District officials are contacting the state Education Department to try to locate related paperwork.
Meanwhile, embattled AD George Mangicaro says he saw problems with the track years ago and brought them to Matousek's attention.
"The district has known since 2005 that there's been an unevenness around the track and the stadium," Mangicaro told News 10 Now. "I believe Mr. (Mark) Lawson (the school board president) and Ms. Matousek have both said that the drainage was done improperly, and that the company that did the drainage work went out of business. Well, that's not true. And they should know it's not true.”
Mangicaro remains on paid leave and is suing the district for $5 million dollars, claiming he was removed without due process.
Rising star in MMA: Jon Jones may have been rough and tough as a Union-Endicott wrestler, but he's taken his muscle power to an entirely different level in his new line of work.
Jones, 21, is a rising star in mixed martial arts (MMA), a combination of fighting techniques inside an octagon-shaped cage that sometimes blurs the line between bruising and brutal. He will be on the card of the Ultimate Fighting Championships' UFC 87 tomorrow in Minneapolis.
His opponent in the 205-pound match will be unbeaten (5-0) Brazilian Andre Gusmao, 31. The match will earn Jones a $5,000 paycheck, which will be doubled if he wins.
Jones is 6-0 in his brief MMA career and will be making his debut in the UFC, generally regarded as the top rung of the sport. He trains with Cortland-based Team Bomb Squad, whose 30 professional fighters are managed by former U-E and Ithaca College wrestler Ryan Ciotoli, and recently signed a four-fight contract with UFC that will further delay his goal of a degree in criminal justice and a career in law enforcement.
"Once I started paying attention to the sport, really trying to understand what it was, I realized it was a beautiful sport, perfect for me," Jones told The Press & Sun-Bulletin. "Once you understand what you're watching, it's such an art. It really is an art."
Jones was third in the NYSPHSAA Division 2, 189-pound wrestling tournament as a junior and then won the title in 2005. He was a national junior-college champ for Iowa Central CC the following year. He made his MMA debut in April.
