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So Amazing and driver Steeven Genois won the $9,200 Fillies & Mares Open Pace Monday at Vernon Downs. The win, in 1:54.3, was the 4-year-old mare’s second of the season.
So Amazing and Natameri win features at Vernon Downs
At the races on Labor Day at Vernon Downs, So Amazing and Natameri won the co-features. more
Lauren Cupp hits a shot during one of her rounds during the Irish Speedgolf Open in Ireland. Cupp, the No. 1 ranked woman in the sport, was first in the women’s division.
Lauren Cupp claims Speedgolf title in Ireland
Lauren Cupp, the top-ranked women’s speedgolfer in the world, has earned another international victory. more
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A team photo of the Utica Blue Sox from the back of a 10 cent program dated Sept. 3, 1947.
COLUMN: Utica’s McConnell Field ballpark remembered
In 1946 we outgrew our “Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys” phase. For the next few years it was the Utica Blue Sox all the way. It began with Sunday afternoon family drives in Dad’s ’41 … more
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Exarch and Wyoming Cowboy get feature wins at Vernon Downs
 Exarch and Wyoming Cowboy won Saturday's co-features at Vernon Downs. Exarch ($5.30) got late win in the featured $7,900 Oliver Peterson Memorial Trot. more
NEW YORKER CHAMP — NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoff contender Stewart Friesen, from Sprakers, gets a hug from his son Parker after winning the New Yorker 50 on Sunday night at Utica-Rome Speedway. Friesen led every lap of the Short Track Super Series feature to collect $25,000.
SNAPSHOT: Friesen, Janczuk shine at U-R Speedway
Check out these recent highlights at Utica-Rome Speedway. more
More than 140 golfers participated in the annual fundraising tournament for the Arc Herkimer recently at the MV Golf & Event Center, 6069 Route 5. The winning team of the captain and crew format were from the Alera Group – Relph Benefit Advisors and included, from left, Paul Metcalf, Scott Flansburg, Kyle Crosley, and Ian Walsh.
Event raises funds for Arc Herkimer
The sun was shining down on Arc Herkimer as the agency held its annual golf open at the MV Golf & Event Center, 6069 Route 5, recently. more
IAABO to hold training class
The International Association of Approved Basketball Officials will hold a training class on Monday evenings in September and October. more
Durhamville’s Matt Janczuk races under the dual checkered flags of Utica-Rome Speedway flag man Joe Kriss to win his 10th straight sportsman feature race last Friday night and 11th feature of 2022.
COLUMN: Historic streak puts Janczuk on brink of another championship
Matt Janczuk hasn’t lost a sportsman feature race since June 24. In his 10-win streak — a record-setting streak at Utica-Rome Speedway confirmed by Doug Zupan, historian at the track — … more
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A team of local players won the 38th Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce on the last weekend of August. North Country Graphics won the event out of a field of 100 teams. The team members are, from left: Nick Scerra, Ed Emmanuele, Tino Emmanuele and Paul Louis III.
Rome team wins Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce
A team of local players won the 38th Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce last weekend. Three Rome teams finished in the top five of the event that had 100 teams competing. more
A group pic of the children who participated in the Vernon Downs 4-H regional track tour.
Youth participate in Vernon Downs 4-H regional track tour
On Aug. 12, the 4-H program in Oneida County held an event for the Standardbred racing industry that was both educational and fun. more
RECORD SETTER — Josh Amodio, in the No. 2K of New Hartford, races Matt Janczuk in the No. 33x of Oneida, on Friday night during the Worthington Industries Crate 602 Sportsman 25-lap $1,000 feature. Janczuk went on to win his record-setting 10th consecutive feature of the season and Amodio finished second.
SNAPSHOT: Janczuk wins again at Utica-Rome Speedway
Vivians Dream surpassed the record for 2-year-old pacing fillies at Vernon Downs.
Vivians Dream sets track record during NYSS win at Vernon Downs
Vivians Dream (with rider Jordan Stratton) charged late to capture the $110,100 New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) race for 2-year-old pacing fillies Saturday at Vernon Downs. more
Josh Solon gets doused with a drink by caddie Jake Kahler after securing a par Sunday on the first playoff hole to win his second straight Rome Country Club championship. Nick Martin was runner-up.
Solon wins second straight RCC championship
Josh Solon won his second Rome Country Club championship in a row by outlasting Nick Martin in extra holes on Sunday. more
Utica Yeti score divisional championship win
The Utica Yeti box lacrosse team has qualified for the national tournament.  more
​​​​​​​On Aug. 11, Jefferson Community College hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil its new esports arena. Pictured from left; Jeffrey L. Wiley, Director of Athletics; Corey A. Campbell, Vice President for Student Engagement and Retention; Boomer; and Daniel J. Dupee II, Administrator-in-Charge.
JCC Esports Arena unveiled
On August 11, Jefferson Community College hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil its new esports arena. more
ROMANS COMPETE IN COOPERSTOWN — The 12U Rome River Rats spent the week at the Cooperstown All Star Village where the team played teams from around the country including New Jersey and California. The team went 3-3 in pool play then won a playoff game before being eliminated by the Cornwall Dragons. Rome players Braden Meeks and Bence Rowland led the tournament with six home runs each. Bottom row, from left: Eric Clarke, Trey Smith, Garrett Leonardo, Michael Fitzgerald and Brady Keith. Top row, from left, coach Rick Clarke, coach Tom Gaudet, Braden Meeks, Sammy Gaudet, Bence Rowland, Brayden Hull, Mason Wilkinsky, Owen Bougourd, coach Mike Fitzgerald and coach Danny Fitzgerald.
SNAPSHOT: Rome River Rats compete in Cooperstown
The 12U Rome River Rats spent the week at the Cooperstown All Star Village ... more
2-year-old pacing fillies in NYSS showdown at Vernon Downs on Saturday night
Vernon Downs will host the $110,100 New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) leg for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday. more
Race notches hole-in-one at Mohawk Glen
Race notches hole-in-one at Mohawk Glen Walt Race notched a hole-in-one at Mohawk Glen Golf Course on Wednesday, Aug. 24. more
Ballston Spa Country Club’s Susan Kahler, a Rome native, right, and Wolferts Roost’s Mary Jo Kelly were victorious on Wednesday at the New York State Women’s Senior Amateur.
Rome native Kahler wins New York State Women’s Senior Amateur
In a runaway victory, Ballston Spa Country Club’s Susan Kahler claimed her second New York State Women’s Senior Amateur title. more
Local ownership part of horse’s win at Saratoga
Phantom Smoke, which has ownership from the Utica-Rome area, earned a victory recently at Saratoga Race Course. more
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