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11 Jun

Gloversville’s Tesi ties for 2nd in high jump at states

0 CommentsFulton County, Gloversville, Local Sports

Gloversville junior track and field standout Zoie Tesi tied for second place in the Division 2 girls' high jump Saturday on the final day of competition at the NYSPHSAA outdoor track and field championships at Middletown High School. Tesi's final height of 5 feet, 3 inches tied with Southold's Olivia Misukiewicz for second in Divsion 2 behind Ellenville's Amelia Benjamin, who cleared 5-5. Tesi needed just one attempt to clear each of her first three heights, but missed all three of her attempts at 5-5. In addition to her tie for second in Division 2, Tesi also finished tied for…

22 May

Cohoes upsets No. 2 seed Broadalbin-Perth in Class B baseball semifinals

0 CommentsFulton County, Local News, Local Sports, The Gloversville Leader Herald

BY JAMES A. ELLIS AMSTERDAM — The Broadalbin-Perth Patriots rallied to put themselves in position to advance in the Section II Class B tournament. Trailing 7-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh, the Patriots pushed a run across the plate and had the bases loaded with one out. Nick Chicaway came on as the third reliever for Cohoes in the inning got the final two outs on strikeouts to help No. 11 Cohoes upset the second-seeded Patriots 7-4 Monday afternoon at the Rao Family Stadium at Shuttleworth Park. With the victory, the Tigers advance to play No. 4 Ichabod…

14 May

Racing Around: Friesen captures Fonda feature, Speshock wins at Albany-Saratoga

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BY JAMES A. ELLIS FONDA — After driving to a second-place finish Friday in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Darlington Speedway in South Carolina, Stewart Friesen made the trip back to Fonda Speedway. Friesen picked his way from his seventh starting spot to take the lead on lap 11 and pull away for his first win of the season and 86th modified feature win of his career Saturday night at Fonda Speedway. “It is great to be back here,” Friesen said in Victory Lane. “It has been a hectic couple of weeks for us but we appreciate all…

07 May

Racing Around: Warner avoids accident, holds off DeLorenzo for Fonda modified victory

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By JAMES A. ELLIS RACING AROUND - After a winless 2022 season and struggling on opening night, the Rocky Warner-Tadd Parks team broke through for its first victory Saturday night at Fonda Speedway. Warner managed to avoid a multi-car accident in the first turn that claimed race leader Alex Yankowski and second-place running Danny Varin and held off defending track champion Matt DeLorenzo over the final four laps to pick up the win on the 12th birthday for Layne Parks, Tadd Parks’ son. “I’m a little emotional,” Warner said in Victory Lane. “You know, driving for Tadd Parks, he had…

02 May

Broadalbin-Perth handles weather, Gloversville in 16-5 softball win

0 CommentsFulton County, Gloversville, Local News, Local Sports, The Gloversville Leader Herald

By JAMES A. ELLIS BROADALBIN — The weather did everything it could to dampen the spirits of the Broadalbin-Perth softball team as it honored its senior players at Monday’s game against Gloversville. The Patriots outlasted a thunderstorm delay, high winds, cold temperatures and hail to defeat Gloversville 16-5 in a shortened five-inning game in Foothills Council action at the Town of Broadalbin Park field. “It was great to get them a win,” Broadalbin-Perth coach Allyson Chorba said. “We are going to miss them. Megan Bazan, Brie Coon and Ali Bogusz are three of our 12 but they are our staples.…

16 Apr

Racing Around: Britten catches Drellos in exciting feature at Albany-Saratoga Speedway

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BY JAMES A. ELLIS MALTA — With more than 180 signed in, Albany-Saratoga Speedway dropped the green flag in its 58th season-opener Friday night and Demetrios Drellos and Peter Britten gave the fans a race they will be talking about for a long time. Drellos was in control late in the 40-lap modified feature with Britten keeping pace a few car lengths behind him. With the leaders picking their way through lapped traffic, Britten found the break he was waiting for. Coming around for the white flag, Drellos was pinned behind a lapped car. Britten dove hard to the bottom…