SamaritanFeet2010  Roscoe, Eldred, Monticello, Washingtonville, Nanuet, Tappan Zee

The Class of 2010:

Brian Beaury -  Men’s Coach – College of St. Rose 

Bob DeBonis – East Meadow HS, NY Inst of Technology, Bellmore Kennedy HS and Freeport HS 

Brian Giorgis – Girls – Our Lady of Lourdes HS and Marist College 

Kevin McCarthy – SUNY Cobleskill

 Gina Maher – Irvington HS 

Greg Mayerhofer – Floral Park HS 

Judy Mottola- SS Seward HS and Minisink HS 

Jeff Weiss- Lawrence Woodmere Academy

Coaches vs. Cancer – Romulus and Honeoye Girls Teams

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Romulus HS Girls Team and Youth Program for Samaritans Feet

The Romulus HS Girls program got the Romulus Youth Basketball program to participate in a fundraiser to benefit the children of Haiti in Coaching Barefoot at their Saturday program.  The program is run by Coach Damon Nicholson and his wife Suzy. The have over  60 kids in grades 1-4 playing basketball with our JV/Varsity basketball players coaching the teams (14 in all). 

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Mohonasen HS vs. Columbia HS Girls Basketball (Section 2) 

Mohonasen Coach Paul Brosious and Columbia Coach Kathleen Smith led the effort for Samaritan’s Feet in a recent game.  An announcement was made at the beginning of the game, explaining the whole barefoot program and how to text to donate (the flyers were passed out during this).  There was a video of Samaritan’s Feet playing on a big screen in the hallway (by the concession stand) for the spectators to view pre-game and at halftime.

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Mohonasen vs. Columbia – Samaritan’s Feet

WHS on probation after state violation

By JAMIE MUNKS

TIMES STAFF WRITER

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2010

The Watertown City School District athletic department has been placed on probation by the Frontier League for violating a state rule that prohibits alumni from practicing with school sports teams.
After reading a Dec. 1 Times story about a scrimmage between the Watertown High School boys basketball team and a group of alumni, someone from another school district sent e-mails to Frontier League officials about Watertown’s violation of the state rule, District Superintendent Terry Fralick said at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting.
Fralick declined to say which district the person was from.
Board members voiced their anger that someone contacted the Frontier League to notify them of the Watertown violation.

“That just stinks and shame on whoever did that,” board member Cynthia Bufalini said.
Fralick said the rule has “been on the books for years, but isn’t enforced all the time.” Fralick is a member of the Frontier League executive committee, and he has told the other committee members that the district apologizes for the violation and that it won’t happen again.
Being on probation in the Frontier League means that Watertown High School has been identified as a school that broke a state rule. If another state rule is broken, the league would take disciplinary action on the team that could include forced game forfeits.
“With all of the things that are wrong in the world, we’re being penalized for this?” board member Yvonne Gebo said. “As an educator, one of the best things you can see is when kids leave this building and they want to come back to see their coaches.”
 

Violation of rule seldom reported

ALUMNI AT PRACTICE: Frontier League teams may have broken law

By JAMIE MUNKS

TIMES STAFF WRITER

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010

The state law that Watertown High School violated when it allowed alumni to practice with its high school boys basketball team, may be violated much more often than it’s reported, Frontier League and state athletic officials said.
Watertown High School’s athletic department was recently put on probation by the Frontier League for violating the state rule when a group of alumni played against the boys basketball team in a scrimmage. The rule prohibits graduated athletes from practicing with their former team.
“If you’re not an approved player, you’re not eligible to practice with the team,” Frontier League Executive Director Robert Kowalick said.
This violation isn’t one that is often reported to the Frontier League, Kowalick said.
“I think it’s the first violation we’ve given out for this,” Kowalick said. “But this has probably gone on. I think it’s been pretty common for kids to come home from college and want to practice with their old team.”
And while the violation may occur frequently, the executive committee doesn’t look into violations until it receives a letter.
“We’re not going to go chasing people around. A lot of people will complain to us about someone doing something wrong, but it’s an anonymous letter or a phone call,” Kowalick said. “If you’re going to complain about something, it’s got to be in writing.”
Kowalick said he sent a reminder about the rule to all Frontier League school districts on Dec. 1, the same day the story about a scrimmage between the Watertown High School boys basketball team playing against a group of alumni ran in the Times.
“It’s unfortunate that this incident happened,” Kowalick said. “When we get something in writing we have to look into it, and Watertown knows that..”
The basis of the rule is for liability purposes, and it has been on the books “forever,” said Nina Van Erk, executive director of the New York Public High School Athletic Association.
The state Education Commissioner’s regulations state that schools should “limit athletic activities conducted by the school to appropriate competition and practice between pupils in grades seven through 12, except that a post-graduate pupil may participate in intramural activities.”
“We’re required by the state to only provide athletic opportunities between students because high school athletics are an extension of the classroom,” Van Erk said. “Many schools have ignored this over time. But now we do mandatory athletic director workshops and there’s no excuse, everyone knows the rule.”

Pictures from the December, 2009 Glens Falls Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, click below

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Click here to read about and see photos from Prattsburg, Bishop Grimes and the Peter Hyde Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament  in Endwell.Coaches Vs. Cancer, 2009-2010

The Ogdensburg FA school gave permission to collect donations and have a 50-50 at the game. On Wednesday the captains read what the teams was doing on the daily school announcements over the intercom. On Thursday and Friday the players manned a table outside the cafeteria that had informational posters on the Wounded Warrior Project. In 2 days they collected $153 from students and staff.
The game was Saturday – posters were by the door and a donation jar was displayed. Another $105 was taken in there. There was a good crowd at the game against Indian River. Their district is on the edge of Fort Drum and has many residents in the military. The 50-50 raffle took in $333 so we netted $166.50. The total was $424.50 – this has been sent to the Wounded Warrior Project.
 
Ogdensburg finished the Service game by volunteering at the local Am-Vets. They prepare, serve, and distribute to shut-ins a Christmas dinner. The local paper had some nice articles about the Service Game.

Click here to see some pictures of this project: OFABCANYServicePix