) ELDRED — I dropped by Eldred High School on Monday afternoon to catch up with the Yellow Jackets’ girls’ basketball team, which heads to Troy for a state semifinal game at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning. Eldred wasn’t practicing after school. They had arrived around 4:30 a.m. that morning for a 5-7 a.m. practice [...]
Class AA Donovan Fields, Newburgh (Player of the Year) Anthony Gaines, Kingston Mike Coffey, Burke Catholic Aaron Ray, Middletown Paul Burke, Monroe-Woodbury Pat Dorrian, Kingston Justin Powell, Pine Bush Jack Dwyer, Burke Catholic Ja’kwan Jones, Newburgh Austin Stoeckel, Washingtonville Brad Nilsen, Minisink Valley Isaiah Boissard, Valley Central Coach of the year: Matt Brown, Newburgh Class [...]
John A. Coleman Catholic Booked its third trip to Glens Falls since 2010 with a 73-46 win over Long Island’s Shelter Island in the quarterfinals last Saturday. Coleman Catholic lost in the Class D state championship in each of its last two trips to Glens Falls. Maple Grove put away the Statesmen 43-38 in 2010 [...]
JOHNSON CITY – It was a rough night for Section 9 basketball, as local teams went 1-6 in the opening round of the state tournament. The Red Hook boys were the only winners from Section 9, defeating Maine-Endwell 68-57. Check out the video below for some highlights and interviews. I also saw the girls’ game [...]
Flash back to March 11. 2006 at Pace University in Pleasantville. It’s when the rivalry that is Newburgh vs. Mount Vernon all began. The two state powers met in the quarterfinals of the Class AA state boys’ basketball tournament and it was a classic. The rivalry will be renewed when Newburgh and Mount Vernon play [...]
The Section 9 BCANY All-Section and All-Division girls’ basketball teams for the 2013-14 season have been released. All-Section CLASS AA Ashley Merrit, Roosevelt Allison Pritchard, Roosevelt Lyric Blanch, Kingston Sianna VanDyke, Kingston Asher Smith, Minisink Valley Kate Donnellan, Monroe-Woodbury Kerry McHugh, Monroe-Woodbury Shana Crespo, Monroe-Woodbury Justine Crespo, Monroe-Woodbury Katie Cook, Newburgh Greer Liguori, Warwick Ashley [...]
A group of four Section 9 champions – Kingston, Wallkill, Highland and Tri-Valley – will play opening round state tournament games on Tuesday. Here’s a quick look at each of the games. Check out Monday’s paper for more. I’ll also be hosting a live chat this afternoon, Sunday, March 2. Here’s the link. Class AA [...]
NEW PALTZ – Section 9 played four championship basketball games on Saturday, March 1 at SUNY New Paltz. Check out Sunday’s paper and Varsity845.com for the game stories and take a look at the videos below for some highlights and interviews. Class AA boys: Newburgh Free Academy 72, Kingston 60. Donovan Fields scored 36 points [...]
NEW PALTZ – At one point in the third quarter of Saturday’s Section 9 Class A girls’ basketball final, Cornwall head coach Chris Miller stomped his foot, turned to me and said, “Will, I want a quote!” So I obliged him. We didn’t have room in the paper with so much going on yesterday – [...]
NEW PALTZ — The Highland Huskies turned to their tried and true formula back on the biggest stage in Section 9 on Friday night. A mix-and-match platter of defensive looks. Highland switched between man and zone in the first quarter, holding Millbrook without a field goal for the first 9:50 of the game. The Huskies [...]
