S.S. Seward junior guard John Guerra received his second straight all-state honor. Guerra, who scored his 1,000th points in February, was named to the Class C fourth team after averaging 26.0 points per game. He led Seward to a 20-0 record in the regular season. Guerra made the state Class D third-team as a sophomore. [...]
Newburgh Free Academy will host the three-game Strike Out Cancer Classic Saturday at Delano-Hitch Stadium. Marlboro plays Pine Bush at noon, Monroe-Woodbury and Goshen meet at 3 p.m. and Newburgh Free Academy hosts Highland at 6 p.m. The tournament was organized in support of Newburgh Free Academy senior pitcher Ryan Danyluk, who overcame stage 4 [...]
Minisink Valley junior long snapper Austin Sullivan said Penn State is his No. 1 school after an “unbelievable” visit to Happy Valley Saturday. Sullivan toured the athletic and academic facilities in his first visit to State College and watched the Nittany Lions conduct a spring practice. Penn State special teams Phil Galiano, who visited Minisink [...]
Saugerties eighth grader Dior Johnson lead the area in scoring, averaging 31.1 points per game. Marlboro senior Jaiden Allen and Liberty senior Roy Penn-Cosentino made 66 3-pointers, tying for the area lead. Statistics were provided by coaches and gathered from team pages on Max Preps. Coaches, who would like their players included in the leaders, [...]
Friends of Section 9 Wrestling held its annual banquet honoring the 2017-18 season’s wrestlers and achievements Sunday night at Kohl’s Highland House. Onteora’s Dillon Ross was awarded the Troy Bouzakis Senior Wrestler of the Year. Ross, who will wrestle at Division I Buffalo, advanced to the state Division II 170-pound final. Newburgh Free Academy senior [...]
The chants of MVP resonated as New Paltz’s Mike Holohan finished his postgame interviews. Holohan cemented his name in Section 9 history with one of the most clutch performances in recent tournament history in the best high school game I have ever witness. Three overtimes were needed to decide the Class A championship. And, Holohan [...]
Saugerties eighth grader sensation Dior Johnson announced on social media Tuesday that he will be attending Montverde (Fla.) Academy and continuing his prep basketball career. Told later Tuesday afternoon that Johnson’s decision is not final. Johnson’s potential final game at Saugerties was one of the best Section 9 finals in recent memory. Johnson poured in [...]
Dillon Ross is Onteora’s first state finalist. Ross, a senior 170-pounder, dispatched Lajess Sawyer of Center Moriches 12-0 in a Division II rematch. The Buffalo commit earned a rematch with Phoenix’s Ross McFarland in state final. Ross wrestled McFarland to a 3-2 setback at Eastern States in January. Newburgh Free Academy’s Greg Fischer (106 pounds), [...]
Monroe-Woodbury senior 113-pounder Dylan Earl advanced to his first state Division I semifinal, defeating North Rockland’s C.J. Monegal 10-2. Earl will face two-time state champion Greg Diakomihalis of Hilton in the semifinals Saturday morning. Onteora senior 170-pounder Dillon Ross is two wins away from a state title after a 9-0 win over Central Valley Academy’s [...]
Defending champions Cornwall and Highland earned the No. 1 seeds in the Section 9 Class A and B tournaments respectively. Highland (18-1) plays Millbrook in the Mid-Hudson Athletic League championship at 7 p.m. Friday at SUNY Ulster Cornwall will host either No. 4 Red Hook or No. 5 New Paltz in the Class A semifinals [...]
