ELDRED, NY — “I only have six players,” said June Hallock, returning coach of the Lady Yellowjackets varsity bucketeers, about a squad that only has one hoopster on the bench. …
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By TED WADDELL
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12/29/23
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MONTICELLO, NY — Wander around the paddock area at Monticello Raceway—the “Mighty M” of harness racing in the Catskills—and a sports scribbler is surrounded by rows of …
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By TED WADDELL
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7/12/23
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LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — The Sullivan West Bulldogs 2022 football team posted a 6-2 overall record for the season in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s (NYSPHSAA) Section IX 8-Man football data. The team finished undefeated, 5-0, in their division, before falling 26-12 to the Spackenkill Spartans in the November 4 playoffs.
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BY TED WADDELL
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11/23/22
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HONESDALE, PA — The tarmac was packed with Brockways, Macks, Peterbilts and other vintage big rigs, along with a row of hot rods and customs.
It was the 11th annual American Truckers …
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By TED WADDELL
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7/25/23
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LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — The Sullivan West girls’ varsity volleyball squad came within a cat’s whisker of pulling a rabbit out of a hat during their first outing of the new season.
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By TED WADDELL
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9/13/23
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ELDRED, NY — The thing about most sporting events is that someone’s going to win, and somebody’s destined to lose.
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BY TED WADDELL
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9/28/22
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LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY — SUNY Sullivan’s Paul Gerry Fieldhouse has the reputation for bringing out both the best—or the worst—in basketball teams.
On March 1, the Lady Wildcats …
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By TED WADDELL
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3/15/23
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LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — On December 20, Sullivan West hosted a varsity wrestling tri-meet between the home team Bulldogs, the Eldred Yellowjackets and the Eagles of Burke Catholic.
The …
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By TED WADELL
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1/9/24
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LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — As the mackerel sky faded into a waxing gibbous phase of the moon over the Sullivan West soccer field on October 6, the home team Lady Bulldogs of Sullivan West (6-2-2 overall, 2-2 league) edged the S.S. Seward Lady Spartans (3-4-1, 0-4).
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BY TED WADDELL
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10/19/22
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JEFFERSONVILLE, NY — As the rollout date of Friday, September 9, marking the kickoff of Sullivan West’s varsity football season, draws ever closer, the Bulldogs are hard at work. A series of practices were followed on September 3 by a four-team scrimmage.
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BY TED WADDELL
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9/7/22
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JEFFERSONVILLE, NY — Talk about flashbacks or temporary lapses of reality. For a while on Friday, May 6, this sports scribbler thought he was back in 1952, watching “Singin’in the …
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By TED WADDELL
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5/11/22
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LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY — Earlier this year, long-time Generals assistant coach Simon Clement was named head men’s basketball coach for the 2023-24 season.
The announcement was made by …
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11/21/23
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ELDRED, NY — In their initial matchup of this season’s game of hoops, the home team Lady Yellowjackets defeated the Lady Wildcats of Livingston Manor/Roscoe 52-22 in the first league …
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By TED WADDELL
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1/17/24
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MIDDLETOWN, NY — River Reporter sports columnist, photographer and journalist Ted Waddell was honored by the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) on Sunday, December 11.
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12/31/22
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LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY — If you have an opponent who is destined to post 31 points in a championship game of buckets, you might have an unstoppable force to contend with.
That was exactly the …
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3/22/23
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LACKAWAXEN, PA — As most of the country is paying attention to major league baseball’s 2022 divisional playoffs, on a beautiful fall Sunday, a crowd of fans gathered at Veterans Memorial …
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By JEFFREY SIDLE
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10/25/22
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ROSCOE, NY — As legend has it, where the pristine waters of the sun-glittered Beaverkill and Willowemoc meet at Junction Pool dwells the Beamoc, known as the ever-elusive Two-Headed Trout.
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By TED WADDELL
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3/5/24
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LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY — On February 4, SUNY Sullivan hosted the 14th annual BCANY Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at the local community college’s Paul Gerry Fieldhouse.
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BY TED WEDDELL
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2/15/23
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ELDRED, NY — In some respects, you might be tempted to call the Yellowjackets of Eldred High a hard-luck team. But despite a 0-14 season, that didn’t stop this sports scribbler from …
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By TED WADDELL
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4/13/22
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LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — There’s nothing quite like a win on Valentine’s Day for celebrating a victory on your home court.
And that’s exactly what happened on February 14, …
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By TED WADDELL
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2/21/24
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