Richfield Springs Native Chosen For Hall of Fame

Hockey star Dan Kane, longtime college basketball coach Bob Montana, and noted sportswriter Ron Moshier have been elected to the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame.

The 1982 New York State champion Little Falls High School baseball team also was selected for induction.

They were the top vote getters from a strong field of nearly two dozen nominees.

All three men and the team will be honored at the Hall of Fame’s 35th annual induction banquet Sunday, Sept. 14 at Monarch Banquet Facilities in Yorkville.

Kane, son of Clinton Comet captain and GUSHOF inductee Jack Kane, starred at Clinton High School and Bowling Green University.

Montana, a Notre Dame High School graduate, won 248 games at Union College and is the second-winningest coach in school history, with 14 of his 17 teams reaching the post-season.

Moshier has been one of New York State’s premier sportswriters for more than four decades.

Although his work covered the gamut of the local sports world, he was best known for his thorough and exacting coverage of scholastic sports in Central New York and across the state.

The former Richfield Springs three-sport athlete worked at the Herkimer Telegram, the Cortland Standard, and for the bulk of his career at the Utica newspapers.

The Little Falls baseball team enjoyed a ...