Rob Krone
Sportscaster
WWNY
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Rob graduated from Buffalo State College in 1988 with a Bachelor's Degree in broadcast journalism, a member of the Broadcast Honors Society, of which he served as president.
After graduating, Rob began his career at WFYF-50 in Watertown, where he was a weekend sports anchor/reporter.
On Labor Day, 1989, Rob began work at 7News as weekend sports anchor and since his inception, has won several New York State Broadcaster Association and Syracuse Press Club awards.
Rob enjoys playing softball and basketball for the 7News No Stars and also loves to golf.
A big fan of the Syracuse Orange, the New York Yankees and the Buffalo Bills, Rob's life is sports and his four children: John, Kristen, Robbie and Danielle.
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It was a busy day on the gridiron in the Northern Athletic Conference with 3 afternoon games on the schedule Saturday.
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It’s a football Friday night around the North Country with plenty of high school gridiron action.
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General Brown and Lowville went head to head on the gridiron Thursday.
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One of the surprises of the 2023 season so far has been the play of the Jefferson Community College women’s soccer team.
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There’s plenty of soccer action to talk about from Tuesday on both the high school and college levels.
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The 13th Annual Camen Basilio Quest for Champions took place Saturday night at the FX Caprara Exhibition Hall at the Alex Duffy Fairgrounds.
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It was a busy day on the high school gridiron Saturday.
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A rematch of last year’s Section 3 Class D championship in Beaver Falls as Beaver River hosted Dolgeville.
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Boys’ and girls’ soccer dominated the local sports landscape on Thursday.
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Both high school and college soccer were on the docket on Wednesday.
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The SUNY Canton Women’s Soccer Team was in action Sunday afternoon as they hosted Elmira.
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There’s plenty of high school football to talk about this Saturday with six area teams in action.
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It’s a Football Friday Night around the North Country with plenty of high school gridiron action.
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Girls’ high school soccer and high school football were on the schedule Thursday, with the weather also playing a part in the action.
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Boys’ high school soccer was the name of the game on Wednesday.
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The St. Lawrence Men’s Soccer Team in search of their first win of the season after opening with a scoreless overtime tie against SUNY Geneseo on Friday, hosting 10th ranked SUNY Cortland.
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It was high school football action aplenty on the first Saturday of September with a number of games taking place up north.
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It’s week zero for high school football and there’s plenty of soccer tournament action on Friday.
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High school soccer was the name of the game Thursday night.
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High school and college soccer were in the spotlight on Wednesday night.
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Jefferson Community College soccer teams opened their 2023 seasons at their new stadium, hosting Broome Community College.
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A local lacrosse team tried to bring home a national title on Sunday.
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Decades of planning and dreaming came to fruition Thursday afternoon at Jefferson Community College, with the ribbon cutting to open the new $4 million multipurpose turf field facility on campus.
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2022 marked a disappointing season on the football field for the South Jefferson Spartans.
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The St. Lawrence Saints football team is beginning to ramp things up in camp with the season opener against Endicott less than two weeks away.
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This season, there will be only one local team competing in Section III Class A football: the Watertown Cyclones.
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For most teams the 2023-24 fall high school season officially kicks off on Monday but some teams got an early start to things Saturday.
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Aaron Rivers is back as the head football coach at South Jeff. He's no stranger to the Spartans.
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One of the biggest fishing series will be making its final stop of the season in Clayton in less than two weeks.
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A key to the Saints’ success this season will be the play of junior quarterback Daniel Lawther.
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The City of Watertown Youth Baseball League held a pair of All-Star games at the Alex Duffy Fairgrounds Monday night
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Section III Class B football should be tough once again this season and one of the teams favored to make it to the title game at the Dome should be the Indian River Warriors.
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A new year brings new optimism in the Carthage Comets program with a veteran group returning on both sides of the football.
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We head up the road to St. Lawrence County for our preview of area high school football teams, checking in with the Ogdensburg Free Academy Blue Devils, one of the perennial powers in Section 10 Football.
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We continue our preview of area high school football teams by heading up Route 11 to St. Lawrence County, where we check in with the Gouverneur Wildcats in search of another strong season in 2023.
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Vince Williams, who was the head coach of the Cyclones once before, is back leading the school's football program, taking over for Kyle LaLonde.
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The team will square off against the Upstate Predators on Saturday, the same Predators team that beat the Red and Black a little over a week ago, 22-19.
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The Saints are looking to get back to their winning ways this season, after a 2022 season that saw its share of ups and downs.
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Football took center state on Sunday at Madison Barracks in Sackets Harbor, with a new tournament making it’s debut.
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A big weekend of wrestling takes place this weekend in Clayton with the Thousand Islands Duals on tap.
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The teams hope the work in the summer will pay off in the fall.
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The Thousand Islands Spirits hosted Oswego Sunday afternoon at the Town of Alexandria Municipal Arena in the NABLL Upstate Division Championship game.
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The Watertown Rapids 2023 season finale on the road against the Oneonta Outlaws was postponed due to rain.
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The Watertown Rapids had their final home game of the season Friday night and the Watertown Red & Black have their regular season finale Saturday night.
The Watertown Rapids hosted the Amsterdam Mohawks, who have the best record in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League.
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The Watertown Rapids played a Sunday afternoon contest at Toyota Field, hosting the Oneonta Outlaws in PGCBL action.
The Watertown Red and Black hosted Troy in a GDFL contest at George Ashcraft Field Saturday night and the Red and Black got on the board first.
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The Watertown Red & Black haven’t had a home game in a month. That changes Saturday night as the Red & Black entertain Troy.
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Last Sunday, before the Watertown Rapids began their week long road trip, they hosted a group of youths for a special day on the diamond.
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