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One of area’s top hockey players lighting it up in Jersey
He scores a lot, a hat trick waiting to happen almost every game.
He sets up his teammates with dazzling assists.
He could be the best high school hockey player in the area.
Meet Chester’s Connor Leen – a senior center at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J.
Leen, who hopes to take his game to a Division I [...]
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Alex Bramall named Gatorade boys’ soccer state player of the year
He’s the only two-time Varsity845 boys’ soccer Player of the Year and Alex Bramall was named a first-team all-American this fall by ESPN Rise and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
However, even Bramall, who led Newburgh Free Academy to the Class AA state title in November, knows what it feels like to be snubbed.
Shortly [...]
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Check out Coleman Edmond’s moves
You read Coleman Edmond’s inspiring story last week in the Times Herald-Record: From Kingston to the University of California-Berkeley. Well, now take a look at some of Edmond’s move at Pierce (Calif.) Community College. Watch out PAC-10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_1lAaR0-YM
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Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt visits to Delaware Valley (Pa.) to talk with stud recruit
He never expected to be a Division I recruit, let alone a big-time recruit.
The kind that college coaches come to visit in the hallways of their school.
But there was University of Pittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt at Delaware Valley (Pa.) High School two weeks ago, asking Brandon Clemons questions about him.
Wannstedt offered Clemons, a junior right [...]
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Highland’s Martinez signs pro soccer contract
Rich Martinez signed the contract and faxed it to his agent in Miami.
Everything was a go: Martinez would be a member of A.C. St. Louis in the North American Soccer League. At least, until the Puerto Rico Islanders called Martinez minutes later on Saturday with a counter offer.
The St. Louis contract was shredded and Martinez, [...]
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Alex Bramall named ESPN RISE all-American
Newburgh Free Academy midfielder Alex Bramall had never heard of it.
The ESPN RISE Fall Boys’ Soccer all-America team. A classmate informed Bramall that he made the squad in between classes on Thursday.
Interested, Bramall went online and did his research. According to ESPN RISE, Bramall, who helped Newburgh to the Class AA state title this fall, [...]
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Middletown gets boys’ state soccer semifinals and championship for 2010-11
His dream began way back in 1978.
Tony Martelli, in his first year as Section 9’s boys’ soccer chairman, hoped to bring the boys’ state soccer semifinals and championship games to Orange, Sullivan or Ulster counties.
Thirty years passed and the best boys’ futbol in the state never made it here.
However, this fall, Martelli’s dream – the [...]
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Middletown expected to learn on Thursday if it hosts boys’ soccer final four
The verdict is expected to come on Thursday: Section 9 and Middletown High School learns if it will host the 2010 and 2011 state boys’ soccer final four.
Pete Ferguson, Section 9’s boys’ soccer co-chairman with Tony Martelli, remains confident Middletown will win the big-time bid. They made their play for Section 9 to host the [...]
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Brittany Taylor primed for WPS draft
Brittany Taylor dominated at Washingtonville High, the University of Connecticut and is now ready to step up to the next level.
Taylor, a lights out defender, is expected to go as high as the first round of the WPS (Women’s Professional Soccer) draft on January 15 in Philadelphia. Taylor, who will train with the full U.S. [...]
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All-state hockey announced