TRR photo by Richard A. Ross Sullivan West’s Nick Mootz, left, escapes the clutches of Eldred’s Christian Martinez as he runs 12 yards for a TD in the second quarter.

Football

C-D burner

Class C Sullivan West lights up Class D Eldred in non-league neighboring schools mismatch

By RICHARD A. ROSS

ELDRED, NY—Ever since David slew Goliath, people have yearned for an instant replay. Little guy beats big guy in dramatic fashion. The allure never gets old.

It also hardly ever happens.

As such, a hoped for headline-grabbing upset was not in the cards for Class D Eldred as it fell to Class C behemoth Sullivan West 48-19 on October 11. It was a rarely played football tilt between the neighboring school districts.

What impelled schedule makers to conjure up this match defies explanation. Although each school has enjoyed great success in its own class over recent years, their disparate size difference puts them in different ponds and that is exactly where they should swim.

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Soccer

Head on

By RICHARD A. ROSS

LIBERTY, NY—Red and black are the colors on a roulette wheel, a game of chance often played with great stakes riding on the outcome. Bets on either offer equal odds for winning or losing. You can only hope that luck is on your side.

The red and the black met on the Liberty soccer pitch on October 7, the former worn by the Liberty Indians and the latter by the visiting Fallsburg Comets. The outcome could impact each team’s chances of making it to sectionals, thus raising the ante in this gambit.

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SCIL

Love, peace and competition

By RICHARD A. ROSS

BETHEL, NY—“By the time we got to Woodstock we were half a million strong,” wrote singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell about the cultural event that came to define a generation.

For those who still carry the memories of Woodstock and the turbulent yet vibrant days of the ‘60s, the Museum at Bethel Woods is a trip back to a time when people came together to effect positive change during some of America’s darkest days.

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