FIGHTING TIGER WEEKLY RECAP 12/11/06

The Fighting Tiger men’s basketball team pushed their overall record to 10-2 on the season posting three victories during the week starting things off on Monday with a 79-46 home win over the Ithaca College Junior Varsity, traveling to Adirondack Community College on Wednesday for a 75-62 victory then closing the week on Sunday by defeating the Borough of Manhattan Community College by a 59-56 margin on the Panthers home court. Freshman forward Stanley Francois, Valley Cottage, NY, Suffern High School, averaged 13.7 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in the team’s victories. Monday’s home win over the Ithaca College Junior Varsity was Cobleskill Head Coach Kevin McCarthy’s 300th win at the helm of the Fighting Tiger program.

The Cobleskill women’s basketball team posted Mountain Valley Conference road wins over Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, NY on Tuesday defeating the Twins by a score of 78-11 and Fulton-Montgomery Community College by a 67-42 margin. Freshman center April Ackermann, South Huntington, NY, Sullivan West High School, scored 22 points, against Columbia-Greene then came back to tally 17 versus Fulton-Montgomery. The Fighting Tigers are currently 9-3 overall with a perfect 4-0 record in league play.

Freshman Carlton Wildman, Huntington, NY, John Glenn High School, set a new men’s indoor track & field team program record in the 400 Meters at the 2006 RIT Invitational hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology on Thursday in Rochester, NY. Wildman won the event in the record setting time of 52.54 seconds in the non-scoring meet.

Freshman Regina Morgan, Brooklyn, NY, Prospect Heights High School, won the 400 Meters at the 2006 RIT Invitational hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology on Thursday in Rochester, NY. Morgan turned in the top individual performance for the Fighting Tiger women’s indoor track & field program in the non-scoring meet bettering the field in a time of 1:02.97.

UPCOMING HOME CONTESTS:
Women’s Basketball vs. Onondaga CC 12/16