Millerton News Sports

WEBUTUCK — In spite of their best efforts on the field, the athletes on the Webutuck girls varsity soccer team found themselves bested by Dover on Tuesday, Sept. 14, and then by Millbrook on Thursday, Sept. 16.

I’ve always been a fan of Sisyphus; I mean who couldn’t be? The dude gets condemned to a death time of useless labor, and he sticks with it.  Kinda like playing for the Orioles for all eternity but still batting .300 for the career. Heroic, even.

PINE PLAINS — Though they only had 16 players dressed for the game, the Pine Plains-Rhinebeck varsity football team earned itself a good solid win from its home game against Eldred on Friday night, Sept. 17.

MILLBROOK — The Orvis Sandanona Shooting Grounds in Millbrook drew “great attendance,” according to Senior Manager Peggy Long, for its 60-plus vendors and exhibitors, as many spectators checked out the deep variety of demonstrations over the weekend.

PINE PLAINS — The region’s competing polo teams couldn’t have asked for a better morning to test their strengths on the field by competing in the Mashomack Cup Final on Saturday morning, Sept. 11. 

Mashomack hosted leagues throughout the weekend, as it does durings its polo season. 

AMENIA — With a unanimous vote of approval, the Amenia Town Board gratefully accepted skateboarding equipment donated to the town by the village of Millerton at its Town Board meeting on Thursday evening, Sept. 2.

The Town Board gathered in-person at Amenia Town Hall; the meeting was also live streamed on YouTube.

WEBUTUCK — For their first game of the 2021-22 season, the Webutuck varsity girls soccer team competed against Mount Academy in a home game held on Tuesday, Sept. 7.

Kicking off at 4:15 p.m., the players were ready to put their training and talents to the test on the field behind Webutuck High School.

Out here in the boondock bleachers, calling a player “scrappy” is the equivalent of placing a halo around his head and putting a “Saint” in front of his name.