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Blackbird bowlers have tough season | .. .'ifl^ VOORHEESVILLE — The Voorheesville Blackbird bowling team finished in the middle.of the pack this season with a 6-11- 1 record in the Colonial Council. \I thought we would be a bit better than that,\ said Voor- heesville Coach Jim, Duncan. \The guys averages were down a little bit. Mike Tesch only aver- aged 200 and Charles Lansburg had a 194 or 195. We had eight' seniors and a couple of guys that averaged 190 last year were at only 180 this year.\ The eight seniors on the team this winter were Kevin Bub, Robert Flynn, Edward Labshere, Lansburg, Justin Lupien, Allan Proskin, William Shutter, Tesch, and Chris Thomas. \They struggled this year,\ Duncan said. \They had good days and they had bad days.\ Rebecca Duncan, the coach's daughter, had a more consistent average during the season. She WESTLAWN LANES Bantam/Preps Samantha Kellerman 113 Jim Mohr 139-362 RJ Decker 141 Jarod Mullen 145-372 Junior/Senior DJ Kellerman 206-541 Chris Gareau 210 Chris Hannett 199-588 AdamRuf 206-594 Kelly Anderson 185-489 Jake Markham 196-554 Joshua Braddock 178-449 Kate Cassala 150-432 Lisa Luther 136 DJ Sweeney '.:. 136 The Westies Patrick Snyder 300-279-203-782 Bill Mann 248-247-197-692 Katie Walls ; 192-197-235-624 Craig Champion 202-202-208-612 Dan Sweeney 187-558 Dave McKenzie 201-193-553 Kathy Walls 202-535 Luke Willey 186-182-529 Ed Vogol 193-529 Don champion 199-187-524 Kran Krantzen 196-508 Beth Koeppel 192-504 Sally Kapinos 193 Meagan Rosen 184 Sue Zehner 172 Knox Firemen Mixed George Kelson 195-192-552 lid Czuchrey 184-157 Gert Bishop 156 Debbie Liddlu 223 Matt Schmitt 192-212-562 Tracy .Sudol 183 Larry IVrrotti 157-152 Carol Dexter 172 Kathy Hempstead 181 Greg Lemmermnn 157 Dan Decker 236-243-669 Dick Tubbs 180 Bill Sudol 219-602 Howard Bishop 215-183-561 Sylvia Czuchrey 192-152 Fran Frantzen 203-200-571 Dario Salvano 165-169 Steve Bass 235-593 Ron Hempstead 195-183-519 ALTAMONT LANES Looney Toons Jim Thurley 219-236-650 Ray Overbaugh 199-556 Rich Loucks 211 Jen Schanz 187 Frank Locantore 180 Kim Klimek 174 Louise Tepley 165 Altamont Juniors Tim Mclntyre 165-468 Ethan Schager 191-462 Ian Richardson 149-410 Katlynn Overbaugh 167-408 Luke Graves 168-407 Verne King 178-398 Brittany Larghe 143-383 Sam Genovesi 144-373 Adam Pollard 128-366 Chet Ferriero 123-354 Shane Ferriero 134-350 Keith Newcomb , 106-300 Chris Leclair 106 Charlie Tasher 105 ' Brendan Flood 99 Justin Barber 90 Evan Pollard 66 Altamont Classic Helderberg Concrete smoked by the vacant team 4-1 Pete Gustafson had 245-220-843 and R.J. Sanderson shot games of 201 and 203 in bowled a 185 for most of the sea- son. Duncan, a ninth-grader, was joined on the team by classmate Kevin Tesch, and juniors Samuel Musella and Andrew Dowen. \We'll struggle to have a team next year,\ Coach Duncan said. \We have two juniors and Re- becca and Kevin. We'll be look- ing for people; we'll be down a bit. \Schools like Lansingburgh and Cohoes — inner-city schools — they're still into it,\ Duncan said. \Out here in. the country, the kids are tougher to get...Next year will be interest- ing. I'm coaching football and I'll tell those kids that I need bowl- ers.\ Duncan was hoping the sen- iors would go out with a better season. \Honestly I was expecting more out of them with all those seniors back,\ he said. \We lost defeat by the vacant team.Captain Bob Nopper added a 221 for Helderberg. On the center pair, there was a hot match between Foley s Garage and Picard s Grove. Picard s edged Foley s 3-2 behind Al Gaige s 213-201- 204 and Jason Klindworth s 225. Bob Johnston provided support by throwing games of 187-185-186. Gary Guyon fired a pair of 201 games and Kerry Johnston had. 221-212-233-829 for Foleys. Altamont Lanes took a 4-1 match from Berschwinger Build- ers behind a very hot John Orsini s 235-203- 223-234-895 and Ray Overbaugh s 258-806. Bill the Chief Vinson had 204-212 for Alta- mont Lanes. The bid for first place trophy is getting interesting with at least three teams in contention with 5 weeks remaining in regular play. Wednesday Night Mixed R.J. Sanderson 218-643 Dennis Barber 214 Roger Tippey 211-568 Pete Gustafson 256-179-269-704 Cindy Gustafson 167-190 Bob Nopper 224 Bill Usher 186 Clark King 220 Helderberg Post #977 Mixed Betty Mahoney 151 Corky Trembley 155 John Bushnell Sr 174-202-165-541 Bill Munoz 156 Rudy Stempel 188-164-199-551 Diane Shaver 180 Wendy Schwenk 154 Tina Munoz 158 Jim Schwenk 179 Bev Bushnell 161 Steve Schwenk 174 Dawn Schanz 161 TOWN AND COUNTRY Voorheesville Men Paul M. Cantlin 266-722 Joe DeVellis 265-713 Michael DeLorenzo 265-710 David Sperbeck 256-695 Kenneth Tucker 246-691 Jim Cramer 277-679 Clark Thomas 226-662 Dennis Murphy 253-638 Matt Childs 222-618 Tom DeLorenzo 210-616 Scott Coleman 228-615 Dan Hernandez 256-613 Tony Silvano 264 Bob Hughes 244 Don Smith 230 John Lawson 224 Frank Donnelly 221 Dave Ferrari 216 SalPraga 215 Mike Fields 214 Jim Giner 211 Brian Donnelly 208 Nick Silvano 204 MikeHerzog 203 Doug Gallager 203 Richard Luck 202 Chuck Donnelly 202 Greg Stempel 202 Town & Country Seniors Chuck Ebel 183 Ronald Frederick 170 Ed Willey 235-243-256-734 Martin VanVoris 179 NeilTaber 179-509 Walt Clark 204-521 Ray Frederick 173 Wayne Goodnow 180-534 Dominick Allegretti 192 Skip Keegan 170 John Zampier 210-556 Howard Bishop 189 Dot Sand 153 Vala Jackson 145 Kay Rymanowski 161 Dorothy Taber 158 Cheryl Frederick 152 Kim Brennen 167 Harold Guest 172 Garland Cross 220-619 Ken French 202-531 EdsonLindsey 198-547 Rhea Brown 159 Andy Wagner 160 Herm Wyld 182-521 BernieHauser 178 Dan Healy to the basketball team. I thought we could do a little better than we did. At sec- tionals, we were eighth out of 24 teams, but 600 pins behind [winner] Mechanicville. \In the league, we had two great matches with Mechanicville,\ Duncan added. \They shot an all-time school record against us up there. They had four kids that shot a total of 700-plus pins that day. We had one in the 700's and a bunch in the mid-600's. You can't com- plain with that.\ Duncan said that he won't miss just losing the seniors but hell miss who they are and what they accomplished. \They'll be tough to lose,\ Duncan said. \Justin Allan, and Charles have been together since the eighth or ninth grades. They won sectionals, finished second, fourth, and eighth. I can't ask for more from those kids. \Last year, we had the lead [at sectionals] all day,\ Duncan added, \until Canajoharie got hot and went crazy. They are really great kids. I worked with them in football and bowling all this time. It is tough to lose these kind of kids.\ Guilderland CYO GUILDERLAND — The Guil- derland sixth-grade boys' Cath- olic Youth Organization basket- ball team closed out its regular season with three victories. On Saturday, Feb. 25, the Butchmen defeated a team from Ravena, 45-21. The leading scorer for the Dutchmen was Josh Harding, who had 14 points, and Toby Wykes, who contributed seven points. Rounding out the scoring were Dan Rogers and Tyler Simpson with six points, Andrew Jensen and Sean Klim with four points, and Conner Drislane and Matt Glazier each chipped in two points. On Sunday, Feb. 26, the team traveled to Hoosic Valley and came away with a hard-fought victory, 34-25. Klim was the leading scorer for the team with 10 points. Rounding out the balanced scoring were Harding with eight points, Drislane and Rogers with four points and Mackie Farina, Peter Libertucci, Glazier, Simp- son, and Jensen each with two points. On Saturday, March 4, the Dutchmen played the same Hoosic Valley team, this time coming away with a 43-22 win. The Dutchmen trailed the entire first half of the game, until Scott Zwinge made a basket with a minute to go to halftime, was fouled and calmly sank the free throw to give his team a 17-16 lead. In the second half, Guilder- land picked up its defensive intensity, holding Hoosic Valley to only three baskets. Once again, everyone on the team contributed to the victory. Farina, Toby Wykes, and Simp- son led the team's defensive efforts in the second half. The scoring summary for the game was as follows: Harding, 10 points; Glazier, eight points; Drislane, six points; Rogers, Zwinge, and Jensen all had five points; and Libertucci and Klim added two points apiece. The Dutchmen finished the regular season at 17-5 and came in first place in the Troy CYO West Division. The team is looking forward to the playoffs that begin on Saturday, March 11. (Continued from page 36) at the libero position, a back-row defensive player. John McNally, Junco, and Josh O'Brien made some major contributions to the team as did Goss and Austin Saddlemire. Also on the team is junior Garrett Simpson, sophomore Michael Thamsen, freshman Natnan Bub, and eighth-grader Garrett Wineinger. The seniors are mostly\ a core group that formed as freshmen to resurrect the program that had been cut by the school. Some of the seniors were re- cruited a couple of years later. \Tom [Cavanaugh] has played for two years,\ Kurkjian said. \I love this group,\ Ian Michalski said. \We've been to- gether since our freshmen year. We got some kids interested and they said 'Why not?' They all turned out to be good players.\ \All the guys in this grade are close,\ Adrian Michalski added. \We are always together and we always practice hard.\ \We came into a season a few years ago and it was only the three Michalskis and a couple of other kids,\ Kurkjian said. \We played a half-season. We weren't that great but they all came back the next year. Everybody that played returned and decided they wanted to play to win. We. won the Central Hudson Valley League that year but lost to Ma- ple Hill. \This team has had a good run,\ Kurkjian said. \We were one game away from beating Maple Hill when these guys were ninth- or lO^-graders.\ Smart kids But it's the Michalskis w] have been the anchor of tl team for the past four year They were the force that formi the team and they used the talents to lead the Birds to tv sectional titles and the first r gional title for a team from Se tion II. Their talents will also tal them to the collegiate levc Though they haven't decided c which schools they will attem they said that they will go i different schools and they wi play volleyball, whether at tl Divison I, II, or III level. \We want to play in college Adrian Michalski said. \A lot i Division III teams play again! Division I teams. We'll eithe play with Division I players c against them.\ \These are interesting kids Kurkjian said of his players \They are very smart kids. Th Michalskis have a 96 averag and Matt Belgiovine got a 1,60 on his SATs, he said referring t a perfect score. They do a lot c stuff. A lot of them are in bam and two of the three Michalski sing in chorus. A lot of the kid are also in the Model U.N.\ Kurkjian coached volleybal for 19 years before taking a leavi from the sport. He coaches boy and girls' tennis at Voorheesvil] and decided, after discussing with his wife, to help form a ne volleyball team at the school. \It is a nice feeling to coac guys,\ he said, \and watch.thei do well.\ Moore wins ski championship GUILDERLAND — Guilder- land ski racer, Travis Moore, won the New York State J3 Championships for 13- and 14- year-olds at Gore Mountain this past week. Moore is a ninth-grader at Guilderland High School. Representing Windham Mountain, Moore competed in three events: the Super G, Giant Slalom, and Slalom. Moore won the GS and Slalom to capture the number-one ranking in the state. He topped the field by over twe seconds in the GS and one second in the Slolom. Moore has been selected to the New York State Junior Olympic Team which will race in the Junior Olympics held at Gore/ Whiteface, March 11 to 14. The top 13- and 14-year-olds from Maine, Vermont, New Hamp- shire, Massachusetts, and New York will compete. Sports coverage at its best. 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