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March 31, 2010 - The Goshen High School spring athletics season is right around the corner. Get a glimpse of the upcoming seasons for boys varsity golf, girls varsity golf, boys varsity tennis, boys varsity baseball, girls varsity softball and outdoor track and field.

Season preview: Goshen Boys Varsity Golf
By Coach J. Tether

We have 25 students trying out for the playing team this season and only three students with match experience. The top two payers returning to the team are senior Will Sutton and junior Frankie Winski.

In our conference, Cornwall will be the team to beat with other strong contenders.

Our first match will be on Tuesday, April 6th with Monticello High School at Stony Ford Golf Course. We are looking forward to seeing how we develop this season.

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Season preview: Goshen Girls Varsity Golf
By Coach Jim Polanis

The girls’ golf team is looking forward to starting its season against Middletown on April 7 at Stony Ford Golf Club. The girls have been working very hard to prepare for the season opener. Practice has been held on the practice field and in the gym because course conditions have not allowed us to get out there and play.

We hope this year proves to be very successful and that we continue the winning ways of the past five years. We have a strong team returning from last year and some promising newcomers.

Senior Kelsey Yates, Sarah Camposeo and Jessica Liccardi are the top returners - all have played on the team since their freshman year. Other returners include Sophomore Kathleen Farrell, Mary Looram, and Nicole Glade, Juniors Ceira Dawson, Chelsea Aiken and Chelsea Cerillo.

The promising newcomers include Juniors Vitoria Hale, Rebecca Newman, and Amanda Perri, Sophomore Victoria Blaine, and freshmen Julia Obregon, Sara Robinson.

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Season preview: Boys Varsity Tennis
By Coach Ken Soroka

Returning back from the 2009 undefeated boys tennis team (14-0), we have five of our top players returning. They are Jared Lisack, Devin Valencia, Alex Valencia, Max Mallow and Doug Finkelstein.

Doug Finkelstein qualified for the NYSPHSAA State tournament after finishing second at the Section IX Championships. The team also qualified for the NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athlete Team Award last season.

Our first match will be on April 9 vs. Warwick High School at the C. J. Hooker Middle School tennis courts, and we have another challenging schedule against teams from all three divisions of the OCIAA Boys Tennis.

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Season preview: Boys Varsity Baseball
By Coach Matt Sass

The snow has melted, the birds are returning and the Goshen High Schools Boys of Summer are back. On March 8, the Varsity and JV baseball teams threw out the first pitch of the spring. Enthusiasm and expectation levels are high as we embark on the 2010 season.

This year's Varsity Baseball team will be anchored by a talented bunch of seniors who are eager to make a run to the Section IX title game. Co-captains Andrew Crawford and Chris O’Connor will lead fellow seniors Joe Sullivan, John Stephens, Joe Leddy, John Jonas, Dan Mutone, Sean Robinson, Alex Musumeci, Tommy Kohn and Chris Ouellette in their quest to go out as champions.

The team is off to a good start, having had a very competitive scrimmage at Middletown, and the season opener is Monday, March 29 against Marlboro in the Apple Valley Tournament. The team looks forward to seeing all of its fans on Wednesday, April 7, for the home opener versus Wallkill.

Go Gladiators!

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Season preview: Girls Varsity Softball
By Coach Tom Gilbert and Assistant Coach Mike Kelly

Play ball! Spring is in the air so let the games begin! The 2010 Goshen Lady Gladiator Softball team is very eager to get the season going. The Lady Gladiators will start the season off after a long spring break on Wednesday, April 7, versus the Cornwall Green Dragons. Cornwall ended Goshen’s season in last years Section IX Class A semifinals, so the girls are ready for some revenge.

Playing in the OCIAA Division III Class A Division against teams: Cornwall, Port Jervis, and Monticello and games against other Class AA & B schools will definitely make for an exciting season.

The Varsity Softball team returns 8 starters from last season’s team. The team will be led by captain’s Marilyn Borth, Rylie Carpenter, Nicole Ciampo, and Chelsey Locatell.

The Lady Gladiators return home for there season home opener on Friday, April 9, against the Port Jervis Red Raiders at 4 p.m. Come on out and catch the Lady Gladiators in action!

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Season preview: Outdoor Track & Field
By Coaches Gus Lawson and Jim Steeves, and Assistant Coaches J.B. Russo and Nick Pantaleone

As we turn toward the spring, the outdoor track and field teams get ready for the 2010 season. The teams are very eager to test out the newly refurbished facility.

Both teams look to continue a winning tradition that dates back more than 30 years! They both finished runner up in Division III last year with records of seven wins and one loss. The girls finished in third place at last year's Section IX championships with a school record of 110 points and look to build on that accomplishment this spring.

The girls team is led by a core of returning student-athletes, including seniors Shanice Saunders, Meghan Olin, Jenny Edmonson, Caroline Bjorkman and Lauren Oettinger; juniors Brittany Foote, Lucy Hinchliffe, Katelyn Scott, Ericka Norton, Melissa Jordan, Kristina Davila, Esther Laaninen, and Tina Wildrick; sophomores Alina Burger and Jamie Lisack; and a host of promising freshmen and newcomers.

Despite the departure of several key student-athletes, the boys team returns with some core leaders, including seniors Dylan Simonson, Anthony Cuomo, Matt Buono, Sean Birdsall, Marc Beliveau and James Schnikter; and juniors Steve Van Doran, Jordan McWatt, Jeff Florkowski and Brandon Reuter. The team has also picked up several potential newcomers with talent.

The boys team has sent a student-athlete to compete at the intercollegiate level every year for the past 12 years and hopefully that tradition will continue this year.

The teams open their seasons at home on April 7 at 4 p.m. Come on out and support Goshen track & field!

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