Wednesday’s OCIAA volleyball match.

Vikings upset Pine Bush in opener

The Valley Central volleyball team got off to a strong start. Alena Singleton had 16 kills and three digs as the Vikings opened the season with a 3-2 win over the Pine Bush Bushmen on Wednesday …

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Sharon Delmonico, right, is shown with her daughter, Mackenzie Delmonico, and her husband, Kevin Delmonico, on Oct. 17, 2022, during Senior Night. Sharon Delmonico, Valley Central’s athletic trainer since 2015, died on Aug. 23, after a battle with Stage IV breast cancer.
The Valley Central community entered the school year having lost one of its own. Valley Central School District Superintendent Evette Avila announced on Aug. 24 that Sharon Delmonico, the …
Wallkill’s Ava O’Flaherty sends the ball over the net during a Section 9 Class A championship volleyball match on Nov. 3, 2023, at Wallkill High School.
The Pine Bush Bushmen have long had a stranglehold on the Section 9 championship in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s largest class. The Bushmen claimed their …
20-year old Montgomery native, Caden Dana, allowed two runs over six innings, earning the win for the Los Angeles Angels, in a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
Caden Dana certainly made an impression in his Major League Baseball debut on Sunday afternoon at Angel Stadium. The 20-year old Montgomery native allowed two runs over six innings, earning the …

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Pine Bush’s Paige Gandolfini dives during last season’s OCIAA Division II diving competition.
The Pine Bush Bushmen have won six straight Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association and Section 9 championships and have won over 60 straight wins in Section 9 competition. Now, …
Caden Dana’s dream of making it to the Major Leagues is about to come true. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Angels announced that Dana would be promoted from the Double-A Rocket City Trash …
The Pine Bush Bushmen assemble after Wednesday’s practice at Pine Bush High School.
At this time last year, the Pine Bush football team was practicing in a muddy area behind the high school. Despite the facilities now being light years better, as they are practicing this year on the …

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Sports
The Pine Bush volleyball team was one of 20 Pine Bush teams to be named a scholar-athlete team, helping the school be named a “School of Excellence by the NYSPHSAA.
Three area schools – Pine Bush, Valley Central and Wallkill – were named a School of Excellence by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association on July 26. Valley …
The Valley Central Vikings are coached before Saturday’s Orange County Youth Football League Division 2 scrimmage at Lasser Park in Salisbury Mills.
Orange County Youth Football League teams have been practicing on a near nightly basis since Aug. 1, with area training camps culminating in last weekend’s 2024 Scrimmage Weekend. The …
Photo courtesy Bill Michella The Valley Central Vikings won the Most Precious Blood High School Division summer girls’ basketball High School Division championship earlier this month. The Vikings won the championship with a 34-28 win over Warwick. The Vikings advanced to the championship with a 40-38 win over Cornwall in overtime. They opened the tournament with a 38-34 win over John S. Burke Catholic. The team is, front, from left, Addison Edwards, Ally Rivera, Bella Rivera, Kelly Schmidt, Hannah Garcia-Curet, Coach Jayson Amodio; back row: Coach Bill Michella, Jenna O’Connor, Giselle Johnson, Coach James Gould. Missing are Jahzyria Miller and Stephanie Williamson.

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Valley Central’s Aiden White prepares to make a block during a non-league football game on Oct. 13, 2023.
Aiden White grew up watching football games at Marist College in Poughkeepsie. He went there with his family a lot and went to youth camps when he was young. Next fall, he will suit up as a …
The Hudson Valley Storm pose with the Greater Hudson Valley Softball League 12U Division 4 championship banner on Aug. 5 at Wallkill area Little League.
Amanda Ceely was nervous before the Hudson Valley Red Storm took the field for the Greater Hudson Valley Softball League 12U Division 4 championship softball game on August 5 at Wallkill Area Little …
New Valley Central head football coach Scott Rumsey coaches as assistant coach Tinker Bunting looks on during a recent Youth Football Camp at Valley Central High School in Montgomery.
A new chapter in Valley Central football history began on July 1 when the Board of Education approved Scott Rumsey as the team’s new head coach, starting in the 2024 season. Rumsey had …

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The Hudson Valley Storm’s Danny Cuello slides into second base as the throw arrives late during Wednesday’s 14U Greater Hudson Valley Baseball League quarterfinal game at the Town of Newburgh Little League Complex.
The Hudson Valley Storm One was crowned Greater Hudson Valley Baseball League High School/Legion Division 4 champion on Sunday at Rogers Park. The two Storm teams both reached the championship game …
A Somers Red Storm base runner scores as Hudson Valley Storm catcher Rachel Rodriguez takes the throw during a Greater Hudson Valley Softball League 12U Division 4 quarterfinal game on July 30 at Wallkill Area Little League.
The Hudson Valley Red Storm softball team reached the Greater Hudson Valley Softball League 12U Division 4 championship game when they defeated the White Plains Lady Highlanders on Saturday at …
The Mid Hudson girls Basketball Coaches Association of New York Summer Hoops Festival team: front, from left, Reese Girardi (Warwick), Ava Scaturro (Kingston), Riley Landisi (Beacon), Gabby Murphy (Marlboro),Zoe Mesuch(Wallkill), Madison Fileen (Monroe-Woodbury), T.T. Burden (Newburgh); back from left, head coach A.J. Higby (Wallkill), Sam Callahan (Highland), Lila Lovgren (Our Lady of Lourdes), Maggie Bishopp (Valley Central), Ketura Rutty (Pine Bush), Leticia Watson (Pine Bush), Assistant Coach Michelle Bouffard (Pine Bush), Assistant Coach Andrew Occhi (Onteora).
The Mid Hudson girls’ team lost their semifinal game at the Basketball Coaches Association of New York Summer Hoops Festival at Johnson City High School on Sunday. Mid Hudson nearly erased all …

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