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Our teams at Glens Falls

By Kevin Witt | Published: March 15, 2010 | 0 Comments
All games at the Glens Falls Civic Center Friday Class D semifinals John A. Coleman Catholic vs (Section 2) Germantown, 10 a.m (If Coleman wins, it plays the (6)Maple Grove-(3)New York Mills winner for the title at 5:30 p.m., Saturday) Class B semifinals John S. Burke Catholic vs. (10)Potsdam, 6:45 p.m. (If Burke wins, it plays the (3)Westhill-(5)Batavia winner for the the [...]
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Saturday pre-game Newburgh-Mount Vernon thoughts

By Kevin Witt | Published: March 13, 2010 | 0 Comments
I just spoke with Newburgh coach Frank Dinnocenzio, about an hour before the start. He said the Goldbacks have had a decent week of practice. I asked him if he thought he team has been bored the last month, and he said that it was. Obviously, this was caused by few close games – and [...]
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New state rankings, March 7

By Kevin Witt | Published: March 11, 2010 | 0 Comments
Rank Class AA ===== ==================== 1 Half Hollow Hills West-11 2 Albany CBA-2 3 Newburgh Free Academy-9 4 Boys & Girls-PSAL 5 Christ The King-CHSAA 6 Rice-CHSAA 7 Shenendehowa-2 8 Mount Vernon-1 9 New Rochelle-1 10 Bishop Loughlin-CHSAA 11 Poughkeepsie-1 12 Rochester East-5 13 Longwood-11 14 Cicero-North Syracuse-3 15 Jamestown-6 16 Uniondale-8 17 Rush-Henrietta-5 18 Cardozo-PSAL 19 Wings Academy-PSAL 20 Middletown-9 21 North Rockland-1 22 Baldwin-8 23 North Tonawanda-6 24 Bishop Maginn-2 25 Utica Proctor-3           Class A ===== ==================== 1 Jamesville-DeWitt-3 2 Red Hook-9 3 Newark-5 4 Buffalo Nichols-AIS 5 South Bronx-PSAL 6 Williamsville South-6 7 Long Island Lutheran-AIS 8 Cornwall-9 9 Westbury-8 10 Harborfields-11 11 Buffalo Canisius-CHSAA 12 Bedford Academy-PSAL 13 Buffalo East-6 14 Tappen Zee-1 15 Archbishop Stepinac-CHSAA 16 Elmont-8 17 St, John Baptist-CHSAA 18 Iona Prep-CHSAA 19 Rockville Centre South Side-8 20 Spring Valley-1 21 Lansingburgh-2 22 Pelham-1 23 Mount St. Michael-CHSAA 24 Bayport-11 25 Greece Arcadia-5           Class B ===== ==================== 1 Olean-6 2 Burke Catholic-9 3 Fonda-Fultonville-2 4 Woodlands-1 5 Collegiate-AIS 6 Pleasantville-1 7 Potsdam-10 8 Westhill-3 9 Batavia-5 10 Lawrence-Woodmere-AIS 11 Lackawanna-6 12 Salesian-CHSAA 13 Malverne-8 14 Binghamton Seton Catholic-4 15 Watervliet-2 16 Bishop Grimes-3 17 Briarcliff-1 18 Depew-6 19 Wellsville-5 20 Plattsburgh-7           Class C ===== ==================== 1 West Canada-3 2 Mynderse-5 3 Buffalo Middle College-6 4 Maple Hill-2 5 Tully-3 6 Stony Brook-11 7 Blind [...]
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Newburgh-Mount Vernon at West Point

By Kevin Witt | Published: March 10, 2010 | 0 Comments
Saturday, 3 p.m. at Christl Arena…..This is a tremendous decision to move this game here. If you attend, make sure you give yourself plenty of time to get through the West Point checkpoint at the gates.
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More on Newburgh-Middletown

By Kevin Witt | Published: March 9, 2010 | 0 Comments
Just wanted to throw out a few more thoughts on Monday’s Class AA final. My objective is to try and capture the story of the game, but there were some elements I would like to mention that didn’t make it. Newburgh senior guard Damon Cousar, a 2009 Varsity 845 first-team all-star, has been nursing a sore ankle for [...]
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Saturday pre-game Section 9 tournament thoughts

By Kevin Witt | Published: March 6, 2010 | 0 Comments
(7 seed) Rhinebeck vs. (1) S.S. Seward, 2:45 p.m., Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh There is a preview of this game on this Web site, as well as in the newspaper. Both schools are looking for their first Section 9 Class C title. Seward won the D title in 2005, its fifth in a six-year span. Rhinebeck [...]
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Friday pre-game Section 9 tournament thoughts

By Kevin Witt | Published: March 5, 2010 | 0 Comments
(2 seed) Chapel Field vs. (1) John A. Coleman Catholic, Class D final, 6:45 p.m., Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh I did a detailed preview that can be found on the site and in the newspaper, so my thoughts here will be brief: It is extremely important that Chapel Field stay close in this game early, because [...]
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Thursday pre-game Section 9 tournament thoughts

By Kevin Witt | Published: March 4, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Section 9 Class AA and Class A semifinals are Thursday night, so there will be a lot of people watching basketball. (3 seed) Minisink Valley at (2) Middletown, 6 p.m., Class AA semifinals  This should be the best game of the night. It has been three months since these teams played each other. On Dec. 4, [...]
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New state rankings, Feb. 28

By Kevin Witt | Published: March 3, 2010 | 0 Comments
Rank Class AA ===== ==================== 1 Half Hollow Hills West-11 2 Albany CBA-2 3 Newburgh Free Academy-9 4 Boys & Girls-PSAL 5 Christ The King-CHSAA 6 Rice-CHSAA 7 Shenendehowa-2 8 Longwood-11 9 Mount Vernon-1 10 Poughkeepsie-1 11 New Rochelle-1 12 Cardozo-PSAL 13 Bishop Loughlin-CHSAA 14 Bishop Maginn-2 15 Rochester East-5 16 Baldwin-8 17 Rochester Wilson-5 18 Cicero-North Syracuse-3 19 Wings Academy-PSAL 20 Uniondale-8 21 North Tonawanda-6 22 North Rockland-1 23 Jamestown-6 24 Orchard Park-6 25 Middletown-9           Class A ===== ==================== 1 Jamesville-DeWitt-3 2 Red Hook-9 3 Newark-5 4 Buffalo Nichols-AIS 5 Cornwall-9 6 South Bronx-PSAL 7 Williamsville South-6 8 Long Island Lutheran-AIS 9 Harborfields-11 10 Westbury-8 11 Rockville Centre South Side-8 12 Buffalo Canisius-CHSAA 13 Pittsford Mendon-5 14 Bedford Academy-PSAL 15 Cardinal Hayes-CHSAA 16 Elmont-8 17 St, John Baptist-CHSAA 18 Iona Prep-CHSAA 19 Spring Valley-1 20 Buffalo East-6 21 St. Joe-by-the-Sea-CHSAA 22 Tappen Zee-1 23 Pelham-1 24 Mount St. Michael-CHSAA 25 Bayport-11               Class B ===== ==================== 1 Olean-6 2 Lawrence-Woodmere-AIS 3 Pleasantville-1 4 Burke Catholic-9 5 Fonda-Fultonville-2 6 Woodlands-1 7 Collegiate-AIS 8 Potsdam-10 9 Westhill-3 10 Batavia-5 11 Lackawanna-6 12 Salesian-CHSAA 13 Malverne-8 14 Watervliet-2 15 Bishop Grimes-3 16 Briarcliff-1 17 Depew-6 18 C.G. Finney-5 19 Livonia-5 20-T Wilson-6 20-T Norwich-4           Class C ===== ==================== 1 West Canada-3 2 Mynderse-5 3 Buffalo Middle College-6 4 Valhalla-1 5 Maple Hill-2 6 Cassadaga [...]
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Wednesday pre-game Section 9 tournament thoughts

By Kevin Witt | Published: March 3, 2010 | 0 Comments
(5 seed) Spackenkill at (1) Burke Catholic, 6:45 p.m., Class B semifinals  This is more of a dangerous spot for the home team than it appears.  Spackenkill is coming off a dominating 67-42 quarterfinal victory Monday at fourth-seed Onteora. Stephen Gugumuck scored 20 points for Spackenkill. Andrew Michos added 13 points and Jimmy Kruk also scored 11.  Last [...]
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