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Saugerties sports community honors Hall of Fame class of 2017
Derek Whittaker, Randy Dodig, Steve Freer, Ed Short and Rick Andreassen (photo by David Gordon) The Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame held its 54th annual induction ceremony last weekend, with five new...
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Saugerties baseball team wins five straight
Sawyer pitcher Evan Normann in action. (photo by Robert FOrd) Four days, four games, four wins. Last week was quite a week for the Saugerties High School baseball team, which had a winning week while...
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Kingston High School golfers take to the links
Jake Hommel drives in Tuesday’s match. (photo by Nicole Terpening) For duffers and experts alike, there is no greater sign of spring than the opening of local golf courses. The same is true for the...
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Women’s Woodstock Cycling Grand Prix rolls through Saturday, May 6
The signs for this year’s Women’s Woodstock Cycling Grand Prix (WWCGP) started going up last weekend, even before organizer Martin Ernst Bruhn and a crew took their recon ride around the...
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New Paltz tennis team remains undefeated
New Paltz singles: (L-R) Elijah McKee, Noah Kalus, Isaac Cheruiyot (photo by Rich Corozine) Last season the New Paltz boys tennis team finished at 14-0 and were MHAL champions; this season looks to be...
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KHS’ Hayner pitches perfect game
Tyler Kelder takes a rip in Monday’s game against Middletown. (photo by Nicole Terpening) What’s the perfect way to extend a winning streak to six games during the crucial stretch run toward the...
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Hartford City’s early goals doom Stockade FC in opener
Stockade’s Michael Creswick reins in a pass. (photos by Dan Barton) Kingston Stockade FC dropped their season opener in a 3-1 loss to visiting Hartford City FC that was all but settled in the first...
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New Paltz softball wins first-ever MHAL title
Jill Harrison. It took 16 innings of high-pressure softball — a regulation seven to dispose of FDR 2-1 and another extra inning-nine to beat Ellenville 3-0 — but New Paltz softball, with a brand new...
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Fan-made zine brings punk rock-style support to Stockade FC
Some pages from a previous edition. There are measures of a relatively new sports team’s success in finding its local footing. For Stockade FC, it’s seen in the densely packed Dietz Stadium stands,...
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Righthander searches for baseball fulfillment with Saugerties Stallions
Gavin Hellman practice pitching A white envelope caught my eye as I approached my baseball locker. I picked the envelope up, not knowing what to expect. I read the headline of the letter it contained....
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Fundraiser planned to bring lights to Saugerties softball field
Members of the girls’ softball league square off during a recent game at Thornton Field, one of only two ballfields at Cantine that does not have lights Only two ballfields at the Cantine Memorial...
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Stockade FC ties Hartford City and gets partial payback for opening day loss
New York City’s Stockade supporters, from left, Craig T. Wood, Mark Altman, Dara Jean and Brice Rogers. (Photo by Crispin Kott) If Stockade FC didn’t mete out the measure of revenge they were hoping...
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My first day as a Stallion
I wanted to meet my new Saugerties Stallions teammates, and to explore the new town I will be living in for the summer. However, I took a wrong exit off the Thruway at Kingston. I found myself looking...
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Kingston High’s rowing teams having a great year
Head Coach Scott Johnson with rowing team members Ryan North (standing) and Josh Shafran down on the Rondout last week. (photo by Dan Barton) The Kingston High School varsity rowing team is streaking...
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Journey to Saugerties: Our first game
It was opening day for the Saugerties Stallions, who would compete against the Jamestown Jammers that night. Most of my teammates and I fell asleep on the charter bus departing from Cantine Field....
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Two-win weekend sets stage for big Stockade FC match
David Nkansah-Siriboe beats the goalie in Saturday’s match at Dietz. (photo by Roy Gumpel) In its inaugural season, Stockade went 5-8-3, a reasonably successful start for a brand new program still...
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Saugerties Stallions win home opener after two losses on the road
After losing their first two games on the road, a 5-4 squeaker to the Jamestown Jammers and a 15-12 slugfest against the Elmira Pioneers, the Saugerties Stallions picked up their first win by drubbing...
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New Paltz High School’s Dagi Tadesse wins gold at state track and field...
New Paltz High School’s Dagi Tadesse captured a gold medal at this weekend’s New York State Athletic Association track and field championships. Tadesse became the school’s first track state champion...
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Record crowd at Dietz watches Stockade FC win huge match
Stockade FC’s Marco Kloster tries to maneuver through Boston City players Michael Rincon and Ronaldo Vieira. (Phyllis McCabe) A club-record 992 fans saw Kingston Stockade FC come out on top in a...
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My first (and last) game pitching as a Saugerties Stallion
“Trust the process.” Those three words rattled around in my mind as I ate breakfast that fateful day. The concept had been taught to me by my pitching coach, Micah Posey, at Elon University. He would...
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