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Monthly Archives: May 2008
State boys’ golf starts Sunday: check out Section 9’s qualifiers
Section 9 won the boys’ golf team title at the state championships last
season for the first in the tournament’s 35-year history.
Three
golfers, Kingston’s Doug Kleeschulte and Chris Ferraro and Rondout
Valley’s Andrew DeForest, are back to defend Section 9’s title.
Kleeschulte
should contend for a state title Sunday and Monday in his fourth trip
to Sunday Cornell University in Ithaca. [...]
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Pfister, Burns advance at state tennis tournament
Rondout Valley senior Dave Pfister made a successful singles debut at the state tennis tournament Thursday.
Pfister blanked Alex Hall of Lake Placid 6-0, 6-0 in the first round at the United States Tennis Center in New York.
Pfister (22-1) advances to the round of 16 at 8 a.m. Friday. Joining
Pfister in the round of 16 are [...]
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Section 9 girls’ golf final results
Girls golf
Section 9 championships
(Second, final round at Orange County Golf Club, Middletown)
Note: The tournament was shortened to 27 holes due to rain and
lightning-watch delays. The front nine scores were only counted. Par
was 37. The top nine golfers advanced to the state tournament on June
7-8 at Foxfire Golf Club in Baldwinsville. John S. Burke Catholic
senior Katie [...]
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Wrestling gets its wish
Section 9 wrestling will try out a double-entry format in the postseason for the first time in the 2008-09 season.
The format allows each team to enter up to 16 wrestlers
into the Section 9 tournament. There are 15 weight classes. This means
a team could enter more than one wrestler in the same weight class as
other sections in the [...]
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Section 9 boys’ tennis championships off
The second day of the Section 9 boys’ tennis championships has been postponed due to rain.
Officials are hoping to pick up play tomorrow (Friday) at 10 a.m. at SUNY New Paltz. If play is rained out again tomorrow, the tournament will likely resume at 10 p.m. Tuesday at SUNY New Paltz.
Three round of 16 matches [...]
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Section 9 boys’ golf final results
Section 9 championship
(Second and final round at Casperkill Golf Club, Poughkeepsie, par 72)
* – The top nine golfers advanced to the state tournament On June 1-2 at Cornell University in Ithaca
Josh Goldstein (Liberty) 76-70–146; Andrew DeForest (Rondout Valley)
71–81–152; Jeff Schaller (Kingston) 75-79–154; Chris Ferraro (Kingston)
80-75–155; Justin Armstrong (Sullivan West) 79–78–157; Doug Kleeschulte
(Kingston) 80-77–157; Mike Marotta [...]
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Section 9 girls’ golf first round results
There’s a surprise leader after the first round of the Section 9 girls’ golf championships.
Maybe, it’s not that big of a surprise, considering James I. O’Neill
sophomore Margaret Suchan was playing on her home course at West Point.
Suchan shot a 14-over-par 84 and has a four-shot lead over Valley
Central freshman Tori DeGroodt. Three-time section champ Ashley [...]
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Pfister looking to make history
A Mid-Hudson Athletic League boys’ tennis player hasn’t won a Section 9 singles title in 13 years.
Rondout Valley senior Dave Pfister will try to break the streak when
first-round, section play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday (May 21) at SUNY
New Paltz. The semifinals and finals will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday
at SUNY New Paltz.
Pfister, the [...]
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Section 9 boys’ golf champions
Rondout Valley sophomore Andrew DeForest will attempt to become the
second member of his family to win a Section 9 golf title in
consecutive seasons.
Here’s a list of the past Section 9 champions from 1989 to present
2007 – Chris DeForest, Rondout Valley
2006 – Doug Kleeschulte, Kingston
2005 – Sean Semenetz, Sullivan West
2004 [...]
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Section 9 tennis players eliminated