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4B FINAh 1 Taxpert FINANCIAL JL SERVICES iwHtt imm It's time to come In and review your Income anil expenses for lax return 413, Rfe 376 PO Box 300 Hopewell Jd, NY 12533 Poucihkeepsie 3ournal SUNDAYSPORTS Local report 3 NFL Game Day 5 Without Limits 7 JIM SHEAHAN, SPORTS EDITOR 845 437 4845 jsheahanpoughkeepsiejournal com SUNDAY OCTOBER 5, 2008 III nl mm 8di MJSfSSX III Volleyball team at Beacon fights its way through a difficult, unusual situation Karl RabePoughkeepsie Journal The Beacon High School volleyball team had'T shirts made in honor of Ron Pagliaro( the longtime volleyball coach who also owns Ron's Ice Cream in towtvPagliaro has been unable to coach so far this fall because of an illness. j. K' LiiiiSHikiiiw j1 i 'S V' ikil lsp? LLLLLtx JsTt i lV i4r 'FVf rir rB "aflPv 'jlSfc 9CLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! bUHk Ihl JIPPHk vi fw'W "Ststtafe IPTIB'HBV ljK HaW BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbH I 1 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBnlBBBBBBBBl aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakl fctf' aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaftaA 1 IBH aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaft lHwX LH2 tfflt HH aallH BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBF I1 pUaBaaauC3RnmaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBG BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaaaM 1 wBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBBsUoHaaBBBBBBBBaL tSBBBBBB I BBBBH aBBBBBBBBBBK BBBBBBBm''BBBBBBBBBBBUBBaaB BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBWV BBBBaBBBBBBSIfeWn''' 'BBBBBBbBL BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB li I iBBBBBBaaamK' sJBSBiJ LLLLLLkbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbWI I IS i 'IIHbbV PrBBBBBBaPiBaB' BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBffiHBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB BBBBi.JaaV SfflBBBBBBTV'" 5 'SaBBBBBBBBBW't' vj'' BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBKia''iBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaVBBBBBBBBBBBlil iHbiHHP aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBm''' BBBBBBBBb! aaaaaaaaaaaaaai fsKvfrlsL iS Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaair aaaaaaal Oarryl BautlstaPoughkeepsie Journal Beacon High School softball coach Cathy Schetter has taken over for Ron Pagliaro as the volleyball coach this year By Sean T. McMann Poughkeepsie Journal One extra chair sat empty at the end of the visiting team's bench Wednesday evening. It could have been a housekeeping gaffe.

Perhaps someone counted incorrectly. But for the members of the Beacon High School volleyball team, the math added up: There's another Bulldog with them at all times in their hearts and they hope to see him fill that vacant seat soon. "It's hard, but we know that he's always going to be here in spirit," senior hitter Kara Tancredi said of Beacon head coach Ron Pagliaro, who has handed over the Bulldogs' reins this season as he faces a personal challenge his players are sure he'll win. One morning this past summer, Pagliaro woke up unable to walk. Doc 'It's hard, but we know that he's always going to be here in Kara Tancredi, Beacon volleyball player tors visits and medical tests followed; none, though, yielded a clear diagnosis.

Since then, Pagliaro has battled this obstacle from a wheelchair, receiving treatment at Helen Hayes Hospital in West Haverstraw. The Journal's attempts to reach Pagliaro have been unsuccessful. While he can't be with his players on a daily basis, Pagliaro remains ever present with them from practicing the skills he instilled in many of the young Bulldogs to cheering "R.P." before and after every match. "I think his presence is missed greatly in the program, in general, but these kids have responded well," said Cathy Schetter, who has taken over the head coaching duties in Pagliaro's absence. "We're all doing the best we can under the circumstances.

"Would we love to have him right next to us every day? Absolutely. But we're going with what we have." When it comes to Pagliaro, it's more than a dozen or so volleyball players missing a coach. He's also an assistant coach for the boys' basketball team at Beacon. He owns a popular ice cream shop in town, one that employs some of the same students who watch him on the sidelines. No, Pagliaro is more than a coach He's a staple around the school and surrounding community.

Please see Coach 3E Egan Thorpe lifts New Paltz Huguenots stump Marlboro By Sean T. McMann Poughkeepsie Journal MARLBORO It was seemingly impossible to stop Brandon Egan Thorpe Saturday Only a fourth quarter cramp and a late rally by the Iron Dukes derailed his team's hopes for a shutout. A senior running back, Egan Thorpe finished with 197 total yards and three touchdowns, leading his New Paltz High School football team to a 28 14 victory over host Marlboro. "That's our team We toughed it out, and we came out with the victory," said Egan Thorpe, whose Huguepots went ahead, 28 0 after three quarters, only to see the home team cut the deficit in half during the final 9 minutes, 55 seconds. The triumph improved New Paltz's record to 3 2 overall and 3 0 in division play.

"Well, they're all big wins, being in the division so it was a huge win, especially on the road," said New Paltz head coach Tom Tegeler, whose team finished with 366 yards of total offense, allowing Marlboro 330 in all. "We're on the road the next three weeks, so this was a great start." Both Egan Thorpe gave his Huguenots an early lead on their H.S. football first drive a six play scries in which the senior ran for 47 yards, capped by a four yard run the gut for six points with 7 50 left in the period "To tell the truth, when 1 scored my first touchdown we kept rolling and we kept rolling and we kept rolling," said Egan Thorpe, who added a one yard scoring jaunt just 2 29 into the second quarter Marlboro coach Bob Koonz lauded Egan Thorpe and his teammates' ability to run the ball seemingly at will "He's tough," Koonz said "Their offensive line did a met job against us They were able to run outside, inside We ust had a tough time containing Egan Thorpe." Just 3.10 before halftime Jonathan Diaz compounded the Dukes' woes, as the Huguenots quarterback ran the ball in from a yard out for a 21 0 lead at the break, following a third straight point after kick "It wasn't easy," Diaz said of moving the ball up and dowTi the field. "It's just that ever) one was doing their job and executing." Diaz, who finished the day 7 for 17 in the air with 169 passing yards, said having a strong running game helped diversify the Huguenots' offensive options. Please see New Paltz, 3E Marist stumbles Star RB sets record in defeat By Phil Strum Poughkeepsie Journal Marist College's football team was just 63 seconds away from a storybook ending on its homecoming day and what could have been one of the biggest wins in its program's history.

Bucknell quarterback Marcel lo Trigg found Shawn Pasternak with 1:03 left in the game for a 22 yard completion to lead the Bison of the Patriot League to a 21 17 win over the Red Foxes in Tenney Stadium at Leonid off Field on Saturday. Bucknell (3 1) scored earlier in the fourth quarter when Trigg found Alex Odenback for a nine yard strike to cut Marist's lead to 17 14. College football "We competed very well today and played with a lot of intensity," said Marist coach Jim Parady, whose Red Foxes lost to Bucknell the last three seasons by a cumulative score of 113 33 "We were in it, snap for snap, the whole football game For 59 minutes, we led the football game. It's a matter of closing out the football game that have to figure out how to do Obozua Ehikioya established Marist College's all time touch downs record, scoring on an 80 yard run with nine minutes and 35 seconds left in the first quarter. Ehikioya's touchdown was the 42nd of his career, passing the late J.J.

Allen on Marist's all time list. It was also the longest Please see Foxes, 3E Highland rolls caBBa9V'j iaaaaaaaaaaaawViBH9BH 4br KMapywia Spr laaaaaaaaaaaaaK JanaVaaaiaj fa 5w'BBBBBBBWBBBBBBBm JvflbV fanP tfv raiBaaaaaaRLwIjkBaaaaaEHpaaT il vBaaaaaTv'riftBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaV Gaar '1 ELS IUu)uaK9HBaBXritfdUdu4JBBaaBHBaaaaBaaBaaaaaaaHW. 5ux.aBai Kathy MclaughllnPoughkeepsie Journal Highland High School's Mike Fallatik escapes a tackle by Red Hook's Pat Meyer during Highland's 35 6 victory at Red Hook High School on Saturday For more on the game, see page 3E For a photo gallery, visit www Finger carries Millbrook with monster game GRAHAMSVILLE Nick Finger put up numbers Saturday that most players would love to have for an entire season. senior running back carried the ball 41 times, good enough for 485 yards and eight touchdowns, to lead his Mill brook High School football team to a 66 57 victory over host INSIDE SPORTS INSIDE TODAY A special NHL season preview page, and news on the Rangers' opener, 6E Tn Valley. With the quintet of two point conversions Finger ran in, he finished with 58 points one more than the entire home team and a state record, according to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association's Web site.

Homer Geoffrion of Lafayette Buffalo and Jason HIGHLIGHTS Fortier's early goal gives Ailington win, 3E Brewers hang on, stay alive in series, 4E Gwaltney of North Babylon each finished with 54 points in a single game in 1929 and 2004, respectively. Additionally, Finger's 485 rushing yards in one game ranks second all time in the state; only Dale Ross of Westhill, who ran for 569 yards in a game on Oct 26, 2007, eclipses Fin ger's single game mark Saturday "Obviously, Nick had another great game," Millbrook head coach Sean Keenan said of Fin ger, who has already strung together games of 220, 337, 149 and 173 rushing yards this season. With his astronomical statistics Saturday, Hnger now has 1,364 yards on the ground this ON THE WEB NOW year, averaging almost 27? yards per game. "Our offensive line played another tremendous game," said Keenan, who added his Blazers (4 1 overall) finished with 615 rushing yards and attempted just one pass on the day D.J Cummings earned the ball 14 times for Millbrook, ending Post photos, vievV schedules and become part of the community at H.S. football with 90 Lari les and a touchdown "It was a great team victory, Keenan said "But obviously, wt have some issues on defense tlul have to be resolved." That being said, Steve Vitalc led Millbrook with nine tack les, one more than teammate Taylor Galano.

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