Utica Rome Sports

by Bill Keeler

When the Utica Pioneers Hockey Team plays this weekend in the NCAA Championship they'll be stepping into an arena filled with American history.

It was the call heard 'round the world from Lake Placid, New York.  "

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The Utica College Men's Hockey team battled back from a 2-0 deficit by scoring four unanswered goals on their way to a 4-2 victory over Bowdoin on Saturday night at the Aud.

Goals from junior's Jordan Hobaica (Clinton, NY/Northwood School), Trever Hertz (Jaffray, British Columbia/Quesnel Millionaires (BCHL)), and Ridge Garbutt (Toronto, Ontario/Brewster Academy (NH)) followed by an empty-netter from senior Eric Peterson (Newton, NH/Valley (EJHL)) in the final minute would secure UC's spot in the NCAA Division III Semifinals

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There will be noticeable differences at the Utica Memorial Auditorium on Saturday night for the NCAA Quarter-Final game between the Pioneers and Bowdoin.  There are plenty of NCAA regulations that have forced some things to be eliminated and/or modified

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We might just have found the perfect example of 'team spirit' on Sunday night at the Section III Boys Basketball Class A Championship game at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.  New Hartford student Marcus Castaneda, with his school's team down with just minutes to go in the game, decided to take matters into his own hands

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The Utica College Men's Hockey team earned their first-ever bid on Sunday night into the Division III NCAA Tournament.  Utica advanced to the quarterfinal round of the tournament and will host a game on Saturday night at 7pm at the Utica Memorial Auditorium

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It was a battle of size versus speed and the outside shot at the Section III Class A final and in the end, size was the deciding factor.   The New Hartford boys basketball team's successful season came to a close on Sunday night with a 57-44 loss to a much bigger Bishop Ludden at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse

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The Proctor Raiders Boys Basketball squad never quite pulled things together on Sunday at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse in their sectional championship game against Henninger.  Proctor fell to the Black Knights by a score of 60-34

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The New York Mills Boys Basketball team won their fifth straight sectional title at the Carrier Dome on Sunday with a 60-35 win over Cincinnatus.  The Marauders, who enjoyed a double digit lead for almost the entire game, were led by two juniors, Nick Comenale and Zach Vennaro who both scored 18-points

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The finale' season of Mohawk's last-ever boys basketball team came to an exciting close on Sunday at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse at the Section III Class C Final.  Despite trailing Beaver River by as much as 17 in the fourth period, Mohawk, led by Carson Murphy, was able to bring it down to one possession at the buzzer

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The Utica College Men's Hockey team will be waiting patiently tonight at 10 p.m. during the NCAA Division III Selection Show.  Utica, which finished the regular season ranked second in the East Region, is hoping for a high seed and home games to be played at the Utica Memorial Auditorium this week

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