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Former Hartwick standout quarterback Jason Boltus signed a deal to play professional football in the upcoming season for the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Tiger-Cats are based out of Hamilton, Ontario, just over an hour west of Buffalo, NY. ...Read More >>
Four members of the Ithaca College football team have been named to the D3football.com All-America Team. Only national finalists Mount Union and Wisconsin-Whitewater had more players named to the team. The four Bombers are the most ever named to D3football.com's all-America team (which began in 1999); the last time more Ithaca players earned all-America honors came when seven members of the 1991 national championship team were selected. ...Read More >>
Hartwick seniors Jason Boltus and Jack Phelan continue to rack up postseason honors following their historic final seasons with Hawk football. Both players were named to the Associated Press Little All-America second team. ...Read More >>
Hartwick senior wide receiver Jack Phelan was rewarded this week for his record-setting season as the American Football Coaches’ Association (AFCA) released its Division III All-America team for 2008. ...Read More >>  Brian Weverbergh of Ithaca Named to AFCA All-America Team
Senior tight end Brian Weverberghof the Ithaca College football team has been named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America Team. He's the 13th Bomber named to the AFCA All-America Team -- which has a limit of one nominee per team -- and the second tight end in five years (Vinnie Dargush was honored in 2004). ... Read More >>
The Empire 8 announced its 2008 Football All-Conference team with senior quarterback Jason Boltus of Hartwick College being unanimously selected as Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive year and Ithaca College senior linebacker Matt Scalice chosen as Defensive Player of the Year. ...Read More >
Seven members of the Ithaca College football team were named to the D3football.com East Region all-star team; the Bombers’ seven all-region players matched the most ever named to the East Region all-star team (Ithaca also had seven selections last year) and the team's five first-team all-East Region players are the most any school has ever had. ...Read More >>
The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) has named Ithaca's Mike Welch its District I Coach of the Year. Welch, who wins the award fof the first time in his career, was also named Empire 8 Coach of the Year. He raised his career record to 121-43 and won his fifth Empire 8 titles since 2002. ...Read More >>
Hartwick College's Jason Boltus has been named one of 10 finalists for the 16th Annual Gagliardi Trophy, it was announced Wednesday morning. The Hawks' signal caller was also a finalist for the award last season. The Gagliardi Trophy is given to the top well-rounded football player in Division III, recognizing the top individual achiever in athletics, academics and community service. ...Read More >>
Junior quarterback Brian Grastorf completed 19 of 28 passes for 274 yards and three touchdowns, and also ran for 48 yards and two scores as Ithaca defeated previously undefeated Cortland 35-13 to retain the Cortaca Jug. The game marked the 50th anniversary of the traditional matchup and gives the Bombers a 9-1 record this season. By virtue of a 36-33 Alfred overtime victory over St. John Fisher, Ithaca also won the Empire 8 Football title outright. ... Read More >>
Ithaca College (8-1 overall, 5-1 Empire 8) clinched at least a share of the conference title with a 43-35 road win over Alfred University. The Bombers, ranked third in the NCAA East Regional rankings, would win the title outright with a Saxons' victory over St. John Fisher College next Saturday. A Cardinals' win would give them a share of the title and the automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Football Championship based upon their win over the Bombers earlier this season. ... Read More >>
Springfield College earned its first conference win of the season, a 45-31 upset of Hartwick College on Saturday. The win keeps the Hawks from any shot at the Empire 8 title which they shared with St. John Fisher last season. ... Read More >>
Hartwick College defeated St. John Fisher College for the second year in a row in football by an identical 31-28 score. The 10th-ranked Cardinals suffered their first home loss in nearly two years as the Hawks ruined Fisher's Homecoming Weekend. The teams shared last year's Empire 8 title with Hartwick earning the automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs. ...Read More >>
Sophomore quarterback Tim Bailey completed 15 of 20 passes for 315 yards and one touchdown, and ran for another score, as St. John Fisher defeated Ithaca 37-6 in a matchup of nationally ranked teams. The Cardinals led 6-3 at halftime before blowing the game open with 31 second-half points. Jimmy Smith caught seven passes for 191 yards and one touchdown. ...Read More >>
As a diminutive young lineman in Pop Warner football, Thomas Bergerstock did the blocking and the daydreaming. "I always imagined what it would be like to be a running back, but I didn't know if I'd get the chance," he said. Well, last Saturday the Webster Thomas graduate did the running. And what he accomplished was beyond his wildest childhood dreams. ...Read More >>
The Ithaca Bombers (3-0, 1-0 Empire 8) celebrated Homecoming with a win for the 25th time in 27 years, scoring 10 touchdowns in a record-setting 69-42 win over visiting Hartwick (1-1, 0-1 Empire 8). The game was the Empire 8 opener for both teams. ...Read
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St. John Fisher College, which shared last year’s conference title and advanced to the regional finals of the 2007 NCAA Division III Football Championship, is the choice to share this year’s title with Ithaca College in the 2008 Empire 8 Football Preseason Coaches Poll. The conference champion earns an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Championship, which Hartwick College earned last season after sharing the Empire 8 title with the Cardinals. ...Read More >> |
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