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MILLBROOK — Following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Millbrook Blazers Varsity Girls Basketball Team sprang back into action with a winning season. The girls competed in an important match on Saturday, March 12, as they chased the state championship title.

Connecticut native Steve Emt is vice skip on the U.S. paralympic curling team, which is in the middle of the 2022 Paralympic Games in China this week. Emt calls the Norfolk Curling Club his home ice; members of the club turned out at the club on Sunday night, March 6, to watch the U.S. team compete against Canada.

PINE PLAINS — Closing its 2021-22 season with two hard-fought games on the court, the Stissing Mountain varsity boys basketball team defeated Rhinebeck in the Section IX semifinal game on Monday, Feb. 28.

Days later, the team was defeated by Chester in the Section IX finals on Wednesday, March 2.

NEW YORK CITY — Mark DeGarmo Dance (MDD) helped dance enthusiasts ring in 2022 with an array of original dance performances through MDD’s 12th annual Virtual Performance Series for Social Change on Thursday, Jan. 6.

Casting about for a suitable topic for the Bleak Mid-Winter Edition of Tangled Lines, I decided it is far too early to write the traditional “tackle fondling” column.

And because it has not been very good fishing weather, I can’t regale the customers with timely tales of angling derring-do.

Remember what it was to be cool? Do you remember telling someone, “Be cool, man!” Actually, it was more like one word, “Becoolman!” One word, but drawled out – because that was really cool. “BeeeCooolMan!”

NEW YORK STATE — In recognition of their hard work in balancing their athletics with their academics, some hard-working athletes enrolled at Dover High School and Millbrook High School were among the students and teams featured on the New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s (NYSPHSAA) list of Fall 2021 Scholar-Athletes noted for