At its March 28 Board Awards Ceremony, the Monticello Central School District’s Board of Education honored the Monticello athletes and teams who earned the “Scholar Athlete” distinction from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. The following teams were honored as scholar athlete teams. To achieve this honor, a team must collectively maintain …
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The Sullivan County Democrat recently recognized two integral members of the Monticello High School Boys Basketball family, naming Coach Chris Russo as one of 2018-19 Sullivan County Democrat Boys’ Basketball Co-Coaches of the Year (along with Coach Fred Ahart of Roscoe), and athlete Josh Gattling as 2018-19 Sullivan County Democrat Boys’ Basketball Player of the …
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Monticello High School senior Sarah Grodin is heading to West Point. Sarah, a Principal’s List honor student and a member of the Monticello High School ski team and track team, committed to West Point at a signing ceremony on March 4, surrounded by her family, coaches and Monticello High School staff members. She will run …
Skiers participating in the state championships at Gore earlier this week endured some pretty extreme condition. On Monday, there were 50 mile-per-hour winds and light snow. On Tuesday, the temperature dropped with a high of 5 degrees. Still, Monticello’s Alpine ski teams persevered and were successful. Shane Bittinger placed 8th in the slalom event. Overall, …
The Monticello girls and boys alpine ski teams competed with a lot of heart on Valentine’s Day at the Section 9 championships. Both teams won the section 9 title with seven athletes advancing to states. Shane Bittinger, Ryan Grodin and Kyle Foss will represent the boys team at states and Sarah Grodin, Jessica Blakesley, Drew …
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For the past 27 years, the tennis athletes coached by Urvashi Gupta have earned the scholar athlete distinction. While some might credit the academic success of this team, at least in part, to Coach Gupta’s emphasis on sportsmanship, respect and integrity; she prefers to attribute it to the nature of the sport. “Tennis is a …
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On Sunday Feb. 10, Coach Ryan Jasper brought the Monticello High School Varsity Girls Basketball Team up to Syracuse to watch the Syracuse Basketball Team take on Boston College, with the Oranges ultimately defeating the Eagles 96-69.
Article courtesy of Coach Chris Russo The 11th-Annual Sullivan County Basketball Coaches Association of New York (BCANY) vs. Cancer Classic is scheduled for Feb. 1-2 at the Paul Gerry Fieldhouse on the campus of SUNY Sullivan. This two-day festival features seven high school games and is capped off by the SUNY Sullivan Men’s team taking on the …
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Congratulations to our Fall 2018 Monticello All-Star athletes: Girls’ Tennis Lina Rios, Sullivan County Democrat All-Star Anastasia Gessman, Sullivan County Democrat All-Star Lauren Edwards, Sullivan County Democrat All-Star Girls’ Cross Country Sarah Grodin, 1st Team Sullivan County Democrat All-Star Aubrey Soller, 1st Team Sullivan County Democrat All-Star Victoria Blinston, 2nd Team Sullivan County Democrat All-Star …
With all five of Monticello’s schools receiving the “Good Standing” designation from the New York State Education Department, the Monticello Central School District has officially been named as a district in “Good Standing” under the New York State Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The NYSED released the results of these new accountability measures on Jan. …
