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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Slight change to the Taravella Invitational
The Jim Taravella Invitational boys’ basketball event at Monroe-Woodbury High School is STILL ON today.Cornwall and Burke Catholic are playing during the lunch hour, followed by S.S. Seward and Liberty at 12:45 p.m.The Washingtonville-Monticello and Beacon-Carmel games have been cancelled because Monticello and Beacon could not get buses for today. In its place, the Monroe-Woodbury [...]
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Albany the home of state wrestling tourney through 2009
The New York State high school wrestling championships will continue to be held at the Times Union Center in Albany for the next four school years. The central location and affordability of hotels were prime reasons for returning the event to Albany.The 2007 event drew 15,000 people over two days (there was an ice storm [...]
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Cuffe places 12th at cross country nationals
Aisling Cuffe of Cornwall placed 12th in the Footlocker national cross country championship race held in San Diego on Saturday.Cuffe finished in 18 minutes, 3 seconds, just 41 seconds behind champion Jordan Hasay of Arroyo Grande, Calif.Cuffe was the second finisher among sophomores, and the fourth finisher among representatives from the Northeast team.Girls’ finish1. Jordan [...]
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Hoops tourney set to help local food pantries
If you like a feeding frenzy of high school boys’ basketball, then Monroe-Woodbury is the place to be on Saturday, Dec. 20. The Jimmy Taravella Invitational — honoring the late M-W coach — will focus its efforts on restocking the local food pantries.Each player and coach is being asked to bring at least one non-perishable [...]
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Beacon hoops tourney, with four Section 9 teams, re-scheduled
Ah, the perils of hosting winter tournaments.
The sun was shining and the roads were finally drying up, and Beacon High School athletic director Eric Romanino took a moment on Friday afternoon, sighed and said, “What a beautiful day.”
Too bad several school districts had already cancelled school, sending Romanino into re-scheduling mode for the boys’ and [...]
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Three MHAL teams in girls’ hoop Classic