TRR photo by Richard A. Ross Smiling members of Jorgenson’s proudly display their trophy, following their dramatic 8-6 final-game victory over defending champion L&P Tree Service in the 27th Annual Edward M. Collins Major Men’s Modified Softball Tournament held at Collins Park in Mongaup Valley, NY on August 8-10. Jorgenson’s, which is located in Milford, PA, is largely comprised of players from Port Jervis, NY.

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Late heroics propel Jorgenson’s to Collins Tourney title over defending champs L&P Tree Service

By RICHARD A. ROSS

MONGAUP VALLEY, NY—Eddie Collins graced this planet with his illuminating presence for just 30 years before his untimely passing following a brief illness on April 9, 1981. But it’s not how long we live, but how we live that ultimately matters.

As a standout baseball and basketball player at Eldred High School and on through his college playing days at Sullivan County Community College and SUNY Brockport, Eddie’s love of sports never abated. He went on to become a baseball coach at Sullivan, an assistant basketball coach at Pine Bush and shared his passion and magnetism with the kids at Circleville Elementary School where he was a physical education teacher.

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Deliverance

By RICHARD A. ROSS

MONGAUP VALLEY, NY—In some of the greatest boxing bouts of history, champions have gone down and hit the mat, only to rise up in the end, seemingly against all odds, to deliver the knockout punch and secure the victory.

Though they haven’t won it all yet, Charlie’s Angels has already proven that they possess that same resiliency and lethal instinct and that you can never count them out.

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Tack’s turn!

By RICHARD A. ROSS

MONGAUP VALLEY, NY—Call it the dawn of a new era or just plain magic, but however you want to characterize it, L&B Tack’s come-from-behind 6-5 win over two-time defending champion Cooper Paint in the “A” Division semifinals on August 6 was softball drama at its best.

Trailing from the end of the first inning on, L&B was four outs away from seeing Cooper Paint celebrate another trip to the finals, something that has seemingly been an annual rite of passage for the league’s most dominant team until this season.

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