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Yankees’ June swoon continues into July The Yankees are celebrating Groundhog Day later than usual. Instead of the re-living February 2 over and over again, New York is instead going through the same late June to early July slump that they’ve endured for the last […] The post Ryan’s Monday Musings: Yankees go from June swoon to July slide appeared first on ESPN Ithaca | WPIE.

To say Ross Bush’s time running at Groton was successful is putting it very lightly. 18 school records broken. The 800-meter record holder in both the IAC and Section IV. Eight appearances at states. Two appearances at nationals. The list goes on. Luckily for the […] The post Groton’s Ross Bush to continue stellar running career at Geneseo appeared first on ESPN Ithaca | WPIE.

Ithaca High School has a strong track record for producing Division I student-athletes, with the overwhelming majority pursuing either lacrosse or track and field. It’s not all that often that a Little Red soccer player ventures into those waters, but Eliza DeRito will buck that […] The post Ithaca’s Eliza DeRito gets set to play D1 soccer at Marist appeared first on ESPN Ithaca | WPIE.

Prior to graduation last month, Trumansburg celebrated members of the Class of 2026 who will be continuing their athletic and academic careers in college. In total, five Blue Raiders will be honored, all of whom will be staying in-state. Arlo Peake will be heading to […] The post Trumansburg sends multiple student-athletes off to college appeared first on ESPN Ithaca | WPIE.

For many years, Ithaca has had consistent representation at the highest levels of high school tennis, that being the state championships at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing. That was certainly the case in the fall as four members of the girls team took […] The post Ithaca High tennis duo closes out careers at states appeared first on ESPN Ithaca | WPIE.

The Mets’ terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week Where do you even start with the past the week that the Mets suffered through? Well, the fact that Monday was their second-best day says a lot… especially when you consider that their game against the […] The post Ryan’s Monday Musings: A week to forget for the Yankees and Mets appeared first on ESPN Ithaca | WPIE.

On June 6, the Friends of Newman Golf Course held its annual Adult/Youth event at Newman Municipal Golf Course in Ithaca. In total, 19 children aged seven to 11 took part. The event consists of nine holes of golf, a putting contest, and a post-round […] The post Friends of Newman enjoys another successful Adult/Youth golf event appeared first on ESPN Ithaca | WPIE.

The 2025-26 season was filled with many success stories in Tompkins County high school sports. Many of the the top student-athletes and coaches in the area were honored at ESPN Ithaca’s 13th annual Night of Champions awards ceremony on June 18 at the Ithaca Downtown […] The post Local athletes, coaches recognized at 13th annual Night of Champions appeared first on ESPN Ithaca | WPIE.

The high school sports season officially came to a close at the outdoor track and field state championships from June 13-14 at Webster Schroeder High School. While there were many Tompkins County athletes who took part, only one returned home a champion. Lansing’s Ava Kobylarz […] The post Lansing’s Ava Kobylarz wins state pole vault title appeared first on ESPN Ithaca | WPIE.

USMNT tops Group D Every time the FIFA World Cup rolls around, it feels like the same song and dance with the U.S. men’s national team: Grind out results in a challenging group. Barely make it out of the group stage. Lose convincingly to a […] The post Ryan’s Monday Musings: All aboard the USMNT hype train appeared first on ESPN Ithaca | WPIE.