11/15/08
PROVEN PRODUCT
Raiders Finish a Strong 7th in NYS Federation Championships
Raider Team of 2008 Behind NRXC of 1988 and 1991 for Best Finish at Federation Meet in NR History
One of the Best...The Red Raiders Started the '08 Season Ranked 20th and Finished the Season 7th Overall in NYS.
Bowdoin Park, Wappinger's Falls, NY - Re-writing school history is never an easy task, but the 2008 North Rockland Red Raiders focused on running for their team from the beginning of the summer and did not stop until each of them crossed the synthetic green mat that was the finish line of the 2008 New York State Federation Cross Country Championships. They had made it to the very end and in the process re-wrote the North Rockland XC record books. Forget, for a moment, the newly-formed corporate meets that could dissolve in a moment's notice on the whim of some executive who's only concerned about the bottom line. This the New York State Federation Cross Country Championships: the very last week of the cross country calendar in New York State and the Raiders had made it. This race was and will always be for the best of the best. Nick Hughes, Chris Carrington, James Naglieri, Charlie Lagos, Kevin Brophy, Brendan Collins, Jim O'Connor and Brett Bernard will forever be remembered as the team that earned the highest team place in the feds right behind the legendary NR teams of 1988 and 1991 which placed 6th. The Raiders scored 255 points to place seventh overall. Nick Hughes was NR's top finisher placing 15th overall. There will always be arguments as to which team was the all-time best in school history, but this ambiguity is what makes cross country great. We don't always need to know who the best is. But one thing is certain: a team's greatness does not have to be measured by a shoe company, it is measured by how far into the season they make it as a team. In 2008, the Red Raiders ran for each other, had seven athletes cross the finish line at the New York State Federation Championships and made school history. results continued
11/08/08
RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME
Hughes Blasts 16:25.1 for 6th Overall at State Championships
Junior Makes Significant Leap in Time, Performance at 2nd Career State XC Championships
Decisive Move...Nick Hughes Emerged From the Hills of Sunken Meadow and Passed Six People in the Final 800
Sunken Meadow State Park, King's Park, LI - Fifty places, that's how many spots Nick Hughes gained in one year's time of hard work, learning and patience. Last year, in his first cross country state championships, Hughes finished 56th in a race he clearly needed to run to learn and grow from the experience. One year later, Hughes emerged off of Cardiac Hill on the course of Sunken Meadow State Park, the site of the 2008 New York State Cross Country Championships, and ran himself into North Rockland Cross Country history. Hughes finished 6th overall in the class AA championship in a personal course best time of 16:25.1. Hughes' place is the third best in school history in a cross country state championship. Raiders Todd Sinclair finished 5th overall in 1979 and John Martinez ('05) finished 2nd overall in 2004. Hughes was Section One's top finisher in the race. The State Cross Country committee also awarded the North Rockland team with an invitation to next week's 2008 Federation Championship. results continued
10/31/08
Hughes Qualifies For State Championships
Raiders Finish Second To Suffern In Race For Team Title
Hughes Moves to Top Five All-Time at Bowdoin; Carrington Enters Top Ten; JV Team 3rd
Prized Performance...For the Second Straight Year North Rockland Will Be Sending Nick Hughes to the State Meet
Wappinger's Falls, NY - North Rockland's team hopes for a triple crown cross country season were ended as the Raiders finished second to Suffern in a ten point loss at the Section One Championships. While each Raider posted personal bests on the championship course at Bowdoin Park, it wasn't enough as the Mounties took advantage of a Raider team that was too spread out in the first mile and never got going as a team. The loss was North Rockland's first to Suffern all season. Individually, junior Nick Hughes earned a trip to the New York State Championships at Sunken Meadow Park in Long Island with a 4th place, 16:35 finish over the 5,000m course. Senior Chris Carrington broke into the NR Top Ten All Time @ Bowdoin Park with an 8th place finish in 17:02. Charlie Lagos placed 11th in 17:15; James Naglieri placed 20th in 17:35; Kevin Brophy placed 28th in 17:52. Sophomore Brendan Collins and freshman Brett Bernard ran great races for the Raiders placing 35th and 36th. The junior varsity team placed third overall out of twenty-six teams with a 73 point team total. Matt Moran (2nd) and Jim O'Connor (8th) placed in the top ten for the Raider team. results continued
10/27/08
Raiders' Bernard Wins Roswell Freshman Championships
Freshman Helps Lead Team to Second Place Finish Behind Suffern in Annual Post-County Race
What a Year...These Seven Raiders made Unbelievable Strides in Just Six Weeks. Imagine When They Run Over the Summer!
New City, NY - For the second year in a row a North Rockland Red Raider won the Ray Roswell Freshman Championships hosted by Clarkstown South High School. Last year, NR's James Naglieri took home the honors. This year it was Fieldstone's Brett Bernard. Bernard cruised to victory in a time of 8:02 which was run on a new course due to construction at the school. Taylor Vippolis was second for the team with a seventh place finish in 8:36. Mike Sambrato, Danny Mackey and Jon Miklos all finished in the top 25 to round out the scoring for the team. Danny O'Connor and Kevin Brelesky both set personal bests. results continued
10/23/08
RAIDERS WIN ROCKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
North Rockland Sweeps Varsity, Junior Varsity and Modified Races
Raiders Win First County Championship Since 2003; 32-44 Victory Over Suffern
Four Raiders Place in Top Seven; Junior Varsity Wins 27-28
Badstein, O'Connor and Moran Help NR Score 1 Point Victory in Junior Varsity Race
Our Gang...These Raiders Became the 9th Raider XC Team in Program History to Win the Rockland County Championships
Bear Mountain, NY - The North Rockland Red Raiders won the 2008 Rockland County Championships with a decisive 32-44 victory over the Suffern Mounties. With the win, the Raiders scored their third straight victory over their rival this season and became the first team since 2003 to win the title. The championship is the ninth for the program since record keeping began in 1964. Nick Hughes led the Raiders placing second overall in 15:34.7. He was followed quickly by Chris Carrington who finished fourth in 16:02.6, Charlie Lagos (6th, 16:09.6) and James Naglieri (7th, 16:11.3). Kevin Brophy completed the Raider scoring with a personal best 16:27.2 to finish 13th overall. Sophomore Brendan Collins (16:56.7) and frosh Brett Bernard (16:58.3) both broke the 17 minute barrier placing 21st and 22nd respectively. In the junior varsity race, Nick Badstein, Jim O'Connor and Matt Moran placed 2-4 to help the team to a one point victory over Suffern. The trio all set personal bests en route to the win. The other Raider scorers, Brian Reilly and Chris Grant, placed 8th and 10th in the race. results continued
NR All Time Top 10 and Sub 16 @ Bear Mountain
Complete Results Rockland County Championships
10/14/08
North Rockland Wins League 1B Cross Country Championship
Brophy's Breakthrough Ignites Raiders; Hughes Wins Individual Title
Gearing Up...Nick Hughes (above) is Helping the NR Red Raiders Tune Up for an Exciting Fall Finish in 2008
Bear Mountain, NY - Up until the League 1B Championships junior Kevin Brophy hadn't been any better than the Raiders' 5th man and hadn't beat county rival Suffern's 5th man at any point in the season. Brophy not only became North Rockland's new #4 man, but he also beat all but two Suffern runners to help give the Raiders a 24-31 victory and NR's first League Championship title since 2005. Brophy's time of 16:31 was a breakthrough personal best by nearly 20 seconds and earned him 6th place overall. Nick Hughes won his second individual league title running 15:46.9 for the win. Not to be outdone, sophomore James Naglieri continued his ascent to the top by placing third overall in a personal best time of 16:17. results continued
10/11/08
Raiders 3rd at Manhattan College Invitational "C" Race
Hughes, Carrington are Two Raiders in Top Ten; Four Raiders Under 14 Minutes
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY - Nick Hughes placed 3rd overall and Chris Carrington placed 8th, but it wasn't enough as the Raiders fell to Warwick Valley and Henderson, PA at the 2008 Manhattan College Invitational. Hughes and Carrington ran 13:03.7 and 13:19.1 respectively. With the effort, Hughes moves up from 10th to 6th fastest on the NR All Time Top 10 and Sub 14 List @ Van Cortlandt Park. Two new entrants on the list are Charlie Lagos (13:33.5) and James Naglieri (13:39.6). In the boys JV race, senior Nick Badstein and sophomore Matt Moran were the Raiders top finishers at 14:38 and 14:40. The tandem helped their team to 6th place overall. In the boys frosh race Mike Sambrato and Taylor Vippolis were tops for the Raiders. results continued
10/7/08
Red Raiders Defeat Suffern 25-30 In Annual Season Finale Dual
Juniors Kevin Brophy and Charlie Lagos Key in Ending Two Year Winless Drought to Mounties
"Mad" Anthony Wayne State Park - The North Rockland Red Raiders ended a two year span of consecutive defeats to Suffern with a 25-30 victory against the Mounties at Anthony Wayne State Park. Prior to this win the last victory for the Raiders against Suffern was a 18-37 victory at Suffern in 2005. Junior Kevin Brophy keyed the Raider victory with a 10th place finish in a time of 17:29. Charlie Lagos placed 5th overall and 3rd for the Raiders with a time of 16:59.0. results contiued
10/04/08
BEST AT THE BEACH
Raiders Earn Top Team Honors at St. Anthony's Invitational
Hughes Out-Kicks Port Washington's Bertolotti In Final Stretch For The Win; JV "A" Wins
Making Noise on the Sound...Each of the Raiders' Three Teams Ran Up to Expectations at St. Anthony's
King's Park, NY - Nick Hughes emerged yesterday from the trail alongside the creek that separates the finish line from the last half mile of the 5k course at Sunken Meadow State Park, the site of this year's state championship, and went for the win. Trailing Port Washington's talented Marco Bertolotti for the entire race, Hughes hung close as the course rolled into the back mile of the course and onto the infamous Cardiac Hill. As the two emerged from the creek side trail, Hughes found another gear passing Bertolotti and earning his team one point and the individual victory in 16:43. But the real story was the job the next four Raiders accomplished as Chris Carrington and underclassmen Charlie Lagos and James Naglieri finished in the 4-6 spots under three seconds apart. Kevin Brophy finished fifth for the Raiders in 14th place in 17:49.
In the junior varsity race, sophomore Brendan Collins sailed smoothly over the 5k course in 18:17 to win the race while teammates Matt Moran and Nick Badstein swept the top three spots. The trio held off a string of six St. Anthony's runners and helped the Raiders to a 31-35 victory over the home team. Sophomore Chris Grant was most improved for the jv squad with his 11th place finish in 19:20. Jim O'Connor was fifth for the Raiders in 19:32.
North Rockland's JV "B" Squad earned a solid second place finish behind Warwick Valley. Freshman Dan Mackey and Mike Sambrato had big breakthroughs running one-two for the team. They were followed by Frank Kelly and Taylor Vippolis. Possibly the best Raider performance of the day was turned in by freshman Jon Miklos. Miklos emerged as a true cross country runner and put out a great effort as fifth man for the team. results continued
09/27/08
North Rockland Places 4th Overall in Carlisle Reebok Challenge
Raiders Prove They Are Up To Big Meet Challenge; Carrington, Hughes Lead Raiders in Top 15
Keystone Showdown...North Rockland was Up for The Challenge as They Took on Four of PA's Best Teams
Carlisle, PA - The North Rockland Red Raiders placed fourth overall in the Carlisle Cross Country Invitational's Reebok Challenge held on the sprawling 5,000m course of Carlisle High School. The beautiful course is home to Dickinson College and has been the site of the NCAA Division III Regional and National races. The Raiders scored 207 points led by Chris Carrington (12th) and Nick Hughes (13th). North Rockland outscored home team Carlisle (231 pts), Cedar Cliff (235 pts) northeast ranked #6 Upper Dublin (250 pts) and northeast #7 Holy Ghost Prep (259 pts). Junior Conor Mallon led the Raiders in the junior varsity race with a 24th place finish. results continued
09/20/08
Raiders Win Suffern Invitational Varsity "C" Race
Carrington, Hughes Clock Sub 16 Times; Lagos, Naglieri and Brophy Hammer Win Out for NR
Luck of the Irish...Junior Connor Mallon Has Found Good Fortune After Deciding to Run for North Rockland
Bear Mountain - The North Rockland Red Raiders won their second straight invitational title of the season defeating Northport High School 34-44 in the Varsity "C" Race of the Suffern Invitational held at Bear Mountain. Chris Carrington and Nick Hughes became the first duo to both run sub sixteen minutes in September at Bear Mountain in since Carlos Jamieson and John Martinez both broke the barrier at the Suffern invitational back in 2004, the last time the Raiders won at Suffern. But the real story for the Raiders was the trio of Charlie Lagos, James Naglieri and Kevin Brophy who posted major personal bests at Bear Mountain. Lagos and Naglieri both closed the gap between them and the #2 man with times of 16:23 and 16:24 respectively. Brophy, who battled illness during the week, ran 16:50 as NR's #5 man. Brophy's previous PR dates back almost a full year at 17:17. Junior Conor Mallon was top junior varsity runner finishing fourth overall in 17:33. Ninth grader Taylor Vippolis (11:04.7) was best for NR in the 1.5 mile race and was followed closely by Mike Sambrato (11:06.8). results continued
09/19/08
THE RAIDER EXPRESS!
Raleigh-Durham, NC Transit System Features NRXC Alum on Bus
Where Can XC Take You?...Raider Modified Kids Take Note, Someday People Will Be Taking You To Work!!
Raleigh-Durham, NC - Little did young John Martinez know as he zoomed around Hessian Lake at Bear Mountain that one day people would seeing his image all over Raleigh-Durham, NC. The transit company unveiled its line of busses dedicated to athletes from North Carolina State University. The North Rockland graduate has been chosen to represent the cross country program famous for winning numerous men's and women's ACC Championships along with earning annual berths at the NCAA Championships under its coach Rollie Geiger.
09/16/08
Raiders Defeat Clarkstown South 15-50 to Up Record to 4-1
Anthony Wayne State Park, Harriman, NY - Junior Charlie Lagos led a sweep of five Raiders to help defeat Clarkstown South 15-50 on their home course. Lagos ran 17:35 and was quickly followed by teammates James Naglieri (17:39) and Brendan Collins (17:58). Matt Moran and Conor Mallon made significant contributions to the team's effort. The duo finished together in 19:16 to finish eighth and ninth respectively. results continued
RED RAIDER RUN 2008
09/12/08
Raider Boys Win Varsity Two Race at Red Raider Run
Carrington Leads Raiders With Win; Hughes Close Behind in 2nd
Cornwall Girls, Washingtonville Girls and Boys Win Varsity Races
Rain?! What Rain?!!...Runners Feasted on Good, Old Fashioned XC as Cross Country Took Over Anthony Wayne.
Anthony Wayne State Park, Harriman, NY - North Rockland senior Chris Carrington captured the Boys Varsity Two race and ran the fastest time of the day as the Red Raider Boys won its first home invitational race since 2004. Carrington ran 16:55 while teammate Nick Hughes followed in 17:04 for second place to help give the Raiders 24 points over second place Pine Bush (51 pts). Junior Charlie Lagos finished 4th in 17:37, sophomore James Naglieri finished 7th in 17:51 and Kevin Brophy closed out the scoring for the Raiders placing 10th in 18:11. Martin Hehir and Vinny DiSalvo went one-two and helped give Washingtonville (26 pts.) a team victory over Monroe-Woodbury (61 pts.). One the girls side, Cornwall sophomore Aisling Cuffe ran the fastest time of the day in 18:55 to give her team a 22 point victory. In the Varsity Two race, Washingtonville scored a narrow victory over host North Rockland 35-40. Lauren Hehir of Washingtonville, whose brother won his race later in the day, placed first. Jackie Gamboli led the Raiders in 2nd place. results continued
9/10/08
Carrington Leads as Raiders Open 2008 Season 3-1
Wappinger's Falls, NY - Senior Chris Carrington was top finisher for the Raiders opened the 2008 season with wins over John Jay-East Fishkill, Clarkstown North and RC Ketcham, while the Raiders dropped their first dual of the season to Arlington. Carrington ran 17:21 for fourth place while teammate Nick Hughes followed closely behind in 17:27. Junior Kevin Brophy ran a personal best 18:06 as North Rockland's #3 man. results continued