SUNY New Paltz professor working on Olympic sound system
The 2018 Winter Olympics kick off Feb. 9 in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Sports
Bowling is a bonding experience
Bowling is such a quintessential community activity that sociologist Robert Putnam titled his study of the decline of American civic life “Bowling Alone.” If bowling participation is an indicator of community health, Saugerties, which just added a school team due to overwhelming demand, is thriving.
Kingston boys’ basketball opens with 2-0 record
The Kingston High School varsity boys’ basketball team opened its season over the weekend by winning the inaugural run of its own RYAN Tournament on the new gym floor at Kate Walton Field House.
Saugerties girls’ basketball team faces tough season
It’s going to be an interesting year for the Saugerties Lady Sawyers’ basketball team. The team will have no seniors, and will be led by a handful of juniors who have been playing together since fourth grade.
Saugerties boys’ basketball program highlights academics
Saugerties High School boys’ basketball coach Mike Tiano thinks it’s important that his players have game on the court. It’s even more important for him that they have game in the classroom.
Saugerties wrestling program gets new head coach
Phil Brown will take over for Dominic Zarrella, who is stepping down after 23 years of coaching.
Best of the best for fall sports in New Paltz and Highland
It was yet another interesting season in New Paltz and Highland sports.
Can Wiltwyck Golf Club survive?
The fabled golf course in the town of Ulster is under severe financial pressure. Short of taking a Mulligan, the volunteer directors of the Wiltwyck Golf Club in the Town of Ulster say they have done everything they can think of to save the facility, including a discussion to sell it to the county government last July as an all-season recreation destination.
Section 9 girls swimming: New Paltz wins first-ever championship
Led by two-time double Section 9 champion Abbie Santos and a lot of great swimming by a deep, deep team, the New Paltz girls won their first-ever Section 9 title on Saturday, November 4 at Valley Central, cruising over second place Monroe-Woodbury 302-250. Long-time coach Don Bartlett was chosen as OCIAA Coach-of-the-Year.
Saugerties football edges Washingtonville in dramatic last-minute win
It was the best game they’ve played all year. It was also the Sawyers’ last game of the year. It took the Saugerties Sawyers football team eight games to come together to play a complete game on offense, defense and special teams. But they did it.