OCIAA golf championships suspended because of heavy rain

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Published: 11:51 AM - 05/15/12
Last updated: 4:07 PM - 05/15/12

LIBERTY ? Drew Billard stopped using his umbrella after the fourth hole at Grossinger Country Club.
Billard, a Sullivan West junior, figured he was getting soaked with or without the umbrella.

?It was wet, very wet,? Billard said.

A steady and heavy rain poured down on the golf course during the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association boys' championship tournament Tuesday morning.

The greens couldn't handle the water, making conditions unplayable and forcing league officials to suspend play at 11:20 a.m.

The field of 50 golfers will resume their rounds where they left off at 1:45 p.m. Thursday. Golfers played eight to 10 holes.

A complete list of the partial scores was not made available.

Monroe-Woodbury senior Nick Marotta and Warwick senior Lucas Durland each shot a 3-over par 38 on the front nine. Billard was 4 over through the first nine holes.

?We got the coaches together before we started and we asked if anyone had any reservations about playing,? said Dick O'Neill, a member of the OCIAA golf committee. ?They all agreed to play. The kids wanted to play.

?We thought we could get it in, but at a certain point it became unplayable due to the rain.?

Fallsburg senior Rich Elliott, the defending champion, didn't bring rain gloves and said he was rushing his shots in attempt to keep his grip as dry as possible. Elliott started the tournament with a bogey and two double bogeys. He finished the front nine at 6-over 41.

?In weather like this, you are not playing to have fun,? Elliott said. ?You are playing to shoot a good score. I think I'm still in pretty good position.?

Meanwhile, rain has forced the cancellation of many other athletic events on Tuesday's schedule.

Tuesdays postponements:

Baseball

Varsity

Monroe-Woodbury @ Middletown
Valley Central @ Warwick
Monticello @ Cornwall
Sullivan West @ Liberty
S.S. Seward @ Chester Academy
Newburgh Free Academy @ Kingston
Pine Bush @ Washingtonville
Port Jervis @ Goshen
Monticello @ Cornwall
Tuxedo @ Fallsburg

JV

Middletown @ Monroe-Woodbury
Pine Bush (Team 2) @ Middie Blue
Pine Bush @ Washingtonville
Valley Central @ Warwick
Pine Bush (Team 2) @ Tri Valley
Tuxedo @ Livingston Manor
O`Neill @ Sullivan West
Monticello @ Cornwall
Bye @ Tuxedo
Chester Academy @ S.S. Seward
Newburgh Free Academy @ Kingston
Port Jervis @ Goshen

Freshmen

Pine Bush (Team 2) @ Middletown
Newburgh Free Academy @ Kingston

Modified

Cornwall @ Monroe (P)
Chapel Field @ Greenwood Lake

Tennis

Varsity

Liberty @ Cornwall

JV

Goshen @ Valley Central
Port Jervis @ Pine Bush
Monticello @ Washingtonville

Girls' golf

Varsity

Monroe-Woodbury @ John A. Coleman
Goshen @ Fallsburg V Girls Golf

Boys' lacrosse

Varsity

Crestwood, Pa. @ Del Valley (Pa)
Ardsley @ Monroe-Woodbury
Rondout Valley @ Burke Catholic V Boys Lacrosse

JV

Kingston @ Pine Bush
Crestwood, Pa. @ Del Valley (Pa)

Girls' lacrosse

Varsity

Pine Bush @ Minisink Valley
Red Hook @ Newburgh Free Academy

JV

Pine Bush @ Minisink Valley

Softball

Varsity

Pine Bush @ Middletown
Burke Catholic @ Monticello
Tri Valley @ Family School
New Paltz @ Onteora
Marlboro @ Our Lady Of Lourdes
Sullivan West @ Deposit
Tuxedo @ S.S. Seward
Kingston @ Minisink Valley

JV

Pine Bush @ Middletown
Rondout Valley @ Webutuck
Sullivan West @ Burke Catholic
Kingston @ Minisink Valley
Tuxedo @ Chapel Field

Modified

Port Jervis @ Monroe (W)
Warwick @ Valley Central
Fallsburg (Team 2) @ Sullivan West
Monroe (P) @ Kingston
Middletown Twin Towers @ Washingtonville
Chester Academy @ Greenwood Lake

Track

Varsity

Kingston @ Pine Bush

Modified

Warwick @ Valley Central
Monroe-Woodbury @ Kingston

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