Port Jervis senior Daisay Hicks was born without vision in her left eye but that hasn’t stopped her from playing No. 1 singles at Port Jervis. Hicks, a doubles player her first two seasons, won a preseason challenge over three teammates for the spot. Read Hicks’ inspiration story here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxba3giTzYU
Player, Team G-A-Pts Carly Canavan, Kingston 4-4-12 Marist Parr, Red Hook 5-1-11 Katelyn Crogan, Pine Plains 5-0-10 Emma Nagle, Onteora 5-0-10 Briana Santo, Rhinebeck 4-1-9 Caroline Crump, Kingston 3-3-9 Victoria Ospina, Rondout Valley 3-2-8 Logan Brennan, Kingston 3-1-7 Miranda Davenport, Rondout Valley 3-0-6 Claire Loughran, Kingston 3-0-6 Monica Smith, Pine Plains 3-0-6 Stephanie Douglas, Kingston [...]
Kingston senior midfielder Jordyn Beesmer has committed to play field hockey for Boston University starting in 2014-15, according to a note from head coach Deb Eaton. Beesmer has played two years of varsity for the Tigers, amassing five goals and three assists (all last season). Beesmer is a defensive wizard, posting 147 tackles for Kingston [...]
Kingston radio station WKNY (1490-AM) will once again broadcast Kingston High School varsity football games. The nine-game schedule gets underway on Sept. 7 when the Tigers travel to Long Island to take on Holy Cross. A brief 10-minute pregame show precedes the kickoff. The games can also be heard on 1490wkny.com and also on the [...]
Pole vaulters Todd Uckermark and Derek Dibona of Warwick and Marisa Robbins of Goshen will be competing in the U.S. Junior Olympics championships in Greensboro, N.C., on the weekend of July 26-28. Robbins goes first in the girls’ 17-18 age division, competing at 9 a.m. on July 26. Dibona goes next in the boys’ 15-16 [...]
Dozens of club soccer programs from Orange and Ulster counties are slated to compete in this weekend’s Hudson Invitational Tournament, hosted by the East Hudson Youth Soccer League. The Saturday and Sunday games (July 20-21) will be played at Stringham Park in LaGrange, and Greenvale Park in the Town of Poughkeepsie. The under-9 and under-10 [...]
SUNY Ulster’s Senate Gymnasium will be hosting the Ulster Girls’ High School Friendship summer basketball league starting Tuesday, July 9. There will be games at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The participating teams this year will be Rondout Valley, Kingston, Highland, New Paltz and Onteora.
New Paltz’s Tucker Stern is headed to Marist College to play men’s soccer. The forward and midfielder has been playing for the Premier Hyde Park Lightning team. Stern was a four-year starter for New Paltz, and led the Huguenots to a Section 9 title. He had nine goals as a junior and 14 during his [...]
A host of Section 9 athletes will be participating in the “varsity” races at the New Balance Indoor Nationals this weekend at the New York Armory. Girls 2 mile (Sunday 9:40 a.m.): Gianna Frontera (Newburgh) 1,600 relay (Sunday 11:45 a.m.): Newburgh (Aliyah Matta, D’Yanna McCaskill, Saleen Matta, Kristina Smith, Kayla Phipps) 3,200 relay (Saturday 6:55 [...]
The seedings for the New York State indoor track and field championships have been released (still subject to change) and a handful of Section Nine athletes are in strong contention for medals. Pole vaulters Todd Uckermark of Warwick and Justin Farrenkopf of Ellenville are seeded first and second. Warwick’s 3,200 relays are seeded second for [...]
