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Ken McMillan

Ken McMillan has been covering sports since he got his first writing job in 1979. He has covered Section 9 athletics for most of the past 28 years. He reports on college sports, including Army and Marist College. He also writes on TV/radio sports news, having worked in local cable television and radio in the past.

Marist women beat Canisius, advance to semis

Corielle Yarde scored 16 points and Rachele Fitz added 12 to lead top-seeded Marist to a 57-38 win in the Metro Atlantic quarterfinals over No. 9 Canisius in Albany on Friday afternoon. Marist plays the Manhattan-Niagara winner at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Iona and Fairfield play the earlier semifinal. Kristine Best had 10 points. Yarde grabbed nine rebounds [...]
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Marist’s Fitz earns record third MAAC MVP award

Marist senior forward Rachele Fitz was named the Metro Atlantic women’s basketball player of the year for the third year in a row, the first to do so in MAAC history.
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EIWA wrestling video provided free

The Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association tournament will be held at Lehigh University’s Stabler Arena on Saturday and Sunday. Army is a member of the EIWA. The entire tournament will be available on video free of charge, and live results will be available by clicking HERE for the Lehigh athletics website EIWA page. The finals will be televised [...]
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Mount Saint Mary women earn NCAA hoop berth

Mount Saint Mary College earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament, despite its loss to Farmingdale State in Sunday’s Skyline Conference finals. It was the first time the Blue Knights failed to win the conference tournament. The Mount (22-5) will take on Williams (18-7) in a first-round matchup to be hosted [...]
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Patriot League basketball tourneys set (updated Monday, 9 a.m.)

The Patriot League basketball tournaments get underway this week, with very different formats. The men will play all three rounds at the sites of the highest seeds, culminating with the March 12 final. The women play the first two rounds at Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., with the two remaining teams squaring off in the March [...]
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MAAC tournament schedule finalized

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament schedule is set, with the Marist women and men seeing their first action on Friday at the Times Union Center in Albany. Men First round Friday, March 5 No. 9 Manhattan (10-19, 4-14) vs. No. 8 Loyola (13-16, 6-12), 7:30 p.m. No. 10 Marist (1-28, 1-17) vs. No. 7 Canisius (14-16, 8-10), 9:30 p.m. Quarterfinals Saturday, [...]
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Sullivan garners five Region XV awards

Newburgh Free Academy graduate Terry Coleman and Moses Dayee of Sullivan County Community College were named first-team All-Region XV. Kevin DeVantier, in his first season at the helm, was named region coach of the year. Evan Pope and Jordan Thorpe of Sullivan were named honorable mention. Daryl Charles of SUNY Ulster was named second team. First [...]
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College basketball playoffs kick into high gear (updated Monday)

College basketball playoffs get underway in earnest this week, and the Mid-Hudson will be well-represented. The SUNY Orange men’s basketball team opens quarterfinal play in the Region XIX Division 2 tournament on Monday evening as the No. 5 Colts play at No. 4 Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey. I am still awaiting an update on [...]
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Snow pushes back MHC hoops tourney schedule

The Mid-Hudson Conference basketball tournament openers openers on Tuesday were pushed back to Wednesday due to the snowstorm. The tourney concludes on Saturday, Feb. 20. Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie will host the semifinal rounds on Thursday and Friday and the finals on Saturday. Wednesday, Feb. 17 Men: No. 6 Dutchess CC at No. 3 Rockland CC, [...]
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Marist baseball to head further south for its openers

The recent snowstorms in the mid-Atlantic region has forced a change in Marist College’s baseball season openers. The Red Foxes were originally set to play a three-game set with James Madison in Virginia. Now, Marist is headed further south, to Rock Hill, S.C., and the campus of Winthrop University. The Red Foxes will play George Mason [...]
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