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Monti
girl gymnasts bring home the medals
MONTICELLO — On Saturday, December 16 the Monticello
Girls Gymnastics Team competed at World Cup Gymnastics in Chappaqua, NY.
The team, coached by Pedro and Amanda Tweed and William Merchant, competed
with gymnasts in Levels 4 - 7.
Level 4 Judy Kunis competed in the over-10 age group.
Her scores were 7.875 on vault, 7.65 on bars, 8.15 on balance beam, and
8.15 on floor with an all around score of 31.825. She won a 2nd place medal
for her all-around score and qualified for sectionals.
Level 5 gymnast Rachel Pompeii finished with scores of
7.65 on vault, 8.2 on bars, 8.6 on balance beam, 8.5 on floor, and an all-around
score of 32.95. She qualified for sectionals.
Kate Oldfield scored 4.40 on vault, 4.9 on bars, 6.9
on balance beam, 7.625 on floor, and had an all-around score of 23.825.
She earned a 4th place medal for her all-around score.
Donia VanKeuren scored 7.15 on vault, 2.5 on bars, 5.1
on balance beam, and 5.05 floor with an all-around score of 19.80. She
placed 5th all around.
Jenna VanKeuren scored 7.70 on vault, 5.5 on bars, 8.25
on balance beam, 8.075 on floor, and 29.525 all around. She placed 9th
all around.
Alyseha DeLuca scored 8.10 on vault, 3.0 on bars, 7.8
on balance beam, 7.1 on floor, and 26.0 all around.
Level 6 gymnast Jessica Weyandt, from Narrowsburg, competed
in the 12-and-over age group. She scored 8.85 on vault, 7.3 on bars, 6.09
on balance beam, 8.45 on floor, and 31.20 all around. She placed 3rd on
vault, 3rd on bars, 1st on floor and 3rd all around. She qualified for
sectionals.
Level 7 gymnast Cecelia Pompeii scored 8.9 on vault,
7.6 on bars, 8.13 on balance beam, 7.8 on floor, and 32.45 all around.
She placed 5th on vault, placed 9th all around and qualified for sectionals.
Maria Karkos scored 9.25 on vault, 7.475 on bars, 7.45
on balance beam, 8.7 on floor, and 32.875 all around. She placed 3rd on
vault, 6th on floor, 8th all around and qualified for sectionals.
Tracy Henry scored 8.45 on vault, 6.6 on bars, 4.80 on
balance beam, 7.3 on floor, and 27.15 all around. She placed 6 on vault
and 7th all around.
Sarah Lander scored 8.35 on vault, 7.25 on bars, 6.55
on balance beam, 7.8 on floor, and 29.95 all around. She placed 8th on
floor and 9th all around.
Indians
take first victory
By MARY GREENE
NARROWSBURG — In a bout against Fallsburg on January
3 at home, the Narrowsburg girls varsity basketball team took the lead
and never looked back.
At the end of the first quarter, Narrowsburg led 13-6.
They held the lead through the first half, and at the end of the third
quarter led 47-28. Final score was 57-30.
This is the first win for the Indians, who at the beginning
of the season had to combine their junior varsity and varsity teams in
order to have enough members for play. This, according to Narrowsburg coach
Kevin Mann, has “been rough. We are a young team with only two seniors
and one junior. The freshmen and sophomores have had to learn to play at
a higher level. It’s shown in some of our stompings.”
But it was freshman Nadine McCarthy who scored the most
points for Narrowsburg and in the game overall. McCarthy scored 17 points,
and Narrowsburg’s Kim Jay had 11 points.
High scorer for Fallsburg was Tara Adams, with 14. Sara
Ingber had 12.
About the win, the coach said, “It feels really good.
The girls have worked harder and gotten along better lately. It shows.”
Fallsburg’s Coach Weiner declined comment.
Narrowsburg is 1-5, and Fallsburg is 0-5.
Merton
wins driving title,
Sebolsky top trainer
MONTICELLO — Two new names, Greg Merton and Jess Sebolsky,
topped the driver and trainer categories, respectively, at Monticello Raceway
during the 2000 racing season. For each, it marked their first championship
at the Mighty M.
Winning the dash-title with 262 driving victories was
27-year-old Greg Merton. A local talent from a harness-racing family, Merton
vaulted to the top of the list early in the season and continued as the
tracks leading driver right to the final day of the season. During 1999
Merton reined 155 wins, finishing second, 89 victories behind top driver
Chris Long.
Runner-up to Merton was Bruce Aldrich, Jr. with 212 wins.
It was the first time Aldrich, from Maine, competed regularly at Monticello.
His aggressive driving style made him in demand as a top local catch-driver.
Former Mighty M two-time driving champ, Kyle DiBenedetto,
finished third in races won with 158, followed by Cedric Washington who
enjoyed his finest season reining 134 wins. Mike Merton, Greg’s brother,
held down fifth place with 126 driving victories.
Twenty-six-year-old Jess Sebolsky, who has been a bridesmaid
for the past three seasons, finally garnered his first training crown,
harnessing 136 wins in 2000. In 1999 Sebolsky had 82 wins, finishing a
distant second to Joe Minieri’s 218 victories.
Dick Crumley finished second in races won by a trainer
with 77, followed by Peter Stratton’s 62 wins. Rounding out the top five
were Art Green with 58 and Joe Schifano with 51.
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