Observer-Dispatch

UTICA — Mike Tomassetti's family was with him.

In spirit, so were his old New York Mills teams.

"I owe so much to my ball players," said Tomassetti, the former boys basketball coach at New York Mills, after he was introduced Monday as one of this year's inductees into the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame. "I had so many great kids, and now I'm being honored for something I absolutely loved to do. ...

"This is such a humbling experience. It's just an honor to be here."