Monthly Archives: March 2008

Hey, it’s baseball weather

By admin | Published: March 27, 2008 | Comments closed
…well, almost. It’s still too cold to use those jacked-up bats, but at least teams can get outside and throw a little bit. Nothing like trying to field a grounder that takes a bad hop on a frozen, rock-hard field. I once caught one in the braces (on my teeth then, knees now). I walked around for [...]
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Baseball is coming

By admin | Published: March 21, 2008 | Comments closed
Forms have been sent out, requesting information from coaches, The plan is to begin weekly pages, beginning  March 31. So that means my first scheduled baseball page will be April 1. Undoubtedly, there will be no shortage of opinions on who will be good this season. The kids change, but here’s what doesn’t – pitching and [...]
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All-state teams and my involvement

By admin | Published: March 20, 2008 | Comments closed
I contribute when asked, but have not been asked for any boys’ basketball feedback for this section all year – and that includes state rankings. Last time I heard, there was an Albany-area guy who pulled stuff off our Web site for Section 9 recognition. Nothing like having your finger on the pulse, huh? Regardless, [...]
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An open invitation

By admin | Published: March 18, 2008 | Comments closed
We just released our boys’ basketball all-star teams. There were three teams, each with five players. We didn’t have a set number of positions we fill. We didn’t have a big-school, small-school quota. We didn’t have an OCIAA -MHAL quota. College potential didn’t matter. AAU ball didn’t. We tried to find the 15 kids within our circulation area who had [...]
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Boys’ basketball all-star teams

By admin | Published: March 7, 2008 | Comments closed
We are in the process of putting together our all-star teams. There will be three teams, each with five players. We don’t have a set number of positions we fill. We don’t have a big-school, small-school quota. We don’t have an OCIAA -MHAL quota. College potential doesn’t matter. AAU ball doesn’t matter. We are trying to [...]
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Dick O’Neill’s retirement party

By admin | Published: March 5, 2008 | Comments closed
Buffet dinner-Cash bar Place: Kuhl’s Highland House, Middletown Date: June 21, 2008 Time: 5-9 p.m. Cost: $30 per person (please make checks payable to ‘Kuhl’s Highland House.’) After more than 30 years of teaching and coaching, Dick O’Neill will be retiring from Monticello at the end of the 2007-08 school year. Those wishing to share in the celebration, should submit [...]
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Important message

By admin | Published: March 3, 2008 | Comments closed
I hope everybody enjoyed what was a great weekend for Section 9 boys’ basketball. There only was one close game (Minisink Valley-Newburgh Free Academy), but it was a classic that will be remembered for years. Tremendous work out of New Paltz yesterday. The first thing coach Frank Alfonso said was that he wasn’t going to let [...]
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That’s why they play 32 minutes

By admin | Published: March 2, 2008 | Comments closed
Minisink Valley capped off an amazing Section 9 season, rallying from a 16-point late third-quarter deficit to beat Newburgh 60-57 for the Class AA title. You can make a case even my hairstyle looks better than those mohawks, but there’s no denying Minisink Valley’s heart and desire. Just a great job by a group of athletes [...]
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Congratulations, Coleman Catholic

By admin | Published: March 1, 2008 | Comments closed
Great job out of Coleman Catholic, winning the Section 9 Class D title Friday night at SUNY Orange. The two biggest stars of the game were Coleman’s Cody Vincent and Chapel Field’s Matt Pooley.  Vincent’s job was to guard Pooley, the area’s leading scorer. Pooley finished with 33 points, but Vincent held him to just [...]
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