TRR photo by Richard A. Ross Monticello’s Shamell Moore rises to the rim and is fouled in the early going against Sullivan West. The talented sophomore led all scorers with 22 points, including a trio of treys to help fuel a 66-64 win over Sullivan West. Moore was also key in Monticello’s overtime win two days earlier against Liberty.

Basketball

The Twilight Zone

Panthers stun Sullivan West as The Pit features second otherworldly win

By RICHARD A. ROSS

MONTICELLO, NY - There ought to be a sign. And it would read, “Visitors to The Pit in Monticello beware: You're traveling to another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound... but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land, whose boundaries are only that of the imagination... you're entering... The Twilight Zone.”

That was the iconic introduction to the 1959 television series by the same name whose quirky drama would later spawn a pair of TV series revivals, a movie, comics and a magazine.

Years later “The Twilight Zone” has come back to life. Indeed, those aforementioned words may have to be written on a signpost outside the Monticello gym where the bizarre became the norm for the second time in a week.

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Basketball

Hoot suits

By RICHARD A. ROSS

GRAHAMSVILLE, NY - West turned north on January 13 as the Sullivan West Lady Bulldogs welcomed the return of Rachel Houghtaling to the lineup enroute to a convincing 49- 27 road win over a much improved Tri-Valley team now coached by Andy Taggart.

“Hoot,” as she is affectionately called by her teammates, provided a much needed spark to the Lady Bulldogs, who had just suffered a disheartening overtime league loss to James I. O’Neill, a team they have forever dominated.

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Wrestling

Mat mastery

By RICHARD A. ROSS

MONTICELLO, NY—Port Jervis breezed to a quick OCIAA II win by downing Monticello 60-30 on January 16. All of Monticello’ points came by way of forfeits. The matches they contended in all ended with Port Jervis pins.

For Monticello coach Ed Kaufmann, now in his last year, the problem is not quantity but quality. “The numbers are great,” said the veteran coach after watching the Red Raiders buzz through his team like a hot knife through butter.

“We need to be more aggressive and learn what wrestling is all about,” he said.

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