"Sometimes the Dog Wins…" 14•Oct.•11
NFA head coach Bill Bianco (right) greets Monroe-Woodbury head coach Pat D’Aliso (left) after their Class AA football game inCentral Valley, NY on Friday, October 14, 2011. NFA defeated Monroe-Woodbury 7 – 0 to end Monroe-Woodbury’s 63 – game winning streak against Section 9 teams. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record Rain. Mud. Spit and Blood… Friday night […]
"ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL…?"
Members of the West Point cadet parachute team land on the field prior to the Army – Hawaii game in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY on Saturday, September 11, 2010. Hawaii defeated Army 31 – 28. CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record FOOTBALL 2010. Well it’s finally here. The football season […]
"Mr. Scalo…" HS Football POY. Dec. 2009
Monroe-Woodbury quarterback Dan Scalo is the Times Herald-Record’s 2009 Varsity Football Player of the Year. (Middletown, NY). He’s seen photographed in his bedroom of the family’s Chester, NY home on Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Scalo ran for 1,569 yards & 20 TD’s and threw for 1,143 yards & 13 TD’s. Scalo was also the paper’s […]
"All Good Things…" 14•Nov.•09
(You know the rest…) Covered Monroe-Woodbury vs. New Rochelle Class AA State Quarterfinal game at Dietz Satdium up in Kingston, NY on Saturday night. Kingston. Dietz. In the dark. Rain. The state’s two top schools in Class AA football squaring off in the mist and on the rain soaked turf. This too was a game […]
HS Football Championship – The Road to Syracuse. (starts now…) 7•Nov.•09
It sometimes starts a week earlier for me. The continual over-thinking on how I’d cover a game like this past Saturday’s Section 9 Class AA Championship matchup between undefeated Monroe-Woodbury and Warwick High Schools. It was a repeat of their game a few weeks ago at Monroe-Woodbury HS, when both teams were 6-0. This time […]
*(More) Friday Night Lights… 16•Oct.•09
Worked the big game Friday night between two undefeated teams, Monroe-Woodbury and Warwick High Schools. Monroe (MW) has won something like 47 straight games against sectional opponents, and they’re the team I’ve followed through the playoffs and ultimately to the Syracuse University Dome for state finals championship games the past two years. They’re ranked again […]
HS Football Championship Game. Carrier Dome – Syracuse University. 11•30•08
“Road trip….” In the previous post below this one, I kind of laid out everything I packed for the Monroe-Woodbury vs. Orchard Park Class AA State Championship game in the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University on Sunday. Let’s just say it was a lot of gear and support items. No need to list it all […]
Syracuse, NY. HS State Championship Football. Nov. 2008.
My gear layout at home on Saturday, November 29, 2008, packing for the Monroe – Woodbury vs. Orchard Park Class AA High School State Championship game in the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University in Syracuse tomorrow afternoon. Spent the morning packing up gear for tomorrow’s big game in Syracuse, NY. Stopped on the way up […]