It will be 20 years this December that The Meadows harness racing track lost its last original employee, Quinton Patterson. Patterson’s construction crew, which was chosen by Meadows founder Delvin Miler, helped when the facility was built beginning in 1961 and Patterson went to work there ...
For Heather Wilder, harness racing is the family business Family and harness racing go together with the Altmyer and Wilder families at The Meadows. It’s about horses. It’s about love. It’s the family business. While Dan Altmyer is an acclaimed horseman and a top and respected trainer ...
Her soft-spoken and gentle nature belie her determination and grit. It is how Suzanne Montecalvo Antonucci played and excelled as an athlete and it remains an expectation in the classroom and on sports fields, courts and tracks for her three children. “It was an honor to be Suzanne’s ...
His reputation and coaching acumen are incomparable. The man is beloved and revered anywhere he’s played and worked. Yet, he is as genuine and down to earth as one could find in the baseball world. He leads with caring and concern for those in his charge, including family, friends, his ...
The coach in him always comes out. Occasionally, it’s evident during an excitable outburst while his broadcast partner continues to describe basketball game action to radio and livestream audiences. The competitor and loyalty to the "home team" leads to some disagreements with an official's ...
by John Sacco Contributing writer Phil Mary was not going to sneak up on anyone. His wrestling prowess and abilities were known as a young wrestler. “I remember telling (the late) Tom Teagarden at a junior high tournament about Phil,” said Tim Mousetis, who coached Mary in junior high ...
