Bob Koonz, who wasn't rehired after 13 seasons at Marlboro, will be the offensive coordinator at Wallkill this fall. Koonz, a 1978 Wallkill graduate, coached under his brother, Jeff, and Steve Barone at the school before leaving for Marlboro. He led Marlboro to the Section 9 Class B title game »»Read Full Post
Spring game time
Army's spring football game will be at 1 p.m. Saturday March 27. Black Knights Alley will open at 11 a.m. Hope to see you there. I'll be the goofy guy with a notebook in hand. »»Read Full Post
Minsink Valley superintendent search down to five
Keith GoldbergNorth-by-Northwest Orange: Wallkill, Mount Hope, Minisink and Greenville New York Blog
Tue Mar 9th, 2010
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The search for a new superintendent for Minisink Valley has been narrowed to five candidates. The school board will interview the candidates next month before the field is narrowed to three finalists. Current superintendent Martha Murray, who is retiring at the end of the school year, has said the district »»Read Full Post
More on Newburgh-Middletown
Just wanted to throw out a few more thoughts on Monday's Class AA final. My objective is to try and capture the story of the game, but there were some elements I would like to mention that didn't make it. Newburgh senior guard Damon Cousar, a 2009 Varsity 845 first-team all-star, »»Read Full Post
Charity seeking head shavers
The third Walden St. Baldrick's fundraiser is coming up, and Robbie Brown is recruiting folks to shed a little hair for children's cancer research. In the past two years, the group has raised about $40,000 for the St. Baldrick's Foundation. Brown started the event in honor of his cousin, Megan »»Read Full Post
Kingston routs Minisink
This is the Kingston team I've been waiting to see this season. The scary thing is they probably could've played better offensively, but the defense did all the dirty work in the 53-34 win over Minisink in the Class AA championship game. Rachel Coffey was sensational and Ariana Parker's defense »»Read Full Post
Cuffe wins 3,200 state title; Mosley wins 600
Ken McMillanHudson Valley High School Sports Insider with Ken McMillan
Sat Mar 6th, 2010
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Aisling Cuffe of Cornwall won the girls' 3,200-meter run at the New York State indoor track and field championships this morning in Ithaca. Her time of 9:36 was 20 seconds better than Colleen Schmidt of Holy Trinity. In the afternoon session, Middletown's Mel Mosley won the boys' 600 in 1:20.87. »»Read Full Post
Marist women beat Canisius, advance to semis
Corielle Yarde scored 16 points and Rachele Fitz added 12 to lead top-seeded Marist to a 57-38 win in the Metro Atlantic quarterfinals over No. 9 Canisius in Albany on Friday afternoon. Marist plays the Manhattan-Niagara winner at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Iona and Fairfield play the earlier semifinal. Kristine Best »»Read Full Post
March Madness hoops frenzy starts now
Ken McMillanComing to you from WKEN: Sports Television and Radio Happenings
Thu Mar 4th, 2010
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If you love college basketball, then this is the ideal time of the year for you. The major conferences are wrapping up regular-season action this weekend, while the smaller leagues are already headed into post-season tournament action. Here is this weekend’s schedule, and seeing how there may not be enough »»Read Full Post
No roof in the blizzard
The stone walls were covered in plastic just a day before a the blizzard that felled trees and dropped feet of snow on the second floor of the John G. Borden house. But the insurance company is reluctant to pay for a barn-like structure - a roof to protect what's »»Read Full Post