TRR photo by Richard A. Ross
Surrounded by an angry hive, Manor’s quarterback Josh Mendez is driven out of bounds after a short gain.

Football

Killer bees and wizened warriors

Eldred punctuates homecoming with an emphatic win over Manor

By RICHARD A. ROSS

ELDRED, NY—Flash!

Entomologists at the University of Kentucky’s Department of Agriculture report, “Yellow jackets are extremely aggressive when their nest is disturbed.”

In plain English, don’t mess with the bees.

Duh!

Someone should have alerted Livingston Manor’s football team before it incited an angry swarm of Yellowjackets on October 1. The Wildcats stirred things up on the second play of the game with a 55-yard touchdown run on a well-executed option toss from quarterback Josh Mendez to running back Mike Perry. It was reminiscent of early action on September 11, a game the Yellowjackets won 28-0. While that was a non-league contest, this was a divisional match up.

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Football: Class C Division Title game

True grit and hard Knox earn Bears division title

By RICHARD A. ROSS

GRAHAMSVILLE, NY—Facing a talented and well-prepared Pine Plains team (3-1) in a game that could well determine the temper of their season, the Tri-Valley Bears showed something special on October 2.

Coming in at 1-2 in a season marked by both high and low watermarks, the Bears unveiled uncommon valor, timely defense and a running back gone wild to defeat Class C rival Pine Plains for the 2004 Class C Division Title.

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Girls Soccer

Eldred finds a way to win

By RICHARD A. ROSS

ROSCOE, NY—“Our motto for this year is find a way to win,” said Eldred coach Jolene Porter after the Yellowjackets (5-5, 3-2 OCIAA) roared back September 29 with three second-half goals to garner a Division VI win over Roscoe (1-8, 1-3 OCIAA).

Backing up those words represented the challenge for Eldred, which was playing without dominant fullback Jessica Cherry, who suffered a concussion in a recent game against Fallsburg. It was the second concussion the senior has suffered in her career. On at least three other occasions, she has sustained less severe bumps to the head.

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