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Oswego Nightly News – Tuesday October 9th 2018
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Lakers Claim SUNYAC Championship
This past weekend Geneseo played host to one of the most bizarre thrilling games in SUNYAC hockey history. Wilson Ice Arena was the sight for this years SUNYAC Championship game and the much-anticipated matchup between Oswego State and Geneseo did not disappoint. The Knights of Geneseo battled back from a 5-1 deficit only to eventually fall to the Lakers by a final score of 7-6 after the puck tipped off the stick of Oswego State’s Shawn Hulshof with 28.7 seconds left to go in the 3rd period. Oswego started off the scoring taking an early 2-0 lead in the 1st period before Geneseo was able to close the gap to 2-1 within the final minutes of the period. Oswego opened up their lead to 5-1 during the 2nd period before Geneseo went on a 4-o goal run to tie the game up at 5 in the 3rd. The teams went back and forth throughout the entire combining for 13 goals in the game. Matt Zawadski the freshmen goaltender for Oswego was on the winning side in this past weekend’s championship contest. The Lakers next stop is back home in the Campus Center Ice Arena where they will play host to the Bowdoin Polar Bears who won the NESCAC conference over the weekend after beating the two seed Amherst 3-2 in double overtime. The first round NCAA tournament game will be broadcast live by WTOP Wednesday night starting at 6:30 pm with the pregame and puck drop at 7 PM.
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Oswego High School Marching Band Takes on Syracuse
by Owen Marchand, WTOP10-TV
Fall is an exciting time for the Marching Buccaneers as they approach the Syracuse finals. The Oswego High School Marching Band is gearing up to compete in the state championships held at the Carrier Dome. This is a huge event that is celebrated by both the marching bands, and anyone who loves a good show.
The music program at Oswego High School takes pride in music education and the arts as it is full of opportunities and has something for everyone interested in music. They have multiple bands such as jazz and orchestras, and even an annual “Festival of Winds.”
The months of September and October prove to be challenging yet exciting months for the Marching Buccaneers as they are practicing, performing, and then doing it all over again. On October 15 they competed in New Hartford, followed by the Central Square competition on October 22, and now they prepare for the NYSFBC (New York State Field Band Conference) Championships at the Carrier Dome on October 30.
In last year’s Carrier Dome championships, The Oswego High School Marching Band came in 4th place during show 3 (Small School 1 Class) with a score of 85. Every year thousands of students and dozens of bands perform a show in front of judges where they will be graded based on both their visual and musical performance.
The first Championship was in 1974 and only consisted of eleven bands participating. In the past years there have been around fifty bands participating and has even had participants from outside New York State such as Connecticut and New Jersey.
