Gaels Top Somers/North Salem
PUTNAM VALLEY—The Kennedy Catholic/Putnam Valley high ice hockey team got a win Sunday, beating Somers/North Salem, 4-2, but Friday Kennedy/Put Valley lost its first game of the season to Sleepy Hollow/Irvington, 9-4. Both games were held at the Brewster Ice Arena. One day earlier, KC/PV beat Pawling, 4-3. Full Story
Brewster Rolls to Tourney Crown
Bears edge Panthers in overtime, sting Hornets in title tilt; Trainor named MVP
BREWSTER—Sean Trainor dropped 26 points on the Hornets of Lakeland Saturday afternoon, leading the Brewster High boys basketball team to a 63- 51 victory in the championship game of the Panas tournament. Full Story
Carmel Gets First Win Ever Against Lourdes
Mullen drops 13, Oliver adds 11 points, nine rebounds
CARMEL—The Carmel High girls basketball team reached a milestone— of sorts—last Thursday when the Rams notched their first-ever win over Our Lady of Lourdes, beating the Warriors, 53-47, on their home court. Full Story
Bears Beat John Jay to Win Duals
BREWSTER—The Brewster High wrestling team came up with a clutch performance at last weekend’s North County Dual Meet Tournament at Yorktown High School, defeating John Jay of Cross River, 42-34, in the tournament finals to claim the crown.
The win was noteworthy because Jay had beaten Brewster handily (43- 23) the prior Monday. Full Story
Mahopac Struggles Against Jay
MAHOPAC—The Mahopac High boys basketball team dropped a league game to visiting John Jay-East Fishkill, 47-39, Thursday night to drop its record to 1-4.
Senior forward Chase Thompson led the Indians in scoring with 13 points. Senior Ryan Wagner had eight. Thompson also led the team in rebounds with eight and Wagner had three. Junior guard Kevin Carey led in assists with four. Full Story
Lackluster Effort Ices Bears Against Somers/North Salem
BREWSTER—It wasn’t what the Brewster hockey team did against Somers/North Salem that cost the Bears the game, it was what they didn’t do. Full Story
Carmel Finishes 2nd at Cornwall
CARMEL—The Carmel High wrestling team finished in second place at last Saturday’s Cornwall Dual Meet Tournament, and Rams coach Bill Twardy wasn’t complaining about the runner-up status.
“I have to be happy,” Twardy said of the second-place finish. “Cornwall is a very formidable team, and most of our guys wrestled well.” Full Story
Rams Unable to Rebound From Slow Start
CARMEL—After picking up their first win last week the Carmel hockey team fell back into their old habits in a 4-1 loss at Trinity/Pawling on Friday. With the loss the Rams now stand at 1-4, with all games coming against league opponents. Full Story
Rams Stay Close, But Fall to Patriots
CARMEL—Aaron Smith had 12 points and Mike Rooney and Ryan Shilling each added 11 for the Rams, but it wasn’t enough, as the Carmel High boys basketball team dropped a 63-54 decision to John Jay of East Fishkill in a non-league game last Tuesday at Jay. Full Story
Stingy Defense Carries Gaels
SOMERS—After losing two of three to open the season, the Kennedy Catholic girls basketball team has reeled off three straight wins with league play looming just over the horizon. Full Story
Brewster Girls Go Up to 4-1
BREWSTER—The Brewster High girls basketball team picked up a pair of wins last week, topping Beacon, 55-40, Thursday at home, after taking a 53-43 decision at Poughkeepsie two days earlier. Full Story
Mahopac Take 4th at Minisink Tournament
MAHOPAC—Despite suffering its first losses of the season, the Mahopac High wrestling team finished in fourth place out of eight teams at a tournament held at Minisink Valley High School in Slate Hill on Saturday. Full Story
PV Loses to Yorktown, Beats Ossining
BOWLING
PUTNAM VALLEY—The Putnam Valley high bowling team lost a match to Yorktown last Thursday, 7-0, and beat Ossining Wednesday, 7-0.
“It was an up and down week,” said coach Gerard Kerley. Thursday’s loss to Yorktown was the obvious down part of the week. The Tigers lost all three games, to lose by a final of 2,485 pins to 2,323 pins. Full Story
White Christmas in Putnam
THE PUtNAM SpORts MAN
It’s officially the first day of winter in Putnam County, and most of the Hudson Valley is blanketed in snow, with the possibility of more coming later in the week. So it looks like we are guaranteed a White Christmas. Full Story
Kennedy Fails to Hold Off Poughkeepsie
Pioneers hit winning three with one second left in game
SOMERS—Matt Schoen came up with 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Kennedy Catholic, but the Gaels still ended up dropping a 56-53 decision to Poughkeepsie in a non-league game played last Tuesday at Kennedy High School. Full Story
PV Girls Lose to JFK, Beat Haldane
PUTNAM VALLEY—The Putnam Valley High girls basketball team lost to John F. Kennedy Catholic High School at home Monday by a score of 53-38. Last Tuesday (12/15) they beat Haldane at home, 47-41, and both were non-league games.
Monday night coach Kelly Thompson saw her team lose; she saw them struggle with many things she has been stressing to her team from day one. Full Story
PV Picks Up Win over Clark Academy
PUTNAM VALLEY—The Putnam Valley high boys basketball team got a bounce-back win over Clark Academy by a score of 64-52 on Saturday, but unfortunately they lost by 27 points to Edgemont on Thursday.
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Carmel Upends Brewster
January 4, 2007
Carmel Girls upend
Brewster at Weaver
memorial tournament
CARMEL—Yes, it’s still early in the season. And sure, the challenging portion of the schedule it yet to come. Full Story
Mahopac Goes into Break on Strong Note
HOCKEY
MAHOPAC—The Mahopac High ice hockey team is heading into the Christmas break on a good note after defeating Ossining in a conference game at the Brewster Ice Arena by a score of 4-0. The win improved the Indians’ overall record to 5-3 overall and 5-2 in Conference 1. Full Story
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