Photo by Richard A. Ross, sportsinsightsny.com Tri-Valley spring sports MVPs. Golf, Jimmy Bernstein, left; softball, Karyn Sheeley; girls track, center panel: Kelly McNamara left, Emma Tingley, Caroline Bertholf and Tehnyat Kahn. Boys track, lower left, Michael Freeman and Logan Ackerley; baseball, Jesse Brown.

Awards

Constellations of stars

Tri-Valley and Fallsburg athletic award nights extol schools’ best

By RICHARD A. ROSS

GRAHAMSVILLE AND FALLSBURG, NY—June marks the end of the high school athletic year and offers up a cavalcade of awards-night celebrations in area schools. This past week it was Tri-Valley and Fallsburg doing just that, touting the accomplishments of teams and outstanding players as well as the scholarly honors accorded by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association to teams that featured a GPA of 90 percent or better.

As Tri-Valley athletic director Joe Iatauro pointed out, each and every Bears team this spring earned that coveted distinction. At Fallsburg, such honors fell to the girls golf team and the boys tennis team. Brynn Bertholf and Steven Teri received the Army Reserve National Scholars Athlete Awards.

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States

Empresses of the state

By RICHARD A. ROSS

UPSTATE, NY—At the outset of each athletic season, individuals and teams begin their campaigns with hopes of achieving milestones of success. Such athletic milestones may come in a variety of ways. For some it is about improvement, garnering a winning record or winning a particular game or race. But for those that have the prerequisite talent and are willing to do all it takes, a state title is the ultimate goal, a prize garnered by only a select individual in track events and by one team in its class in team sports.

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