Yellowjackets Pitcher Signs for UAlbany By TED MEBUST ONEONTA – Surrounded by friends and family, Oneonta High School’s Aidan Gelbsman signed his national letter of intent to play Division I baseball for the University at Albany on Thursday, November 17. The Yellowjackets hurler, who committed in September, boasts a fastball in the high 80s, which, along with his offspeed stuff, helped him throw two no-hitters during his junior season.…
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Chenango Forks tops Oneonta in baseball, 6-2 STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Oneonta senor pitcher Tanner Russin pitched a four-hit game for Oneonta, but Chenango Forks capitalized on three Yellowjacket errors to win a Southern Tier Athletic Conference baseball game Friday, May 21, at Joe Hughes Field in Oneonta. Zack Young led the Blue Devils with two hits. Forks pitcher Grady Stark got the win, giving up five hits. Aidan Breakey had two of Oneonta’s hits, including an RBI…
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2019 Oneonta’s Joe Hughes Meets Teammate Again From Venezuela Season By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – When OHS retired athletic director Joe Hughes discovered his former teammate, 16-season MLB shortstop Ozzie Guillén was in Cooperstown last weekend, he and wife Jane jumped in the car and drove up. “He was there to see Harold Baines get inducted in the Hall of Fame,” said Hughes, who continues as Oneonta Outlaws manager this season. “So,…
NEXT YEAR, JOE HUGHES JOINS HIS MENTOR This Year, Drago Tourney At OHS Marked 60th Year By JENNIFER HILL ONEONTA – Two OHS athletic directors – the current one, Joe Hughes, and a legendary one, Tony Drago – presented the annual Tony Drago Tournament trophy Saturday, Dec. 1, to the Lady Yellowjackets.They realized they were marking two milestones. One, it will be Joe Hughes’ last: He is retiring in June. Two, Tony Drago was marking his namesake tournament’s 60th anniversary. “It’s…
Reunion Weekend ’17 Joe Hughes Honored As OHS Alumnus Of ’17…
Attention: OHS Pool Needs Help! By LIBBY CUDMORE DA-duh … DA-duh … DA-duh-DA-duh-DA-du-DA-duh. Beneath the placid surface of the OHS swimming pool lies something sinister. “All the mechanical systems are in tough shape,” said David Rowley, former interim school superintendent. “The vents, the filter, the pumps, the main drain line, the piping system and the timer for swim meets.” The pool, which was built for the 1979-80 school year, used to be part of the phys-ed curriculum and site of…