Bear with me here because I'm going to be annoying about this for the next month...
The Pats' Big March isn't just my biggest project to date, but also the one I'm most proud of it. Take a moment or two to watch some of it and let me know what you think
BREAKING: Binghamton University Athletic Director Gene Marshall tells me that the school is planning to add both men's ice hockey and women's field hockey as soon as the 2024-2025 Academic Year.
Biggest takeaways
#billsmafia
-Khalil Shakir & Isaiah Hodgins are good
-Kaiir Elam flashed
-Baylon Spector was everywhere
-I get the holding, but there’s a reason Matt Araiza is Punt God
-what is a backup quarterback
-5 turnovers and a win is peak preseason
ELECTRIC! The scene for
@BU_Bearcats
as Nicole Scott secures the final save that punches the ticket for
@BinghamtonWSOC
to move on to the
@AmericaEast
Championship game!
What. An. Atmosphere. at the Bearcats Sports Complex as BU handles UAlbany in penalty kicks 3-2
One of the most storied football players in Section IV's recent memory, Adam DeSantis (
@AdamDeSantis8
) signed his NLI to
@ColgateFB
earlier today.
A two-time State Champ and 2022 NYC Class B Player of the Year will be the third DeSantis kid to play athletically for Colgate.
"We got a bunch of kids that would run their head through a wall if winning was on the other side of it"
M-E head coach Bill Ocker has me ready to run through a wall after that one.
@MEVarsityBB
upsets Johnson City for the program's 2nd Sectional Chip in the last 3 years.
Sights and sounds from an electric night at
@MECSDSpartans
!
The Spartan Faithful packed the house for this
@UnifiedSportsNY
basketball game and were cheering on both sides of a fun night.
PLAY OF THE YEAR FOR
@BU_Bearcats
!
@Jacob_Falko2
drains a triple down four and on the ensuing inbound,
@yooo_john
steals the ball and takes the lead with a dagger as
@BinghamtonMBB
comes back from down 70-59 to win 81-79 on Thanksgiving Eve!
"There's no bonus points to start the season."
Two-straight State Championships for
@MEGRIDIRON
. This season, the Spartans return some and reload some but know last season is behind them in their pursuit of a three-peat.
@MECSDSpartans
Now that things have settled down
Just want to say thank you for all the well wishes. College was never certain growing up but coming to the Southern Tier and attending BU is the best decision I’ve ever made. Not going anywhere and I’m excited to keep putting in work at
@wicztv
Adam DeSantis, Joey Tomasso and Caden Bellis all earned Player of the Year nods for their respective classes from the New York State Sports Writer's Association.
This week marks one year as
@wicztv
sports director and two years at Fox 40 overall.
When I came to Binghamton I could have never imagined how fortunate I’d be.
I’m incredibly grateful for everyone here taking a chance on a then 19-year-old and letting me live out my dream.
The
@Mets
made a lot of movement during last week's trade deadline.
Two of those moves reunited Drew Gilbert and Blade Tidwell, a pair of top prospects and former college teammates from
@Vol_Baseball
, who joined
@RumblePoniesBB
24 hours apart from one another.
"YOU PLAY TO WIN"
@BinghamtonBASE
assistant and
@UECSDTigers
coaching legend sat down with me, in conjunction with the Greater Binghamton Sports HOF, to reflect on his storied career that included 2 NYS Titles, 8 Sectional Championships, 275 wins as a head coach and 5 AE Chips.
Yesterday,
@BinghamtonBASE
saw their name on the NCAA Regional bracket for the first time since 2016. We got to take a look back at their season and America East Championship and how it all came together.
Extremely honored and humbled to receive a Special Service Award from the Southern Tier Hockey Association for Love at First Shot and my coverage of the organization.
The people over at the STHA are second-to-none and I can't explain how appreciative I am for this recognition.
Weather be damned.
On Friday,
@BinghamtonBASE
begins their home-opening series with a three-game set against Lafayette. The Bearcats will play five-straight home weekend series through mid-April.
"This is what they're saying about you when you're not in the room"
NY Giants Ring of Honor member Carl Banks (
@CarlBanksGIII
) was the guest speaker at the Greater Binghamton Sports HOF Induction dinner tonight and was really an honor to get to talk to.
"It would mean the world."-
@AdamDeSantis8
The Maine-Endwell Spartans (
@MEGRIDIRON
) have a shot to win a third-straight NYS Title this weekend and one thing is clear--the work and winning never gets old.
Full story tonight on
@4thGoalWICZ
at 6:30!
On Saturday,
@BinghamtonMLAX
will be honoring the memory of their late teammate, Robert Martin, at the Out of Darkness walk, an event to help end the stigma surrounding mental illness and suicide.
Full Story:
All five pitchers who saw time last year for
@BinghamtonSOFT
return to either the pitching staff or as a coach.
The Bearcats' Ace, Brianna Roberts, discusses the continuity and chemistry of the group.
For the FIRST TIME SINCE 2009,
@BinghamtonMBB
finishes the regular season above .500 at 15-14!
Levell Sanders has said all year that they can’t take their success for granted despite wanting more. The Bearcats are now in solid position to reach their third-straight semifinal.
One of the best catches you'll see all year.
@JoeyTomasso
lays it up for
@XavierWatson25
in the endzone and the Wolverine just goes right over the top of his defender.
Earlier today,
@BU_Bearcats
introduced Eugene Marshall Jr. as its 11th Director of Athletics.
"This is a sleeping giant...As the phoenix, we rise."
Marshal begins his appointment on January 5th.
We'll have highlights in a bit, but I can't let this TJ Serkiz (
@TjSerkiz45
) play get lost in the shuffle.
Just the definition of playing with your hair on fire. One play after
@MEGRIDIRON
fumbled on the doorstep, the Spartans made it up quick.
An absolute classic between the two best Class C teams in New York State.
@JoeyTomasso
goes off and the
@Waverlyfootbal3
defense holds in the second half as the Wolverines go into the Devil's Lair and hand Chenango Forks a 28-14 loss.
The Deposit-Hancock are New York State Champions! Here are the highlights from the Eagles' big win and comments from Coach Ryan Smith,
@chrisgross_
, and
@caden_fortunato
:
@HCSAthDept
First since 1996!
Waverly Boys Basketball takes home the Section IV Class "B" Title with a blowout win over Lansing. Joey Tomasso (
@JoeyTomasso
) and Xavier Watson (
@XavierWatson25
) combine for 43 in the win
The Maine-Endwell boys basketball team is getting ready for the Section IV Championship this Sunday.
But win or lose at the Arena, the Spartans' future is bright led by one of the most promising sophomores we've ever seen. Our Athlete of the Week, Luka Ionnisci.
@MEVarsityBB
Super excited to announce that I’m officially the new weekend sports anchor for
@wicztv
. This wouldn’t have been possible without the encouragement from my coworkers and opportunities to learn from
@DylanKuhnTV
. Incredibly happy to be able to pursue a lifelong dream!
Ben Rollison of Owego baseball is best described as a Unicorn, stealing 30 bases, being a contact machine and being the steadying presence behind the dish for pitchers:
@OFAAthletics1
@OAUpdate
🚨NEW SHOW ALERT🚨
Introducing the Fox 40 Sports Roundup!
A 30-minute show COMPLETELY dedicated to Southern Tier Sports. Highlights, exclusive interviews, features, standings, polls and MORE! Fox 40 Sports Roundup starts airing every Monday at 6:30 pm beginning this Monday,
Back like they never left.
@Waverlyfootbal3
takes down HFL in their week zero opener.
In the first half, Xavier Watson pulled out an early play-of-the-year candidate with a huge kick return while
@JoeyTomasso
raced the Cougars en route to a touchdown. Full highlights coming!
HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!
Fox 40 will be bringing a weekly half-hour high school football show back to the Southern Tier this fall! Previews and recaps of Section IV Football every Thursday starting August 24th!
"Having a hard time finding the words"
@OFAAthletics1
head coach Patton Taylor and the man of the hour, Joe Palladino, discuss their come-from-behind win over Windsor to advance the River Hawks to the Section IV Class B Championship.
@OAUpdate
"It was amazing"
@MECSDSpartans
' Anna Fellows walks em off to advance the Spartans to the NYS Regional Round as Aleciyah Brodley beats the throw home.
@mevarsitysb
Olivia Kennedy is PERFECT. The Greene pitcher tosses a five-inning game allowing zero baserunners while striking out 14 of 15 batters as the Trojans topple Norwich 20-0.
Check out the action here:
@GreeneCSD
The Waverly football team has a chance to do something no other Wolverine football team has ever done.
Win a NYS Title.
I spoke with star QB Joey Tomasso (
@JoeyTomasso
) and Head Coach Jason Miller and it's clear this represents a lot more than one season's work.
Two years with Levell Sanders at the helm and two years with
@BinghamtonMBB
in the America East semifinals.
Coach Sanders discusses the team's perspective as they march to Burlington for the second-straight playoffs.
In 2018,
@E_HOLT_THE_BOLT
placed 2nd in the AE 1500 finals for
@BinghamtonXCTF
. He then retired from running and worked several jobs just to come back and climb to the top of the sport. The Bing grad placed 4th at the USA T&F Championships and now has his eyes set on the Olympics
Got to talk to
@AmericaEast
and
@ECACSports
Rookie of the Year
@evin_js
on his incredible success this season and being a part of
@BinghamtonBASE
's young core.
Tune in tomorrow at 6 & 10 to hear more from the catcher on his historic season and the Bearcats' run to win the AE.
Binghamton Wrestling (
@BearcatsWrestle
) is consistently sending guys to NCAA's and it isn't hard to see why.
Coach Kyle Borshoff breaks down his philosophy on preparation built throughout a season:
I could use all the hyperbole in the world to describe
@BinghamtonBASE
's series finale with Maine or I could just show you.
Highlights from the Bearcats' 18-17 win:
Our first-ever Coach's Corner guest,
@BinghamtonMBB
head coach Levell Sanders on the team entering America East play, the transfer portal and playing in Europe!
The latest from the Fox 40 Sports Roundup:
Union-Endicott is your 2023 Section IV Class A Girl’s Basketball Champion for the first time 2007! Taking down Maine-Endwell at the arena!
@tigers_ue
@UECSDTigers
"If you wanna get bigger, faster, stronger, you gotta hit up Rob"
Earlier today, Seton grad Peep Williams (
@Peepsicola_
) hosted a Performance Training Camp at
@bxtraining
Development for local student-athletes!
That’s a wrap on 4th & Goal!
Thanks to everyone who watched—the parents, coaches, athletes and fans. We’ve enjoyed so much, bringing you our Section IV Football coverage for the last 15 weeks.
We hope you enjoyed as well.
-The 4th & Goal team.
Shoutout to
@NateLull
for coming on
@4thGoalWICZ
, we talked all things Section IV Class D and Eight Man.
Our small school preview airs Thursday at 6:30!
A year ago, I was promoted from part-time production assistant to reporter. So much has happened since then and in the past month, I’ve asked questions to both Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom. Pretty safe to say if you told me that last year, I wouldn’t have believed you.
A big one out at the Events Center tomorrow. A win on Tuesday would secure
@BinghamtonMBB
its first home playoff game since 2009.
The Bearcats are currently first in the America East in home attendance (29,355) and second in average attendance (2,096).
Sunup to sundown,
@enjoiegrounds
has been prepping for
@dicksopengolf
since last year's concluded. I spoke with Sully Murphy on his journey to his current spot and how preparation is going ahead of the Southern Tier's biggest sporting event of the year.
100 goals in a career is a rare feat, but to do it as a FRESHMAN? Ridiculous.
Tune into
@wicztv
tonight at ten to hear from Shannon Kingsbury of
@fcspurpledevils
who's tearing up Section IV fields and burning through the school record book.
No one is swinging the bat better than
@evin_js
right now.
In
@BinghamtonBASE
's two playoff wins, the sophomore catcher is six-for-nine with three homers and nine RBI. This hit was the start of an eight-run inning that advanced BU to day three of the
@AmericaEast
Tournament.
Maine-Endwell's streak of 25-straight wins remains intact as the Spartans stop Corning's two-point try late to advance to 3-0 with a 43-42 win.
@VinnyMancini2
takes one yard to get it going.
@MEGRIDIRON
@MECSDathletics
Friday starter for
@BinghamtonBASE
, Gabe Driscoll, has allowed two or fewer runs in four of his five starts this season and leads the
@AmericaEast
with 12 strikeouts looking.
The senior Bearcat was locked in today, 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 6 SO to start the conference year 1-0.
As the one seed in the
@AmericaEast
Playoffs,
@BinghamtonWSOC
is looking for its first title since 2004. AE Striker of the Year Maya Anand walked us through watching the team clinch the regular season title while Lexi Vegoda and Olivia McKnight discuss how much a title would mean
Section IV Class B Champs AGAIN for
@Jacketspride
!
Coach Hughes getting a bath after hoisting his sixth Section IV title! We'll have the highlights coming up at 10.
There's a lot to be excited about if you're a BU Baseball fan. The Bearcats were picked first in the America East preseason poll, will host the conference tournament and are brimming with experience at every position.
Our
@BinghamtonBASE
preview
PROCESS & RESULTS
@BinghamtonMBB
is off to its best start since 2017-2018 with a 5-4 record going into Saturday where they'll take on Le Moyne in the renewal of the "Battle of the Interstate."
The Bearcats and Dolphins will play a home-and-home series over the next four years.
"YOU DON'T HANG BANNERS IN DECEMBER"
@MEVarsityBB
is MARCHing to the Final Four after their Regional win over Saugerties. Head Coach Bill Ocker and Luka Ioannisci discuss their relationship and the mentality that's gotten them here. Highlights coming up on
@wicztv