Inaugural Ride for Mental Health brings long-distance cyclists to New Paltz
Mac Dorris has organized The Ride for Mental Illness {also known as Eric’s Ride). The Ride is dedicated to the memory of Dorris’s son, who died at the young age of 21. The event will take place June 24...
View ArticleNew Paltz athletic director Toni Woody retiring after 18 years
Toni Woody. (photo by Rich Corozine) When Toni Woody began her career as New Paltz’s athletic director, she knew she was coming into a program with a good solid base, great facilities and one with lots...
View ArticleOn the heels of a resounding victory, Stockade FC enters a significant...
Starting goalkeeper Steve Skonieczny makes a save in the game against the Seacoast United Mariners. (Ben Walsh | Stockade FC) Stockade FC went into last weekend with something to prove. Prove it they...
View ArticleHudson Valley Buccaneers begin season
The Hudson Valley Buccaneers kick off their third season of semi-pro football a wek from this Saturday, July 8 at 6 p.m. at Dietz Stadium in Kingston. The Buccaneers are fresh off their first-ever...
View ArticleStockade FC makes the playoffs
Pedro Espindola and Eric Fortier challenge a TSF Academy player for the ball at Monday’s game. (Photo by Nicole Terpening) Heading into the holiday weekend, Kingston Stockade FC was in the enviable...
View ArticleNew Paltz cross country coach Glenn Eckert is retiring
Glenn Eckert. (photo by Rich Corozine) One could say that Glenn Eckert had the good fortune to step into a great cross-country program on a remarkable run; or one could say that Eckert stepped into the...
View ArticleStockade FC’s first-ever playoff match in Kingston is this Saturday
Michael Creswick, in white, will be back in the lineup for Saturday. (Photo by Phyllis McCabe) This Saturday, Kingston Stockade FC will host its first-ever playoff game at Dietz Stadium after finishing...
View ArticleWrestling academy opens in Saugerties
Joseph DePola, Chris Farrell, Joseph Thompson and James Bethel stand next to a poster listing the characteristics and code of conduct by which the academy operates. (photo by Robert Ford) “It’s a dream...
View ArticleStockade FC wins in overtime, moves to next round in playoffs
Team captain Jamal Lis-Simmons holds the Atlantic White Conference trophy aloft. (Photos by Phyllis McCabe) Stockade FC made its playoff debut Saturday, and it was a thriller which came with a side...
View ArticleSaugerties’ baseball standouts
Rory Cohan was named to the All State third-team. After a great season with the Saugerties High School team, he now pitches for the American Legion Post 72 team in the American Legion League. (photo by...
View ArticleKHS lacrosse standout Grace Gavis is an All-American
Grace Gavis. Grace Gavis, the junior breakout star of Kingston High’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team, was recently named a U.S. Lacrosse All-American for 2017 in a season where she amassed 58 goals —...
View ArticleSaugerties student broadcasters follow their dream
Biko Skalla and Curtis Jorgensen The Saugerties Stallions have stepped up their broadcasting game this year, getting more than 250,000 hits on their live-streaming on YouTube broadcast. To do the job,...
View ArticleIt’s over, but oh what a season for Stockade FC
The team poses for a post-match picture. (Photos by Crispin Kott) Kingston Stockade FC’s magical 2017 campaign ended with a 6-3 defeat at the hands of Clarkstown SC in the National Premier Soccer...
View ArticleStockade FC 2017 wrapup: A year to build on
Stockade FC’s Ernie Mitchell makes a challenge to a TSF Academy player during a match at Dietz last month. (photo by Nicole Terpening) No one involved in Kingston Stockade FC seems eager to let go of...
View ArticleGreat Newburgh-to-Beacon Hudson River Swim 2017 this Saturday
(Meetup) Imagine being in the middle of the Hudson River – but not on a boat: Visualize what it would be like to swim across the Hudson, taking in the majesty of the landscape at eye level with the...
View ArticleSaugerties football coach is shooting for the Section title this season
The Saywers in action against Goshen last year. In this photo, Nick Dennis carries the ball for a gain. Dennis, then a senior, won’t be on the team this year. (photo by Robert Ford) With a few small...
View ArticleNew Paltz SeaHawks are DUSO champs, again!
SeaHawks’ triple DUSO champ, Ava Demassio. (photo by Rich Corozine) The names may change through the years, but over the last six summer seasons of DUSO swimming the results have been the same. And...
View ArticleSaugerties grad teaches Bard lacrosse
Brian Praetorius (photo by David B. Newman) Brian Praetorius, a 2003 graduate of Saugerties High School and a standout on the school’s lacrosse team, has been named the new head coach of Bard College’s...
View ArticleSoftball’s summer nights in Kingston
Barry Gorsline is at bat as Jamie DeCicco umps. (photo by Nicole Terpening) As summer winds down in Kingston, the competition is heating up on local softball fields, as the City of Kingston Parks and...
View ArticleKingston High girls’ soccer looks to contend
Phyllis McCabe Players tangle at last week’s scrimmage against Wallkill. (photo by Phyllis McCabe) Though it’s just the second season at the helm for Kingston High School girls varsity soccer coach Rob...
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