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Week in review
Night clashes and wide eyes toward post-season bids
By RICHARD A. ROSS
SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY—Sullivan West grabbed the limelight this week with a trio of night games honoring seniors from its soccer and football teams. An epic cats and dogs neighborhood spat between the Lady Panthers of Monticello and the Lady Bulldogs of Sullivan West on the soccer pitch reached feverish proportions as the Monties came back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game late. Sullivan West won eventually on Katrina Graby’s second goal of the night. The girls sit atop Division IV with a league record of 2-0-1 and an overall mark of 6-2. The Lady Dawgs will have tough rematches against Liberty, O’Neill and Burke in the coming weeks but should make sectionals barring a collapse.
The night before the girls nocturnal fray, the young boys team fought valiantly but fell to Chapel Field 3-1. Homecoming brought a football game with winless Pine Plains, which figured to be a sleeper. But, it was Sullivan West that slept through the first half and led only 7-6 before coming alive in the second stanza for the 36-14 win. The Westies are 4-1 (3-1 OCIAA).
Eldred pummeled Onteora on the road to stay perfect at 5-0.
Liberty had a dreadful first quarter, then played well but fell to Ellenville 36-6. Tri-Valley and LMR both suffered road losses to Millbrook and Bainbridge-Guilford respectively. Eldred must defeat Chester and LMR in upcoming division tilts to ensure a return to the Section Nine Class D title game, a game they lost to Chester a year ago. Sullivan West has only two league games left against Spackenkill and Tri-Valley to wrap up their Class C playoff entry. Liberty and Tri-Valley are now in must-win scenarios to capture the two remaining spots as undefeated Ellenville is a lock to defend its title.
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| Monticello sophomore defender Carly Klemen (14) and Sullivan West senior Angela DiSanto vie for a ball in the early going during which Sullivan West capitalized on Monticello’s altered defense to score two quick ones. Monticello would later tie it up at 3-0 before the Westies had the last word.
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| Sullivan West’s Austin Erlwein cruises out of the mist and into the end zone on a 69-yard pass reception from QB Ryan Alsdorf. Erlwein had a big night in the 36-14 win over Pine Plains. He carried the ball 6/101 and caught 3/95 with a TD.
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| Sullivan West seniors Mike Bingay, front left, Mark Tesseyman, Chris Murphy, Artie Norden, back left, Shawn Taylor, Mike Schmidt, Latii Rabii, Gabe LaGrutta and Austin Erlwein hope to go out as champions. They’ve got plenty of work to do if they want to bring that trophy back to their school that held four of the prior six years.
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| Iconic shot of the week: Liberty’s Michael MacLean, rear, goes up for a ball against Ellenville’s Michael McGriff. MacLean is a tall and capable receiver. He had an interception in the Indians’ losing cause against the Blue Devils.
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