TRR photo by Richard A. Ross Kevin Cappiello (21) fires up a three as Rondout Valley’s Nick Mason defends.

Billy Moran Tip Off Classic Championship

Ganders down Bulldogs for Billy Moran Tourney title

Dawgs fight hard for three quarters but Priest’s big late effort proves to be the difference

By RICHARD A. ROSS

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY - The 2006 Bulldogs season got off to a roaring start on December 8 in the opening round of the annual Billy Moran Tip Off Classic tournament with a resounding 86-52 win over the Livingston Manor Wildcats. The Dawgs got 24 points from Derek Hahn, the team’s big man, who went down in a game last January versus Livingston Manor with a serious knee injury and was lost for the rest of the season.

Kevin Cappiello, fresh off a hard-working summer of AAU basketball, contributed 18 and Alan Ackermann had 11 and a slew of rebounds as the Bulldogs (1-0) handed Livingston Manor (2-1) its first loss of the season. (For more details of the opening round game, see the story on page 45.)

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Girls basketball

Eldred outlasts Liberty in season opener

By RICHARD A. ROSS

ELDRED, NY — Eldred’s young team got its first win of the season but may have paid a dear price for it with the loss of Jessica Bisland, who went down with what appeared to be a serious knee injury with just over four minutes left in the game.

Bisland was taken to Bon Secours Hospital after EMT workers diligently worked for a lengthy period of time to stabilize her before removing her by ambulance.

Both teams sat quietly in the silent gym hoping fervently that the standout player will recover quickly. Bisland had a game-high 14 points before her departure.

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Boys basketball

Manor boys impress with quartet of hard-fought games

By RICHARD A. ROSS

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY - Playing on four consecutive nights proved to be an exhausting experience as the Livingston Manor Wildcats barnstormed their way through a pair of games against Roscoe and Eldred in the Blue Devils tournament and then jumped right into the Billy Moran Tip Off Classic to take on Class B Sullivan West and finishing up against Class D rival S.S. Seward.

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Also in this issue:

• The Billy Moran Tip Off Classic Tournament
• Anthony makes history at Bucknell
• Dawgs overpower Wildcats in Moran first-round fray
• Manor girls upset defending champs Lady Lions
• Liberty plays well in losses to Class AA schools in Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament
• Trio of county kids named to OCIAA cross-country All-Stars