TRR photo by Richard A. Ross Monticello’s Haley Heins was Section Nine’s top girl finisher at the alpine skiing state championships held at Lake Placid. She finished 27th in the slalom and 32nd in the giant slalom. The Lady Panthers won the state scholar athlete title for having the highest average of any girls ski team in the state.

In the rearview mirror

2008 local sports retrospective in headlines and photos

By RICHARD A. ROSS

January

• TALL ORDER: Sullivan West staves off feisty O’Neill (girls basketball)

• PORT JERVIS captures first-ever Eastern States Classic title (wrestling)

• LITTLE BY LITTLE: Eldred defeats relentless Roscoe in league victory for a third straight win (boys basketball)

• STEAMROOM STUNNER: Monticello’s defense staves off fired up Liberty (boys basketball)

• DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH: Liberty holds off outstanding O’Neill as VanLieu reaches 1,000 points (boys basketball)

• LADY PANTHERS tops at Holiday Mountain (alpine skiing)

• PARADISE ON ICE: 49th Annual Manor Rotary Ice Carnival entertains and amuses

• MEASURING STICK: Sullivan West gets the better of undefeated S.S. Seward (girls basketball)

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