OSWEGO — Field Hockey played their final home game of the 2019 season on Saturday when they took on SUNYAC opponent Geneseo. The Knights, who came into the contest 4-0 in SUNYAC play, recorded the first two goals of the game within the first six minutes. The lone Lakers goal would come from Kacie Simzer in the third quarter before the Knights answered in the fourth to finish with a 4-1 final score. Oswego goalie Erica Scheblein recorded 20 saves which was a new career high. The Lakers finish 1-5 in conference competition and will miss the SUNYAC Championship. However, the team will finish their 2019 campaign on the road at St. John Fisher on Wednesday.
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NYSPHSAA releases Return to Interscholastic Athletics resource for 2020-21 Season
OSWEGO, NY — On Friday, September 4th, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association released a lengthy document containing plans and guidelines for the 2020-21 sports season. The Return to Interscholastic Athletics resource was put together by staff of the association to give member schools aid on how sports should be handled during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NYSPHSAA worded with the New York State Department of Health to classify sports into three different categories, Low Risk, Moderate Risk, and High Risk. Each fall sport received a category based on the ability to social distance and the ability to avoid touching shared experiment during play.
With the prior announcement that the fall sports season would begin on September 21st, school districts now know what sports will be permitted to compete compared to just practicing. The Low and Moderate Risk sports of Cross-Country, Field Hockey, Golf, Gymnastics, Soccer, Girls Swimming & Diving, Girls Tennis will be permitted to begin play inside their section or league until October 19th. After that date, schools will be allowed to compete beyond their section. The High Risk sports of Cheerleading, Football, and Volleyball will be permitted to practice. However, teams will not be able to compete against other schools till approved by the NYSDOH, or after December 31st. There will be no regional/state championships for the fall sports season.
A few weeks prior, the NYSPHSAA announced that the Winter sports season will be pushed back to November 30th, previously November 16th. This change gave the fall sports season two extra weeks to account for the push back of that season. March 15th is now the official start date for Spring Sports. Both winter and spring still have State Championships scheduled, which may be subject to change.
The association has also determined that school districts can determine if junior varsity or modified teams will be allowed to participate in the 2020-21 season. WTOP 10 will continue to provide coverage on the ever-evolving high school sports situation.
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Oswego State men’s hockey falls short in non-conference games
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State Lakers took the ice Friday night to take on Hobart College in the Deborah F. Stanley Arena. Despite putting up a fight Oswego suffered an unfortunate 3-1 loss. Hobart was able to strike first in the eleventh minute of the first period with a goal by Jonah Alexander. Dan Sliney added on to Hobarts’ lead with a second period goal. Hobart scored again just thirteen seconds into the third with a goal by Chase bell. Oswego would get on the board in the 8th minute of the third period with an impressive goal by junior Troy Robillard. Hobart was able to prevent the comeback however and come out with the win.
The next day the Lakers went on the road to take on the Elmira Soaring Eagles in an intense battle right down to the finish. The eagles started off hot with 3 goals in the first period, two of them just 30 seconds apart. Jordan Gonzalez and Bailey Krawczyk both scored in the seventh minute in the period. Later in the period, Adam Eby scored an unassisted goal making it 3-0. You would think all hope would be lost, but Oswego wasn’t going out without a fight. The Lakers lit it up in the second period scoring three goals to tie up the game. Junior Josh Leblanc got Oswego on the board 8 minutes in to the second. 5 minutes later, Connor Smart scored an unassisted goal. Junior Travis Broughman then tied up the game with a goal assisted by Alex DiCarlo and Jared Nash. With a tie game in the second period, Elmira junior Jake Russo scored to give the Soaring Eagles a 4-3 lead right before the end of the second frame. Viewers were in for a battle in the third period. With 12 minutes left in regulation, Oswego tied it up once again with a goal by sophomore Alex DiCarlo. It was a fight to the end, but with 3 minutes left Nicholas Dromitrovic broke the tie once again, and sealed the fate of the Lakers. Oswego fell just short of a comeback victory.
Next weekend, the Lakers head into SUNYAC conference play where Oswego will head up north to take on the Potsdam Bears November 5th and then the Plattsburgh Cardinals the following evening. Both match ups start off at 7:00 p.m. from their respected locations.
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Oswego women’s basketball team suffers tough loss against Plattsburgh
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s basketball team fell in their SUNYAC matchup against Plattsburgh State. The final score was 49-73 in favor of the Cardinals. Plattsburgh State was hot the whole game and proved to be too much to handle for the Lakers. At the half the Lakers were down by fourteen and despite an effort to bounce back, they could not find a rhythm to get the job done. The leading scorers for the women this game were senior Raiven Encarnacion with twelve points, and senior Danielle Caivana with eleven. Despite these two individual performances, Plattsburgh was able to hold the Lakers to 13.5% shooting on the night. The Lakers are now 3-9 on the season and 0-6 in the SUNYAC as they look to gain some momentum in their next matchup against Geneseo. Tip of is at 5:30 p.m. on January 19th on WTOP10!
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