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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Cornwall also goes 0-for-Glens Falls
Like Pine Bush earlier in the day, Cornwall goes home with the disappointment of having been swept in all six games at the state Class A volleyball championships in Glens Falls.Section 2 champion Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake finished off the Dragons with a 25-16, 25-18 showing in the final match of the round-robin tournament. Setter Rachel [...]
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Cornwall eliminated from state VB tourney
What was bad for Pine Bush proved to be bad for Cornwall as well.Both Section 9 champions dropped their first four games at the state volleyball tournament and were mathematically eliminated. Worse yet, both teams had to sit around for two hours before playing a final, meaningless match.Cornwall ran into a taller and more efficient [...]
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Pine Bush goes 0-for-Glens Falls
Pine Bush quietly went out 25-14 in the final game against Baldwinsville, falling to 0-6 in its visit to the state Class AA volleyball Final Four in Glens Falls.There wasn’t much emotion with the setback, aside from some heads hanging low — of course, the Bushmen were mathematically eliminated almost three hours earlier.Megan Lesczynski said [...]
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Pine Bush looks listless in fifth loss
If Pine Bush wants to leave Glens Falls with just one victory, the Bushwomen have to come together quickly.Pine Bush looked listless in a 25-11 setback to Baldwinsville in game one of their match. Pine Bush managed just four points off its serve, and it looks like the players just want to head home.A win [...]
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Pine Bush can play spoiler
Pine Bush will shortly finish out its visit to the state volleyball Final Four in Glens Falls with a match against Section 3 champion Baldwinsville.West Irondequoit finished off a 6-0 record with a 25-17, 25-16 sweep of Baldwinsville and 25-21, 25-22 sweep of Lindenhurst. West Irondequoit has earned a spot in Sunday’s noon title match.Pine Bush [...]
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Former Warwick runner Leuchanka wins Fed XC meet
Former Warwick runner Alex Leuchanka, now a senior at Shenendehowa, won the state Federation boys’ cross country championship at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls on Saturday.Leuchanka, who lost the state Class AA title by less than a second a week earlier, finished the 5,000-meter course in 16 minutes, 21.8 seconds, ahead of Max Straneva of [...]
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Cornwall’s Cuffe second in girls’ Fed XC meet
Cornwall sophomore Aisling Cuffe placed second in the State Federation girls’ cross country championship race at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls on Saturday afternoon.Cuffe covered the 5,000-meter course in 18 minutes, 15.4 seconds, five seconds behind Emily Lipari of Roslyn.Other Section 9 finishers: 13. Meaghan Ventarola (Monroe-Woodbury) 19:24.8; 65. Annabel Clarke (Rhinebeck) 20:23.7; 72. Anna [...]
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Pine Bush eliminated from title contention
It’s going to be a long afternoon for Pine Bush, which must now wait about two hours to play a meaningless match at the state volleyball tournament in Glens Falls.The Bushwomen were eliminated from championship contention with a 25-20, 25-10 sweep at the hands of Section 11 (Suffolk County) champion Lindenhurst. Pine Bush has an [...]
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Pine Bush dips to 0-3
Pine Bush has still not figured a way to stop Lindenhurst’s outside hitting, and too many service errors early in the first game put the Bushmen in a hole. Pine Bush loses the first game, 25-20, to fall to 0-3 on the day.Samantha Rosario is a big-time hitter for the Bulldogs, and Lindenhurst is also [...]
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