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New Paltz topples Marlboro dynasty to capture football title
KINGSTON – It happened quickly, the slaying of a high school football giant. Three shots across the brow in succession staggered the juggernaut and, as it knelt weary, New Paltz delivered the coup de...
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New Paltz's triumph over Marlboro a long-awaited football fantasy
Jimmy Verney of New Paltz rushes for a touchdown in the during the Section 9 Class B final football game against Marlboro at Dietz Stadium in Kingston Nov. 4, 2016. KINGSTON – This was the fulfillment...
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Feighan hat trick sends Arlington to girls soccer state semis
The Arlington girls soccer team celebrates after winning the Class AA regional final against Monroe-Woodbury. MIDDLETOWN – Molly Feighan! Molly Feighan! Molly Feighan! Say that three times fast. Not...
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Millbrook shows fight, but run ends in section final loss to Burke
Millbrook football takes the field before its Section 9 Class C final. MIDDLETOWN – Millbrook probably shouldn’t have had a lead in the fourth quarter. And, after losing it, probably shouldn’t have...
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Physical injury, emotional toll: Athletes can struggle after surgery
Andres Blanco sat in bed, mulling a difficult decision. Neither solution would be pleasant, but he had to make a choice: Spackenkill running back Andres Blanco is tackled during a game against...
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Injuries mount, answers missing: Knee injuries increase for youth
Eileen Fiore juggles a soccer ball while demonstrating her workout routine at Spackenkill High School in August. Fiore tore her ACL during a playoff game against Dover High School on October 29, 2015....
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Andres Blanco sat in bed, mulling a difficult decision. Neither solution would be pleasant, but he had to make a choice: To use the bathroom or not to use the bathroom. This was, at the time, a high...
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Timm brims with confidence entering state cross country championships
Tangibly, not a great deal carries over from one race to the next, and certainly not from one season to another. But confidence is another matter. Caroline Timm of Our Lady of Lourdes takes first in...
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Spackenkill reflects with pride on its volleyball season
Spackenkill High School’s Nini Sher. There obviously was disappointment at their season ending before they would have preferred. Still, the pervading emotion for the Spackenkill volleyball team, coach...
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Girls soccer: Arlington anxious for state semifinals, despite mannequin act
FREEDOM PLAINS – There was complete silence and the players appeared petrified. Arlington High School’s Claire Kirkhus dribbles the ball during a Class AA regional final against Monroe-Woodbury on...
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Arlington girls playing for state title
Arlington girls soccer huddles before its state Class AA semifinal against Clarence High School on Nov. 12, 2016. DRYDEN – There were problems abound for the Arlington girls soccer team. They arose...
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Arlington wins state championship in double overtime
Arlington girls soccer readies for its state final against Massapequa on Nov. 13, 2016. CORTLAND – History! “This is the most incredible feeling I’ve ever had,” senior Emily Allen said. “This gives me...
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Seefeldt, Coon overcame hardship to be state champs
Arlington seniors Stephanie Seefeldt and Allie Coon. CORTLAND – Fittingly, it was Stephanie Seefeldt who was handed the championship plaque on Sunday. As is custom in ceremonies following a state...
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Familiar names return to state swimming championships
Heidi Simpfenderfer of Roy C. Ketcham High School is returning to the state swimming championships. A year ago, New Paltz High School girls swimming coach Don Bartlett said that, entering the state...
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Marist women sign 3, await news on Clement
Monroe-Woodbury High School girls basketball standout Willow Duffell commited to Marist College. The Marist College women’s basketball team officially announced Thursday three additions who signed...
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Three locals shine in state swimming preliminaries
Clare Bosse, Our Lady of Lourdes swimming Franklin D. Roosevelt junior Amber Diehl, as well as Our Lady of Lourdes sophomore Clare Bosse and Roy C. Ketcham senior Heidi Simpfenderfer each will compete...
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Girls on the Gridiron: Area scholastic athletes blaze football trail
Coryne DeMattio, 15, is sophomore at Millbrook High School and plays defensive line for the football team. Coryne DeMattio has heard her opponents’ whispers. The 11 boys on the other side of the field...
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Diehl finishes strong at state swimming finals
Franklin D. Roosevelt swimmer Amber Diehl at the Section 9 swimming championships. When Amber Diehl completed the 100-yard breaststroke on Saturday, learning she had finished ninth, there was a brief...
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Anozie's return a slam dunk for Lourdes basketball
It was an unusual sight, to say the least. Our Lady of Lourdes High School’s James Anozie is covered by Marlboro’s, from left, Jack Rusk and Xavier Oliver during the 2015 Duane Davis Memorial Holiday...
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Red Hook's Wilkinson continues to honor aunt's memory
Red Hook’s Jessica Wilkinson dribbles past Arlington’s Casey Schweitzer during the Lisa Moray Memorial Basketball Tournament on Dec. 5, 2015. Jessica Wilkinson was 6 years old when her aunt put a...
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