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Warwick Applefest lacrosse tourney info
Registration for the Warwick Applefest Lacrosse Tournament will open August 20.
WHERE: Warwick, NY – Warwick Valley Middle School
WHEN: October 9th, Boys and Girls Youth 7th/8th Grade
October 10th, Boys JV and Varsity
October 11th, Girls JV and Varsity
TIME: First game will start at 9 a.m.
FORMAT: 8v8 (Boys: 3 middies, 2 long poles, 2 attack, 1 goalie); [...]
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Castro to play Division I softball
Charlise Castro was resigned to the fact that her dream of playing Division I softball was going to have to wait a year.
The Kingston catcher was touring the SUNY Ulster campus in May and even registered for classes after Division I University at Albany requested that she attend a year of community college to improve [...]
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Grace makes HV Empire State lacrosse team
Warwick senior goalie Mike Grace made the Hudson Valley Empire State lacrosse team.
Grace, the Varsity845 Player of the Year, will represent Section 9 lacrosse when the games begin on Wednesday, July 21 in Buffalo. Not many Section 9 lacrosse players have ever been chosen for the team, so this is a huge honor for Grace.
“I [...]
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Varsity845 lacrosse all-star packages
The Varsity845 boys’ lacrosse all-star package will run on Sunday, June 20.
The girls’ package will run on Monday, June 21.
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Dolson selected to USA U18 national team
Congratulations to Minisink Valley center Stefanie Dolson, who was selected to the USA U18 national team Sunday in Colorado.
The UConn-bound Dolson was one of 12 players to make the team from the 26 players invited to try out.
Full story in Tuesday’s paper.
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Burke names new girls basketball coach
Matt McGinnis has been selected to replace long-time Burke Catholic coach Bob Turner as head of its girls’ basketball program, the school announced Friday.
McGinnis, a history teacher at Burke Catholic, has coached the Burke Catholic boys jayvee team. In five years, he amassed a record of 65-30. He is also the head coach of Burke’s [...]
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Ariana Parker named US Lacrosse all-American
Kingston senior midfielder Ariana Parker was named a U.S. Lacrosse all-American.
She is the first Section 9 girls’ lacrosse player to make the all-American team. And the first player to ever be nominated.
Parker has played varsity lacrosse for four years and led Kingston to its fourth consecutive Class A championship this season.
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Warwick falls to Lakeland Panas
MIDDLETOWN – Maybe next year.
Or the year after that.
Section 9’s winless streak in the state tournament is bound to end some day.
It just didn’t happen on Tuesday.
Section 1 champion Lakeland Panas defeated Section 9 champion Warwick 18-6 in the state Class A quarterfinals at Middletown High School.
Warwick was the third Section 9 team of the [...]
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Niskayuna defeats Saugerties, 17-1
MIDDLETOWN – It was about 15 years ago, but the memory still resonates with Saugerties coach Bob Slate.
Slate was the boys’ lacrosse varsity coach at Kingston back in 1995 when he took his team up to the Albany area to play a Section 2 team.
Kingston , of course, was blown out, and the opposing coach [...]
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Holbrook quits tennis