Blog Authors
Kevin Witt
Related Content- Football: Bar set high for new M-W quarterbackCENTRAL VALLEY — The first thing you notice about Ryan Spelman is his right arm, which throws 50-yard spirals that drop right into the hands of his receivers. […]
- Football: Bar set high for new M-W quarterback
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Baseball is coming
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Comments closed
All-state teams and my involvement
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, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Comments closed
An open invitation
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Comments closed
Boys’ basketball all-star teams
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Comments closed
Dick O’Neill’s retirement party
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Comments closed
That’s why they play 32 minutes
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Comments closed
Congratulations, Coleman Catholic
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Comments closed
Hey, it’s baseball weather