Opening night at Mohawk’s new Tolpa Athletic Complex did not go well for the Mohicans.
Star tailback Alec Silvera ran for 188 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Cooperstown Redskins to a 33-8 non-league win on the road in the first athletic event on the new field and under the new lights on what formerly was Lower Tolpa.
The West Canada Valley Indians rolled up 579 rushing yards Saturday and celebrated the return of head coach Mike Moody with a 49-20 victory over the Morrisville-Eaton Warriors.
The Little Falls Mounties caught Ilion off guard with their offensive look at the start of Saturday’s season-opener but a quick adjustment sparked a smothering defensive performance by the Golden Bombers who won 44-6 on the road.
Sean Crandall ran for two touchdowns and passed for a third in the first half Friday as the Herkimer Magicians went on the road and defeated Frankfort-Schuyler 24-16 to open the 2010 season.
Frankfort-Schuyler turned the ball over seven times with five coming in the first half and contributing to a 21-0 halftime deficit.
Opening night is here as the 2010 football season kicks off Friday across upstate New York.
Locally, a quartet of games make up the opening night schedule with Mohawk, Frankfort-Schuyler and Mt. Markham all playing at home and Canajoharie hitting the road.
Rosie Gamble was a winner at first singles but Canastota swept the rest of the matches as the Raiders opened the 2010 season with a 4-1 victory over Herkimer’s Magicians Wednesday.
Members of the Mohawk varsity football team will run onto their own field next Friday and play their first home game under the lights.
“The students are excited,” said Lisa Upson, athletic director for the Mohawk Central School District. “It’s a definite improvement.”
The improvements at lower Tolpa Field were part of an EXCEL capital project that was set into motion over three years ago. Voters in the school district approved of the $11.8 million project in May 2007, which has come approximately $1 million under budget.
The Herkimer County Community College Generals never trailed over the weekend and emerged from the Coliseum Kickoff at Wehrum Stadium with a 1-0-1 record after beating Holyoke Community College and playing Brookdale Community College to a draw.
Saturday’s 4-0 season-opening win was followed by a 2-all draw Sunday afternoon on the home turf.
Reco McLaren scored in overtime Sunday to give the Herkimer County Community College Generals a 4-3 win over the County College of Morris and their first victory of the season.
The generals had been beaten in overtime Saturday by Suffolk County Community College on the first day of the TC3 Northeast Cup.
The Herkimer County Community College Generals got their season started on the right foot Saturday with a 4-0 shutout of Holyoke Community College on their home turf in the Coliseum Kickoff.
With the late losses of two schools from the Class D football landscape Section III has made changes to balance out its schedule for 2010.
West Canada Valley and Mohawk had been scheduled to play crossovers against Bishop Grimes of Syracuse which, like Hamilton last week, withdrew from competition because of a player shortage.
Three Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs received honors this week when the New York Collegiate Baseball League released its 2010 postseason awards.
Outfielder Jason Simone, the NYCBL batting champion, earned a slot as a first-team all-star while fellow outfielder Kyle Richardson and first baseman Payden Yarmer were picked for the second team.
Herkimer County Community College has announced the appointment of David Kramer as interim men’s lacrosse coach for 2010-2011.
Kramer replaces Richard Dommer who resigned in July after four years as head coach for the Generals.
A pair of race newcomers made their way to the front of the 10-kilometer field Saturday at the 30th annual Little Falls Family YMCA/Little Falls Lumber Co. Freedom Run.
An annual Canal Celebration event, the 2010 Freedom Run drew 147 participants, including two-mile walkers and Sheriff Chris Farber’s Youth Fun Run entries.
Kane Seamon and Jackie Kosakowski were scholastic stars of cross country and track and field in the Center State Conference before running in college. Saturday, back running closer to home, they were crowned champions of Herkimer’s 15th annual D.A.R.E. five-kilometer run.
Carson Murphy got hot in the second half and Mohawk closed with a 9-1 run to beat previously undefeated Frankfort-Schuyler 41-35 Thursday in the championship game for Herkimer County Community College’s nine-team scholastic summer league. (August 12)
The weather that plagued the early portion of the Mohawk Valley Fastpitch Softball League season struck again Monday on the final day of play.
Heavy evening rain cut Monday’s playoffs short and brought the season to an abrupt halt at David P. Whalen Community Park. Herkimer, the top playoff seed and a 12-3 semifinal winner against Mohawk was crowned champion with no room to reschedule the rest of the playoffs. (August 9)
Little Falls gave up just two runs Wednesday and swept its way through the playoffs to win the Mudville 14-and-under championship. (August 4)
Just as they did one year earlier, coaches in the Center Sate Conference settled on Little Falls Mountie Olivia Tooley as their Division I most valuable player for the 2010 season.
The Herkimer County Community College-bound senior was also the league’s most valuable player for basketball in the winter and plans to play both sports for the Generals.
The Amsterdam Mohawks repeated as New York Collegiate Baseball League champions with a pair of shutouts of Western Division champion Elmira over the weekend.
The Mohawks, champions of the Eastern Division, completed a perfect run through the postseason with a 17-0 win at home Friday at Shuttleworth Park then closed out the best-of-three series by beating the Pioneers 4-0 in Elmira Saturday.
