Highland girls’ basketball preview
What to do when you lose to graduation the number one scorer in MHAL history…and arguably the league’s best basketball player ever?
Sports
A winning season for New Paltz Tennis
There are only a few instances in my 25 years covering New Paltz and Highland sports that a program has been as dominant as New Paltz tennis — that’s boys and girls — with the girls, like the boys last Spring, having their third straight undefeated season and winning the MHAL team title.
A new look for Saugerties girls’ basketball team
The 2019-20 Saugerties High School varsity girls’ basketball team may be virtually unrecognizable to fans who followed last year’s run through the postseason, which ended one win shy of a repeat performance as Section IX, Class A champions.
Saugerties 12U football team is pumped up for its trip to Tennessee
In its very first year, the Saugerties Outlaws youth tackle football 12U team is heading to Gatlinburg, Tennessee later this month to compete in the Battle in Rocky Top national tournament.
Volunteers save the day for Survival of the Shawangunks triathletes
The Survival of the Shawangunks is arguably one of the most grueling and unusual triathlons in the world.
Saugerties varsity opens with a win
The 2019 Sawyers, again under Coach Drew Carpino, are hoping to build on the successes of last season’s squad, which went 5-5 overall, including a four-game win streak.
KHS girls soccer bounces back to bury Pine Bush
The Kingston High School varsity girls soccer team is 1-1 on the season, quickly finding their rhythm in a 6-1 win over Pine Bush on Tuesday, just days after opening their Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association 2019 campaign with a tough 1-0 defeat against Valley Central.
Ulster Fillies 18-U team reaches new heights at tourney
The Kingston American Legion Post 150 Ulster Fillies softball team had their best-ever run in an 18-under Open or A softball Nationals tournament, finishing second in a tournament in Ocean City, Maryland two weeks ago.
Muay Thai fighter Chris Mauceri ready for Foxwoods bout
Professional Muay Thai fighter and part owner of Stockade Muay Thai in Uptown Kingston Chris Mauceri is stepping back between the ropes on on Saturday, Aug. 17 versus Stephen Oppong for Lion Fight 58. The fight is taking place at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Mashantucket, Conn.
New Paltz SeaHawks win DUSO championship again
Led By Abbie Santos, Delaney Pece, Ashley Benkert, Brooke Vos and Julia Napoli, the New Paltz SeaHawks ran their Dutchess-Ulster Swim Organization [DUSO] Championship string to seven straight and eight in the last nine years, amassing 1,512 points to second-place Zena’s 1,283 in Saturday’s title meet at the Ulster County Pool. The Seahawks, 7-0 this season, have also put together an incredible 61-straight dual-meet string.