Monticello boys and T-V girls win 25th Monticello Games (photos are uploading still. Hit HOT SHOTS at the top or bottom of the page to see the 700 plus stunning pix. Story's skeletal version is up but will be expanded shortly.
Fallsburg Lady Comets get first softball win of the season as they down Tri-Valley 7-2. Pictures are uploaded . Hit HOT SHOTS at the top of the page to see the slide show and photo album as they fill out. No story on this one..sorry..not enough hours in the day! Photos also up from Tri-Valley vs. Seward softball game won by the Lady Spartans 11-1. No story on this one either!
Fallsburg's Jewelisa Trujillo hits a two-run single in the sixth inning.
Tri-Valley junior Emily DiToro hurls a strike. She struck out five batters.
Fallsburg slugger Kiera Miller shows her mighty swing. Miller had an RBI double in the game.
Tri-Valley junior Ashley Exner drives in a run in the third inning.
Tri-Valley freshman Tashauna West put on a great fielding show in her debut in left field with some awesome catches.
Again..pictures still uploading..story later.
Chester defeats Tri-Valley 15-3 in league series opener. Hit HOT SHOTS at the top of the page to see the photo album and slide show. Story up later.
Chester senior Matt Coffey pitched six innings and allowed three unearned runs. He struck out 12 and yielded just five hits.
Tri-Valley sophomore starter Justin Swarthout had a rough day due to some lackluster defense on the part of the normally much sharper Bears.
Chester's Colin Marco heads towards third as part of the merry go round as Chester piled it on with dynamic offense to make up for its own poor defense.
Tri-Valley coach John Rusin has some advice for John Anzano prior to his at bat.
Photos from the glorious Tri-Valley Invitational, the last one hosted by iconic Joe and Missy Iatauro prior to their retirement are uploaded . Hit HOT SHOTS at the top or bottom of the page to see the album and slide show.
Tri-Valley boys and girls capture Division II meet championships again. Arlington wins Division I boys and girls titles.
Monticello's Shane Jackson takes first in the 100 with a time of 11.0.
T-V's Mareena DiMilia runs the first leg of the winning 300 shuttle hurdle relay completed by Vicky Tingley and Ali Reynolds. DiMilia won the javelin, took second in the shot put and the hammer and was named the meet's Most Outstanding Field Athlete.
T-V's Autumn Bender wins the 2000 steeplechase. She also won the Freshman 800.
Mineola's Fred Lang wins the 2000 Steeplechase.
Sullivan West Lady Bulldogs get first win of the season in an 8-2 road victory over as-yet winless Monticello. Photos are uploaded.. Hit HOT SHOTS to see the album..
Sullivan West's Katie Slater fires a strike. She struck out ten and went two-for-three with an RBI to help her cause.
Monticello catcher Caitlin Radlein tags out Sullivan West's Bethany Padu in the early going.
Monticello center fielder Brianna Bennet fields a ball and fires in.
Sullivan West's Marianne Durkin takes a lead off third. The Lady Bulldogs used a five-run second inning outburst to break a 1-1 tie with the Lady Panthers.
Liberty rides the great pitching of Quinn Jackson and Atwoun Ackerley and the timely hitting of Ryan Henry and two RBI from Brendan Siegel to edge Sullivan West 2-1 in nine innings to even the series at a game apiece.
Liberty senior Ryan Henry had two triples and a single in the game.
Sullivan West starter Cody Franskevicz pitched a masterful game but SW long balls were tracked down relentlessly by center fielder Killian Bloat who put on a defensive clinic.
Franskevicz pitched six innings and allowed only two hits.
Liberty starter Quinn Jackson was extremely sharp. Both starters showed excellent control. Jackson pitched six innings and allowed one run on three hits.
Tag out at second. Liberty's Atwoun Ackerley is tagged out by SW shortstop Owen Andrews.
Liberty's Matt McPhillips hugs closer Atwoun Ackerley after the win. It was Liberty's first win of the season.
Sullivan West embarks on its quest for its tenth consecutive Division IV title with wins over Tri-Valley and Fallsburg. Pictures are uploaded.
Pictured below are each team's top golfers of the day: Sullivan West's Drew Billard (39), Fallsburg's Sundar Pratt (48) and T-V's Kyle Rogers (44).
Fallsburg Lady Comets win Division IV opener vs. Sullivan West at the Villa Roma as they begin quest for fourth consecutive Division IV title. Fallsburg won 98-100. Pictures are uploaded. Hit HOT SHOTS at the top of the bottom of the page to see the album.
Golfers pictured top to bottom:
Fallsburg senior Brooke Rappaport
Sullivan West sophomore Daphne Muzuruk
Fallsburg junior Danielle Stratton
Sullivan West junior Erin Finn
Fallsburg's Madison Levine
Sullivan West junior Liiza Koradis
Sullivan West spoils T-V baseball opener with an 8-2 road victory. Patrick Pierce knocks in five runs to lead the charge. Pictures are uploaded. Hit HOT SHOTS to see the gallery.
T-V starter sophomore Justin Swarthout
T-V's Aric Boyes approaches third base as SW's Sawyer Erlwein awaits him. The duo were both Section IX senior football all-stars and now meet again on the baseball circuit.
Patrick Pierce hits a bases-clearing double as part of his offensive onslaught. Pierce also came on in relief of starter Karl Knecht.
Karl Knecht gets set to deliver in the early going.
Again..pix uploading--story up later
Tri-Valley boys and girls marshal convincing Division IV wins over Sullivan West in Bulldogs' track and field opener. Photos are uploaded. Hit HOT SHOTS at the top of the bottom of the page to see the photo album.
T-V sophomore Zach Nilsen outduels SW junior Mitch Paciga in a close race in the 110 high hurdles. He came back and did it again in the 400 hurdles.
T-V senior Mareena DiMilia wins the shot put. She also marshaled wins in the 100 hurdles and the long jump.
Sullivan West's Reed Scott won the 1600 and 3200.
T-V's Katlynn Greffath wins the high jump with a leap of 4-10.
The untimely passing of 2009 Monticello graduate Jessica Fingers pictured and written about in "Eternal Light" post has made this a very difficult week as those of us who knew and loved her have tried to reckon with the shock and grief of all-too-soon departure from this world. Having spent years following her career as a cross-country, indoor and outdoor track competitor and having forged a friendship with her beyond high school as she ventured forth to begin her full scholarship sojourn at Columbia University, it is naturally nearly impossible to believe that she is no longer among us..but yet she is..and will continue to be..in the spirit that defined her life..something I sought with all my power of words to find in this piece I have written for her. Spring sports will now take hold as the cold days give way to warm ones and as I marshal my camera and my words to glorify young men and women I will see her there as she was..as she alwyas will be in my mind..forever young.
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Tri-Valley Winter Sports Awards. MVP's are shown below. Story up some time this weekend. I have a lot on my plate right now. Hit HOT SHOTS at the top or bottom of the page to see the photo gallery from the awards night ceremony.
Shatik Smith Boys Basketball Most Valuable Offensive Player
James Pugh Boys Basketball Most Valuable Defensive Player
Vicky Tingley, Autumn Bender and Mareena DiMilia MVP's Girls Indoor Track
Sarah Coney MVP Alpine Skiing
Schuyler Kraus MVP Cheerleading
Kevin Palko MVP Wrestling
Mareena DiMilia MVP Girls Basketball
Story will be up sometime this weekend.
Hauk and Aric Boyes MVP's Boys Indoor Track
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Tri-Valley girls win seventh consecutive Section IX title. New Paltz boys win B crown. Rondout Valley girls win B crown and Dover boys win Class C. Photos to upload during the day. Hit HOT SHOTS during the day to check pix as they arrive. Story will follow.
Eldred girls claim sixth straight Section IX Class D track title while boys garner fifth straight.
On Thursday May 15th Mareena DiMilia signed a Letter of Intent to attend Sacred Heart University of Connecticut receiving an Academic and Athletic Scholarship.
Tri-Valley's Mareena DiMilia wins the 2013 OCIAA Throwing Pentathlon with a total of 2,429 points. Teammate Shannon Smith was fourth with 1,905 while Colleen Jones was 4th in the Hammer Championship with a throw of 82-1.
