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Sports Reporter at @pnj covering HS sports and UWF football | @sunyoswego alum | Not apologizing for tweets about Oswego State hockey | New York native
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UPDATED:
@softball_Pace
wins the Class 6A state championship over Bartow, 2-0, thanks to a clutch two-run home from from
@JaydenHeavener
, as well as some lights-out pitching from the LSU signee.
“We finally got it done together,”
@shelby_mc9
said.
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Happy to announce that I'll be staying in Oswego after graduation and joining
@OswegoCoNewsNow
on June 1 as the sports reporter, covering the four area high schools and Oswego State athletics.
You didn't think you could get rid of me that easily, did you?
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LIFE UPDATE!
I'm still a little ways away, but I'm very excited to share I've accepted a new position as a sports reporter down with the Pensacola News Journal (
@pnj
) and I start at the end of May.
After almost two and a half years in Oswego ...
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Maybe it's not normal to write my own story about what's going on at The Pall, but I believe this is what the kid's call
✨PERSONAL NEWS✨
I'll be serving as the next editor of The Palladium-Times, starting on Monday:
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Proud to announce that I've been elected to be Editor-in-Chief of
@TheOswegonian
for the 2020-2021 academic year.
There are a lot of great and positive changes coming next year, and I can't wait to get started. But time to finish this semester strong!
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JUST IN:
@UWFFootball
and
@UWF
will be breaking ground on a brand new multi-use stadium, thanks to a large donation.
The new stadium was just announced tonight at a gala for the school's capital campaign:
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Proud to announce that I've been awarded the Vernon E. Rank Outstanding Senior Award for the
@OZCommStudies
Department.
It means a lot to me, given that
@sunyoswego
has given me more opportunities than I could ever imagine after stepping onto campus in 2017.
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#UPDATE
: New numbers from
@sunyoswego
:
A total of 5,664 tests (+198 from last update) have been conducted for students. No new positives for this week (remains at three) with no recoveries.
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sir this is the oswegonian.
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so, we're just going to forget the fact that Lou was racist to students and on social media, and was REMOVED from the Media Summit Board in 2020, and I believe the Comm Studies Board?
Do better
@sunyoswego
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#BREAKING
: Despite 124 active cases at
@sunyoswego
, classes will resume Monday due to the 14-day reset set forth by the state.
The 82 cases that were from Aug. 28 to Sept. 11 are still in the active number, but do not count toward the threshold anymore.
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.
@OswegoMHockey
head coach Ed Gosek dropped the puck in a ceremonial puck drop before the
@OswegoBucHockey
Teal Night game against CBA last night.
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Fun fact:
@SUNY
has officially crossed the 1,000,000—yes. ONE MILLION—marker for campus tests completed since August.
You can't tell me this isn't impressive.
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#BREAKING
: Oswego State will now use Funelle Hall as additional housing for those students who need to be moved into campus-supported quarantine rooms.
The building has 208 rooms, and each will be used as a single room.
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After everything finished up, Chancellor Jim Malatras came up to me and said, "You. Stop breaking our own stories."
#MyBad
.
@SUNY
Chancellor
@jimmalatras
will be speaking shortly in regards to spring sports with
@OswegoAthletics
. President Deborah Stanley and Interim AD Dan Kane are also in attendance.
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Humbled and honored to have earned this award. There's a lot of fantastic young journalists in this area, and to be considered among the best of them is a little crazy to think about.
Can't thank
@Nicole_Hube
for nominating me, and the
@syrpressclub
for the recognition.
We have two winners of the A. Brohmann Roth Newcomer Award this year!
We’re pleased to announce
@BenGriecoSports
and
@ConorWightTV
will both take home the Newcomer Award at our 2022
#SPCawards
banquet in May. More info:
Congratulations, Ben and Conor!
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WEEKLY UPDATE: According to the Oswego State dashboard for COVID-19, the school has tested 2,102 tests.
No new positives this past week, for a combined total of ZERO positive tests. 24 students are in a travel advisory quarantine.
Those are good numbers, I'd say.
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Hey
@sunyoswego
and the city of
#Oswego
, your favorite college newspaper,
@TheOswegonian
, is here for the first semester! Will be delivered around the city and campus shortly!
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Hey Pensacola!
Meet your new sports reporter:
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Hey yeah, uh, remember that newspaper (
@TheOswegonian
) I also run when I'm not causing a riot at Oswego? Yeah, that publishes tonight and will be released tomorrow around
@sunyoswego
and the city of Oswego.
I mean,
#SupportStudentMedia
Here's the cover if you want. NBD.
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As for a SUNY-wide update, SUNY Oneonta is still the only school that has crossed the 100 positives marker (738 tests). According to SUNY:
2. SUNY Fredonia (79)
3. Univ. at Buffalo (60)
4. Oswego State (47)
5. Upstate Medical (45)
The only updated number is Oswego State.
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Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend on Saturday, but I took home (well, it was sent home) some
@syrpressclub
hardware.
My feature on
@OswegoWHockey
alum Aislinn McAleer earned an honorable mention for sports story.
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Shoutout to the women from Rutgers' University at their communications office who just called me a "good reporter" for reaching out to people outside of New York State for my upcoming story.
It's the little things.
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Syracuse is hurting.
Rochester is hurting.
New York is hurting.
The country is hurting.
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While our semester was anything but normal, I'm still proud of what
@TheOswegonian
was able to produce this semester -- battling restrictions, pauses and more.
Tomorrow, our last issue of the semester will be distributed. Thanks to contributed and supported us!
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take a shot for every time the moderator has to tell Trump to stop talking
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Saturday's
@OswegoACHA
game was special: it was my 200th Oswego State hockey game between covering both
@OswegoMHockey
and
@OswegoWHockey
, plus working for the ACHA team.
It's been a crazy (technically) six years of covering/working for these teams.
📸: Aubrey Fischer
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Today I walk out of 140 W. First St. For the last time as the
@OswegoCoNewsNow
sports editor.
Here's to 2.5 years of the best first professional job.
My last sports cover:
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My first submission
#MoritzMemeWar
doesn't need an intro. You just have to enjoy it, and enjoy the digging I did for this.
@bpmoritz
has some gems on Google.
#JLM312
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That's not how this works.
Message from Cleveland police tonight: “No media is allowed downtown unless they are inside their place of business. Period.”
@CLEpolice
3K
6K
12K
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For the first time in seven years, Oswego varsity football hits the win column.
It took 2,508 days.
FINAL: 32-30
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Quote of the day from
@SUNY
Chancellor
@jimmalatras
, as I continue writing my story:
"This is my fourth time at Oswego. That's why I brought my kayak."
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so apparently I just pissed a guy off enough to stop sending checks to suny oswego because of my opinion and how my newspaper will operate
to recap the last week:
-forced an alumnus to stop donating
-have been called a "pompous fop"
🤷♀️
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It was a special Teal Night win for
@OswegoMHockey
coach Ed Gosek, but was also a special first collegiate win for goaltender Richie Parent.
And a few proud people stood out from the crowd in Saturday's 5-2 win over Elmira College.
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Two years ago I came to the
@sunyoswego
Career Fair to look for an internship, and ended up interning with The Pall-Times my junior year.
Now I'm here as the editor of the paper.
Crazy.
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The three media organizations want to emphasize that this isn't us vs. everyone else. This is fighting for transparency and due process for every single SA-funded club on-campus vs. Student Association.
We aren't asking for more money. We aren't asking for special treatment.
Reasons to show up to
@OswegoSA
's senate meeting tonight.
-If you are a member of a club on
@sunyoswego
's campus.
-If you feel your club has been stripped of options due to SA's budgeting practices.
-If you're frustrated with SA's lack of transparency.
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I interrupt my week of PTO to present the home of
@sunyoswego
’s lord and savior, Mr. Al Roker
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After four years with
@WHSJohnnyGreen
and four with
@TheOswegonian
, I can now proudly say that I don't do this for free anymore.
I started with
@OswegoCoNewsNow
today and can't wait to see what happens in Oswego County.
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A piece of my story from the
@OswegoWHockey
game last night that didn't make the final cut.
In the post-game press conference, a wholesome interaction between
@mark_digby_
and captain Philomena Teggart when asked what Digby meant to her (and fellow senior Aislinn McAleer):
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My last EiC column for
@TheOswegonian
. I guess this means my time is really wrapping up. Even though this isn't our last issue,
@BLadd0099
will be running the show next week as incoming EiC.
My "Year in Review":
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it's almost like there's a beautiful state school on lake ontario in upstate new york that has produced some solid people and numerous students that are equally, if not more, hard working because we don't have the same "big school" reputation.
What if — and stay with me here — the quality of journalism you do isn’t based on the journalism school you went to but the quality of journalism you do?
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Hey
@sunyoswego
, you seeing all these tweets about students coming here because of the media orgs?
I chose to attend
@sunyoswego
because of
@wtop10
. I’ve loved every minute of the hands-on learning I’ve received producing shows, directing, reporting, and anchoring news.
@wtop10
is the reason I feel equipped to enter the workforce upon my graduation in December.
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"That's probably going to be something you'll have to clarify with your individual school about since there's no real guidance on that. I don't have any information that I feel comfortable confidently sharing."
This just came from the woman on the phone FROM THE STATE.
I'm currently on the phone with the state DOH and trying to get clarification.
I've been on hold for about 15 minutes and been transferred three times. This should get interesting.
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I'm also extremely happy to say, in all of this chaos, that as of now, I will be in Buffalo this summer as an intern with
@BeeNewspapers
that cover the greater Buffalo area with several newspapers.
Can't wait to move out there and get started!
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@ everyone who yelled at me last week
ARE YOU SATISFIED NOW?
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It's been a couple weeks, but I also wanted to proudly say that I'll be a Co-Event Director with
@mikaylag99
for the Oswego
#MediaSummit
this coming year, along with faculty advisor
@bpmoritz
.
Need to keep spreading the happy news in this time of chaos.
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please remember that SCMA includes more than just broadcasting.
journalism students deserve to have improved facilities as well (I know they don't need much, but The Oswegonian is just as important as WTOP/WNYO).
BREAKING NEWS: SUNY Oswego to create nation’s premiere broadcasting and graphic design facility. Read announcement at
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I love the guy helping push the puck when it gets too far out
It's like a ball person in tennis
A gigantic air hockey table at the Winter Classic fan fest. Alas, as the saying goes: the bigger the table, the slower the pucks.
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.
@OswegoCoNewsNow
is basically a
@sunyoswego
alumni headquarters at this point.
Happy Green and Gold Day!
#OswegoPride
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@SUNY
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@jimmalatras
)
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Coach Gosek told me this morning (jokingly) that I should be "honored" to interview him week after week after getting the recognition from Erik Cole.
Gosek's a big deal now.
"Herb Brooks, Scotty Bowman, and Ed Gosek," assistant coach Jon Whitelaw said.
@ryanwhitney6
We would love to have you at next year’s Whiteout weekend… Just food for thought.
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.
@JR1ERA
said his ACL injury was “one of the toughest things” he’s ever been through.
But now, he’s on a mission to prove that his Pro Bowl season in 2022 wasn’t just a “fluke.”
“There’s definitely that chip on my shoulder.”
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Career game No. 234, and my first
@OswegoMHockey
game as a fan.
#PregamePoutine
returns.
I’m home, baby.
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I've officially handed the reigns to Ladd and I couldn't be prouder of him and the rest of next year's staff and can't wait to see what they'll do.
@MattWatling99
and I are leaving the office for the final time tonight after four years. Pretty emotional evening.
.
@BenGriecoSports
started the trend of getting the masses going everytime the
@TheOswegonian
was finished. I want to keep it going ... so ...
here it is! Check out the final issue of the semester for the hottest newspaper in town tomorrow.
PDF:
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#BREAKING
: Oswego State to enter a temporary pause on in-person instruction beginning tomorrow, Sept. 19 for 14 days, according to an email form President Stanley sent to all students.
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#BREAKING
: SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras will be speaking at Oswego State soon at Hearth Lounge. He's currently in a meeting discussing how the campus is containing COVID-19 cases.
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Uber driver: "Are you from here?"
Me: "No I'm from upstate New York."
U: "oh I have family in New York!"
M: "Whereabouts?"
U: "Queens and Long Island."
it never fails.
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Also, this is a special game for me. Between all of my
@OswegoMHockey
,
@OswegoWHockey
and
@Oswegoacha
games, this is my 100th hockey game while at Oswego State.
I'm incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to cover games both for
@GonianSports
and
@wnyosports
.
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Oswego
@MayorBarlow
got an eight-piece chicken meal with mac and cheese on Monday at the new Popeyes restaurant in the Port City, he told The Palladium-Times.
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allow me to take a moment from friday night football to scream
nothing like knocking off the defending national champions
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If you need me, I'll be drinking about 25 gallons of water tonight
GET
@BenGriecoSports
A GLASS OF WATER
Boy has the strongest lungs in the world
#Supportstudentmedia
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It makes sense that both Noah and Shane Bull would both become mainstays — together — in the
@OswegoMHockey
lineup after going back and forth in their first year on the ice.
"They’re the heart and soul of our team," head coach Ed Gosek said.
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So it turns out that I love
@OswegoACHA
so much, I'll be helping the team's league,
@TheNECHL
out this year with social media and website updates.
Time to grow the NECHL and
@achahockey
just one tweet and one post at a time.
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@Swimmin101
The long bus rides, where you really get to know each other...more than you want to sometimes.
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My last story for
@TheOswegonian
is also my last
@OswegoMHockey
feature this time on captain Carter Allen.
“There was no doubt in my mind that we were lucky to have him for the three years that he was able to be here,” Coach Ed Gosek said.
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It was a fun reunion for
@OswegoMHockey
assistant coach Jon Whitelaw and
@SkidmoreHockey
assistant coach Paul Rodrigues, former teammates for the Lakers.
Rodrigues and Skidmore got the win Sunday; but 10 years later, both coaches said "time flies."
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After celebrating the last four birthdays in Mexico, NY; Auburn, NY; Canton, NY; and Utica, NY; and working all four of them, New Orleans was a nice change of scenery.
Here’s to 25.
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Former
@btwhs_athletics
and
@FAMU_MBB
basketball star MJ Randolph (
@Cinco_Buckets
) wanted to be a trailblazer and a basketball player.
He's doing both – and excelling at it – in Austria, where he plays pro basketball.
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The quarterback that led
@UWFFootball
to its 2019 National Championship has declared for the draft after two years at Western Kentucky.
@Areed365
has been training in Jacksonville, getting ready for the
@ShrineBowl
and
@NFLDraft
.
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Allow me to be biased for a second:
Vote to keep the Student Activity fee. Numerous clubs, including media orgs (
@wtop10
,
@WNYO
and
@TheOswegonian
), will all suffer if the fee isn't mandatory.
These clubs keep students coming to Oswego State year after year. Keep them alive.
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Hey
@OswegoMBball
/
@OswegoAthletics
fans!
@SteamersGS
(on East 1st St. in Oswego) is being absolutely AWESOME and will have some TVs going for the Sweet 16 game tomorrow night against Marietta College.
Get some great food and watch some great basketball!
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Cal Schell made 40 saves and Trent Grimshaw scored twice in
@OswegoMHockey
's first win over SUNY Geneseo since 2018.
It was 1,448 days since the Lakers had beaten the Knights.
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We have a special advertisement as well in this week's issue.
Our fantastic advisor,
@bpmoritz
, will be leaving us after the summer for a new job at
@StBonaventure
, his alma mater.
We hate to see him go, but couldn't be happier for this new opportunity.
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JUST IN:
@sunyoswego
SA has announced that the next Senate Session will be held next Thursday, April 29. Yet, this meeting will still be continued with pre-registration and locked to "internal users only."
The latter is the more concerning part.
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.
@Nigelnelson04
has been running through defenses to propel
@ccrusadersfball
. Literally.
Nelson's number has been called upon a lot as the Crusaders used a run-heavy offense over the last few weeks.
"I feel as if I can do anything on the field."
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My latest after numerous phone calls, emails and revelations. Thank God I don't stick to sports:
#BREAKING
:
@sunyoswego
will continue to host in-person classes on Monday despite a high number of active cases due to the guidelines set forth by the state.
From
@BenGriecoSports
:
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Also, since it is May 1, today officially marks my start as Editor-in-Chief of
@TheOswegonian
:
We wish we had one last issue to produce this semester, but we'll be back in September better than ever.
Have questions? Want to join? Send me an email: bgrieco
@oswegonian
.com
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PSA: Local journalism sometimes relies on tips with some things in the community.
Limited newsrooms can't be everywhere and sometimes don't know every. single. little. detail.
Instead of calling to scream at me, give the newsroom a tip instead about something.
:)
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The fact that Matthew Wolff (21 years old) who is at -3 and Bernhard Langer (63) who is at -2 are playing in the Master's is just another reason why golf is a great sport.
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The
@OswegoMHockey
season begins on Saturday with an exhibition game against Stevenson?
Let's get going.
My season preview, where coach Ed Gosek said "the sky's the limit," and a primary focus is on speed.
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Okay this video was pretty sick.
I love seeing ACHA teams getting exhibitions against NCAA teams. Closing the gap and getting rid of the "club" stigma.
Plus how can you not love a video that features the NECHL logo?
New year, new opportunities😍
HUGE NEWS REBEL HOCKEY FANS!!
Next season we will be playing our FIRST NCAA team, against University of Alaska Anchorage🏒
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Since today is also May 1, I officially hand the reigns off to
@BLadd0099
as Editor-in-Chief of
@TheOswegonian
.
Any complaints about this year's leadership can now be directed to him.
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FINAL
Pensacola Catholic wins Region 1-2S with a 17-10 win over Florida High.
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I'm speaking for all four of us. We aren't just doing this for us.
We're doing it for those who graduated before us to give us a bar to raise; those we work with now; and those who will be filling our shoes 20+ years down the line.
We're one family.
Alright before tonights meeting I just wanted to thank
@JennDoesMedia
@BenGriecoSports
@mikaylag99
and
@MattGreenTV
for all their hard work these last couple days!
They have put an important message out there and are fighting the good fight! We will miss you all next year!❤️
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I need to speak out after the
@Oswegoacha
game on Friday against Robert Morris University (PA). My opinion is my own, and not any of the team's, though they may share the same feelings.
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Three members of the
@OswegoMHockey
team have earned recognition from the
@SUNYACsports
.
Alex DiCarlo was named second, Shane Bull was named third team, and Cal Schell was named to the all-rookie team.
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I'm in Oswego for the protest at city hall in town.
No justice, no peace, is the chant. Social distancing is in effect.
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|
@SUNY
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| JUST |
| CROSSED |
| TWO |
| MILLION |
| TESTS |
| ＿＿＿＿＿|
(\__/) ||
(•ㅅ•) ||
/ づ
cc:
@jimmalatras
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#BREAKING
: President Deborah Stanley just announced that Oswego State will return to in-person classes on Monday in an email, after consulting with the Oswego County Health Department.
Story to come soon before the press conference at 12:15 p.m.
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Can't remember if this made it in the story or not, but head coach Matt Adams said this about Huff and buying into the unusual game plan:
"It started with our quarterback. ... He was on the sidelines cheering those guys on. … Just to have those kinds of kids, it’s incredible."
We took 48 offensive snaps Friday night and 46 of them were runs.
Midway the 3rd quarter he looks at me and says “I’ve never had this much fun in my life”.
He knew the gameplan and was willing to do whatever was needed.
We all could learn something from
@RyanHuff2025QB
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Ignore that my collar's up in the photo (I retook my picture), but the
@OzMediaSummit
is less than two weeks away and
@TimNekritz
talked to
@mikaylag99
and I about this year's summit and why you should still attend even if it's virtual:
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