Mike Tanner

Watertown

News Director at KWAT-AM (Watertown, SD)

News Director at KKSD-FM (Milbank, SD)

Articles

Platt, Wiskup, Blecha lead boys basketball honors

1 day ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

Herald Courier file photosBretton Blecha of Ten Broeck Academy in Franklinville was named Player-of-the-Year for the CCAA II East All-Stars. On May 11, the 2025 All-Western New York Boys' Basketball All-Star Teams were named. The local all-stars were led by Sam Platt of Pioneer, Brady Wiskup of Holland and Bretton Blecha of Ten Broeck Academy in Franklinville. Wiskup led Holland to the 2025 Section VI Class C Finals, where they were beaten by Westfield Academy. Wiskup was named to the All-Wester...
Host Cardinal FastPitch wins 12-U Tournament

1 day ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

With a definitely improved weather picture, the host Arcade Area FastPitch Cardinal 12-Under softball team, sponsored by Springville Door and Window, finished second at their tournament this weekend, May 9-11. The locals finished 4-2 overall. In game one on May 9, Cardinal FastPitch defeated the Lake Shore Storm, 15-6. Layla Batterson struck out seven in the circle for the win. Leah Johnson and McKenzie Bauder scored three runs each to pace the offense.
TBA baseball wins four in CCAA

1 day ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

Photos by Melissa NorthrupThe Franklinville catcher takes the pitch against Falconer. Ten Broeck Academy of Franklinville won all four CCAA baseball starts last week, including two one-run thrillers over Falconer. The Panthers are 7-4 overall and 7-2 in CCAA IV. On May 6, Franklinville defeated visiting Randolph, 13-3, in five innings. The Cardinals led 3-0, when the Panthers tied the game in the third inning and rallied for 10 runs in the fourth inning. Tyrnan Farrington started on the mound fo...
Pioneer boys track beats Lake Shore; ties for sixth at Jamestown

1 day ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

In boys’ track action last week, Pioneer defeated visiting Lake Shore in an ECIC III meet, 98-43, on May 7, and tied for sixth place at the 26-team Jamestown Invitational on May 10. The Panthers are 4-0 in ECIC III and 6-0 overall. The Panthers won 13 events and the Eagles won four.
Pioneer softball loses five

1 day ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

Pioneer lost all five ECIC III softball starts in last week’s action. On May 5, host Iroquois defeated the Panthers, 11-1. The Red Hawks led 6-1 going into the bottom of the sixth and rallied for five more runs to pull away. Coach Caleb Palmatier said that the Panthers kept the game close with two inning ending double-plays, highlighting many good plays in the field. Lake Shore visited Pioneer for Senior Night on May 6 and the Eagles beat the Panthers, 13-1.
Legends track win girls’ meet; co-ed team visits Holley

1 day ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

In LCAA track action last week, the Letchworth girls’ track team won a four-team meet hosted by Caledonia-Mumford on May 6, while the boys and girls teams did well at the Holley Invitational on May 10. In the meet hosted by the Raiders, the Legends defeated the host Raiders, 96-40. Against Pavilion and Mt. Morris, Letchworth defeated the Golden Gophers, 107-30, and the Blue Devils, 99-37, finishing 3-0 at the meet.
Cardinal FastPitch softball beats Diamond Girls

1 week ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

Photo Courtesy of Coach Jeff JohnsonThe Lady Cardinals FastPitch 10-Under team, who defeated the Diamond Girls, 2-1, in action on May 3. The sitting players: Arabella O'Neil, Cassidy Bauder, Arabella “Hollywood” Hoppe, Julia Kirsch, Mya Kirsch, EmmaJean Breymiller, Natalie Laskowski, Jaelyn Kish, Hayley Richards, Oakley Comstock and Aliyah Beaudette. Assistant Coaches in the Back Row: Leah Johnson, Mckenzie Bauder and Emma Kirsch. While the weather postponed the weekend's USA Sanctioned Softball...
Pioneer’s Platt named Class A Basketball All-Star

1 week ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

On April 30, the New York State Sportswriters Association announced the 2024-25 New York State Large School Basketball All-Stars. Sam Platt of Pioneer, who netted 1,778 points to become the Panthers’ all-time top boys’ basketball scorer, was named to the 12th All-Star Team for New York State Class A. Platt broke the previous Pioneer boys’ scoring record of Jeff Haskell, a 1984 graduate, who scored 1,660 points.
Cardinal FastPitch 12U wins two games in tree starts

2 weeks ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

Photo Courtesy of Coach JohnsonThe 12-Under Arcade Area CardinalFastPitch coaching staff gave the players a pep talk during their doubleheader games at the Drennan Field in Arcade, at Sullivan Park, on April 27. The Cardinals swept the doubleheader from the Dawgs. The coaches are Corey Bauder, Jeff Johnson, and Aaron Dominessey. In travel softball action last week, the Arcade Area Cardinal FastPitch 12-Under team won two games in three starts, with the wins a sweep of a doubleheader against the ...
Letchworth girls track split triangular; Yount wins pentathlon

2 weeks ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

Photo Courtesy of Letchworth Assistant Girls' Track Coach Carrie BartholomewNaomi Yount of Letchworth is in the first place spot on the awards podium at the Attica Track Invitational on April 26. Yount won the girls' pentathlon after scoring 2,377 points. She is flanked by the second and third place finishers. In last week's girls' track action, Letchworth split a triangular meet with Perry and Wayland-Cohocton on April 25 that was hosted by the Eagles, and competed in the Attica Track Invitatio...