Multiple Sclerosis Fund Raiser Party in Roscoe
The very first Multiple Sclerosis Fund Raiser Party will be held on Friday, March 23rd at the Rockland House in Roscoe NY from 7:00 – 11:00 pm. Cost is Free Will Offering.
Dancing with music by Mystic Entertainment and the Hendrickson Brothers Darren and BJ. Appetizers, Cash bar, theme baskets, 50/50….a great time for all while raising money for a good cause. Shelley’s Crew for a Cure – all donations benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS Walk to be held on Saturday, May 5. Walkers are always welcome to join!
Anyone wanting further information, make a monetary donation or donate a basket please call Debbie at 607-498-5329 or drop off at UHF Health Office in Roscoe to Patty.
Until there is a cure, we will continue to walk!
State Of Grace
Section IX Cross-Country Championship Provides A Rich Tapestry Of New And Defending Champions, Winning Streaks And A Bevy Of State Qualifiers; T-V Bears Go Over The Mountain With A Girls’ Team Title and First-Ever Championship By Jim Bernstein; Eldred’s Alex Campanella Repeats, While Christine Donnelly Wins At Last
Section Nine Cross-Country Championships
By RICHARD A. ROSS
Scenes of splendor from the Section IX cross-country championships (Clockwise) Tri-Valley's Jim Bernstein is on his way to winning his first-ever Section Nine C title; Eldred's Alex Campanella repeats as Section Nine 'D" Champ. Eldred's Christine Donnelly wins on her fifth try as she finally garners the 'D' crown. Class C gilrs winners include the victorious Lady Bears (left to right) Autumn Bender, Oliva Rehm, Brooke Gillette, Sabrena Smith, Danielle Graham, Devon Jones and Alex Brooks. Front row: Emily Walligursky, Mallory Peterson, Mary-Kate Bida, Deidre Dwyer and Lillian Gavio. Class C girls leaders Emily Walligursky (forefront) T-V's Autumn Bender followed by Millbrook's Mallory Peterson and Spackenkills Deirdre Dwyer.
BEAR MOUNTAIN, NY—In all of life’s races, there will always be victors and also-rans. No matter what your walk of life or chosen endeavor, some people will get to revel in the riches of their success, while others are left to wonder why their best just wasn’t quite good enough in a particular instance.
While talent is an invaluable prerequisite towards reaching the top, so too is assiduous hard work and preparation. But even with all of that to draw on, one needs a little bit of good fortune in order to prevail over daunting adversity which can loom around
the very next turn in the road.
The start of the girls Class A race eventually won by NFA's Giianna Frontera.
No one understands these challenges better than cross-country runners. Stalwart, gritty and determined to withstand the rigors of hills, mud, trails that twist and turn and the aches and pains that are commensurate with taxing their bodies to the max, harriers build strength for life as they reckon with pushing themselves to exhaustion in search of their best.
And in the context of such quests, they are apt to experience days of unbridled joy as well as those of devastating disappointment. It goes with the territory.
Like the trails they run on, runners know firsthand about emotional ups and downs.
Try as I might to convey the drama of the Section Nine Championships held at a blustery Bear Mountain on November 4, I am bound to fall far short in my humble narration to depict the courage and the heart in the eight races I bore witness to.
All I know is that throughout the day, I had tears in my eyes, a product of not just the wind but the emotions exacted by seeing
hard-fought triumphs as well as heart-rending disappointments
The Sullivan County emphasis in this story is a given since I know so many of these runners, their ongoing sagas, trials and tribulations and what they bring to races like this one wherein their entire season is on the line.
Eldred senior Hunter Proscia finished second in the Class D run and returns to states with teammate Alex Campanella, along with Christine Donnelly and Sarah Malzahn who are making their debut at the state meet.
This is where their hopes of being one of the chosen, that elite group of kids who will move on to states, will be either affirmed or denied.
This race is what many of them have thought about 24/7 as they’ve worked beyond even the limits of their own imaginings to achieve that sought-after state of grace.
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” is more than a saying for senior runners like Tri-Valley’s Jim Bernstein (16:12.68) and Eldred’s Christine Donnelly (20:09.84), who finally broke through after years of trying to garner their elusive Section Nine Class C and D titles respectively
Both seniors relegated their summers to rigorous running and both vowed to win. Bernstein returns to states with teammate Omar Lopez (16:51.52) who finished 7th despite undergoing a fall. More on this duo shortly as I break this story down to detail the day’s component races.
For Donnelly, who missed last year’s state meet by a single place, this victory was sweet beyond reckoning. From the report of the starting gun, she grabbed a lead she would never relinquish, even when pressed by Coleman’s Kate Shults.
O'Neill's Zech Snel and Sullivan West's Reed Scott will be making their debut at states. They finished fourth and eighth respectively.
Sullivan West junior Reed Scott made it too this year in his third endeavor. Scott (18:56) took eighth to punch his ticket.
Many other runners would finally break through to either win or qualify for the state meet.
Then there were the first-timers such as Monticello eighth grade twin sisters Camryn and Sidney Johnson who qualified for states in their debut year. Camryn (19:14.14) took third in the Class B encounter, while Sidney (19:53.59) took eighth.
Livingston Manor’s Neil Mock (18:02.1) made it to states in his senior year cross-country debut as he finished ninth in Class D. O’Neill’s Zech Snell (16:35.90), a harrier who converted from playing soccer a year ago, also made his first attempt pay off with a fourth place finish in Class C.
Eldred’s expected one-two punch of Alex Campanella (16:15.72) and Hunter Proscia (16:54.97) sends the pair back to states.
Campanella who expressed his dismay over his fourth place finish in the OCIAA league championships a week prior, attacked this race with a vendetta to exact a time 31 seconds faster that his 16:46.72 Section Nine time a year ago. Proscia moved up from fifth to second from his 2010 time of 17:43.68.
Campanella will be satisfied with nothing short of a state championship in this his junior year. For Proscia, a senior, you can bet he’ll hold nothing back as he strives to achieve the same goal, or failing that, a finish near the top.
Sullivan West runners and their coach George Shakelton warm up prior to the 'C' race. With two veterans from last year's states in medalist Dani Myers and teammate Kelsey Dutton, the Lady Bulldogs figured to place three in the top ten with eighth grader Courtney Meyerer. They did that but came up four points shy of Tri-Valley and astoundingly had no one qualify for the state meet. Such disappointments are hard to reckon with but the team will be back minus senior Rachel Deppa next year to try again.
While running is an individual endeavor, it is also a team enterprise and there were team sagas aplenty by day’s end. In the Class C girls race, Sullivan West and Tri-Valley each hoped to unseat champion Rhinebeck and stave off a challenge from tough Onteora.
That said, few could have predicted the bizarre result wherein Sullivan West got three runners in the top ten and came up just four points shy of Tri-Valley for the team crown.
Worse yet for the Lady Westies, though Dani Myers (19:45.22), Courtney Meyerer (19:53.79) and Kelsey Dutton (19:55.63) took seventh through ninth, none of the trio made it to states, a crushing blow particularly for junior Myers who won a medal for her 20th place at the state meet a year prior and Dutton who also ran in the big race.
Meyerer’s eighth place finish as an eighth grader is impressive to say the least and you can expect the Lady Bulldogs to rebound next year with a vengeance as they lose only one senior in Rachel Deppa.
Tri-Valley’s win, its first since 2007 and its 19th overall, was the latest in a remarkable fall. After garnering their 12th
straight division title, the Lady Bears traveled to the Mt. Sac race in California and finished first among 30 schools in their division in the race Coach Joe Iatauro describes as “the largest high school invitational in the world.”
Group hug: Tri-Valley Lady Bears share a warm hug as they enjoy the school's first girls team win since 2007.
The girls’ win at Mt. Sac was the first one since 1993. The boys finished fourth there with the first three teams ahead of them from Nevada, Alabama and California.
Eighth grader Autumn Bender finished second at Mt. Sac running the seventh best time of a T-V girl in the school’s nine appearances there.
In this race the Lady Bears were paced by Bender (19:19.25) who took third overall behind Onteora’s Emily Walligursky (18:26.87) and Millbrook’s Mallory Peterson (19:16.50).
This was Walligursky’s first cross-country championship, an honor to go along with her track titles. Peterson was sandwiching her state-qualifying race between a pair of Section Nine soccer playoff games.
While Sullivan West had three runners near the top, Tri-Valley had the better of things from its number four and five runners. Here’show the Lady Bears did it with their number two through five runners:
Olivia Rehm (19:59.88) was tenth; newcomer sophomores: Brooke Gillette (20:36.40) was 14th and Sabrena Smith (20:44.03) was 15th. Junior Danielle Graham (21:02) was 16.th Tri-Valley outpointed Sullivan West 52-56. T-V will send its complete team including Devon Jones and Alex Brooks to states.
S.S. Seward’s boys won their fourth consecutive Class D title; Warwick’s boys won their 14th consecutive crown; Monroe-Woodbury’s girls won their fourth consecutive title, their 19th overall; Warwick boys won for the tenth straight year; New Paltz’s boys won their third consecutive Class B title.
Twin Peaks: Monticello eighth grade twins Camryn (left) and Sidney Johnson made their first year in cross-country special as they qualified for states with their third and sixth place finishes. Monticello came in second to Cornwall overall in the girls Class B team standings.
This year’s realignment by the state compacted the former five classes to four. That pushed teams like Monticello, Wallkill, Goshen, Port Jervis and Cornwall down to Class B from Class A.
Race by race details: noted below are not the names of all members of winning teams, just the top five as well as individual runners from other teams heading to states.
Class A Boys:
Warwick’s Patrizio Grandinall (15:55.09) became the fifth Warwick runner to win since the turn of the century. Warwick outpointed second place Washingtonville 22-72 as it took the top four places in the race with Grant Parrell, Aaron Peterson and Ray Farinella. State qualifiers also include: Eric Albino (Minisink Valley), Jeremy White (Washingtonville), Alex Shodai (Middletown), Connor Quinn (Washingtonville), Austin Mermell (Pine Bush). (For times and places of all runners, visit www.milesplit.com.
Class B Boys:
Class B boys approach the path near Hessian Lake.
New Paltz holds off impressive Port Jervis 55-56. Top five runners Alfrez Mazzuca of NP(16:11.5), David Busby (NP); Micke Vecchio (Cornwall); Declan Dwyer-McNulty (Red Hook) and Benn Rodd (Cornwall); State qualifiers also include: Kobie Lane (Port Jervis) and Chris Maroni (Goshen).
Class C Boys:
Rhinebeck beats Tri-Valley 36-72. 3. O’Neill 89; 4. Pine Plains 127; 5. Onteora 128; 6. Liberty 179; 7. Sullivan West 188. Jim Bernstein’s 16:12.68 significantly outpaced his last year’s sixth place finish in 17:08.68.
Bernstein was followed byJohnny Marvin (RB); Zach Karas (RB);Zech Snell (ON); Dante Penepent (RB). Other state qualifiers include: Devin DeJoode (Pine Plains), Omar Lopez (Tri-Valley) and Reed Scott (Sullivan West).
Class D Boys:
S.S. Seward beat Eldred 32-48. Webutuck was third with 66. 4. Livingston Manor/Roscoe 8. Alex Campanella and Hunter Proscia were one-two followed by Nelson Fernandez (Seward), Jesse Capellar (Web) and Kevin O’Neill (Seward): Other state qualifiers include Marco DiBella (John Coleman) and Neal Mock (Livingston Manor).
Valley Central's Holly Cavalluzzo holds a slight lead over a surging Gianna Frontera of NFA. The latter won the race as she did a week prior in the OCIAA league championships.
Class A Girls:
With a mighty kick in the final segment of the race, NFA’s Gianna Frontera (17:34.69) passed Valley Central’s Holly Cavalluzzo to back up her win at the OCIAA league race a week ago. Monroe-Woodbury beat Warwick 56-63. Other top five finishers included Lauren Hehir (Wash); Kathleen Fitzgerald (War) and Amber Goodspeed (Mid).
Class B Girls:
Cornwall defeated Monticello 28-85. 3. Red Hook 86; 4. New Paltz 100; 5. Goshen 110. Ashley Wallace (18:51.96) of Cornwall reigned supreme. 2. Naomi Bouchard (NP); 3. Camryn Johnson (Mont); 4. Keila Sheetz (C); 5. Michelle Lujan (C). Other
state qualifiers include: Cami Ferguson (New Paltz), Sydney Johnson (Monitcello) and Jamie Lisack (Goshen).
Class C Girls:
Tri-Valley defeats Sullivan West 52-56; 3. James I. O’Neill 87; 4. Rhinebeck 89; 5. Millbrook 110; 6. Onteora 111. Emily Walligursky (18:26.87) gets her first x-c title win; 2. Mallory Peterson (MB); 3. Autumn Bender (T-V); 4; Mary-Kate Bida (MB); 5. Deidre Dwyer (Spack). Other state qualifiers include Lilian Gavio (RB).
Class D Girls:
John A. Coleman Catholic defeats Eldred 30-45; 3. S.S. Seward 48. Eldred’s Christine Donnelly wins her first title in her fifth try (20:09.84); 2. Kate Shults (JACC); 3. Kayla Kohl (Web); 4. Heather St. Germain (Chapel Field); 5. Julia Allen (Seward). Sarah Malzahn of Eldred also qualified for states.
All in all, 16 Sullivan County runners will be heading to states this year.
What People Had To Say:
For Jim Bernstein, having the kind of support he enjoys from parents Lenny and Sandy is an integral part of his success. I've hardly been to any of his athletic engagements be they in cross-country, basketball, golf or track wiithout seeing one or both of them on hand to support his endeavors.
Jimmy Bernstein: “It feels so great. Last week’s race was really a confidence booster for me,” said the smiling Bernstein referencing his fifth place finish in the OCIAA in 16:11.56. “I love this course. I’ve run it two times every year.” I put in a lot of work this summer and it’s finally paid off. I’m so proud of it.
Joe Iatauro (about Bernstein): “I attribute his success to summer running. Not too many kids would get up at 6:30 in the morning and go out and do a run or sometimes two a day. He’s a very special individual who dedicates himself and the work is showing off at this point.”
Reed Scott (SW): I kind of died on the hill over there but Omar Lopez gave me a great race and it’s because of him I wouldn’t have gotten in. I’m still a junior and I’ve got next year to look forward to.”
Omar Lopez (T-V): Last week I wasn’t feeling too well. Today I was third running uphill and then I fell and hurt my ankle that’s when I started dropping places. It will be great to get back to the state meet.”
Alex Campanella (Eld): “Last week I ran like an idiot and didn’t run the race I should have. I felt miserable. I wanted to go for time today but I’m satisfied..I wanted to win and go for states.”
Hunter Proscia (Eld) “I think I ran a little better last week and I went out too slow in this race,” said Proscia who like the rest of
the Eldred team was sporting a throwback jersey Coach Frank Schorling found I a closet from the Yellow Jacket halcyon days of the latter part of the 20th century.
“We thought it might be fun to wear these,” said Campanella.
The magic clearly worked for this duo as well as Christine Donnelly and Sarah Malzahn.’
With its merged energy, Livingston Manor and Roscoe were able to field a cross-country team this year and proudly send Neil Mock to states.
Neil Mock (LM): “What got me here was that second downhill and all the work that went into it before that with seven days a week practice of two or three hours each with tons of pacing and tons of hills.”
Camryn Johnson (Monticello); It was very exciting. It was hard but it was fun though. It was a new experience. Last week’s race here helped us prepare for what we were going to do today.”
Sidney Johnson (Monticello): It was really good. The hill was the toughest part but it was a lot of fun.”
Tri-Valley girls on what it feels like to win as a team.
Autumn Bender “I’ll use a quote: We work together, we win together.”
Devon Jones. “I wouldn’t want to be here with any other group of girls.”
Sabrena Smith: “This is the best first season of cross-country and it’s a wonderful team.”
Danielle Graham. “I thought we get here but to see how much hard work we put in together is amazing.”
Brooke Gillete: “As a rookie it feels great to be here.
Olivia Rehm: “It’s been four years and we’ve worked so hard. It’s finally paid off,” she said through her tears.
Alex Brooks. “We did this all for our senior Olivia and for Mrs. Iatauro.”
Sullivan West Coach George Shakelton. “I can’t believe we could come in second and have no girls going to states. I’ve never seen that before. Coming in second is a consolation prize I guess. What a disappointment. I knew Rosa Martinez and
Corinne VanWagner had to pass two girls to get us to a tiebreaker at least,” he said. Shakelton was consoling his
heartbroken team while the T-V girls were posing for pictures.
Christine Donnelly (Eldred): “I’m definitely very excited. Last year I just missed states by one so this year I just wanted to come out and try my best.
Sarah Malzahn (Eldred): “The hill was hard going up. I like uphills but steep downhills are tough, especially when it’s narrow and it turns.”
Coach Frank Schorling (Eldred) “The kids ran well today but the times were a bit slower than last week’s. Coleman ran really well. We can’t do anything about that. Christine decided about halfway through the year last year that she wanted to be really good and ever since then she’s worked really hard. She ran really hard this past summer and we just told her, nobody should beat you in this race and don’t let anybody take it from you. She’s beaten all of these girls especially lately. She ran that 19:21 last week and I
told her, make them run what your time is. “
Summarizing Donnelly’s newfound success, Schorling pointed to his head and said, “There’s a difference up here.”
Schorling said his girls were disappointed that the team didn’t win.
Since I missed this year’s OCIAA league championships for the first time in ten years due to a pair of football playoff games that netted me upwards of 800 photos, I wanted to give kudos to Sullivan County runners who really showed up big time in the race that features all schools large and small:
Boys: Alex Campanella (E) 4thin 16:07; Jim Bernstein T-V 5th 16:11.56; Hunter Proscia Eldred 6th 16:17.59; Zech Snel ON 13 16:31.09; Omar Lopez T-V 16:33.90;
Girls: Autumn Bender TV 8th 18:53.52; Camryn Johnson Monticello 14th 19:05.31; Christine Donnelly Eldred 20th
in 19:21.81.
For an album of photos from the Section Nine Championships, visit www.sportsinsights.ny.com
And remember for complete race results visit, www.milesplit.com
Roscoe-Rockland Chamber of Commerce Presents “AN IRISH + ITALIAN WEDDING = MURDER”
The Roscoe-Rockland Chamber of Commerce is once again sponsoring another Mystery Dinner Theatre. The theme of this years Mystery Dinner is “AN IRISH + ITALIAN WEDDING = MURDER”.
“AN IRISH + ITALIAN WEDDING = MURDER”
It is a clash of cultures……
Saturday, Nov. 5th @ 6:00 pm
Rockland House in Roscoe NY
Tickets: $30.00 includes: Dinner, Show, Dancing w/live entertainment
Dress up, dress down…………. just have fun!
Reservations: 607-498-5222 x-306 or 498 – 5464
Seating is limited! Choice of meal.
Proceeds from the dinner go to benefit Roscoe Beautification projects.
Expanding Our Base Coverage Area – Hello Manor, Roscoe, and Tri-Valley Region
Over the past few months the Independent has become the source to turn to for many people outside of the Liberty area. In an effort to better serve those people we are adding FULL coverage of Livingston Manor, Roscoe, and Tri-Valley Region (Neversink, Grahamsville, Claryville).
We’ll still post news for other parts of Sullivan County (Monticello, Jeff, Youngsville, Bethel, Etc…), we’re just adding the same level of coverage to the areas mentioned above that we’ve given to Liberty over the past 2 years.
Liberty, Livingston Manor/Roscoe, and Tri Valley Varsity Football schedules are featured on our event calendar now too.
So if you live in the Town of Liberty, Livingston Manor, Roscoe, or Tri-Valley Region – bookmark the Liberty Independent today! Submit your local news or events by using our contact form or by e-mailing us at info@libertyindy.com
Flash Flood Warnings, School Delays – Thursday Edition
4:11 PM
(EXTENSION – time) Flood Warning issued September 08 at 3:56PM EDT expiring September 09 at 3:56AM EDT by NWS Binghamton
…The Flood Warning Is Cancelled For The Following Rivers In New York… Beaver Kill Near Cooks Falls Affecting Delaware And Sullivan Counties Neversink River Above Bridgeville Affecting Orange And Sullivan Counties …The Flood Warning Continues For The Following Rivers In New York…Pennsylvania… West Branch Delaware At Hale Eddy Affecting Delaware County West Branch Delaware At Walton Affecting Delaware County East Branch Delaware At Harvard Affecting Delaware County East Branch Delaware Near Fishs Eddy Affecting Delaware County Delaware River At Callicoon Affecting Sullivan And Wayne Counties Delaware River Near Barryville Affecting Sullivan And Pike Counties Neversink River Missing Neversink River At Godeffroy Affecting Orange County Safety Message… Do Not Drive Over Flooded Roads Or Bridges… Stay Tuned To Noaa Weather Radio…The Official Voice Of The National Weather Service…For Later Developments… For Further River And Weather Information You Can Visit Our Website At Weather.Gov/Bgm && The Flood Warning Continues For The Delaware River At Callicoon. * At 2:30 PM Thursday The Stage Was 14.1 Feet. * Flood Stage Is 12.0 Feet. * Moderate Flooding Is Occurring And Moderate Flooding Is Forecast. * Forecast…The River Will Crest In The Next Two Hours Around 14.2 Feet Then Fall To Below Flood Stage Friday Morning.
10:50AM ANOTHER FLOOD WARNING ISSUED
Flood Warning issued September 08 at 10:38AM EDT expiring September 08 at 10:37PM EDT by NWS Binghamton
…The Flood Warning Continues For The Following Rivers In New York…Pennsylvania… East Branch Delaware Near Fishs Eddy Affecting Delaware County Beaver Kill Near Cooks Falls Affecting Delaware And Sullivan Counties Delaware River Near Barryville Affecting Sullivan And Pike Counties Neversink River Above Bridgeville Affecting Orange And Sullivan Counties …The Flood Warning Continues For The Following Rivers In New York.. West Branch Delaware At Hale Eddy Affecting Delaware County East Branch Delaware At Harvard Affecting Delaware County The Flood Warning Continues For The Delaware River Near Barryville. * At 9:45 AM Thursday The Stage Was 17.4 Feet. * Flood Stage Is 17.0 Feet. * Minor Flooding Is Occurring And Minor Flooding Is Forecast. * Forecast…The River Will Continue Rising To Near 20.0 Feet This Evening. The River Will Fall Below Flood Stage Tomorrow Evening.
9:46AM FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Warning issued September 08 at 9:40AM EDT expiring September 08 at 3:30PM EDT by NWS Binghamton
The National Weather Service In Binghamton Has Extended The * Flash Flood Warning For… Delaware County In Central New York… Sullivan County In Central New York… Pike County In Northeast Pennsylvania… Wayne County In Northeast Pennsylvania… * Until 330 PM EDT * At 936 AM EDT…National Weather Service Doppler Radar Indicated An Area Of Excessive Rainfall Over The Warned Area. Another Shot Of Heavy Rainfall…With Embedded Thunderstorms…Will Track Northward Through The Poconos And Western Catskills Late This Morning. Additional Rainfall Amounts Of 1 To 2 Inches…With Locally Higher Amounts…Are Expected. Existing Flood Problems Will Maintain Themselves…Or Worsen. * Locations In The Warning Include But Are Not Limited To Blooming Grove…Equinunk…Hawley…Honesdale…Lackawaxen…Milford… Pleasant Mount…Waymart…Bethel…Bloomingburg…Callicoon… Davenport…Delhi…Deposit…Grahamsville…Hancock…Hobart… Liberty…Livingston Manor…Loch Sheldrake…Margaretville… Meredith…Monticello…Roscoe…Roxbury…Sidney…Stamford… Walton And Wurtsboro. Rapid Flooding Of Streams…Creeks…Urban…And Poor Drainage Areas Is Likely In And Near These Locations. When You Can Do So Safely…Please Report Flooding To The National Weather Service By Calling Toll Free At 1-877-633-6772…Or By Email At Bgm.Stormreport@Noaa.Gov. Do Not Drive Your Vehicle Into Areas Where The Water Covers The Roadway. The Water Depth May Be Too Great To Allow Your Car To Cross Safely. Move To Higher Ground.
9:25AM = FLOOD WARNING
Flood Warning issued September 08 at 9:25AM EDT expiring September 08 at 9:24PM EDT by NWS Binghamton
…Forecast Flooding Changed From Minor To Moderate Severity For The Following Rivers In New York…Pennsylvania… West Branch Delaware At Walton Affecting Delaware County …Forecast Flooding Changed From Minor To Moderate Severity For The Following Rivers In New York…Pennsylvania… Delaware River At Callicoon Affecting Sullivan And Wayne Counties …Observed Flooding Increased From Minor To Moderate Severity… …Forecast Flooding Increased From Minor To Moderate Severity… The Flood Warning Continues For The Delaware River At Callicoon. * At 8:30 AM Thursday The Stage Was 13.5 Feet. * Flood Stage Is 12.0 Feet. * Moderate Flooding Is Occurring And Moderate Flooding Is Forecast. * Forecast…The River Will Continue Rising To Near 14.3 Feet This Evening. The River Will Fall Below Flood Stage Tomorrow Evening. * Impact…At 13.0 Feet…Bank Parking Lot On New York Side Begins To Flood
Here are todays delayed schools:
2 HOUR DELAYS:
Roscoe
Livingston Manor
Sullivan West
The Latest flood warning from 4:15AM:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN BROOME COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK…
SOUTHEASTERN CHENANGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK…
DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK…
SOUTHERN OTSEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK…
SULLIVAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK…
PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA…
WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA…
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
* AT 412 AM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLOOMING
GROVE…EQUINUNK…HAWLEY…HONESDALE…LACKAWAXEN…MILFORD…
PLEASANT MOUNT…WAYMART…BAINBRIDGE…BETHEL…BLOOMINGBURG…
CALLICOON…DAVENPORT…DELHI…DEPOSIT…GRAHAMSVILLE…HANCOCK…
HOBART…LIBERTY…LIVINGSTON MANOR…LOCH SHELDRAKE…
MARGARETVILLE…MEREDITH…MONTICELLO…ROSCOE…ROXBURY…
SANFORD…SIDNEY…STAMFORD…UNADILLA…WALTON AND WURTSBORO.
RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS…CREEKS…URBAN…AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS. RAINFALL RATES ARE EXCEEDING
ONE INCH AN HOUR ON SATURATED GROUND. SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF RAIN
ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY…PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772…OR BY EMAIL
AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
Flood Warning (Wednesday) – School Delays and Closings
4:47PM – FLOOD WARNING EXTENSION
(EXTENSION – time) Flood Warning issued September 07 at 4:40PM EDT expiring September 08 at 4:40AM EDT by NWS Binghamton
…The Flood Warning Continues For The Following Rivers In New York…Pennsylvania… East Branch Delaware Near Fishs Eddy Affecting Delaware County Beaver Kill Near Cooks Falls Affecting Delaware And Sullivan Counties Lackawaxen River At Hawley Affecting Pike And Wayne Counties Neversink River Above Bridgeville Affecting Orange And Sullivan Counties Neversink River At Godeffroy Affecting Orange County …The Flood Warning Continues For The Following Rivers In New York.. West Branch Delaware At Walton Affecting Delaware County The Flood Warning Continues For The Beaver Kill Near Cooks Falls. * At 4:00 PM Wednesday The Stage Was 10.7 Feet. * Flood Stage Is 10.0 Feet. * Minor Flooding Is Occurring And Minor Flooding Is Forecast. * Forecast…The River Will Continue To Fall To Below Flood Stage Tonight.
4:06PM – UPDATED FLOOD WARNING
: Flood Warning issued September 07 at 3:42PM EDT expiring September 08 at 3:41AM EDT by NWS Binghamton
…The National Weather Service In Binghamton Has Issued A Flood Warning For The Following Rivers In New York…Pennsylvania… West Branch Delaware At Hale Eddy Affecting Delaware County Delaware River At Callicoon Affecting Sullivan And Wayne Counties Delaware River Near Barryville Affecting Sullivan And Pike Counties The National Weather Service In Binghamton New York Has Issued A * Flood Warning For The Delaware River Near Barryville. * From Late Tonight To Friday Afternoon…Or Until The Warning Is Cancelled. * At 2:45 PM Wednesday The Stage Was 14.1 Feet. * Flood Stage Is 17.0 Feet. * Minor Flooding Is Forecast. * Forecast…Rise Above Flood Stage Thursday Evening Then Crest Between 17 And 18 Feet Thursday Night. Fall Below Flood Stage Friday Morning.
12:13PM: CLEARED: SR 52 East And West Bound Sullivan county Between Kohlerville and Jeffersonville is cleared
Main street manor is open at 8am
Wednesday Sept 7th:
Livingston Manor Schools are Closed
Sullivan West Schools are Closed
Roscoe Schools are Closed
Monticello is on a 2 hour delay
FLOOD WARNING EXTENSION UNTIL 9:17PM
(EXTENSION – time) Flood Warning issued September 07 at 9:18AM EDT expiring September 07 at 9:17PM EDT by NWS Binghamton
…The Flood Warning Continues For The Following Rivers In New York…Pennsylvania… West Branch Delaware At Walton Affecting Delaware County East Branch Delaware At Harvard Affecting Delaware County Beaver Kill Near Cooks Falls Affecting Delaware And Sullivan Counties Lackawaxen River At Hawley Affecting Pike And Wayne Counties Neversink River Above Bridgeville Affecting Orange And Sullivan Counties …The Flood Warning Continues For The Following Rivers In New York.. East Branch Delaware Near Fishs Eddy Affecting Delaware County The Flood Warning Continues For The Beaver Kill Near Cooks Falls. * At 9:00 AM Wednesday The Stage Was 13.6 Feet. * Flood Stage Is 10.0 Feet. * Minor Flooding Is Occurring And Minor Flooding Is Forecast. * Forecast…The River Will Continue To Fall To Below Flood Stage Around Midnight Tonight.
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Flood Warning issued September 07 at 6:30AM EDT expiring September 07 at 6:30PM EDT by NWS Binghamton
…The Flood Warning Continues For The Following Rivers In New York… Beaver Kill Near Cooks Falls Affecting Delaware And Sullivan Counties The Flood Warning Continues For The Beaver Kill Near Cooks Falls. * At 6:00 AM Wednesday The Stage Was 11.3 Feet. * Flood Stage Is 10.0 Feet. * Minor Flooding Is Occurring And Minor Flooding Is Forecast. * Forecast…The River Will Continue Rising To Near 12.9 Feet By Late This Morning. The River Will Fall Below Flood Stage Late This Afternoon.
Curtain Up!
Football Gets Underway As LM/R Devil Cats Down Fallsburg Comets In Season Non-League Opener
LM/R 43, Fallsburg 8
By RICHARD A. ROSS
rross@sportsinsightsny.com
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Big plays on tap as LM/R and Fallsburg go at it in their season opener. Clockwise: LM/R senior Troy Correa scores the first of his three TD's on the night on a 36-yard jaunt on the Devil Cats third play of the game. He'd add a seven-yard run and a 34-yard interception return to his night's antics. Correa rushed for 137 yards on just six carries. LM/R senior Jordan Tallman brings Fallsburg sophomore Shakree Gibson to a halt with this hard-hitting tackle. Gibson has his moment to shine in the waning moments as she scores the Comets' lone TD and follows it up with a two-point conversion run. LM/R QB Mike Mills gallops 43 yards on this run which set up another TD in their first half. The 'Cats led 22-0 after the first quarter and 43-0 at the half.
FALLSBURG, NY—When it comes to drawing large crowds and creating a stir, nothing compares to football, especially when it’s a season opener. Thus the onlookers came in droves from school districts across Sullivan County to get a look at Fallsburg and Livingston Manor/Roscoe as they opened the 2011 campaign on a lovely Friday night.
In addition to the members of the Fallsburg, Livingston Manor and Roscoe communities on hand for the show, players from Eldred, Tri-Valley, Sullivan West and Liberty looked on with great interest as they anticipated encounters with either of the two teams about to unveil their “real” stuff as opposed to their conservative displays at scrimmages.
Friday Night lights it was indeed and the excitement in the air was palpable and building as the two teams went through their warm ups and prepared for the kickoff to their seasons that they hope will take them further than their grid journeys carried them a year ago.
For the LM/R Devil Cats that can mean only one thing: a Section Nine Class D title. After reaching the championship game for the first time since the two schools merged their football program, 7-3 LM/R came away on the wrong side of a 42-10 loss to perennial behemoth Chester. For this year’s team with nine seniors in the fold, nothing short of a title win will suffice.
As is the case with all the teams in Section Nine, league games are what matter and for LM/R that means encounters with Eldred and Chester are the heart of the matter.
The 2011 Fallsburg Comets
With players onboard who just last spring tasted their first state championship glory in baseball, nothing could be sweeter than a momentous football campaign to continue their memorable high school sports careers. Under the tutelage of iconic head coaches like Fred Ahart and Kevin Clifford, this fall could well offer up just such enduring memories.
As for Fallsburg just entering the second year of its football program, the agenda is somewhat less ambitious. Improvement is the byword and the quest for the school’s first gridiron win following last year’s 0-9 campaign.
To that end, Fallsburg enters this year’s fray missing some key players from last year’s squad who have either opted not to come out or who have transferred. That said, you go to war with what you’ve got and the Comets under Coach Adam Ramirez showed great verve and enthusiasm as they took on the experienced and dominant Devil Cats.
LM/R won the toss but elected to defer. Putting its defense on display first, it became eminently clear that Fallsburg was in for some difficulties in trying to move the ball against the aggressive Devil Cats.
Three and out went the Comets but at least there were no turnovers.
Not yet anyway.
LM/R senior QB Mike Mills straight arms Fallsburg's Devon Clark as part of a 43-yard jaunt.
But by night’s end Fallsburg would commit six of them as LM/R’s Chad Rosario and Brad Dreher stripped the ball and forced turnovers. Troy Correa would pick off a pass by Fallsburg back up QB Aaron Hornbeck and return it 34 yards for a score. Hornbeck was calling the signals in the opener before senior Josh Carter takes over the reins next weekend against Eldred. Carter didn’t have enough practices in to make this start.
After holding Fallsburg on its first series, the Devil Cats began their offensive campaign on their own 20. Three plays later Correa took off on a 36-yard gallop for the game’s first score at 9:06. Fellow senior Kenny Fisk added a PAT and the die was cast early on a first half that would see much more of the same as LM/R would move the ball at will and Fallsburg would hinder its own cause by turnovers.
That first miscue would come on the Comets’ next series with a fumble that was recovered by LM/R senior Mike Mills at the Comet’s 30-yard line. Shortly thereafter Mills hit Fisk in the end zone on a 12-yard pass play to make it 13-0 with 6:19 remaining in the first quarter. Correa ran in the two-point conversion and the ensuing rout was well under way.
Fallsburg moved the ball on its next series abetted by an LM/R facemask penalty but a busted play on a punt attempt gave the Devil Cats the ball at midfield. Mills scampered 43 yards to the seven and Correa ran it in from there. Fisk split the uprights to make it 22 with 1:23 left in the period.
Hornbeck completed a pass to senior Russell Corley for a nice gain and then another to Shakree Gibson which took the ball to the LM/R 17 before a costly fumble which was recovered by Fisk ended the threat early in the second quarter.
Rosario soon made hay on a 46-yard run after a catch to score with 10:15 remaining in the second frame. Fisk was perfect again and the score burgeoned to 29-0.
Fallsburg fumbled again on its ensuing series. This one was recovered b y LM/R senior Jordan Tallman. Correa took off on a 70-yard run to the Comets’ 18 and two plays later junior Taylor Pagan carried it in from the two. With 1:40 to go Fisk made it three-for-three with his PAT and the score now read 35-0.
Correa’s pic and 34 yard TD return made it 42-0 with 23 seconds remaining. Once again Fisk was right on target and the ‘Cats took a 43-0 lead into halftime.
Aggressive pursuit and gang tackling are LM/R's calling card. Here sophomore Liam Fogarty goes airborne to avoid a piling on penalty as an LM/R defender has already called a Fallsburg runner to a halt.
Coaches Clifford and Ahart would deploy their second stringers for most of the remainder of the game, occasionally inserting their first team defense for a down or two but giving their younger kids valuable playing time.
The second half was by and large uneventful until the waning moments of the game when Fallsburg sophomore Shakree Gibson scored on a 15-yard run with 31 seconds remaining and then carried in the two-point conversion to help the Comets avoid the shut out.
Clifford was pleased with his team’s showing. “Our defense was able to force turnovers as we were gang tackling well. We’re not big so we’ve got to use our speed to the best of our ability,” he noted. “On offense we have a lot of weapons and a lot of speed. It’s hard for defenses to focus on one person or another,” he added.
Clifford acknowledged that next week’s encounter with Liberty should be interesting. The teams scrimmaged last week but neither showed the other much.
Ramirez summed things up this way. “We’ve got a young team again but turnovers killed us. We had six and four they converted for scores. We’re going to get back to work and just keep plugging along,” he added.
Fallsburg (0-1) was shut out four times last year so getting points on the board was a plus. “We’re getting into rhythm. We’ve got a quarterback who never played before (Hornbeck). He had a little bit of nerves early on but he settled in. Two of our turnovers were inside of their 25 yard line so that really hurt us,” he added. All of the team emerged unscathed with the exception of a few bumps and bruises.
LM/R stat leaders: Rushing- Correa 6/137 with three TD’s, Mills 2/56. Passing- Mills 2/58 yards and a TD. LM/R is now 1-0.
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A State Of Perfect Grace
Manor Wins First-Ever State Baseball Title A Day After Girls Capture Second Softball Crown In A Row; Liberty’s Jessica Dunnigan Repeats As Division II 200 Champ At State Track Meet
Livingston Manor 13, Loudonville Christian 0 (NYSPHSAA Class D Baseball Championship)
Livingston Manor 8, Batavia Notre Dame 0 (NYSPHSAA Class D Softball Championship)
By RICHARD A. ROSS
A remarkable weekend to say the least! Livingston Manor's softball team (top-photo by Alex Rau) won their second consecutive state Class D softball title with an 8-0 win over Batavia Notre Dame. Marissa Diescher pitched a no-hitter after doing the same in the team's 3-1 win over Hamilton only hours earlier. Undaunted by a thunderstorm that postponed the conclusion of their dramatic 13-0 win over Loudonville Christian, the Livingston Manor boys garnered their first-ever state baseball title to join the girls in an unprecedented state sweep on the diamond. (Photo courtesy of Victoria Taggart). Liberty's Jessica Dunnigan repeated as NYSPHSAA Divsion II champion in the 200 with a dramatic win over Oxford's Emily Woolford. Dunnigan won the race in 25.02. Photo is from sportsinsightsny.com archives and not from the state meet.
SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY—Call it an alignment of the stars, manna from heaven or whatever you choose, but this weekend’s windfall of state titles rendered by Livingston Manor’s baseball and softball teams, as well as Liberty’s Jessica Dunnigan’s triumphant successful defense of her state title in the 200 meter at the state track meet, evoked boundless joy, smiles and a happy denouement to a spring beset by rain and adversity.
More about track monarch Dunnigan shortly..
For the town of Livingston Manor’s ardent supporters who have stood by their Wildcats often in the pouring rain and driving wind, this weekend’s uplifting triumphs represent a piece of local history that cannot be eclipsed.
For 17 years I taught English/Journalism at LMCS and as my former students will attest, Until I retired in 2002, I was a rabid fan, often one of the few who attended game after game in the spring, following many nightly sojourns during basketball season. All of this though I lived many miles away in Narrowsburg.
During my tenure there I never saw teams reach this pinnacle of success. The softball team did acquire an Eastern Regional title but lost in a rain-postponed game in the darkening skies.
But rain, postponements, darkness, change of venues or nothing else was going to stop this year’s bid for an unprecedented pair of Manor titles on the diamond. For the girls who won the school’s first-ever Class D softball title a year ago by downing Bolivar-Richburg 2-1, this final year of Marissa Diescher’s glorious career begged for a repeat performance.
Recently named the Gatorade/ESPN Rise state softball player of the year, an honor bestowed on the top player from all schools regardless of size, Diescher who is bound for Penn State in the fall had one more big fish to fry: namely to leave her beloved team, school and town with a legacy for the ages, back-to-back state championships.
To that end, Diescher fired a pair of no-hitters, first in a 3-0 blanking of Section Three’s Hamilton and then in an 8-0 erasure of Section Five’s Batavia Notre Dame. In both games the future Nittany Lion also used her mighty bat to help her cause. She ripped a triple in the opener and scored on an error to give her team the lead they would never relinquish. It was far from her only hit in the two game landslide.
In the breakout win over Batavia Notre Dame, Diescher’s acumen at the plate was ably assisted by two hits and two RBI from Samantha Scott, along with two hits from Maggi Calo. Paige Clancy and Angela Zayas, along with Scott drew run-scoring walks in the fourth inning.
Diescher ends her unmatched high school career with 24 no-hitters, 1,167 strike outs and an ERA that dropped from her tournament entering stingy 0.16 by virtue of her final two shut outs. Manor ended its glorious season at 17-1, its only loss was a 1-0 defeat against Chester.
Kudos to the Manor Lady Wildcats and their coaches Kevin Clifford and Charlie Hicks.
For the Livingston Manor baseball team, overcoming adversity and odds has been the team’s mantra this season. Bound and determined to become the schools’ first-ever baseball state champions, the team pointed towards this past weekend’s tournament with confidence and unity. In the opener against Section Five’s Lyndonville, junior starter Mike Mills pitched four scoreless innings before turning the ball over to senior Brandon (Opie) Smith.
Both hurlers have been nothing short of stellar this entire season but Smith had trouble locating the strike zone and issued a bevy of walks that abetted Lyndonville to get out to a 4-0 lead. Smith settled in and the Manor bats came alive as they scored seven unanswered runs in the sixth inning. It began with a double by Mills which was followed by a single by Smith. Five hits did the trick and Manor was heading to the final to face Section Two’s Loudonville Christian.
As it has so often this season, the sky opened up and rain poured down on the game with Manor leading 7-0 with four innings to play. Thunder postponed the remainder of the game until Sunday. Hearing the news about the girls victory and sensing their great chance to join the Lady Wildcats in the state sweep, the Wildcats vowed to keep their focus knowing full well that teams can erupt and change the course of events in a single inning.
Mills returned to the hill on Sunday for the game now moved to the NYSEG Stadium in Binghamton from the Johnson City High School venue from the day before. Throwing 88 pitches to go along with the 72 he had hurled in the semifinal, Mills turned in a total of 11 scoreless innings, allowing just four hits and striking outs 13 as Manor (13-8) blanked Loudonville Christian to grab the coveted NYSPHSAA Championship plaque.
Junior shortstop Kenny Fisk had a three-run homer as part of the Wildcats’ outburst. Kudos to Coach Jeff Loeffler, along with assistants Ryan Edwards and Adam Larson.
No doubt, downtown Livingston Manor will soon become the Catksills version of the Canyon of Heroes as the town pours out to author a parade for its two state championship teams.
Dunnigan Remains Reigning Queen Of The D-II 200
Like Diescher, Liberty’s Jessica Dunnigan was anxious to punctuate the final moments of her storied high school career with an epic repeat victory as she stood ready to run in the state finals of the small schools Division II 200. Having been barely edged out at the finish line in the 100 earlier by Klarissa Ricks of Holy Names (12.13) as she posted her lifetime personal best time of 12.2, Dunnigan entered this race with immeasurable determination at the Caledonia-Mumford high school track.
To say the finish was dramatic would be a gross understatement as arch-rival Emily Woodford of Oxford fell head-first over the timing stripe as Dunnigan finished in 25.02 to Woodford’s 25.18, thereby garnering her second straight state title in the event.
Cheered on by her rabid teammates including 400 relay mavens Lara Heslop, Rebeccah Harman and Nikole Snyder, who along with Dunnigan had suffered a disappointing disqualification in their event due to a pass out of the zone, not to mention coaches Debbie Simpson and Ralph Bressler along with a cadre of parents and friends, the Liberty track standout was about to evince yet another championship performance.
Those of us who have catalogued her storied career expected nothing less. The star sprinter who had also qualified for states in the long jump where she finished 10th (16-2), beamed with pride as she posed for photos on the medal stand following her storybook ending to a track career that will live on as one of epic proportions. Dunnigan moves on to run for Northeastern. You can be sure we haven’t heard the last from her.
Rare indeed is the acquisition of a state championship title. That Sullivan County netted a trio of them in one weekend is a great source of pride to appreciative fans across this beleaguered region. Hard times, unspeakable weather and far too much personal tragedy have clouded the time of year Henry David Thoreau once penned as “An experience in immortality.”
And immortal indeed are the young men and women who gave their best and prevailed this past weekend. We salute you, revere you and hold you close in our hearts for you have brought the brightest rays of sunshine to dispel the seemingly interminable rain, thus ending our sullen spring beneath the aura of a glorious rainbow.
