Monthly Archives: November 2008

High school club hockey standings

By Ken McMillan | Published: November 19, 2008 | Comments closed
The Hudson Valley High School Hockey League started up play three weeks ago, and here’s a look at the standings. John Jay 6-0 12 pts 55 GF 9 GAArlington 5-1 10 pts 44 GF 12 GAWashingtonville 4-1 8 pts 21 GF 13 GAHendrick Hudson 3-2-1 7 pts 15 GF 24 GARoosevelt 2-2-1 5 pts 14 GF 21 GACornwall 2-3 4 pts 29 GF 14 GAOrange County West 1-5 2 pts 10 GF 47 [...]
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Cornwall also goes 0-for-Glens Falls

By Ken McMillan | Published: November 16, 2008 | Comments closed
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

By Ken McMillan | Published: November 16, 2008 | Comments closed
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

By Ken McMillan | Published: November 15, 2008 | Comments closed
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

By Ken McMillan | Published: November 15, 2008 | Comments closed
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

By Ken McMillan | Published: November 15, 2008 | Comments closed
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

By Ken McMillan | Published: November 15, 2008 | Comments closed
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

By Ken McMillan | Published: November 15, 2008 | Comments closed
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

By Ken McMillan | Published: November 15, 2008 | Comments closed
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

By Ken McMillan | Published: November 15, 2008 | Comments closed
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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