer. Read More ⇒
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CARTHAGE — Jason Coffman will take over the head coaching duties for Carthage football this coming season. He replaces Sam Millich who ended his 19-year run as head coach following the end of last season. Read More ⇒
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Researchers at the Cornell University Biological Field Station may have set a new mark for the largest fish ever recorded from Oneida Lake. Read More ⇒
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FULTON — Ean and Camille Stevenson estimated that they spent 90 percent of their respective G. Ray Bodley High School (GRB) tenures operating entirely separately from each other, but the twin brother-sister tandem ultimately flourished in similar fashion. Read More ⇒
EVANS MILLS — Dylan Bancroft took the 41-lap New York Super Stock race to highlight Saturday night’s action at Evans Mills Raceway Park. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — John Bufalini had already seen one five-shot lead evaporate in the 36-hole final of the Watertown City Championship. However, he didn’t let it happen again when he got another big edge. Read More ⇒
ELMIRA — The Elmira Pioneers stormed out to a three-run lead after four innings en route to an 8-2 triumph over the Watertown Rapids in a Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League game before a crowd of 3,091 Sunday at Dunn Field. Read More ⇒
Gio Urshela accounted for three runs, Masahiro Tanaka pitched six innings of two-run ball and the New York Yankees recorded a 4-2 victory over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon. Read More ⇒
Baltimore Orioles third baseman Hanser Alberto singled to lead off the ninth inning Sunday to spoil the Tampa Bay Rays’ attempt to become the first team in major league history to throw a combined perfect game. Read More ⇒
Top seed Novak Djokovic outlasted No. 2 seed Roger Federer 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 (3) in a historic final for his fifth Wimbledon title and second straight on Sunday at the All-England Club. Read More ⇒
PULASKI - Kaitlyn Birmingham was left stunned by a softball accolade for the second time in the span of a month when she was selected to the NYSCCOGS All-State Softball Class C second team as a first baseman. Read More ⇒
BOONVILLE — Tony Socci’s solo home run in the eighth inning proved to be the difference as the Watertown Rapids held off the Adirondack Trail Blazers, 6-5, in a Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League game Saturday at the Dr. Robert Smith Sports Complex. Read More ⇒
PLATTSBURGH — Former Watertown Red and Black quarterback Harry Rascoe haunted his old team with four touchdown passes as the Plattsburgh North Stars downed Watertown, 47-17, in the Empire Football League season-opener for both teams Saturday night at Melissa L. Penfield Park. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Today’s Watertown City Golf Final at Ives Hill Country Club will feature a couple of champions. Six-time winner John Bufalini and defending champion Adam Brown will tee off for a 36-hole title match at 9 a.m. Read More ⇒
AKWESASNE — Chris Raabe held off the field on a late restart to take the 30-lap 358-modified feature Friday night at Mohawk International Raceway. Read More ⇒
WIMBLEDON, England — For the third time since her return to tennis, Serena Williams was one victory away from equaling Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles. Read More ⇒
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels have had 12 days to process the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, to hug each other and cry on each other’s shoulders, to mourn and bond together while playing six games on the road, to grieve with their own family members over the four-day All-Star break. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Defending champion Adam Brown, fifth-seeded Chris Denesha and No. 26 seed George Labarr each booked places in the Watertown City golf tournament semifinals Friday at Ives Hill Country Club. Read More ⇒
POTSDAM — Defending ECAC Hockey tournament champion Clarkson University will start its 2019-20 men’s hockey schedule on the road against nine-time NCAA champion Michigan. Read More ⇒
POTSDAM - As a ninth-grader at Potsdam High School in the mid-1960’s, Steve Barlow’s athletic career had reached a crossroads. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Hanging on a coat hook in George Ashcraft’s office is an Empire Football League mug, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the league back in 2009. After a couple of years away from the EFL, the Watertown Red and Black are back in and just in time for the league’s 50th anniversary. Read More ⇒
The Oklahoma City Thunder traded guard Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets for guard Chris Paul and a pair of first-round draft picks, multiple media outlets reported Thursday. Read More ⇒
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse University men’s basketball team will play Oklahoma State in the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals at 7 p.m. on Nov. 27 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Sixth-seed and multiple time City Golf Champion John Bufalini edged No. 14 Jeff Fallon 1-up in a quarterfinal match at the Watertown City Golf Tournament Thursday at Ives Hill Country Club. Read More ⇒
UTICA — The Watertown Rapids dropped their third straight game with an 8-6 loss to the Utica Blue Sox on Wednesday in a Perfect Game Collegiate League baseball game. Read More ⇒
NEW YORK — Ex-Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton was a 20-game winner, won two World Series games, spent 10 years in the big leagues — and made a bigger impact with a pen in his hand than a baseball. Read More ⇒
Ninth-seeded Penn defeated No. 25 Tom Bedard, 3-and-2, and 20th-seeded Kernehan defeated No. 4 David Marconi, 3-and-1. Read More ⇒
The American League held on to defeat the National League, 4-3, in the 90th All-Star Game at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Tuesday for its seventh straight win. Read More ⇒
The Mohawks (23-6) totaled 16 hits, and Geordon Blanton was responsible for three of them along with two runs batted in. Dalton Reese contributed two hits, one of which was a solo home run. Read More ⇒
Vern LaFave was overwhelmed with emotion when he returned to Oswego Speedway on Saturday, the city where he escaped a potentially tragic accident with non-life-threatening injuries just two weeks prior. Read More ⇒
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WATERTOWN — Josh Lajoie, now wearing a light blue No. 18 Rapids jersey, leaned on the Watertown dugout railing as fellow Massachusetts native Mike Rounds recorded the final three outs of the Rapids’ 4-0 win over Newark on Sunday in the opener of a Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League doub… Read More ⇒
Justin Haley, making his third career start in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, took advantage of crazy, stormy weather in central Florida on Sunday and won the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Read More ⇒
Charlie Morton struck out 10 in 5 2/3 effective innings and the Tampa Bay Rays scored twice in the first inning to salvage a four-game split against the New York Yankees with a 2-1 victory Sunday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Second-seeded Joseph Tufo, and 14-time champion and seventh seed Bob Hughes were early upset victims during Sunday’s opening round of match play at the Watertown City Golf Tournament at the par-72 Ives Hill Country Club. Read More ⇒
The United States women’s soccer team claimed its fourth Women’s World Cup title Sunday, beating the Netherlands, 2-0, in Lyon, France, to repeat as world champions. Read More ⇒
PHOENIX - Seniors at John C. Birdlebough High School (JCB) were honored recently at the Phoenix Athletics Booster Awards Dinner. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — For the second straight day, the Watertown Rapids’ game against the Geneva Red Wings was called Saturday because of rain and field conditions. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Joe Tufo defeated Andrew Marks on a one-hole playoff to claim medalist honors during qualifying Saturday for the Watertown City Golf Championship tournament at Ives Hill Country Club. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — The Massena Central School District won’t need to worry about an increase in ice rental rates at the Massena Arena for the next five years. Read More ⇒
AKWESASNE — Edwards native Tim Fuller held off a late charge from Billy Dunn to win the 50-lap 358-modified feature Friday night at Mohawk International Raceway. Read More ⇒
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CANTON — St. Lawrence University’s men’s hockey team will approach the 2019-20 season with a new head coach in a renovated arena but face a familiar foe four times in the regular season. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — In January, John Tyler focused merely on achieving a state title. Read More ⇒