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JEZZY REMAINS UNBEATEN WINS FEATURE AT VERNON DOWNS 07/30/10 LOCAL TRACK REVS UP ANOTHER BIG WEEKEND JIM MORAN  The highly regarded 2-year-old trotting filly Jezzy remained undefeated after five lifetime starts after her 1:58.2 performance in Friday night's $134,150 New York Sires Stakes feature at Vernon Downs. With part owner and trainer Ray Schnittker in the...Read More
ONEIDA COUNTY AMERICAN LEGION ALL-STARS NAMED-GAME SUNDAY NIGHT 07/29/10 ACTION STARTS AT 7:00PM AT DELUTIS IN ROME FRED MILLER  MHTS salutes the 2010 Oneida County American Legion All-Star Baseball team. The teams were announced today in advance of Sunday night's All-Star game to be played at DeLutis Field in Rome. First pitch is set for Sunday night at 7:00PM. Be sure...Read More
UTICA POST ELIMINATED FROM NYS TOURNEY-FALL TO HUDSON VALLEY 8-3 07/29/10 WHITESTOWN/UTICA POST PLAY FOR OCBL CROWN SUNDAY AT 4PM AT DELUTIS FRED MILLER  Utica Post 229 could not carry the momentum they picked up winning the District Five Tournament last weekend as they were eliminated from the New York State American Legion Tournament in Newburgh. Utica Post fell to Hudson Valley...Read More
HOMETOWN HAPPENINGS- ROME JUNIOR SPIRIT WINS 2010 PIRATE PILLAGE SOFTBALL TOURNEY 07/27/10 RED STORM BASEBALL TEAM BREWS UP TOURNEY WIN FRED MILLER  The latest MHTS Hometown Happenings come to us from Rome. Last weekend the Junior Spirit girls 12U softball team took part in and won the 2010 Pirate Pillage Softball Tournament held at Wankel Field in Utica.The girls came...Read More
HCCC STUDENT ATHLETES RECEIVE ACADEMIC HONORS 07/28/10 HCCC SPORTS UPDATE PRESS RELEASE /HCCC  Several Herkimer County Community College student-athletes were recently named National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Distinguished Academic All-Americans and Academic All-Americans. To be nominated as a Distinguished Academic All-American, athletes must have completed 45 semesters hours and maintain a minimum of 3.8...Read More
UTICA POSTS BIG WIN OVER RIVAL NEW HARTFORD 12-7 07/25/10 JUST FOUR TEAMS LEFT IN D 5 TOURNEY JORDAN PETERS/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  The fans at Volunteer Field in the DeLutis baseball complex were treated to another gem on Saturday afternoon as cross-town rivals Utica Post (21-10) and New Hartford Post squared off in a heated affair. It was win or go home as the District...Read More
DONOVAN DOMINATES-UTICA POST FORCES SECOND GAME WITH WHITESTOWN 07/25/10 GAETANO GOES YARD AGAIN-AS POST 229 DOUBLES UP WHITESTOWN 8-4 FRED MILLER/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  After a busy Saturday afternoon and rain filled night, Utica Post 229 punched the clock for a long day at DeLutis on Sunday. We won't get too far ahead of ourselves, but let's just say the long weekend...Read More
MORAN MEEKER O'ROURKE OUT SLUGS NEW HARTFORD 20-10 IN DISTRICT FIVE OPENER 07/21/10 TOURNEY RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY-WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED JEFF PEXTON/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  Mike House took the hill for Moran Meeker O'Rourke in the top half of the first inning of this morning's District V American Legion Baseball Tournament opener against New Hartford and quickly sat down the Post 1376 hitters on...Read More
WHITESTOWN STATES CASE FOR STATES WITH 9-3 WIN OVER ILION 07/25/10 BUNAL BOMB SPARKS LATE RALLY-WATSON GOES 6 FOR THE WIN FRED MILLER/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  Tick, Tick, Tick...went the innings, tick,tick,tick went the outs. Tick,tick tick went the time bomb, until it went off with a loud bang in the top of inning six in Saturday's battle of the unbeaten at the 2010 District 5 American Legion Baseball...Read More
ODYSSEY SPORT SOCCER CLUB MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON AND OFF THE FIELD 07/22/10 MHTS SUMMER FUN TOUR VISITS WEEKEND TOURNAMENT JEFF PEXTON/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  Back in 2004, Chris and Claire McClain brought a cutting edge philosophy of Soccer training from New England back to their hometown of Oneida, New York. Chris, the Assistant Men's Varsity Soccer Coach at Colgate University and his...Read More
BARNBURNER-ILION-BEATS UTICA POST 6-5 IN D 5 NIGHT CAP 07/23/10 UP NEXT FOR HERKIMER COUNTY CHAMPS IS WHITESTOWN JORDAN PETERS/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  The only thing better than the weather at DeLutis Field on Thursday evening was the game being played out on the diamond between Utica Post (20-10) and Ilion(17-8). In the end, the Ilion squad survived a spirited Utica rally and held on...Read More
UTICA BREWERS ECBL CHAMPS-PULL OUT 5-4 WIN IN 12 07/26/10 UTICA WINS SECOND STRAIGHT LEAGUE TITLE JORDAN PETERS/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  If you are a local baseball fan why were you not at Donovan Stadium Sunday afternoon?! The ballpark played host to the Eastern Collegiate Baseball League (ECBL) Championship between the Utica Brewers and the Sherrill Silversmiths. It would...Read More
NEW YORK STATES OF MIND FOR UTICA POST 07/26/10 POST 229 WINS DISTRICT 5 CROWN ROLLS PAST WHITESTOWN 13-2 FRED MILLER/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  It was a bumpy road that Utica Post (24-10) traveled to end up with a shot at a trip to the upcoming New York State American Legion Baseball Tourney next week in Newburgh. Bumpy indeed. After five days of competition and who...Read More
DAVID WILLIAMS-THE DEDICATED VOLUNTEER 07/13/10 LATEST ADRIONDACK BANK 12TH MAN JEFF PEXTON/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  The Spring 2010 Issue of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education newsletter includes a feature article on the Hershey's Track & Field Games, a wildly popular nationwide track and field program for children ages 9 to...Read More
NEW HARTFORD POSTS KEY LEAGUE WIN 6-4 OVER ADREAN 07/01/10 JOE BETAR US ARMY A FOR EFFORT PLAYER OF THE GAME FRED MILLER/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  New Hartford Post 1376 always seems to sense a big moment in a season, a defining one that sets the tone for the rest of the season. The tone that resonated loudest was the one heard echoing off the...Read More
WHITESTOWN COMES UP GOLDEN-BEAT MORAN MEEKER TO WIN DIVISION CROWN 07/18/10 WHITESTOWN 9 MORAN-MEEKER 3-DAN SMIITH GETS THE WIN JEFF PEXTON/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  The regular season couldn't decide it, the tie breakers couldn't decide it and the weather in Camden yesterday wouldn't allow it, so it was "game on" at DeLutis Field in Rome this morning as Whitestown Post (12-5) and Moran Meeker O'Rourke...Read More
DISTRICT 10 TOURNAMENT IN FULL SWING-PFISTERER POWERS NEW HARTFORD 07/06/10 MHTS SUMMER FUN TOUR CONTINUES WITH D 10 VISIT JEFF PEXTON/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  Many kids go their whole Little League career without hitting a home run. Many ball players go their whole baseball career without hitting a grand slam. On a sweltering night at the West Utica Little League park, New...Read More
SMITH POST WINS KNOCK DOWN DRAG OUT SLUGFEST 15-14 OVER UTICA POST 07/08/10 ANDREW DEBLASIIS US ARMY A FOR EFFORT PLAYER OF THE GAME FRED MILLER/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  No offense, but this one was all about offense. If you showed up to the show down, to pine for a good old fashioned pitchers duel, you must be still be flinching from all the ping, ping, ping...Read More
NORTHERN COMMUNITY ALL-STARS TOPPLE SHERRILL 4-3 IN D9 LL TOURNAMENT 07/10/10 MHTS SUMMER FUN TOUR VISITS THE NORTH COUNTRY JEFF PEXTON/PHOTOS JEFF PEXTON  To say that tonight's District 9 Little League All-Star game between Sherrill and Northern Community was important to both teams would be an understatement. Sherrill, which entered tonight's matchup with an unblemished (3-0) record and has emerged as...Read More
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Professional hockey is returning to the Mohawk Valley, this time in the form of the Rome Frenzy of the newly formed Federal Hockey League (FHL). General manager Brian Hall, along with his father and Vice President of Sales...
