Jacob Russo
Sports Director
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Jacob Russo joined 12 Sports as the Sports Director in July 2021. Jacob comes to the Southern Tier from KCAU in Sioux City, Iowa, where he worked for three years as the Weekend Sports Anchor and Sports MMJ. Before Sioux City, Jacob graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Media Communications and a degree in English.
While in Iowa and the surrounding tri-state area of Nebraska and South Dakota, Jacob covered the Iowa Hawkeyes, Iowa State Cyclones, and Nebraska Cornhuskers; as well as the Morningside College Mustangs, the back-to-back NAIA Football Champions. He also covered multiple high school championship games in all sorts of sports, and he's excited to see what the Southern Tier has to offer!
As a Tampa Bay native, Jacob is a huge fan of the Rays, Lightning, and Buccaneers, as well as his alma mater of Florida State. He loves video games, all things sports, his dog: Phoebe, and his cat: Simon. After three years in the Midwest, Jacob is excited to be back in the Eastern Time Zone, and hopes to bring a fun energy to his sportscasts every single night.
Have a story idea or any questions? You can email Jacob at jrusso@wbng.com.
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Bertoni shot a 146 over two days at the 2023 NYSPHSAA boys’ golf state championship to capture the state title with a +2 final line.
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In the Class D girls’ lacrosse subregional, the Skaneateles Lakers of Section 3 took down the Whitney Point Eagles of Section 4 16-6 to advance to the Class D regional against Section 10′s Salmon River.
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In the girls’ lacrosse Class C subregional between Vestal and Indian River, it was the IR Warriors who took home the win 20-10 to advance to the regional round.
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The Maine-Endwell Spartans are on to the Class C regional round after taking down Section 10′s Massena, 19-7.
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The Binghamton Patriots won their second-straight Section 4 championship with a huge win over the Corning Hawks, 50-7.
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In the bottom of the 7th, Maine-Endwell’s Anna Fellows sent a single into right, scoring Aleciyah Brodley from second to win the Class A subregional over F.D. Roosevelt, 2-1.
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After winning the Section 4 title last week, the Chenango Forks Blue Devils had their 2023 season come to an end in the Class D boys’ lacrosse subregional with a 13-12 loss to Ogdensburg.
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After going down 3-0, the Schuyler Storm scored six unanswered runs to capture the Class C Section 4 baseball title.
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The top-seeded Deposit-Hancock Eagles got the bats going early and often to take the Section 4 Class D championship, 9-1.
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The six-seeded Lansing Bobcats kept their great postseason going with a huge Section 4 title win over Chenango Forks.
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This is the Blue Devils’ second-straight Section 4 title.
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In a hard-fought, back-and-forth game, the Maine-Endwell Spartans came out on top over Johnson City 10-8.
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Defending Section 4 champs Deposit-Hancock was looking to make a return to the title game with a matchup against Edmeston/Morris.
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Chenango Forks and Chenango Valley took their rivalry to the postseason, squaring off in the Class B semifinals on Thursday afternoon.
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Susquehanna Valley traveled to Windsor to take on the Black Knights with a spot in the Section 4 Class B finals on the line.
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After losing to second-seeded UMBC 7-3 and on the edge of elimination down three runs to UMass Lowell, BU scored eight runs in the seventh inning to rally past the River Hawks 10-5 on Thursday night.
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The two-seed Whitney Point got the upset over number one Owego in the biggest way possible: in the Section 4 championship game.
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In the Class C girls’ lacrosse final, Vestal scored early and often to take the Section 4 championship over Maine-Endwell, 15-2.
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In game two of the Section 4 Class A, the Horseheads Blue Raiders clinched the championship with a 9-2 win over Union-Endicott behind a strong four-run first inning.
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The Corning Hawks are repeat Class A champs in Section 4 after their win over Binghamton.
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Union-Endicott squared off with Maine-Endwell for a spot in the Section 4 Class A softball title game.
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Catcher Evin Sullivan hit two homers and drove in seven runs, while pitcher Thomas Babalis worked 6.0 shutout innings to lift third-seeded Binghamton to a 14-6 win over sixth-seeded NJIT in an America East tournament elimination game.
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The Section 4 baseball tournament was in full swing on Wednesday, May 24. Check out the scores from the day’s action.
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Vestal squared off with Horseheads for a spot in the Section 4 Class A softball title game.
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The Chenango Valley Warriors battled the Seton Catholic Saints for a spot in the Class D finals.
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Top-seeded Chenango Valley took on Waverly in the quarterfinal round of the Section 4 Class B softball tourney.
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Windsor hosted Lansing in the Section 4 Class B softball quarterfinals.
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The Dryden Lions and Chenango Forks Blue Devils squared off for a spot in the Section 4 Class B softball semifinals.
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Tioga visited Greene for a softball showdown to determine who moves on to the Section 4 Class C semifinals.
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The Union-Endicott Tigers couldn’t get the Game 1 win against the Horseheads Blue Raiders on Monday night. Game two will be played Wednesday in Endicott.
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Windsor and Chenango Forks met on Monday for a spot in the Section 4 Class B baseball semifinals.
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In a Class B showdown, Susquehanna Valley and Owego battled for a spot in the next round of the Section 4 tournament.
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The top-seeded Oneonta Yellowjackets took on the Dryden Lions in the Class B baseball quarterfinals.
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Chenango Forks and Owego squared off with a spot in the Class D championship on the line!
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The Section 4 baseball tournament was in full swing on Monday, May 22. Check out the scores from the day’s action.
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The Maine-Endwell Spartans and the Horseheads Blue Raiders battled in the Section 4 Class A baseball semifinal.
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With a spot in the Class A championship series on the line, Union-Endicott took on Vestal on Friday night.
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Both Horseheads and Vestal wanted a spot in the Section 4 Class B boys’ lacrosse championship as they met on Friday night.
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Susquehanna Valley battled Owego for a spot in the next round of the Section 4 Class B tournament.
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The Section 4 baseball tournaments were in full gear on Friday night. See the scores from the day’s action here
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Johnson City took on Maine-Endwell in the opening round of the Section 4 Class A baseball tournament for a spot in the semifinals.
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Delhi and SVEC opened up the Class C Section 4 tournament on Wednesday. Check out the highlights!
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Maine-Endwell hit the road to take on Chenango Forks for a Tuesday night flag football game.
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The two-time state champion went 33-0 in 2022, his senior season.
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The Waverly Wolverines kept their hot 2023 season going with an 11-5 win over the Trumansburg Blue Raiders.
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Chenango Valley striker Nadia Wojcik made it official on Friday afternoon, signing her National Letter of Intent to play women’s soccer for Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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The Windsor baseball team played host to Chenango Forks on Thursday afternoon.
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Two of the best girls’ lacrosse teams in Section 4 met on Thursday as Union-Endicott hosted Whitney Point.
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Maine-Endwell and Owego met for the second time this season in a girls’ high school flag football showdown.
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The Dolphins accepted an invitation to become a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) starting in fall 2023.
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