Looking Back (June 8-14)

10 YEARS AGO (1998)

Gayle Peryea pitches a one-hitter with 17 strikeouts and helps her cause with an RBI triple as AuSable Valley edges Potsdam 2-1 in state softball play. However, the Patriots are denied again by Maple Hill, 5-3, in the quarterfinals.

Jason Goggins scores on a passed ball in the 8th inning to give Chateaugay a 5-4 win over Rensselaer, but the Bulldogs bow to Briarcliff in the Class D baseball semifinals.

Francis Riley gets 3 hits and Jeff Cox and Mike Mitchell two each to lift Malone to a 6-5 win over PHS. The Huskies fall the next night to Queensbury in the baseball playoffs.

20 YEARS AGO (1988)

Plattsburgh State's All-America defenseman Chris Panek signs a 3-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings. Cardinals' assistant coach Glen Giovanucci resigns to accept a position at the U.S. Military Academy.

Peru, behind the pitching of Don Abernethy and Travis Angevine, reaches the state Class B final in baseball where the Indians fall 3-2 to Dunkirk. The Indians load the bases with one out in the seventh, but are unable to score.

Plattsburgh's Kim Chambers places third in the B Division of the New York State Women's Bowling Association Tournament with a 654 handicap series.

25 YEARS AGO (1983)

Sheryl MacKinnon, Loraine Bedard and Donna Gadway come through with key hits to lead Northeastern Clinton to an 11-8 upset of previously undefeated Peru in the Section VII Class B softball final.

Anne Pearl belts a 3-run homer and Katherine Riley adds a solo shot while Becky Palmer and Gina Jiampetti each knock in 3 runs in St. John's 18-17 win over Marlboro in the Capital Conference Class C softball final.

Craig Roberts pitches a 7-hit shutout as Dannemora defeats Schroon Lake 4-0 to win the MVAC baseball title. Chris LaRose belts a 2-run homer on the roof in Elizabethtown while Gary Donivan adds 2 hits for the Knights.

AuSable Valley's Wayne Lacy places sixth in the pole vault at the state track & field championships with a height of 13 feet, 6 inches.