At the end of the year, it’s time to take a look at some of the biggest sporting events in Fulton County starting in 2022.
Here are a variety of stories from the region this season, arranged in chronological order.
March 1-2: Broadalbin-Perth alpine skier Colin Cotter raced down Gore Mountain to earn the children’s general name at the NYSPHSAA championship meeting. Cotter set the fastest times in slalom races to win the occasion on the first day of the festival and finished in the slalom on Day 2, earning him the overall crown.
March 5: Gloversville men’s basketball achieved several upheavals en route to a spot in the Section II Class A championship game, with James Collar and Giorgio Glionna winning every tournament when the eighth-seeded Dragons reached the finals as No. 8, falling into Mekeel Christian Academy.
June 6: Matt Gage, a graduate of Broadalbin-Perth High School, made his major league debut with the Toronto Blue Jays in opposition to the Kansas City Royals in Kansas City. This marked the first Fulton County-born user to succeed in the primary. Leagues. Gage played 11 games for Toronto and returned to the field for a meeting with Gloversville Moose Club fans earlier this month.
June 12: Zoie Tesi of Gloversville won the Division 2 women’s top jump name at the NYSPHSAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Cicero North-Syracuse High School. Then, as a sophomore, Tesi surpassed five feet five inches to earn the name. in the women’s top jump of the Federation and also finished third in the women’s triple jump of Division 2.
June 18: Induction into the Fulton County Baseball and Sports Hall of Fame held at Parkhurst Field. 1955 He joined the undefeated Maroon Nine school baseball team of Gloversville High School, while individual members also included the 4 members of that team who played professionally: Don Shoblom, Frank Ricco, Joe Kobuskie and Jack Sanford. The new Minors box and the Premier Majors box were. Premier Field includes a 500-seat grandstand, with office space underneath, a gift shop, museum and storage space.
July 23 – Boxers Bobby Stewart and former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson are admitted to Fulton County baseball.
Oct. 27: Northville women’s soccer returned to the pinnacle of the Section II Class D mountain for the first time since 2019, when the then-seeded Falcons won a 2-1 championship game over Fort Ann. Ciara Thompson scored the winning goal for Northville. with 15:05 remaining in the period of the moment.
November 3 – Johnstown junior running back Ryan Hoyt finishes a record season for Sir Bills. Hoyt rushed for 193 yards and two touchdowns in Johnstown’s season opener against Granville/Whitehall, capping a season that saw him run for a school record. of 1,386 yards, eclipsing the mark previously set by Chris Velicky in 1999. Hoyt also broke Johnstown’s season records for yards per game (9. 3) and yards per game (154).
November 11: Stanley Harry Silver of Beverly Hills and Parkhurst Field Foundation have reached an agreement to donate one of America’s most prestigious personal baseball collections upon his death for a permanent display on Harrison Street. The collection includes more than 1,000 autographed baseballs from the past. due to 1800 and the maximum all World Series and All-Star systems since 1903.
November thirteen: Jack McKeon, member of the 1950 Gloversville Glovers, is inducted into the New York State Baseball and Sports Hall of Fame. The induction took place in Troy, with McKeon revered alongside Bucky Dent, Luis Tiant, Ron Blomberg and Ian Anderson. .
November 15: A Glovers Park exhibit is created on-site to eat House of Pizza. The exhibit commemorates the Gloversville Glovers professional baseball team that played at this site from 1937 to 1951. The exhibit is funded through SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and county Fulton Baseball.
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