TRR file photo Bulldogs celebrate their 68-44 sectional semifinal win last year over Highland.

Basketball at last: the triumphant return of the rock

By RICHARD A. ROSS

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY—If you thought fall sports was exciting, brace yourself for the approaching wild ride of winter. Coming to a high school gymnasium near you is the sport that brings on the greatest fever and intensity of the high school athletic year, bar none.

When it comes to generating vocal crowds, rousing spirit and initiating edge-of-your-seat excitement, nothing compares to basketball.

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Foot Locker Northeast Regional Cross Country Championship

Ex runner’s ramble: Ryan takes 2nd at Foot Locker regionals

By RICHARD A. ROSS

BRONX, NY—Van Cortlandt Park’s storied history recorded yet another remarkable chapter on November 27 in the unprecedented finish of four girls from Saratoga Springs who placed first, third, fifth and sixth. They nailed down half of the finalist spots for the Foot Locker National Championship finals that will be held at Balboa Park in San Diego on December 11.

For the first time in the 24-year history of the Foot Locker Regionals, a girls team qualified more than two runners in a single year.

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NYS football championships

My view:

By RICHARD A. ROSS

SYRACUSE, NY—When Maine Endwell’s Shawn Fitchpatrick pulled in a 16-yard game-winning touchdown pass from quarterback Shane Connolly with only 19 seconds to go in the Class A championship game at the Carrier Dome, a collective sigh of grief and loss emanated from the Walkill football players, who had a victory cruelly snatched from their grasp.

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Also in this issue:

• 2004 NYSPHAA state champions

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