33’s Stan Boney reflects on start in sports

BOARDMAN — Stan Boney will mark his 29th anniversary at WYTV Channel 33 on Oct. 29.

It’s the station to which viewers tune in for his weather reports and since March 17, his news co-anchor duties.

What many forget, however, is Boney arrived in 1979 as the station’s weekend sports anchor.

Speaking to the weekly Curbstone Coaches membership Monday at the Blue Wolf Banquet Center, Boney noted there was much on which to report in sports when he arrived.

“This town is a great sports town, there’s no doubt about it,” Boney said. “I was lucky to come in at such a special time in that YSU was making a run at the Division II national championship, and my first major assignment was their appearance in the Zia Bowl; the NCAA’s title game at the time.