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Chris Perley made a triumphant return to Oswego Speedway victory lane Saturday night but it was not entirely a joyous one. On May 2, ISMA and the area-racing world lost a legend and a great friend when Irish Jack Murphy died. In his honor the ISMA season opener was lengthened to 56 laps as a tribute to the famed driver who drove the Shamrock 6.

Young AJ Bernys made his opening night at Oswego Speedway count on Saturday, out dueling Rob Pullen in lapped traffic on lap 29 to take the race lead and go on to claim his second career Pathfinder Bank SBS victory at the ‘Steel Palace,’ pulling into Turning Stone Resort Casino Victory Lane on Gater Racing News and North Country Home Builders Opening Night.

The Fulton Speedway opened the 2013 season with a flurry. Larry Wight out ran teammate Billy Decker for a popular Tracey Road Equipment Big Block Modified win, while two other features were decided with last a lap pass and a win by .006 of a second.

(TRACEY ROAD EQUIPMENT BIG BLOCK MODIFIEDS 35 LAPS) –  LARRY WIGHT, Billy Decker, Ryan Phelps, Robbie Bellinger, Tim Sears Jr.,Pat Ward, Tom Sears Jr., Dan Vauter, Chris Hile, Matt Hulsizer, Chuck Bower, Adam Roberts, Chad Phelps, Johnny Hill, Jim Witko Jr., Katelyn Kane, Tim Schneider, Joe August Jr., Dale Planck.

Pinch hitter Tim Smith (Jr., Auburn, N.Y.) delivered a first-pitch, two-RBI single and scored in the bottom of the ninth, as the Oswego State baseball team (25-14) stunned Fredonia (19-16), 9-8, in an elimination game at the SUNYAC Baseball Championship on Saturday.

The Oswego State men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams crowned two individual event champions on the first day of the State University of New York Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Cortland on Friday.

Jimmy Phelps out of Baldwinsville turned around opening night disappointment after ignition problems sidelined the defending track champion. On Friday night, Phelps grabbed the lead at the start of the 35 lap Tracey Road Equipment  Big Block Modified feature and dominated the entire way, serving notice he won’t be easy to dethrone as champion.

Every Laker in the lineup recorded a hit, as the Oswego State baseball team (24-13) ripped 16 hits in a 9-5 win over New Paltz (16-18) in the State University of New York Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament on Friday afternoon. The Lakers face Cortland at 1 p.m. on Saturday in Cortland.

The Oswego State softball team (17-20) saw its season come to an end after falling to No. 3-seed Plattsburgh (24-15), 8-0 in five innings, in an elimination game of the SUNYAC Softball Tournament on Friday.