Another Valley Central-Kingston showdown, another classic. In a battle of Section 9’s best two teams, Valley Central edged Kingston 1-0 at Pat Burke Field in Lake Katrine on Thursday. The Vikings edged Kingston 3-1 on April 18. Expect Round III in this rivalry to come in the Section 9 Class AA championship. Valley Central (12-0), [...]
Valley Central catcher Jules Holbert and Kingston pitcher Ashley Cruise were teammates on Sunday at a travel tournament in Walden. Of course, that didn’t keep them from playfully talking some trash to each other about the big game on Thursday. Valley Central and Kingston – the two best teams in Section 9 – meet in [...]
Looking for a breakout team this spring? There are several candidates this season, but tops on my list is Middletown. Coach Denise McKeown’s Middies are 5-3. Middletown won three games last season. Leading the way for Middletown is a pair of young guns if you will. Freshman Allison Marcano and Jazmyn Martinez, only an eighth-grader, [...]
In Section 9 on Wednesday, it was the day of the no-hitter. Three prominent pitchers threw no-no’s – Valley Central’s Cindy Connoly, Ashley Cruise of Kingston and Chester’s Marcella Brosnan. Impressive stuff – literally. Connoly, who helped Valley Central to the Class AA state semifinals last year, struckout 10 in an 11-1 win over Warwick. [...]
Pine Bush second baseman Crysti Eichner signed a national letter of intent to play at Division I Binghamton on Wednesday. Eichner, is a two-time Varsity845 first-team all-star (2011-12), and has been a model of consistency. She hit .403 with 19 RBI as a sophomore and .410 with 18 RBI last season. “She is just a [...]
Two up, two down. Valley Central and Cornwall’s seasons ended on Saturday about an hour apart in Queensbury, located outside Albany. Valley Central lost to Cicero North Syracuse 2-1 at Morse Field in the Class AA state semifinals. Down the road, at the Adirondack Sports Complex, Cornwall fell to Sayville of Long Island 2-0 in [...]
I hit Valley Central softball practice on Thursday for some interviews leading into the Vikings’ Class AA state tournament semifinal against Cicero North Syracuse in Queensbury at 10 a.m. Saturday. One of the players I talked to is catcher, Alex Hraniotis, who will play at Marist next year. As you can see, Hraniotis, scrappy behind [...]
Everyone knows about Valley Central’s big boppers in the lineup – Maggie Cocks, Leanna Feerick and Taylor Concklin – are among some of the Vikings’ dangerous hitters. But don’t forget about another up-and-coming Valley Central sophomore: outfielder Becky Kienz. Kienz was the hero in the Vikings’ 2-1 upset over undefeated John Jay-East Fishkill in the [...]
Make it two Cornwall teams headed to the state semifinals this weekend. The baseball team earned a trip to the final four in Binghamton on Tuesday with a win over Harrison in the Class A state quarterfinals. On Wednesday, it was the softball team’s turn to punch their ticket to the final four. Next stop [...]
Valley Central (Class AA): Once again, coach Frank Jordan will go with sophomore Cindy Connoly in the Vikings’ state tourney opener. Jordan went with Connoly (9-1) over senior C.J. Kohler (9-2) in the Section 9 Class AA championship. Connoly overcame early wildness and tossed a four-hitter with 10 strikeouts in a 9-4 win over Minisink [...]
