OSWEGO COUNTY â The call to serve came in a variety of ways for a quartet of Oswego County graduates that plan to continue their athletics careers next year at military institutions.
Lexi Patterson of Fulton-G. Ray Bodley High School along with Central Squareâs Julia Mann and Jillian Howe all recently reported to their respective service academy. Sam May, also from Fulton, will depart for The Citadel next month to begin his Division I collegiate wrestling career.
Patterson will play Division I womenâs lacrosse for the Military Academy at Army West Point, Mann is committed to play Division III womenâs basketball for the Coast Guard Academy, and Howe is attending the Air Force Academy with plans to potentially walk on to the womenâs track and field team after recent talks with coaches.
Police also say 48-year-old Vincent Peal was arrested at the scene in connection to the murder. He will be booked in the Jefferson County Jail for 1st Degree Murder.
CENTRAL SQUARE â Katie Hart has unknowingly been pushing Julia Mann to reach her loftiest goal for more than seven years.
Mann became the all-time leading scorer in Central Square varsity girls and boys basketball history by surpassing Hartâs previous record of 1,378 points during a victory on Feb. 27 at Oswego High School.
Mann, the Redhawks senior and fifth-year varsity guard, entered this week with more than 1,400 career points.
For Mann, the achievement marked the culmination of a mission she established after going to a varsity girls basketball game in fifth grade and being mesmerized by the balls in the trophy case at Paul V. Moore High School, zoning in on one that read: Katie Hart, 1,378.