SULLIVAN COUNTY -- The high school golf season is now underway. On Monday, the Liberty boys hosted Tri-Valley at Swan Lake Golf and Country Club, while the Sullivan West boys battled Monticello at the Villa Roma.
In the Liberty-Tri-Valley showdown, the Bears won a close one, 235-240. Gavin ... read more

KIAMESHA LAKE -- One of the top bowlers in the Kiamesha Lanes Tuesday Night Mixed Firefighter league saved some of his best bowling for the last league night of the 2020-21 season.
Thirty-five year-old Rock Hill bowler Kyle Giordano, easily one of the premier bowlers in Sullivan County, smashed ... read more

Bethel Speedway's season recently got underway. Last Saturday's winners were as follows ... Rookie Bandolero - Shawn Tyler; INEX Bandolero (Outlaw) - Justin Teresek; INEX Bandolero (Bandit) - Kaden Rogers; INEX Legend Car - Alex McCollum; NASCAR Sport Mod - Josh Wilbur (pictured); NASCAR Street ... read more

WAWARSING - The Catskills Claws headed north, not just geographically since their race this past weekend was at Lippman Park in Warwarsing, but also because they continue to improve.
Another weekend of NICA racing resulted in the Claws, a composite mountain biking team featuring athletes from ... read more

As part of the Youth Hunt, 12-year-old Nathan Barber took this bird in Bethel. It had a seven and a nine-inch beard, one-inch spurs and weighed 20.6 pounds.

Published May 4, 1978

NARROWSBURG - If Western Sullivan League baseball players decided to take the field decked out in parkas, gloves, and insulated boots, nobody would have laughed. They probably couldn't have laughed anyway - there are few chuckles associated with playing a baseball game ... read more

YOUNGSVILLE -- Gratitude, pride, success and family. Those were words often spoken in honor of the 2021 Sullivan West football team on the occasion of the team's annual football banquet at the Youngsville Firehouse this past weekend.
This year's festivities were arranged through the loving care ... read more

LIBERTY -- They say that patience is a virtue and that the best things in life are worth waiting for. But truth be told, runners, jumpers and throwers from track teams lost their patience long ago when last spring's track season was canceled. As to whether it was worth the wait, we'll have to see ... read more

Sullivan County Long Beards youth turkey hunt contest was won by Aiden Johnston of Roscoe. While hunting with guide and mentor Collin Tallman, he took his 1st turkey. A very respective 17 lb 12 oz bird with 1” spurs and a 9” beard. His bird had a total score of 55.75 using the NWTF's official ... read more

ROCHESTER -- While many players compete in high school, relatively few go on to play at the next level. But from his earliest stellar high school performance at quarterback, two-time Sullivan County Democrat Player of the Year, Tri-Valley's Keegan Streimer showed himself to be an elite player. ... read more

SWAN LAKE -- The Liberty Varsity Girls Golf Team, once again under the tutelage of coach John Wilhelm, opened their season with a nice win over Middletown on the front nine of the Swan Lake Golf and Country Club on Tuesday.
Liberty (1-0) shot better than Middletown 186-199. Corrine Hellerer and ... read more

Pawling 34
Roscoe 0

PAWLING -- Hats off to the Roscoe/Livingston Manor Blue Devils.
They had one heck of a season and had hoped to punctuate their undefeated ledger with a Section 9 Eight-Man football title. That hope was dashed as they ran into a buzzsaw, namely the Pawling ... read more

Sportsman Outdoors

The NY DEC has announced a draft proposal to update regulations governing public use of New York's vast network of Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs). The proposed changes would bring consistency with the existing rules for state forests, campgrounds, and other DEC lands, and clearly make the rules ...read more

Further Review

Please don't think I'm pulling a sudden escape like the Baltimore Colts did 35 years ago when they fled to Indianapolis in the middle of the night. But this will be my last Further Review column. After 10 years, more than 500 columns and 350,000 words, I'm turning out the lights. I always said to ...read more

Golfing Highlights

Well-known and popular Liberty attorney Jeffrey Altbach is thinking that it's easier to score hole in ones in the state of Florida.
He scored his second career ace on February 15 at the Boca West Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida while playing with three other members of the Boca West Country ...read more

Streamside

The first weekend in May was what we were all hoping for after the rain, sleet and snow of the past week. Breezy, bright sunny skies and warm temperatures beckoned many to come outdoors to work in the garden, mow the grass, or go fishing.
A check with the USGS website showed that despite ...read more

Bowling Highlights

The United States Bowling Congress and Bowling Proprietors' Association of America will bring BowlTV, the USBC's livestreaming platform, to BPAA member centers starting in April 2021.
The partnership will allow every BPAA member center to receive a complimentary subscription to BowlTV, giving ...read more

Raceway Wrap

WHITE LAKE -- It was ‘Music Night', sponsored by Frank Stevens Roofing, at Bethel Speedway last Saturday. The night was highlighted by the ‘Detroit Iron 35' which was a special race for the fan popular street stock division. Track Championship races also continued to gain attention as there are ...read more

Friday, February 28

High School

Indoor Track

Eldred, Fallsburg, Liberty, Monti, Sull West, Tri-Valley @ OCIAA West Point, 6 pm