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October 01, 2007 | General
Army Feature Stories
Joe Steffy, Army Legend, Dies At Age 85 - 5/21/2011
Joe Steffy and Bob Kinney had never met until Kinney took his car in for a tuneup at Steffy's Broadway Garage in Newburgh years ago. Kinney and Steffy struck up a conversation. Soon enough, Steffy found out Kinney was Army's sports information director. From then on, they were friends for life ...
by Sal Interdonato, Times Herald-Record (Middletown, N.Y.)
Little-Hyped Player Blossoms At Army - 5/14/2011
Ben Koenigsfeld needed just a few throws from third to first base to impress Army coach Joe Sottolano, scouting at a college showcase before Koenigsfeld's senior year of high school ...
by Sal Interdonato, Times Herald-Record (Middletown, N.Y.)
Garrett Thul Takes Lacrosse By Storm - 5/4/2011
Garrett Thul was equal parts dominating and surprising in his freshman campaign, a nice-to-meet-you program-record-breaking effort of 41 goals and 50 points ...
by Dana O'Neil, ESPN.com
A Life Of Service - 4/29/2011
The following article follows the decision of Tom Palesky, Pat Mulholland and Brandon Butler to add three addition years of active duty to their service in order to branch Infantry ...
by Nick Steblenko, InsideLacrosse.com
Former Army Football Head Coach Homer Smith Passes Away - 4/10/2011
Homer Smith served as the head coach of the Army football team from 1974-78. He passed away on April 10, 2011. The following are links to stories appearing across the nation on Smith's exceptional career ...
Former Rocky Point Standout Now Stars At Army - 4/1/2011
Leadership, service to his country, family and lacrosse. When Rocky Point's Larry LoRusso hears those words, many images fill his head. He's a leader for the nationally ranked Army men's lacrosse team and he's a junior at West Point learning and training to be a future leader and officer in the U.S. Army ...
by Jim Furlong, Patch.com
Top Guns Return To Columbus - 3/11/2011
Their love of shooting competition grew when they were teens in the same club. Now, more than 30 years later, Harry Mullins and Maj. Ron Wigger will compete in Columbus, their childhood home. The NCAA Rifle Championships begin here this morning with smallbore three-position shooting on Fort Benning at the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s Pool Range comple ...
by Larry Gierer, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Jeremy Boltus Finds His Way To West Point - 3/7/2011
Jeremy Boltus never really thought about attending the United States Military Academy or any academy in fact. And if it weren’t for a mix up during the Empire State Games, Boltus would have landed somewhere else ...
by Matthew Ondesko, MetroWNY.com
On, Off Court, Army Senior Stands Out - 3/5/2011
The final basketball game of Erin Anthony's career is fast approaching. She will leave West Point as one of the most accomplished players in program history, and dreams of a day when she can return to the Academy as a teacher ...
by Ken McMillan, Times Herald-Record (Middletown, N.Y.)
Q&A With Women's Basketball Senior Laura Baranek - 2/18/2011
Laura Baranek, an Orefield, Pa., native, took a path that is not often traveled on her way to the storied grounds of West Point. The senior guard/forward for the Black Knights women's basketball team started her collegiate career at Seton Hall University playing softball and led the Pirates in batting average while roaming the outfield as a freshman ...
by Tommy Gilligan, Pointer View (West Point, N.Y.)
Army Readies For Another Season - 2/7/2011
Some would say the Army Black Knights had a magical run in the NCAA Lacrosse Championships last year – defeating Syracuse in overtime before falling the next week to Cornell ...
by Matthew Ondesko, MetroWNY.com
Inside Lacrosse Previews No. 13 Army - 2/1/2011
Army senior defenseman Bill Henderson and senior attackman Jeremy Boltus have something in common: Each is a preseason pick for Patriot League player of the year, Henderson for defense, Boltus for offense. Each has at least one other thing in common, too — surgery ...
by Christian Swezey, Inside Lacrosse
Erin Anthony's Star Still Rising At Army - 1/24/2011
Erin Anthony has spent her college basketball career traveling to such cities as Worcester, Mass.; Hamilton, N.Y.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Annapolis, Md., to learn how to deal with box-and-one and double-down defenses. Her academic studies have had her venturing to Beijing, Shanghai, Vicksburg, Miss.; and Fort Bragg, N.C., to get a handle on IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices), major waterways designs and hurricane and other disaster relief prevention strategies ...
by Tom Housenick, Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call
Erin Anthony Set To Put Education To Good Use After Graduating From Army - 1/3/2011
Senior center Erin Anthony is a CoSIDA Academic All-American at Army. She carries the dual title of captain of the basketball team and cadet-level captain at West Point. The two-time Patriot League Scholar Athlete of the Year grew up in Allentown Pennsylvania – famous for its steel and concrete industry ...
by Debbie Antonelli, Lowes Senior CLASS Award committee
Basketball Is In The Magaritys' Blood - 12/27/2010
The Magaritys of Mount Airy always were crazy about hoops. Their father, Bill, who died in 2007 at age 77, played in all sorts of leagues around the city, well into adulthood ...
by Mike Jensen, Philadelphia Inquirer
Army's Josh McNary Is Ready For Navy - 12/9/2010
Senior Josh McNary has made a lasting mark at West Point. He desperately wants to leave one on Navy. The archrivals meet again Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, with Navy (8-3) riding an eight-game winning streak and holding a 54-49-7 edge in the series. And McNary is healthy again after a right hamstring injury limited him to barely a quarter of play in a disheartening 42-22 loss to Air Force last month in his final home game ...
by John Keikas, Associated Press
Father Figure: Army's Magarity Meeting Challenges - 12/9/2010
Thirty-two years ago, at the mere age of 27, St. Francis made Dave Magarity the nation's youngest Division I basketball coach. Today, Magarity's players say, "he's really like a Grandpa to us."
by Neil Rundel, Altoona (Pa.) Mirror
Army's Bowl Trip Bigger Than Football - 11/26/2010
This past week the U.S. Military Academy at West Point posted as football win over Kent State University, which, given the fractious state of the economy on the country's continued involvement in the global war on terrorism, may not seem like a big deal. However, for Army, for some communities that pin their hopes to the dollar value of smaller football Bowl games, for brands that spend millions on engaging casual fans and a core audience of men and women in the service, and for vets around the world, the win was very significant ...
by Joe Favorito, HuffingtonPost.com
Army-Notre Dame Stirs Up Yankee Stadium Ghosts - 11/17/2010
To understand how universally significant the Yankee Stadium football games between Army and Notre Dame once were, it is worth revisiting World War II's Battle of the Bulge. During the winter of 1944-45 in Belgium, American troops were surrounded and being infiltrated by English-speaking German spies dressed as American soldiers ...
by Bill Pennington
Making The Most Of A Second Chance - 11/6/2010
He’s been called the centerpiece, the spearhead, the cornerstone of the Army defense. Ask Mike Gann about himself and he’ll tell you about his team ...
by Tracy Nelson, Army Athletic Communications
Q&A With Senior Football Player Seth Reed - 11/6/2010
Playing football at the Academy has made me a much stronger person. Those days when you have class all the way up to practice and then after practice you realize you have about three hours of graded homework waiting for you back in your room really tests you. Looking back I would not trade those days, because being able to handle that kind of pressure makes you an Army football player, and in the long run helps you realize there is not much you cannot do ...
A Peach Of A Season - 11/6/2010
Twenty-five years ago in the rain and mud in Atlantic, Ga., the 1985 Army football team outlasted Illinois, 31-29, in the Peach Bowl at the Fulton County Stadium on New Year’s Eve ...
by Mady Salvani, Army Athletic Communications
Take Two For Spiker's Black Knights - 11/6/2010
For most players and coaches the second year in a program is marked by increased stability and comfort within the system. That’s not necessarily the case for the Army men’s basketball team ...
by Brian Gunning, Army Athletic Communications
Following Tradition at Army, After Detour at Air Force - 11/6/2010
Inside Army’s practice facility, a good punt away from Michie Stadium, Jared Hassin bolted out of his stance in the backfield and turned the right corner with an option pitch, leaving only a view of the No. 7 on the back of his black jersey ...
by Brian Heyman, New York Times
Family Ties - 10/30/2010
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell once said, “My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.” Anyone at West Point would be hard-pressed to find a family that has epitomized that concept and call to responsibility more than the Trimbles. It’s a lineage that started in 2004 and has seen three brothers pass through the gates of venerable West Point since ...
by Tracy Nelson, Army Athletic Communications
Q&A With Marcus Hilton - 10/30/2010
I came to West Point in order to play football and be part of something that is bigger than myself. West Point has a great tradition that everyone around the world respects, and I wanted to be part of that and represent not only myself, but my family and all those who have supported me my entire life ...
by Army Athletic Communications
Adapting To Change - 10/30/2010
Patrick Mealy is not your prototypical triple option slotback. In fact, Mealy did not even envision playing in the triple option offense when he arrived at West Point in the fall of 2007. Mealy, who racked up over 1,500 yards and scored 27 touchdowns during a standout senior season at DeMatha High School, was recruited by former Army head coach Stan Brock to be a part of the Black Knights’ pro-style offense ...
by Christian Anderson, Army Athletic Communications
Magarity, Army Women A Great Fit - 10/25/2010
A long time ago, at a college not too far away, Dave Magarity stood on the sidelines and coached a player who months later would become the second player chosen in the NBA draft. This wasn’t a Duke or a North Carolina, where first-round draft picks are replaced on a near-annual basis by more future first-round picks. This was unique. This was Marist College. And there, standing in the middle of the lane, was Rik Smits, a 7-foot-4 center ...
by Ron Mergenthaler, Examiner.com
Army Steps Into National Spotlight - 10/14/2010
Our nation's service academies have always been some of the most selective in America, competing for the best and the brightest to defend this country. But they have often fallen short on the playing fields. So it only seems appropriate as Army football (4-2) returns to the national scene to play Rutgers (3-3) this Saturday at the Meadowlands and against Notre Dame in the Bronx in November, the Cadets have a marquee player in 6-1, 235-pound senior defensive end Josh McNary ...
by Dick Weiss, New York Daily News
Army Women Get Early Start - 10/12/2010
A new 40-day preseason practice rule has given Army women's basketball coach Dave Magarity a welcomed early start. The Black Knights held their first team workout early last week and squeezed in five practices before giving the players off for Columbus Day weekend ...
by Ken McMillan, Times-Herald Record
Army's Steelman Wants To Change Story Vs. Temple - 9/30/2010
Army quarterback Trent Steelman was asked Tuesday what he remembers the most about his team's 27-13 loss to Temple last season at Lincoln Financial Field ...
by Kevin Tatum, Philadelphia Inquirer
Returning To Serve - 9/24/2010
Racquet Club at Heathrow head pro Barry Myers taught Holly Pappafotis how to play tennis when she was nine years old, and Pappafotis came back to Heathrow this summer to return the favor. During a two-week tennis camp session, Pappafotis – now a 19-year-old sophomore at the United States Military Academy at West Point – taught the game to a group of kids, ages 6-13, as part of her school’s leadership training program ...
by Jill Cousins, Lake Mary Life Newsletter
Fire Under Center - 9/18/2010
Saint Ignatious of Loyola was a 16th-century Spanish Knight turned religious leader, credited with founding the Catholic religious order of Jesuits. Ignatious was deemed the "Superior General" of the order. So what does this have to do with Army football? Insert the Black Knights' senior center nicknamed "Pete", or rather what his application to the United States Military Academy said: Zachary Ignatious Peterson ...
by Pam Flenke, Army Athletic Communications
Beyond The Numbers - 9/18/2010
Flip through the pages of this game program to the one titled "Career Defensive Leaders". One player that appears on that page five times is Mike McElrath (West Point '93). It is with no surprise that the former free safety turned-Lieutenant Colonel was officially inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame ...
by Pam Flenke, Army Athletic Communications
For The Love Of The Game - 9/18/2010
The first time Alex Lostetter, a senior co-captain on Army's women's soccer team, stepped onto the pitch as a lively eight-year old, it was the start of a love affair that is just as strong today as it was then ...
by Mady Salvani, Army Athletic Communications
A New Plan For Army? Going Old School - 9/10/2010
In his second year as Army football coach, Rich Ellerson has an office that looks comfy and lived in. He ought to feel at home. There are Ellersons all around ...
by Bill Pennington, New York Times
Three New Faces: Same Mission - 9/11/10
Three new faces. Three new coaches who came to West Point to help develop leaders of characters. And three new coaches who came to Army to win league championships ...
by Ryan Yanoshak, Army Athletic Communications
A Salute To Heroes - 9/11/10
As Michie Stadium salutes heroes during this afternoon’s home opener, sophomore slot back Malcolm Brown will have to look no further than Section 15 for the smile of a proud father watching his son play the game he loves. More than that, Brown’s father is proud of a son who chose to serve just as he did for more than 20 years in the New York City Fire Department ...
by Tracy Nelson, Army Athletic Communications
Back In Black - 9/11/10
The opposing ballcarrier never saw it coming. He broke into the clear for a split second, but the deafening crack of shoulder pads colliding let everyone in attendance at Michie Stadium know he was not going any further. Army middle linebacker Stephen Anderson had delivered another of his big hits ...
by Brian Gunning, Army Athletic Communications
INCH A-Z: Mike Hull - 8/19/10
Mike Hull posted eight goals and 28 points during his sophomore season at West Point. He ranked second in team assists, fourth in points and fourth in goals. He had a goal and 12 assists on the power play ...
by Ken McMillan, insidecollegehockey.com
U.S. Back-Up Goalie Fullerton Awaits Call Of Duty - 7/12/10
Pick your poison: Stopping lacrosse balls fired over 90 miles-per-hour or relaying artillery fire orders in a battle in Iraq or Afghanistan. Adam Fullerton chooses both. He turns away shots when he's in goal for Team USA and the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse, and he directs the artillery for an army unit preparing for deployment to the Middle East ...
by Teresa Smith, Lacrosse Magazine
Army Grad Maisano Seeks New Worlds To Conquer - 7/9/10
In one way, Andrew Maisano is like many of the local student-athletes who decide to attend college away from home; he misses his family, friends, and the food back in Buffalo. In every other way, the St. Francis graduate stands out ...
by Amanda Bremer, Buffalo News
All That He Can Be - 7/9/10
After the third out is recorded, ending the top half of the inning in this late June game between the Harwich Mariners and Cotuit Kettleers, Clint Moore doesn’t hesitate, not even for a second. He tucks in his chin, cradles his glove against his chest and makes a mad dash back to the dugout ...
by Eric Adler, Cape Cod Chronicle
Summer School: Inside Lacrosse Feature On Army's Bill Henderson - 6/28/10
It doesn't take much examination to realize that the life of the student-athletes at our nations Service Academies differ drastically from those at every other institution of higher learning in the country ...
by Sean Burns, InsideLacrosse.com
South Sound Cadet Leads Pack - 6/15/10
Years from now, Liz Betterbed might reflect on her accomplishments and find reasons to boast. The Fox Island native might marvel that she graduated at the top of her class this year at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Or how she was the second female cadet to accomplish the feat in the school’s 208-year history ...
by Brent Champaco, News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Spikes On The Ground - 5/26/10
The runner is all in black, except for his spikes. They are red, white and blue. The other men at the starting line look nervous. They are fidgeting. But the runner in black, Army cadet Andy Ferrara, is still, his hands on his hips. He's actually smirking. It's because he's reminding himself that this is serious, but it is also fun. It's not life or death. That will come later ...
by David Epstein
Army Shows Strength In 'Cuse Upset - 5/21/10
As often happens after a big win, the messages started to flood Army goalie Tom Palesky's cell phone and crowd his Facebook page. Just how many Palesky couldn't quite quantify ...
by Dana O'Neill, ESPN.com
Lessons On A Lacrosse Field That Echo From West Point To Afghanistan - 5/20/10
There is sports and there is real life. Sometimes they're on the same page, sometimes they're on separate planets, and sometimes there's a little of both, like the picture of the Apache helicopter on the wall and the Lady Gaga song pouring out of the locker room at the Truxtun Lacrosse Center at the United States Military Academy ...
by Peter Applebome, New York Times
Nuts & Boltus: Why Army Can Win It All - 5/19/10
Back in the preseason, Joe Alberici told Jeremy Boltus his junior season would not be judged by offensive statistics ...
by Brian Delaney, laxmagazine.com
There's More To Clint Moore Than Meets The "Eagle's Eye" - 5/18/10
The flight of the eagle reminds me of our basic freedoms made possible by young men such as Clint Moore, serving his country at the US Military Academy, up at West Point, New York. I shall not, will not, can not take these basic liberties for granted, when I think of the work turned in by this young cadet, stationed along the banks of the Hudson River ...
by Andy Durham, Sports Carolina Monthly Magazine
Army Softball Coach Michelle DePolo Spent Her Life Preparing - 5/14/10
When Army softball coach Michelle DePolo was a kid, she'd head off with her older brothers and her father to Shea Stadium or some other field where a baseball or softball game was being played and talk strategy ...
by Ken McMillan, Times-Herald Record
Bill Henderson Puts Backbone Into Army "D" - 5/13/10
Around the lacrosse field at West Point, Army defender Bill Henderson is usually known simply as "Big Bill." It's an obvious tag, given that Henderson goes about 6-foot-3, 205 pounds, but one that's also pragmatic ...
by Lindsay Kramer, Syracuse Post Standard
Peck Marks The Spot For Army Women's Tennis - 5/11/10
For Paul Peck, the stereotype seems to come up a little short. Officer Candidate School. Platoon leader. Commander of a field artillery unit during Operation Desert Storm. Retired as an Army Major. Now at West Point coaching….women’s tennis. Come again? ...
by Ron Mergenthaler, examiner.com
Army Beats Navy For Patriot League Title - 5/5/10
The Army lacrosse team wants to star in its own version of "Men in Black,'' but there's no need to call Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. "Back to Black" was the theme for Army's third appearance in the Patriot League tournament final on Sunday ...
by Ken McMillan, Times-Herald Record
Star Spangled Tryout - 5/4/10
Alejandro Villanueva knows it is a longshot. How many 6-9 Army tight ends have you seen in the NFL? He is one of 25 college players trying out for the Bengals and none of them may get a contract. Maybe there’ll be two or three. Maybe ...
by Geoff Hobson, bengals.com
Meet The Brothers Koenigsfeld - 4/29/10
They may go to vastly different academic institutions located more than one-thousand miles apart and play baseball in different NCAA divisions, but the Koenigsfeld brothers are getting incredibly similar results on the field and in the classroom ...
by Angie Farnum, NCAA.com
Henshaw Gives, Nicaragua Gets - 4/28/10
Joey Henshaw stands out. First basemen who check in at 6-foot-7 and 250 pounds have a way of doing so. But when he’s digging holes and clearing fields in Nicarauga, he’s even more of a physical exhibit ...
by Ron Mergenthaler, examiner.com
It's Moore, Not Less, For Army Shortstop - 4/26/10
Among the study lines of human geography, Clint Moore said of his major, “is the pattern of the world. Where we live; how and where we’re located and what we do. ” That sort of describes Moore’s status on the baseball field ...
by Ron Mergenthaler, examiner.com
Black Knights' DePolo Obsessive, Not Repulsive - 4/21/10
It started getting weird early. Michelle DePolo was in her first season as an assistant softball coach at Army. It was just past 10 p.m. and she was still hitting fly balls to all those players who were interested in a little extra work ...
by Ron Mergenthaler, examiner.com
Collegiate Competitor Puts Country First - 4/15/10
Ashley Morgan has competed at Collegiate Nationals before. Last year, she finished second and went on to win her age group at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Clearwater ...
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Grimsley Grad A Sullivan Award Finalist - 4/14/10
If Greensboro native Clint Moore wins the AAU Sullivan Award tonight, he could stand to thank the academy. He's a shortstop on the baseball team for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. When fans found that an online vote for players was on to name the country's top amateur athlete, they backed him ...
by Gerald Witt, Greensboro (N.C.) News & Record
Texas Born Goalie Keeps Army In The Hunt - 4/8/10
Tom Palesky isn't necessarily a direct product of Army's intent to spend more time recruiting the burgeoning lacrosse state of Texas. Then his older sister, Katie, went to West Point for basic training in 2005, Tom Palesky decided to attend a lacrosse camp at Army so he could be closer to his sister for a short time ...
by Brian Delaney, Lacrosse Magazine
A Win For Validation - 3/31/10
It’s hard to get too excited about big wins this early in a softball season. But the Army softball team was feeling pretty good after edging Ivy League powerhouse Cornell, 2-1, in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday in Kissimmee, Fla. ...
by John Ferro, Army Official Sports Report
A Leader Among Leaders - 3/25/10
When you talk to Army softball player Jennae Tomlinson, you get the feeling that her potential is unlimited - only it just takes her a while to realize it. When she arrived at Beast Barracks her plebe year, she took stock of the older, experienced cadets who were leading the basic training for new arrivals ...
by John Ferro, Army Official Sports Report
Army's Starks Battles Back From Heart Condition - 3/17/10
Richard Starks will take the mat Thursday at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb., with no regrets. Reality has set in. Starks' wrestling career is coming to a close. Starks, an Army senior, said he is peaking for the NCAA Division I championships mentally and physically, a complete turnaround from five months ago at the Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic ...
by Sal Interdonato, Times Herald-Record
Ex-Hillcrest Star Stepping Up At Army - 3/12/10
Army sophomore catcher J.T. Watkins never has to look very far to get some expert advice on his performance on the baseball diamond. The former all-state high school player from Hillcrest just has to pick up a phone and call his father, Danny Watkins, who is a scout for the Boston Red Sox ...
by Coy Slavik, Tuscaloosa News
Erin Anthony Blazes A Path For Young Basketball Team - 3/6/10
Erin Anthony says some days are tougher than others with such a young Army basketball team, but that hasn't stopped her from playing her best. Anthony realizes her junior season is bound to come to a close soon enough, and she will have just one more season to compete before accepting her commission as an officer and heading into the Army ...
by Ken McMillan, Times Herald-Record
For Yardley, No Place Like West Point - 3/3/10
It's been a season of ups and downs for the Army women's basketball team, just as it has been for one of its newest stars, Molly Yardley. On Sunday, the Army women enjoyed one of their biggest "ups" - a 49-37 victory over Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pa. The win clinched the fourth seed in the upcoming Patriot League tournament ...
by John Ferro, Army Official Sports Report
Army's Kyler Thriving While Balancing Busy Schedule - 3/3/10
The scene unfolds like countless others do on college campuses nationwide every day. A drive through a picturesque campus takes you past ancient stone buildings, tidy rows of houses, and vast athletic fields. All the while, the 15 MPH speed limit helps you avoid the groups and individual runners darting by in reflective jackets, sweats and shorts. The difference here is that it's 20 degrees out, and snowing sideways -- hard. And it's not yet 6 a.m. ...
by Bill Hupp, Intermatwrestle.com
Army's Anthony Attains Patriot League Women's Basketball Honors - 3/3/10
She's a double-double performer on the court, an academic scholar off it, and one day Army junior forward Erin Anthony aspires to make good use of her civil engineering degree by helping to build roads or buildings. Right now, she's building a legacy at West Point ...
by Andre Williams, Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.)
Women's Basketball: Army Scores Two All-Stars - 3/3/10
Understanding the game of basketball goes a long way toward playing it well. Army's Erin Anthony and Molly Yardley have tremendous basketball IQs, according to coach Dave Magarity, and the pair put their smarts to good use this season ...
by Ken McMillan, Times Herald-Record
New Coach, New Era For Army Softball - 2/26/10
Michelle DePolo can tell you exactly the day when the press release came out announcing she had been named the next women’s softball coach at the United States Military Academy. “It was April Fools Day,” she said with a laugh. The timing was coincidental, if not poetic. But then again, DePolo’s journey has been marked by coincidental twists of fate and a poetic matching of passion and career ...
by John Ferro, Army Official Sports Report
Golden Anniversary: Jack Riley Led U.S. Olympic Hockey Team To Title In 1960 - 2/24/10
"Once bitten, twice shy," goes the popular maxim. But anyone who knows Jack Riley knows that hardly describes the 89-year-old hockey legend. So why then did the Marstons Mills resident turn down an invitation this year to appear in Vancouver to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first United States Olympics hockey gold medal won by the 1960 team he coached? You must turn the clock back eight years to the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, a mere 800 miles from Squaw Valley, Calif. ...
by Don Sherlock, The Register (Cape Cod, Mass.)
As Close As A Lock Can Get - 2/23/10
Army women's tennis coach Paul Peck says that each team he coaches has its own personality. This year's team, dominated by seasoned juniors, has an almost business-like approach, Peck said. There is no horsing around before practice ...
by John Ferro, Army Official Sports Report
Buccigross: Emotion Key Component To Success - 2/19/10
Emotion makes everything purposeful and possible. Nothing depresses or fills a classroom, home or dressing room/locker room/clubhouse-* with more hopelessness than a lack of emotion ... The three things that probably make me most emotional require and reveal so much emotion -- children, sports and the military ... A couple of weekends ago, I combined these three emotional things. I took my hockey-playing boys, Brett, 17, and Jackson, 10, to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to see Army and Air Force play a hockey game ...
by John Buccigross, ESPN.com
Olympic Hockey: 1980 Not Only USA Miracle - 2/14/10
Jack Riley was stunned when he was selected as the head coach of the 1960 U.S. Olympic hockey team. He had not lobbied for it, nor had he received permission from his employers at West Point. His boss, U.S. Military Academy superintendent Lt. Gen. Garrison Davidson, had a different job planned for his residing Army hockey coach, and he was taken aback when Riley told him of his plans ...
by Ken McMillan, Times Herald-Record
Ferrara Runs Through Personal Tragedy - 2/12/10
If all goes well, Andrew Ferrara will represent the United States Military Academy at the NCAA Track & Field Championships this spring not as a cadet, but as an officer ...
by John Ferro, Army Official Sports Report
Starks Overcame Heart Surgery To Wrestle Again - 2/8/10
Army senior Richard Starks knew something was wrong. But he had no idea it would require heart surgery ... On Nov. 14, Starks was wrestling in the State University of New York at Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Wrestling Showcase, just outside of Rochester, N.Y. ... His coaches pulled him from the tournament and when he was examined further, doctors discovered he had an atrial flutter, an abnormal heart rhythm that occurs in the atria of the heart ...
by John Ferro, Army Official Sports Report
Coach Dives In And Helps Rejuvinate Army - 1/1/10
Army Athletic Director Kevin Anderson had been interviewing coaching candidates in the Hilton Hotel at Chicago’s O’Hare airport when Zach Spiker, a 32-year-old Cornell assistant, walked in wearing a Big Red polo shirt and carrying two bags. Anderson turned to his associate Bob Beretta and said, “Who ordered the pizza?” ...
by Kevin Armstrong, The New York Times
Generally, West Stays Right On Track - 12/9/09
Cadet Jennifer West picked up the nickname "General West" before she entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. A 2008 graduate of Fort Myers High School, West commands attention. Like E.F. Hutton, when she talks, people listen ...
by Sam Cook, Fort Myers News-Press
Young Mankus Leads Black Knights To New Heights - 12/7/09
The first time Army coach Alma Kovaci saw Ariana Mankus playing volleyball, she could not take her eyes off her ... Mankus had plenty of college coaches recruiting her, but those schools could not give her what she truly desired — a chance to play Division I volleyball, plus serve her country in the military ...
by Ken McMillan, Times Herald-Record
In Army's First-Ever Tournament Appearance, Long Gray Line Runs Deep - 11/30/09
The Army volleyball team made history this weekend, entering the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship for the first time and becoming the only service academy to ever appear in the tournament field. For former players serving in Iraq, the team's postseason run is happy news from the banks of the Hudson during a holiday season far from home ...
by Jennifer Gunnels, NCAA.com
Leading Factor - 11/25/09
The United States Military Academy at West Point has a rich history of producing great leaders ... On Saturday, setter and first class cadet Maureen Bannon solidified her place among the list of outstanding leaders currently attending West Point ...
by Dave Reed, ESPN.com
Inside Strength - 10/23/09
From the beginning, it seems that Jason Johnson's track to West Point was never a seamless match between his own life and the storied tapestry of U.S. Military Academy history. Like almost every story, things could have been somehow better ...
by Dallas Miller, Army Athletic Communications
Cherry Bowl Victory Still Sweet 25 Years Later - 10/23/09
When the 1984 Army football team walked off the turf of the Pontiac Silverdome with a 10-6 victory over heavily-favored Michigan State in the inaugural Cherry Bowl, the Black Knights took with them something that no team in the long and storied history of the program had ever grasped ... by Tim Volkmann, Army Athletic Communications
Through All The Changes, Benet's Mankus Still Has Volleyball - 10/15/09
So much has changed for Ariana Mankus in one year. She no longer goes to school in the protective cocoon of Benet Academy, surrounded by boys and girls she grew up with. Now she is some 800 miles away, living with three other girls in barracks at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point ... by Joshua Welge, Chicago Daily Herald
The Challenger - 10/10/09
There is quite a bit packed into his 5-10, 166-pound frame. Speed. Ability. Experience. Drive. Determination. Knowledge. Desire. All among the attributes hidden under the laid back, unassuming exterior of Damion Hunter ...
by Tim Volkmann, Army Athletic Communications
An Inside Honor - 10/10/09
The Army Athletic Association honors one of its greatest sons when it retires three-time All-American and Heisman Trophy winner Doc Blanchard's #35 jersey today at halftime. Were it not for a turn of fate, Blanchard might never have played at Army ...
by Mady Salvani, Army Athletic Communications
Leader Of Character - 10/3/09
The mission of the U. S. Military Academy is to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country; professional growth throughout a career as an officer in the U.S. Army; and a lifetime of selfless service to the Nation. In other words, Carson Williams ...
by Dallas Miller, Army Athletic Communications
Set Up For Success - 10/3/09
Volleyball setters do most of the work and get a fraction of the glory. But it's a role that senior Maureen Bannon has relished since her arrival at West Point in 2006 ...
by Tracy Nelson, Army Athletic Communications
Schoeneman Leads Young, Talented Group Of Runners - 9/28/09
It's been a long, grueling injuryfilled road to the starting line for Army women's cross country runner Firstie Stephanie Schoeneman. After a strong 2007 season, Schoeneman couldn't make the leap forward last year because of injuries ...
by Eric Bartelt, Pointer View
Fullerton Enjoys Homecoming With US National Team - 9/27/09
Eight netminders attended the Team USA tryouts in June, and three survived. The battle for the last two spots figures to be intense and tight between Maryland graduate Brian Dougherty, Navy grad Mickey Jarboe and Army grad Adam Fullerton ...
by Ken McMillan, lacmagazine.com
Reiter Blazes Trails As Army's Top CC Runner - 9/22/09
Army men’s cross country has been blazing trails for the past two years with top runners Jon Anderson and John Mickowski leading most course packs. With Anderson and Mickowski now graduated, a team that was in search of a new pace setter found its latest trailblazer in Firstie Zac Reiter ...
by Eric Bartelt, Pointer View
Born Leader - 9/19/09
When John Donne wrote the famous line, "No man is an island ..." in 1624, he definitely did not have cornerbacks in mind. Okay, so football was still 250 years away from being invented, but even if Donne was sitting in the Michie Stadium stands on a beautiful fall afternoon he would have noticed the lonely existence that Mario Hill leads on the football field ...
by Brian Gunning, Army Athletic Communications
Honoring A Gridiron Great - 9/19/09
Army honors one of its gridiron greats today when it retires football jersey No. 61, worn by Joe Steffy who blazed across the playing fields of Michie Stadium over 60 years ago. An imposing figure during the finest period in Army football history, Steffy is a National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame inductee, an Army Hall of Famer, an All-American and winner of the Outland Trophy ...
by Mady Salvani, Army Athletic Communications
Study Abroad With The Army Men's Soccer Team - 9/19/09
Three members of the Army men's soccer team had the unique opportunity to spend the spring of 2009 studying abroad in different corners of the world. Peter Campbell, Bryan Connolly and Andrew Kydes are three of the squad's eight members in the Class of 2010 that will lead the Black Knights on the field this fall. The trio returned to West Point after spending semesters abroad studying in Russia, China and Mexico ...
by Tim Volkmann, Army Athletic Communications
Ellerson's Option Arrives At Army - 9/16/09
New Army head coach Rich Ellerson was here to see the birth of this version of the triple-option offense two decades ago in Hawaii. Ellerson studied the new core of the Black Knights' offense during his days with former Hawaii offensive coordinator ...
by Mark Brown, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
A Tall Order - 9/12/09
Things are looking up for the Army football team. When Alejandro Villanueva made his first career appearance at wide receiver in Army's 27-14 victory at Eastern Michigan last Saturday, the 6-foot, 10-inch, 290 pound senior captain made his presence felt in more ways than one.
by Tim Volkmann, Army Athletic Communications
"Coach K" Headlines Army Hall Of Fame Class of 2009 - 9/12/09
Mike Krzyzewski is not only a former Army basketball player and West Point graduate. He is also a former Army basketball coach who experienced success as a player and coach. And while he hasn’t been employed by the U.S. Military Academy since 1980, he is still an active part of post and having a positive impact on the Corps of Cadets.
by Ryan Yanoshak, Army Athletic Communications
At The Top Of Her Game - 9/12/09
When Liz Betterbed applied to West Point as a high school prospect, she didn't know much about the institution, but was intrigued by the challenge. Fast forward to 2009 where Betterbed is a senior at the United States Military Academy and her accomplishments look like a "Who's Who" at an institution noted by Forbes Magazine as the "Best college in America."
by Mady Salvani, Army Athletic Communications
Boulder City Grad To Coach Swimmers At West Point - 9/4/09
Amongst all of Bret Lundgaard’s achievements as a swimmer at the University of Washington, the most indicative of his future career as a coach came outside of the pool ... Earlier this month, the Boulder City High graduate made the cross-country move to West Point, N.Y., taking a position as assistant swimming coach with the Army Black Knights.
by Anthony Fenech, Las Vegas Sun
For Villanueva, Switch to Wide Receiver Is a Tall Order - 9/2/09
Since his younger brother had the stronger throwing arm, Ali Villanueva spent hours running pass patterns in his backyard as a child. Villanueva wanted to be a receiver, score touchdowns and hear the roar of the crowd. Villanueva had the hands - but not the body ...
by Jim Henry, NCAA Football Fanhouse
Army Softball Skipper Is In A League Of Her Own - 9/2/09
Michelle DePolo always knew she wanted to be part of something bigger than herself. When she takes over as Army’s first female softball coach since the program moved to Division I, she will definitely accomplish that goal. DePolo, an assistant at Army since 2007, was chosen to succeed the retiring Jim Flowers ...
by Michelle Brutlag Hosick, NCAA Champion Magazine
Army Football Game Day Experience Draws More Top Honors - 8/27/09
What does a lime green car running on vegetable oil have to do with the “Top 25 Ultimate College Football Game-Day Experiences?” It just so happens the smell of french fries propelled me across the fruited plain the past few years as I enjoyed the college pigskin at more than 60 of the game’s premiere venues.
by Joe Connor, NBCSports.com
Torii Hunter's Personal Miracle - 8/26/09
Torii Hunter was in for a surprise. Two days before Christmas 2005, his father gathered him and his three brothers together to tell them they had a half brother ... Recently, the blended family celebrated another major achievement: the graduation of Brandon Thurman from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Lee Hawkins, Wall Street Journal
Local Grad Maureen Magarity Promoted - 8/17/09
The journey that began in a gymnasium on Poughkeepsie's Boardman Road more than a dozen years ago continued in Orange County on Friday. That's when the U.S. Military Academy at West Point announced Maureen Magarity, a 1999 graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes High School who graduated from Marist College in 2004, had been promoted to associate head coach of its women's basketball team.
by Sean McMann, Poughkeepsie Journal
An Army Man: Ellerson Lands Dream Job - 8/6/2009
It’s like a kid on Christmas morning. You know the one, the child that wanted the one gift so bad that as soon as he opened it he couldn’t contain his enthusiasm. New Army football coach Rich Ellerson is that kid as he finally got his “dream” job after all these years of coaching ...
by Matthew Ondesko, metrowny.com
Former North Hall Standout Joey Henshaw Earns All-America Honors - 7/3/09
All it took was one swing for Joey Henshaw to impress his new coach. During his senior year at North Hall in 2007, Henshaw was visited by Army baseball coach Joe Sattalano, who was on site to see whether or not he wanted to offer the 6-foot-7 southpaw a spot on his roster. It didn’t take long for him to reach a decision ...
by Jonathan Zopf
Army Helps Moore Be All That He Can Be - 6/5/09
The NCAA baseball tournament resumes today with 16 teams left in the Super Regional round. Clint Moore's team isn't one of them. Army fell short in the regionals, but certainly not for a lack of effort. Nobody -- absolutely nobody -- worked harder this season than the Black Knights ...
by Jeff Mills, Greensboro News-Record.com
Sarah Giles-Madden's Ability To Be Clutch Earned Two MVPs - 5/30/09
To be described as having a lot of heart is a special thing, particularly during one of the most important days of your life—graduation day. Many of the thoughtful words said May 23 about Sarah Giles- Madden during her bar pinning ceremony reflect back to April 20, 2008, when she had to dig down deep within herself to comeback from a one set deficit to help Army women’s tennis win its fourth consecutive Patriot League championship ...
by Eric Bartelt, Pointer View
Sottolano Perfect Fit At West Point - 5/30/09
Joe Sottolano is so competitive that he believes in his heart that he could beat Michael Jordan in a game of basketball, even if his head tells him otherwise. Sottolano brings that passion to the baseball diamond every day, and he expects nothing less from his Army team ...
by Ken McMillan, Times-Herald Record
Henshaw Set For Big Knight - 5/29/09
Joey Henshaw thought about playing in the SEC and talked to schools like Georgia Tech when he was starring at North Hall High School in Lula, Ga. ... one of the reasons the lefty first baseman/pitcher went to West Point. And just like he would have at a bigger program, Henshaw will be in the NCAA Tournament when the Black Knights face Texas tonight in a regional game in Austin.
by Dan Martin, New York Post
Army's Clint Moore One Of Nation's Top Shortstops - 5/28/09
Army sophomore shortstop Clint Moore is one of the finest college baseball players in the nation, but he would never say that about himself. Moore is humble and, like any good West Point cadet, he emphasizes team over individual accomplishments. He can't shake the fact, though, that he was one of 15 semifinalists for the Brooks Wallace Award, given to the nation's top shortstop ...
by Ken McMillan, Times-Herald Record
NCAA Austin Regional: Army Ready To Take On Texas - 5/27/09
As the Army Black Knights landed in Texas this afternoon, a few things that are certain for the Black Knights as they head into the Austin Regionals ... first is that they are not just happy to be here. Here being one of just 64 teams remaining to contend for the 2009 NCAA baseball crown. Secondly ... and although they will be stepping onto UFCU Disch-Falk Field against the host team, Texas (41-13-1) ...
by A.M. Allen, GoBlackKnights.com
Q&A With Army Head Baseball Coach Joe Sottolano - 5/15/09
On Sunday, Army came out smoking as the Black Knights came away with a decisive 11-0 win over Holy Cross in the final game of the Patriot League Tournament best-of-three semifinal series. The victory earned Army the right to face off against Lafayette for the Patriot League Championship Series, with an NCAA bid at stake. GoBlackKnights.com had a chance to catch-up with Army Head Coach, Joe Sottolano to discuss his team's performance, preparation, mindset, as well as his thoughts on the Black Knights upcoming opponent, Lafayette ...
by A.M. Allen, GoBlackKnights.com
Houghton Carries On Family Tradition - 5/8/09
Anne Houghton was in seventh grade when her older sister, Kate, broke the news about her college intentions ... Six years later, it was Anne Houghton who headed to West Point, her tennis racquet in tow. By that time, the younger Houghton was enamored with the Academy, having spent time with Kate and their brothers, John and Rick — all became West Point cadets and Army tennis players. Kate and John graduated in 2007, and Rick is a senior on the men's team ...
by Ken McMillan, Times Herald-Record
Army's Flowers Not Like Most Coaches - 5/7/09
Ask Jim Flowers about major-college coaches running from job to job, pay raise to pay raise, and watch his round face curl into a frown ... He's just one of those jewels who showed he loved coaching Army softball by staying for 19 seasons ...
by Kevin Gleason, Times Herald-Record
Sylve Motivated to Repeat As PL Hurdles Champ - 4/30/09
Top collegiate athletes tend to spend many years trying to perfect their craft, or as close to perfection as humanly possible, before their college days so they can shine at the NCAA level. Now imagine trying to succeed at something you didn’t take up until your senior year in high school and that something was the hurdles in track and field ...
by Eric Bartelt, Pointer View
Anderson Joins Elite Group With Win At Penn Relays - 4/24/09
There were so many moves and counter moves on the last lap that Jon Anderson said he couldn't even remember most of them. All he remembers is that last move. The one that put him in first for good ...
by Reuben Frank, Burlington County Times
Blanchard More Than Football Hero - 4/21/09
When Nazi Germany launched one of its last counterattacks of World War II during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, American GIs identified themselves in the dangerous woods of the Ardennes by whispering "Blanchard." If the man in the foxhole next to them was a fellow American soldier, he simply replied, "Davis" ...
by Mark Schlabach, ESPN.com
'Doc' A Classy Link To Bygone Age - 4/21/09
The Navy had its chance at Felix “Doc” Blanchard. It could have grabbed Army's “Mr. Inside” before he wandered off to West Point. It could have allowed him to enlist in its V-12 program, to complete his education in exchange for a future commitment to serve at sea. But Blanchard was deemed to be overweight at the outset of World War II, and his eyes were found to be faulty. So in what would become a recurring habit, Blanchard slipped through the Navy's grasp ...
by Tim Sullivan, San Diego Union-Tribune
Heisman Winner Blanchard Dies At 84 - 4/20/09
Felix "Doc" Blanchard, the 1945 Heisman Trophy winner and Army's Mr. Inside in one of college football's most famous backfields, died on April 19, 2009. He was 84 ... Blanchard's daughter, Mary Blanchard, told The Associated Press late Sunday night in a phone interview that her father died of pneumonia at home in Bulverde, a small town in central Texas, earlier in the day ...
