Fall sports end with impressive records

HARLEM VALLEY — The fall sports season may have just ended, but the students at Webutuck and Stissing Mountain high schools are already practicing for the winter season. Both school districts played an impressive fall season, with several teams making it to sectionals or state finals.

Webutuck

Varsity Cross Country: Jesse Capellaro and Kayla Kohl made it to the state finals.

Capellaro placed 51st out of 120 runners; Kohl placed 59th out of 120 runners.

Girls Varsity Field Hockey: The team’s overall record was 5-8. The team beat Pine Plains and Onteora to win the Section 9 Class C championship.

Boys Varsity Soccer: The team’s overall record was 7-5-3. The team beat Chester in the quarterfinals, but lost to Tuxedo in the semifinals.

Girls Varsity Soccer: The team’s overall record was 9-3-3, with a division record of 4-1-1 and a league record of 5-3-2. The team lost the quarterfinals game to Chester.

Girls Varsity Volleyball: In the team’s first year back at the varsity level, the team’s overall record was 0-13.

Stissing Mountain

Varsity Cross Country: The team finished fifth out of 14 at the Mid-Hudson Athletic League (MHAL) championships.Devin deJoode qualified for the New York State Cross Country Championships, held in Verona on Saturday, Nov. 12. He finished 50th with a time of 19:05.

Girls Varsity Field Hockey: The team had an overall record of 8-6-2, with a division record of 4-0-0 and a league record of 5-2-2. The girls lost to Webutuck in the quarterfinals game.

Girls Junior Varsity Field Hockey: The team had an overall record of 7-1-4 and a league record of 5-0-3.

Boys Varsity Football: The team had an overall record of 2-6 and a league record of 1-3.

Varsity Golf: The team had an overall record of 0-10.

Boys Varsity Soccer: The team had an overall record of 3-13 and a league of 1-9.

Girls Modified Soccer: The team had an overall record of 4-3-1.

Girls Varsity Volleyball: The team had an overall record of 12-5 and a division record of 4-0.

Girls Junior Varsity Volleyball: The team had an overall record of 9-5 and a division record of 2-2.

Millbrook

Final sports records were unavailable for the Millbrook Central School District.

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