There’s plenty happening in snow sports in Winona and a record number of people are taking part. Considered a premiere event in upstate NY, the 35th Winona Forest Tourathon, which takes place this Saturday, is an annual event but only one of many that are being held in Winona Forest this season.
Nearly six months after setting the all-time Novelis Supermodified track record at Oswego Speedway in the Graham Racing No. 99 Supermodified, the ‘Jersey Jet’ Joey Payne and Graham Racing have parted ways. The initial announcement of Payne’s release was made on his personal Facebook account last Thursday, with the release confirmed Tuesday morning through a statement from Graham Racing team owner, Ray Graham.
The nationally-ranked Oswego State men’s ice hockey team (17-3-4, 12-2-2) took a tough 4-2 loss to Potsdam (12-10-3, 8-6-2) in the regular-season finale at the Marano Campus Center Arena on Saturday night. With the defeat, Oswego earns the No. 2 seed in next week’s SUNYAC Championship and will host the highest remaining seed after Wednesday’s quarterfinals round at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
By popular demand the Great Northern Mall with the Brewerton and Fulton Speedway are excited to announce the return of the “Blast Off” car show on March 27-29. “The shows in the past were a great success and helped propel us into the new season. We expect nothing different this year,” said Cory Reed who is the marketing director for both tracks.
The No. 1-ranked Oswego State men’s ice hockey team tied No. 9/10 Plattsburgh 3-3 in overtime for the second-straight year at home, getting a crucial point in the SUNYAC standings at the Marano Campus Center Arena on Friday night. Oswego (17-2-4, 12-1-2) still holds a one-point advantage over the Cardinals (17-5-2, 12-2-1) in the league.
The Oswego State women’s basketball team fell 67-50 the Cortland Red Dragons Friday night in the Max Ziel Gymnasium. The Lakers finished their season with an 8-17 record, two wins better than the previous season. Cortland finishes the regular season with a record of 20-5 and 14-4 in the SUNYAC.
The Oswego State men’s basketball team played conference foe Cortland tough in a 56-47 loss on Friday afternoon’s Senior Night at Max Ziel Gymnasium. With the loss, Oswego moves to 16-9 overall and a 12-6 SUNYAC record while Cortland goes to 17-8 overall and 10-8 in the conference.
As a part of a continued effort to build the central New York racing community, G&I Homes Inc. has continued its long standing relationship with Oswego Speedway in 2015 by providing two free Speedway season passes to any home buyer that purchases a G&I Home in 2015. The season passes will be honored in 2016.
Woodchuck Saloon Bar & Grille, in conjunction with Bubs Enterprises, will be a presenting sponsor of Oswego Speedway’s Pathfinder Bank Small Block Super Twin 20 main events on August 22 at the ‘Steel Palace’ oval. The Woodchuck Saloon, Oswego’s premier biker bar, is located at 1 Mitchell St. in Oswego and is open seven days a week with daily food specials and lunch delivery available.
Emily Cheney, a junior at Sandy Creek High School will advance to the Cross Country Ski State Championships at Mount Van Hoevenberg outside of Lake Placid on Feb. 23 and 24.
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