Monthly Archives: June 2009

The best of 2008-09: Nick Finger

By admin | Published: June 30, 2009 | Comments closed
 This was from Nick Finger’s record-setting afternoon in October. I wasn’t there, and even though Millbrook is not in our written circulation area, it warranted coverage. The Millbrook folks were kind enough to give us video from the game, which we used on a Varsity 845 football show. Here’s how I wrote it: Nick Finger pulled [...]
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The best hIgh school stories of 2008-09

By admin | Published: June 26, 2009 | Comments closed
I think I’ve found a bit of an early-summer project here, looking back at the last school year. In honor of graduation, we’ll start today Newburgh Free Academy winning the state Class AA boys basketball title in such dominating fashion could have been predicted by nobody – and then a week later, the Goldbacks were a [...]
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Player/Coach of the Year

By admin | Published: June 19, 2009 | Comments closed
Matt Petro and Jeff Loeffler earned the top honors on the Varsity 845 baseball all-star teams. Petro, a Kingston senior, is the Player of the Year. He went 9-0 with a 1.15 ERA for the Section 9 Class AA champs. Two of those victories came in the sectional tournament. Loeffler is the Coach of the Year for leading [...]
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Final state baseball rankings

By admin | Published: June 18, 2009 | Comments closed
2009 NYS Baseball Rankings Final Poll: As of June 14 2009 Poll Editor: Dave Iorlano     BOLD- STATE CHAMPIONS **- RUNNER UP   Class AA 1.     MAMRONECK-1                                    22-4-1 2.     Massapequa-8                                          22-8 3. **Clarence-6                                                 22-7 4.      Vestal-4                                                    21-2 5.     Columbia-2                                                21-5 6.     Kingston-9                                                21-6 7.     Penfield-5                                                  19-6 8.     North Babylon-11                                    19-7 9.    Cicero-North Syracuse-3                         17-9 10.  Webster Thomas-5                                  21-5 11.  Arlington-1                                               19-5 12.  Longwood-11                                           19-9 13.  NFA-9                                                        20-5 14.  Connetquot-11                                         21-6 15.  Frontier-6                                                  17-6 16.  Ithaca-4                                                     16-6 17.  Auburn-3                                                  19-5 18.  H.F. Carey-8                                             18-8-1 19.  MacArthur-8                                            [...]
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State baseball champs/poll result

By admin | Published: June 15, 2009 | Comments closed
Class AA-Mamaroneck Class A-Aquinas Class B-Westhill Class C-Maple Hill Class D-Arkport   Poll Question: Will Section 9 have a state baseball champion? Yes     36 Votes (47%) No     41 Votes (53%)
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June 8 state baseball rankings

By admin | Published: June 10, 2009 | Comments closed
2009 NYS Baeball Rankings Week 8: as of 6/8/09 Poll Editor: Dave Iorlano     *- Section Champion **- Section Runner Up     Class AA   1.    *Vestal-4                                  21-2 2.    *Mamaroneck-1                        20-4-1 3.    *Columbia-2                             20-4 4.    *Clarence-6                              20-6 5.    *Massapequa-8                        20-7 6.    *Kingston-9                              21-5 7.    *Penfield-5                               19-5 8.    *North Babylon-11                     19-7 9.    *Cicero-North Syracuse-3          17-9 10.  **Webster Thomas-5                 21-5 11.  **Arlington-1                            19-5 12.  **MacArthur-8                         19-5-2 13.  **Longwood-11                       19-9 14.  **Frontier-6                             17-6 15.    Connetquot-11                      21-6 16.  **Ithaca-4                               16-6 17.  **Auburn-3                             19-5 18.    NFA-9                                 20-5 19.  **CBA-2                                15-8-1 20.  **Warwick-9                           14-8       Class [...]
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New state rankings

By admin | Published: June 4, 2009 | Comments closed
Baseball Rankings Week 7: As of 6/2/09 Poll Editor: Dave Iorlano   **= Section Champion   Class AA   1.    Vestal-4                                           20-1 2.    Mamaroneck-1                                 18-4-1 3.    Webster Thomas-5                           20-4 4.    NFA-9                                             20-4 5.    Columbia-2                                      19-4 6.    Frontier-6                                         16-5 7.    Arlington-1                                       19-4 8.  **North Babylon-11                             19-7 9.    Cicero-North Syracuse-3                    19-8 10.  Massapequa-8                                  19-7 11.  Connetquot-11                                  21-6 12.  Kingston-9                                       18-5 13.  Ithaca-4                                           15-5 14.  Orchard Park-6                                 19-6 15.  Hilton-5                                            18-6 16.  H.F. Carey-8                                     18-7-1 17.  Auburn-3                                           18-7 18.  Clarence-6                                         18-6 19.  Roy C Ketcham-1                               18-5 20.  Bethlehem-2                                      [...]
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Updated tournament brackets

By admin | Published: June 2, 2009 | Comments closed
 High school baseball Section 9 tournament Class AA Quarterfinals Tuesday 4-Warwick 5, 5-Roosevelt 4 2-Kingston 6, 7-Valley Central 0 6-Pine Bush 9, 3-Washingtonville 2 Semifinals Thursday Warwick 6, 1-Newburgh 2 Kingston 6, Pine Bush 5 Final Kingston 9, Warwick 3 Class A Quarterfinals Tuesday 4-New Paltz 3, 5-Goshen 1 3-Saugerties 5, 6-Port Jervis 2. Semifinals Thursday 1-Cornwall 3, New Paltz 1  2-Red Hook 3, Saugerties 0 Final Friday Cornwall 6, Red Hook 5 Class B Quarterfinals Tuesday 1-Pine Plains 2, 8-Highland 0 4-Spackenkill 7, 5-James I. O’Neill 3 7-Onteora [...]
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Section 9 tournaments begin

By admin | Published: June 1, 2009 | Comments closed
I have to admit, I have a feeling some unexpected things are going to happen this week. Part of it is the nature of the game. Part of it is, I don’t feel like there’s a team out there that can just throw on their gloves, run out on to the field, then run off two [...]
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