TRR photo by Richard A. Ross Sullivan West senior Sarah Lander, left, capitalizes on an early steal to net two over Fallsburg junior Joanna Blanchard. Lander led all scorers with 18 points. She had 10 rebounds and five steals.

Basketball

Higher learning

Lady Bulldogs glide by Lady Comets as each team learns and refines

By RICHARD A. ROSS

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY—To the casual observer, the game of basketball seems relatively simple: dribble the ball, pass it and shoot it.

And in its most elemental form, basketball is not a complex game. But as Monticello coach Dick O’Neill has pointed out, comparing the game he knew in his days as an All-American center on then national champion Kentucky Wesleyan to today’s version, “People have taken a relatively simple game and made it unnecessarily complicated.”

Back in O’Neill’s heyday, the offense centered on the pick and roll.

Today, a coach’s playbook is filled with a plethora of strategies for offense and defense.

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Track community

Sullivan County kids use SCCC facility to ready themselves

By RICHARD A. ROSS

LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY—It’s large, it’s brightly lit and it’s all a buzz twice a week with the hubbub of runners, jumpers and throwers from Sullivan County schools.

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