Greater Utica Sports Hall of Famer Ted Schoff died on Nov. 12, 2024, after a long, courageous battle with multiple sclerosis. The St. Johnsville native and legendary Little Falls High School baseball coach was 72. Schoff, who entered the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame in 2003, coached his 1982 Little Falls baseball team to a Class C-D state championship. He took over the program in 1975 and led the Mounties to 533 wins, 12 Section III championships, and 14 league titles. Schoff was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999 and a year later was named the New York State's Class C baseball Co-Coach of the Year. He is a member of the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame and the Mohawk Valley Baseball Hall of Fame. A three-sport star at St. Johnsville, Schoff scored 1,856 points in his high school basketball career. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers to play professional baseball but instead enrolled at Brown University, where he earned All-Ivy League, All-East, and honorable mention All-America honors in 1972. A star first baseman and outfielder at Brown, Schoff ended a stellar four-year collegiate career as the team's senior captain.