TRACK AND FIELD — Damani DeLoatch, a senior at Beacon High School, will compete today (June 7) for the triple jump state championship at Cicero. He finished second last year behind Aiden Bryant of Midlakes High School in the Finger Lakes, who will again be his chief competition.
At the state qualifiers on May 30 at Goshen, DeLoatch won the triple jump and was fifth in the long jump. Other top finishers for the Bulldogs included Henry Reinke (sixth in the 400 meters), Noah Spiak (fifth in the 400-meter hurdles) and Jayden Mihalchik (sixth in the pole vault). For the girls, Mikaela Sanchez was 15th in the 400 meters and Isabella Migliore was 16th in the 800 meters.
Haldane competed in the state qualifiers on May 31 at Suffern against other small schools. The Blue Devils’ top finishers were Merrick Williams (third in the pentathlon) and Owen Powers (fourth in the 3,200 meters). For the girls, Shayla Ochoa was sixth in the long jump and Ashley Sousa was ninth in the 1,500 meters.
SOFTBALL — Haldane’s Jeff Sniffen was named co-coach of the year for League 3-D by Section I coaches and Callie Sniffen was League 3-D player of the year and All-Section. For Beacon, junior Kat Ruffy was named to the Section IX, Class A team.
BOYS’ GOLF — Senior Will Martin of Beacon shot a 79-80 (159) in two rounds at the state golf championships on June 2 and 3 to finish tied for 60th in the field of 99. Josh Yan, a sophomore at Newburgh Free Academy, finished third with 139.
