After a long hiatus, the Watertown Red & Black returned to the Alex Duffy Fairgrounds in 1995, finding their home ever since.

On a day that featured some exciting matches, the best had 14-time city champion Bob Hughes taking on talented Andrew Marks.

Mel takes us back in time at Can-Am Speedway to the mid 1990s and a visit with Lee Gill and Bill Gill.

The Watertown Men's City Golf Tournament continued Tuesday at the Watertown Golf Club with a single second-round match.

After a busy weekend of play at the Watertown Golf Club, the championship flight of the Watertown Men’s City Golf Tournament is down to the final 16 golfers.

Match play in the 2020 Watertown Men’s City Golf Championship kicked off Sunday at the Watertown Golf Club with 32 of the top players in the area looking to take home the top prize.

One of the few sporting events still taking place locally this summer due to COVID-19 began Saturday at the Watertown Golf Club as the best golfers in the area teed it up for the 2020 Watertown Mens City Golf Championship.

C. Brian Oaks has been a fixture at South Lewis for the last 25 years, but at the end of the school year the Falcons athletic director called it a career after 38 years as a teacher and administrator.

In Mel’s Sports History, we go back to 1995 to meet Sean Casey.

Syracuse Mets general manager Jason Smorol has had an interesting road to his current position in minor league baseball, beginning in Watertown.

One of the longest tenured athletic directors in the Frontier League has decided to call it quits after almost a quarter century at the same school.

It’s been an interesting year for Syracuse Mets general manager Jason Smorol.

The Watertown City Golf Tournament begins this weekend at Watertown Golf Club.

There’ve been many great bowlers over the years.

All systems are go for the Watertown Men's City Golf Championship.

It was the final hurrah for the 2019-2020 high school sports season on Tuesday as the 3rd annual All Central New York High School Sports Awards were held virtually.

Officials are coming up with options

In this sports history lesson, Mel takes us back to 1984, where we focus on Britton’s career coaching the Watertown Red and Black football team.

Spectators were in the stands when cars took to the track at LaFargeville's Can-Am Speedway Wednesday for the Pabst Shootout.

All systems are go for the Watertown Men's City Golf Championship.

John Bufalini was the 2019 Watertown Men's City Golf Champion.

A book on baseball great Roberto Clemente came out in 2013.

The lacrosse camps had to be shelved because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A north country speedway that's been running races for weeks is now inviting fans back to the track.

Mel would make a trip down Route 81 to Brewerton Speedway to shoot a race or two.

There’s a full slate of racing at Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville Wednesday night.

Mel has shot many a game in the elements over the years, but nothing like a state football game in 1997 between host Watertown and visiting Troy.

Watertown native Jim Berkman has built a powerhouse at Salisbury, winning 12 national titles at the Division 3 level and making 31 straight NCAA tournament appearances in his 32 years as coach.

What Jim Berkman has accomplished in his 32 seasons coaching the men’s lacrosse program at Division 3 Salisbury is incredible.

Mel takes us back to 1993 to learn the true meaning of the game of baseball and we meet a classic Athlete of the Week.

In this two-part history lesson Mel looks back at two promising Watertown golfers and a boxing legend who passed away in 2012.

In April of 2014, then-United Way executive Bob Gorman, brought in a person to talk about organ donation at Jefferson Community College.

The Carthage Revolution's league will not be playing this season, but the semipro team will still hit the gridiron.

In this history lesson, Mel takes us back to the 2003 Watertown Men’s City Golf Tournament and the hot play of Joe Tufo.

There have been many events canceled this year, but one event that's still scheduled to happen is the Watertown Men's City Golf Tournament.

Michael Maresco is off to a fast start at Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville.

Hammond has had a great history of basketball over the years, both girls and boys.

There have been many sporting events in the north country that had to be canceled because of COVID-19.

The Watertown Wolves continue to add to their roster for the 2020-21 season, adding forward Alexander Gregorich from the Battle Creek Rumble Bees in a dispersal draft.

It’s been a tradition for the Clarkson and St. Lawrence Men’s Hockey teams. Before they kick off their regular seasons, each school would play an exhibition game against a college team from across the border. But this year COVID-19 has changed that.

Mel takes us back to 2003, when Funny Cide was the talk of the sports world and back to 2002 for a classic edition of Athlete of the Week.

There was a time Mel would go to cover a Watertown Cyclones baseball game and sitting in the bleachers would be Tommy John.

Mel has made many trips to the Boxing Hall of Fame weekend in Canastota.

Wednesday would have been the fifth annual Frank Caprara Memorial Golf Tournament.

Semipro football team Carthage Revolution is scheduled to open up its season on July 11, but the team will have to do so without the help of Fort Drum.

A familiar face is once again behind the wheel of the Fox 28 car at Can-Am Speedway this season.

n sifting through old video over the past few months, Mel sometimes comes across something that makes him say, “Oh, my.”

There have been some pretty good girls basketball teams from the north country to win state titles, but one team has accomplished something on the hardwood that may never be matched by 3-peating as state champs: the Heuvelton Lady Bulldogs.

The dirt was flying once again Friday night at the Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville as the local track hosted another full card of racing action for area drivers looking to get back out on the track.

Father’s Day is a little over a week away. While spouses and kids scramble to find that perfect tie, one father in Chaumont has had the gift of coaching his son’s on the basketball court.

This week, Mel takes us back to 2005 to meet a young Kenny Nims.

Plus, S.U. football coach Dino Babers talks COVID challenges for the upcoming season

Did you realize that a former Herrings resident who worked at the old Deferiet paper mill has his name on the Stanley Cup, not once but twice?

In this history lesson, Mel takes us back to 2013 and the biggest win of Billy Dunn’s career.

The Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville got the jump on local sports Friday night with a pay-per-view event that drew 500 viewers.

South Lewis has produced many good baseball teams over the years.

It could be a long summer for local sports fans, with most events usually taking place in the area cancelled due to COVID-19. But for one semi-pro football team, it’s still all systems go for hitting the gridiron and having a 2020 season.

The wait ended for area dirt track drivers and race fans Friday night as the Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville held it’s first race of the 2020 season.