TRR photo by Richard A. Ross Sullivan West players celebrate their Section Nine Class B football title after defeating Marlboro 26-12.

Sports highlights of 2004-05

Memorable images of a great sports year

By RICHARD A. ROSS

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY—To the timeless strains of “Pomp and Circumstance,” the graduates of 2005 have officially put an end to their tenure at our local high schools. For many this rite of passage denotes an end to their participation in varsity athletics.

Timely congratulations are in order to our senior athletes, many of whom played a crucial role in this action-packed year. As a witness to their fine efforts, this writer, along with their coaches and school personnel, can attest that they will be surely missed.

Each of the three seasons had its special moments.

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Nike Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Wolfe named All-American in Nike Nationals

By RICHARD A. ROSS

GREENSBORO, NC—Travis Wolfe of Tri-Valley is an All American. He is the sixth Tri-Valley athlete earning that elite designation.

Placing fifth in the 3000 steeplechase at the Nike Outdoor Track and Field National Championships held at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College on June 18, Wolfe earned All-American status as one of the top six finishers. Wolfe posted a time of 6:04.24, which broke the 6:12.2 school record set by Chip Furman in 1991. Cory Thorne of Portsmouth, NH won this year’s national title with a time of 5:49.11.

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Angling

Dads team up with kids to fish at 12th annual contest

ELDRED, NY—The Eldred Preserve held its 12th annual father/child fishing contest on Father’s Day, June 19 at the Preserve’s 70-acre Sunrise Lake. The kids got to take their dads fishing for three hours using the Preserve’s 16-foot bass boats. This unique contest, organized by Lou Monteleone, had eight species of fish assigned point values from the hardest to catch hybrid striper worth 100 points, to the simple bluegill worth one point.

Ron and Ronny Wagner from Wyckoff, NJ were the winners with a mixed bag of largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and bluegills. All the kids caught fish and really enjoyed spending quality fishing time with their dads. Trophies were awarded to the top three winning teams. The Eldred Preserve will be holding this event again next year.

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