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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 ... Read FullCategories
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Related Content- McMillan: It's not easy being a girl hockey player around hereAMHERST — No offense, but it's relatively easy to become a basketball or soccer player in the mid-Hudson. But if you want to be a girls' ice hockey player, you have to really, really want it. […]
- McMillan: Bonilla wants to make father proud at Empire State GamesAMHERST — Ten years ago Tony Bonilla put family above his athletic passions. […]
- McMillan: Local boxers getting edge at homeBrian Burke remembers taking a lot of lonely trips while working the boxing corner for his friend Tracy Patterson. The traveling party was always small with himself, Tracy, manager/trainer Floyd Patterson and sometimes a fourth. […]
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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Empire State Games tryout schedule
The Empire State Games tryouts schedule for the Hudson Valley Region can be found on my Empire State Games blog.
(Just ignore the Lake Placid Winter Games logo for now).
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Tri-Valley’s Roosa chooses Siena
Tri-Valley distance runner Courtney Roosa has accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Siena College. The offer should cover two-thirds of her tuition costs, said Tri-Valley coach Joe Iatauro.
Siena has a cross country program but not indoor or outdoor track. Iatauro said Siena’s runners sometimes compete as independents during the two track seasons.
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Roll Tide: NFA’s Cooper headed to Alabama
Newburgh Free Academy senior Donald Cooper will sign a letter of intent on Friday to compete in track and field for the University of Alabama next season.
Cooper primarily runs the 200-meter dash, 400 and competes in the high jump for NFA, but he is also a 10-event decathlete. Cooper won the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic [...]
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Penn Relays Thursday results