Leading off today: Red Hook's
John Kuhn, the winningest girls basketball coach in state history, is retiring after 35 seasons,
The Daily Freeman reported today.
Kuhn, who informed his players of the decision on Monday, will be replaced by Pam White, a phys ed teacher with AAU and college coaching experience.
Kuhn posted a 619-124 record and never had a losing season. His Raiders teams won 16 league titles and 12 Section 9 championships. Red Hook was 12-9 last season.
Softball milestone: Jessie Stavola struck out eight and walked two in a no-hitter as East Hampton edged Shoreham-Wading River, 1-0, while becoming the first Long Island hurler to strike out 1,000 for her career in softball.
Stavola has six no-hitters this season.
Three-homer game: Eastchester's Dan Sorine slugged three home runs and carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning during a 16-0 baseball victory against Edgemont yesterday.
Since losing eight of nine to open the season, Eastchester has won six games in a row.
"I think our potential is limitless," Sorine tolf The Journal News. "Everything is coming together now. The chemistry is great and the talent is there."
Not so cheery story: The Post-Standard reported on cheerleading injuries this week, focusing in great detail on a nasty knock suffered by a Jamesville-DeWitt freshman five months ago.