Section Nine Football: Section Nine Record Book

Sunday, November 18
Coaching Wins: The 100 Wins Club Through 2012

THE 100-PLUS CLUB Through 2012

It’s time to revisit our top winning coaches list, drawn up by Phil Dusenbury. No coaches broke the 100 varsity win barrier last season.  Here's the updated Honor Roll according to our count. An asterisk (*) indicates that a coach is still active. Please note that these totals represent VARSITY wins only.

#1. Pat D'Aliso (Pulaski/Monroe-Woodbury) - 216 (22-12-1 at Pulaski; 194-49 at M-W) ... overall record: 216-61-1  

#2. Joe Viglione (Port Jervis/Warwick) - 194 (1-LaPlata, Maryland, 155-PJ; 38-War) ... overall record: 194-89-5 

#3. Bob Corvino (Port Jervis) - 161 ... overall record: 161-70-1 

#4. Ron Bauer (J-Y/Del-Val/Sullivan West) - 153* ... overall record:153-109-5

#5. Dick Wolslayer (Middletown) - 142 ... overall record: 142-78-7

#6. Carl Relyea (Highland) - 127* ... overall record: 127-120

#7. Fred Ahart (Roscoe /LMR) - 117* ... overall record: 117-155-3

#8. Mickey Million (Rondout Valley) - 110 ... overall record: 110-80-16

#9. Lem Atkins (Highland) - 103 ... overall record: 103-28-3

#10. Al Chase (Port Jervis) - 100 ... overall record: 100-75-13 

Here are some details:

After being a head coach at Section Three's Pulaski High for five years (1977-81), Pat D'Aliso came to Monroe-Woodbury where he assisted John Moson. In 1988 he became the Crusader head coach, and the rest is history. He has won two OCL (and American Conference) titles plus 10 Section Nine crowns. In 2004 his squad whipped Saratoga to become the first Section Nine Class AA team to win a state tournament game. That feat was quickly trumped when the Crusaders won the Class AA State Championship in 2005 and followed with three subsequent trips to the state title games.  He retired after the 2011 season. 

Joe Viglione coached for 32 seasons (1957-83 at PJ and 1987-91 at Warwick) after a year in LaPlata, Md. At Port he won three DUSO titles and eight OCL championships. At Warwick he won the final OCL title (which was also played for the Class A crown) plus a Class B title. His 13 crowns make him top dog in total championships.

Following Viglione at Port Jervis, Bob Corvino (1984 - 2007) won 12 titles, including a state regional crown in 1997.  Corvino started as a varsity assistant, never coaching below the varsity level. 

Ron Bauer has more than 30 years of head coaching under his belt. He's served at both Jeff-Youngsville (one WSL title) and Delaware Valley where he earned seven Section 9D trophies before being the natural choice to be the head coach at the then newly centralized Sullivan West. As the head Bulldog, he's won three more sectional crowns. With 11 Section Nine championships, he's the leader in that department!

Middletown's Dick Wolslayer (1967-78, 83-95) could have won another 20+ games had he coached from 1979-82. During those four years, he served as an assistant, coaching freshman and jayvee ball after his second "retirement." He stays close to the game and could probably still go out and be a successful head coach today! This underrated and humble mentor won 63% of his games against the toughest of competition. He won a championship in his first season - a DUSO crown. Then in 1993 and '94 he and his Middies won back-to-back sectional titles.

Rondout's Mickey Million coached from 1969-91. In his 23 seasons the hometown boy came back to his alma mater and had to follow in the footsteps of Chick Meehan, the "Father of Rondout Valley Football." In doing so, he won two UCAL and two MHAL titles.

Highland’s Carl Relyea took over the varsity reins in 1986. His Huskies were a Class C powerhouse in the 90‘s, winning six sectional crowns from 1991 to 1998. The 1991 title had provided Highland its first football trophy in two decades. During that span of dominance, the Huskies also won a pair of state regional titles.

Fred Ahart of Livingston Manor-Roscoe moves up to #7 with LMR's first winning season (7-3).  He has 33 seasons of coaching varsity football under his belt. Of his wins, 99 came at Roscoe from 1979-2004. At the helm for the Blue Devils he won both the Western Sullivan League and the first two Section Nine Class D titles in 1989 and 1990. In 1990 his Devils also won a regional title. In 2005 Roscoe football merged with Livingston Manor. Along with co-coach Kevin Clifford, Ahart and the Devil Cats won two games each in 2005, 2008 and 2009.  In 2010 they made it to the Section Nine Class D championship game. 

An earlier Highland coach also notched over 100 wins. He's Lem Atkins who won 103 games in 16 seasons (1962-1977). In those days the Huskies played in the UCAL where Atkins' teams won titles in 1965, '66, '70 and '71. Atkins tragically died at age 47 from a massive coronary on a Saturday morning with Highland scheduled to play Wallkill.

The legendary Donovan "Al" Chase, known as "The Old Fox," coached at Port Jervis from 1925-42 and from 1945-49. The two missing years were spent serving in the armed forces at the tail end of WW II. In his 23 seasons at the helm, his Red and Black squad, playing against much larger schools, won six DUSO titles. Chase's most famous player was Eddie Dunn who went on to star (and even coach) at the University of Miami where his name is still in the Hurricane record books alongside the likes of Edgerrin James. Later, Dunn's son became a part of the famous Pittsburgh Steeler "Steel Curtain" of the 70's.



Sunday, December 16
Section Nine Football Records

Following are Section Nine Records, culled from Paul Hutzler's NYSSWA record book plus Phil Dusenbury’s sectional research and updates.  

 * - Still active  ** - State record  

RUSHING YARDAGE (CAREER) - Fred Riullano (Delaware Valley 1995-8) - 6,627; George Thomas, Jr. (Livingston Manor 2001-3) - 5,722; Walter Moseley (Ellenville 1979-82) - 5,594; Dermal Brown (Marlboro 1993-5) - 5,286; Dan Scalo (Monroe-Woodbury 2006-9) - 5,267; Matt Stack (Monroe-Woodbury 2001-4) - 5,064; Nick Finger (Millbrook 2005-8) - 4,530; Mike Schmidlein (Chester 2004-6) - 4,509; Jerry Nasi (O'Neill 2011-12) 3,858; Matt Buddenhagen (Delaware Valley 1991-4) - 3,799; Seth Thomas (Kingston 1995-7) - 3,513; George Thomas, Sr. (Wallkill 1974-6) - 3,486. ... State Record:11,045. 

RUSHING YARDAGE (SEASON) - Saxon Smith (Chester) - 3,057 (2011); Fred Riullano (Delaware Valley) - 2,833 (1998);  Nick Finger (Millbrook) - 2,172 (2008); Jerry Nasi (O'Neill) - 2,072 (2012); Walter Moseley (Ellenville) - 2,066 (1981); Chris Rogers (Red Hook) - 2,041 (1999); Don Exner (Ellenville) - 1,979 (2008); Dermal Brown (Marlboro) - 1,976 (1995); Mike Schmidlein (Chester) - 1,933 (2006); George Thomas, Jr. (Livingston Manor) - 1,856 (2003); Dan Scalo (Monroe-Woodbury) - 1,811 (2007); Jerry Nasi (O'Neill) - 1,793 (2011); Keith Heinemann (Highland) - 1,758 (1996); George Thomas, Sr. (Wallkill) - 1,638 (1976); Matt Buddenhagen (Delaware Valley) - 1,630 (1994). ... State Record: 3,489.

RUSHING YARDAGE (GAME) - Joe Rosiecki (Valley Central) 31 x 514 yards (2011); Nick Finger (Millbrook) 41 x 485 (2008); Saxon Smith (Chester) 26 x 469 (2011); Fred Riullano (Delaware Valley) 23 x 449 (1998); Ryan Spelman (Monroe-Woodbury) 22 x 419 (2011); Dwone Hicks (Washingtonville) 27 x 391 (1996); Joe Piascik (Cornwall) 19 x 388 (1999); Jerry Nasi (O'Neill) 22 x 370 (2012); Fred Riullano (Delaware Valley) 34 x 362 (1998); George Thomas, Jr. (Livingston Manor) 45 x 357 (2003); Jose Torres (NYMA) 41 x 354 (1990); Dermal Brown (Marlboro) 15 x 344 (1995); Nick Finger (Millbrook) 30 x 337 (2008). ... State Record: 30 x 569.

RUSHING 100-YARD GAMES (CAREER) - Walt Moseley (Ellenville 1979-82) - 34 (#2 in state). ... State Record: 47.

RUSHING 200-YARD + GAMES (SEASON) - Saxon Smith (Chester) - 7 ... State Record: 11. 

RUSHING: 300-YARD + GAMES (SEASON) - Saxon Smith (Chester) - 4 - includes 200+ games (2011) ... State Record Unknown 

PASSING YARDS (CAREER) -  *Mike White (Cornwall 2011-12) - 4,788; Scott Ricketson (Kingston1996-8) - 4,680; Aaron Kilner (O'Neill 2006-9) - 4,491; Rian White (Warwick 2008-9) - 4,089; George Kolbe (Minisink Valley 1983-5) - 4,081; John Garcia (Warwick 2009-11) - 3,868; Dan Scalo (Monroe-Woodbury 2006-9) - 3,467; Greg Sullivan (Monroe-Woodbury 2005-6) - 2,766; Matt Semerano (Port Jervis 2001-3) - 2,648. ... State Record: 11,760.

PASSING YARDS (SEASON) - John Garcia (Warwick) - 184 x 333 x 2,754 (2011); *Mike White (Cornwall) - 130 x 224 x 2,674 (2012); Kevin Arduino (Cornwall) - 162 x 252 x 2,481 yards (2008); Rian White (Warwick)160 x 255 x 2,373 (2009);  Scott Ricketson (Kingston) - 155 x 237 x 2,218 (1997); *Mike White (Cornwall) - 2,155 (2011); George Kolbe (Minisink Valley) - 128 x 261 x 1,823 (1985); Jon Shanks (Millbrook) -  112 x 199 x 1,752 (2003); Rian White (Warwick) - 145 x 238 x 1,716 (2008). ... State Record: 3,677.

PASSING YARDS (GAME) - *Mike White (Cornwall) - 16 x 25 x 500 yards (2012); Geoff Green (Warwick) - 27 x 41 x 479 (1995); *Mike White (Cornwall) - 22 x 33 x 433 yards (2012); George Kolbe (Minisink Valley) - 351 (1984); Jamie Curreri (Port Jervis) - 14 x 22 x 346 (1990); Rian White (Warwick) - 24 x 37 x 329 (2009); Vincent Mortellaro (Middletown) 10 x 20 x 319 (2010); Keegan West (O'Neill) - 8 x 9 x 317 yards (2012); Vincent Mortellaro (Middletown) 24 x 39 x 315 (2009); Brandon Clark (Newburgh) 8 x 10 x 301 (2010) ... State Record: 543.

TD PASSES THROWN (CAREER) - Scott Ricketson (Kingston) - 52 (1996-8); *Mike White (Cornwall) - 51 (2011-12); Rian White (Warwick) - 50 (2008-9). ... State Record:152.

TD PASSES THROWN (SEASON) -  Rian White (Warwick) - 31 (2009); Kevin Arduino (Cornwall) - 30 (2008); *Mike White (Cornwall) - 28 (2012); Scott Ricketson (Kingston) - 26 (1997); John Garcia (Warwick) - 26 (2011); *Mike White (Cornwall) - 23. ... State Record: 45. 

TD PASSES THROWN (GAME) - Rian White (Warwick) - 6 (2009); Vince Mortellaro (Middletown) - 6 (2010); Rick Spears (Port Jervis) - 5 (1964); Scott Ricketson (Kingston) - 5 (1997); Aaron Kilner (O'Neill) - 5 (2008); Rian White  (Warwick) - 5 (2009); Shane Jackson (Monticello) - 5 (2010); Tyler Lawlor (Cornwall) - 5 (2010); *Mike White (Cornwall) - 5 (2012). ... State Record: 8.

PASSES ATTEMPTED (GAME) - George Carlson (Warwick) v. Port Jervis - 53 (1975) ...  State Record: Unknown.

TD RECEPTIONS (CAREER) - Jake DeCicco (Kingston) - 28 (2009-11); John Babin (Warwick) - 27 (2008-9); Joe Davis (Kingston) - 20 (1989-90). ... State Record: Unknown

TD RECEPTIONS (SEASON) - John Babin (Warwick) - 19 (2009); Corey Kotsol (Kingston) - 13 (1997); Joe White (Cornwall) - 13 (2010); Craig Weymer (Port Jervis) - 12 (1998); Jake DeCicco (Kingston) - 12 (2011); Mike Septh (Monroe-Woodbury) - 11 (2005); Craig Zuzek (Cornwall) - 11 (2008) ... State Record: 24.

TD RECEPTIONS (GAME) - Joe White (Cornwall) - 4 (2010). ... No State Record Listed.

RECEPTIONS (CAREER) - John Babin (Warwick) - 138 x 2,040 (2008-9); Zach Adler (Valley Central) - 75 x 1,360 (2009-10); Shawn Theodore (Port Jervis) - 66 x 1,274 (1995-7). ... State Record: 227.

RECEPTIONS (SEASON) - John Babin (Warwick) 80 x 1,211 (2009); John Babin (Warwick) - 58 x 829 yards (2008); Corey Kotsol (Kingston) 53 x 919 (1997) ... State Record: 103.

RECEPTIONS (GAME) - Dave Bendlin (Minisink Valley) - 16 x 152 (1974); John Babin (Warwick) - 13 x 79 (2008); John Babin (Warwick) - 12 x 157 (2009); Bill Van Inwegen (Port Jervis) - 11 x 113 (1982). State Record: 18.

RECEIVING YARDS (CAREER) - John Babin (Warwick) - 2,040 (2008-9); Jake DeCicco (Kingston) - 2,020 (2009-11). ... State Record: 3,405.

RECEIVING YARDS (SEASON) - John Babin (Warwick) 80 x 1,211 yards (2009); Alex Cruz (Cornwall) 48 x 1,166 yards (2012); Corey Kotsol (Kingston) - 53 x 919 yards (1997); *Brad Garcia (Warwick) - 48 x 918 (2011); Jake DeCicco (Kingston) - 37 x 916 yards. ... State Record: 103 x 1,546.

RECEIVING YARDS (GAME) - Alex Cruz (Cornwall) - 285 yards (2012); Shelan Baynes (Newburgh) - 5 catches x 277 yards (2010); Chris Ryan (Minisink Valley) - 7 x 245 (1985); John Babin (Warwick) - 9 x 187 (2008); Pat Starzan (Port Jervis) - 7 x 182 (1990); Malik Chambers (O'Neill) - 5 x 180 (2012); Patrick Laird (Monroe-Woodbury) 6 x 179 yards (2009); Zach Adler (Valley Central) 8 x 166 (2010) ... State Record: 305.

POINTS SCORED (CAREER) - Fred Riullano (Delaware Valley 1995-8) - 684; Walter Moseley (Ellenville 1979-82) - 492; Dermal Brown (Marlboro 1993-5) - 466; Matt Stack (Monroe-Woodbury 2001-4) - 466. ... State Record: 1,246.

POINTS SCORED (SEASON) - Saxon Smith (Chester) - 296 (2011); Fred Riullano (Delaware Valley) - 252 (1998); Walter Moseley (Ellenville) - 210 (1981); Chris Rogers (Red Hook) - 210 (1999); Nick Finger (Millbrook) - 194 (2008); Jerry Nasi (O'Neill) - 186 (2012); Keith Heinemann (Highland) - 180 (1996). ... State Record: 406.

POINTS SCORED (GAME) - Nick Finger (Millbrook) - 58** (2008). ... State Record: 58!

TOUCHDOWNS SCORED (CAREER) - Fred Riullano (Delaware Valley 1995-8) - 94; Walter Moseley (Ellenville 1979-82) - 79; Dermal Brown (Marlboro 1993-5) - 75; Matt Stack (Monroe-Woodbury 2001-4) - 71; Dan Scalo (Monroe-Woodbury 2006-9) - 69. ... State Record: 204.

TOUCHDOWNS SCORED (SEASON) - Saxon Smith (Chester) - 49 (2011); Fred Riullano (Delaware Valley) - 42 (1998);  Chris Rogers (Red Hook) - 35 (1999); Walter Moseley - (Ellenville) 34 (1981); Jerry Nasi (O'Neill) - 31 (2012); Keith Heinemann (Highland) - 29 (1996); Dan Scalo (Monroe-Woodbury) - 29 (2007); Nick Finger (Millbrook) - 29 (2008). ... State Record: 67.

TOUCHDOWNS SCORED (GAME) - Nick Finger (Millbrook) - 8 (2008); Saxon Smith (Chester) - 7 (2011); Joe Rosiecki (Valley Central) - 7; Chris Rogers (Red Hook) - 6 (twice in 1999); John "Josh" Fedorka (Port Jervis) - 6 (1935); Rudell Parker (Warwick) - 6 (1978); Barry Surrett (Newburgh) - 6 (2009); Mike Forte (Highland) - 6 (2010); Ryan Spelman (Monroe-Woodbury) - 6 (2011); Saxon Smith (Chester) - 6 (2011) ... State Record: 9.

SUCCESSFUL PAT KICKS (CAREER) - Jamie Boyle (Monroe-Woodbury 2006-8) - 151; Adolfo Rivera (Wallkill 2002-4) - 106; Ken Kirshner (Cornwall) - 102 (2007-9); John Kelly (Port Jervis 1979-81) - 74. ... State Record: 177.

SUCCESSFUL PAT KICKS (SEASON) - Jamie Boyle (Monroe-Woodbury) - 64 (2007); Patrick Laird (Monroe-Woodbury) - 64 (2009); Adolfo Rivera (Wallkill) - 59 (2004);  Matt Valentini (Monroe-Woodbury) - 57 (2010); Jamie Boyle (Monroe-Woodbury) - 48 (2006); Gerald Jones (Monroe-Woodbury) - 46 (2004); Kenny Kirshner (Cornwall) - 44 (2008); Jamie Boyle (Monroe-Woodbury) - 39 (2008); Ken Kirshner (Cornwall - 39 (2009); Rob Kirshner (Cornwall) - 38 (2003); Adolfo Rivera (Wallkill) - 36 (2003). ... State Record: 75.

MOST CONSECUTIVE SUCCESSFUL PAT KICKS - Jamie Boyle (Monroe-Woodbury) - 83** (2007-8); Adolfo Rivera (Wallkill) - 62 (2003-4); Patrick Laird (Monroe-Woodbury) - 47 (2009).  ... State Record: 83 !!

MOST FIELD GOALS (CAREER) - John Kelly (Port Jervis 1979-81) - 20; Jamie Boyle (Monroe-Woodbury 2006-8) - 15; Dan Orner (Warwick 1996-8) - 12; Adolfo Rivera (Wallkill 2002-4) - 12; Adam Laubach (Marlboro 2012) - 12... State Record: 23.

MOST FIELD GOALS (SEASON) - Jamie Boyle (Monroe-Woodbury) - 13 (2008); Adam Laubach (Marlboro) - 12 (2012); Carl Franke (Minisink Valley) - 9 (1993); Kyle Cazzetta (Minisink Valley) - 9 (2010); Scott Taylor (Port Jervis) - 8 (1975); Dan Orner (Warwick) - 8 (1998). ... State Record: 14.

MOST FIELD GOALS (GAME) - Blake Fisher (Port Jervis) - 4 (1978). ... State Record: 7.

LONGEST FIELD GOALS - Kyle Cazzetta (Minisink Valley) - 51 yards (2010); Rick Wright (Middletown) - 50 (1991); Adam Laubach (Marlboro) - 50 (2012); Dan Orner (Warwick) - 49 (1997); Korey Jubie (Kingston) - 49 (2011); Mark Adamczyk (O'Neill) - 48 (2001); Kyle Cazzetta (Minisink Valley) - 48 (2010); Matt Folina (Minisink Valley) - 47 (1981); Carl Franke (Minisink Valley) - 47 (1993); Matt Defrancisco (Warwick) - 47 (1999); Joe Sollacito - (Valley Central) - 47 (2003); Marc Corrado - (Newburgh)47 (2007); Pat Toole (Wallkill) - 47 (2010); Adam Laubach (Marlboro) - 47 (2012)  ... State Record: 62 yards.

MOST KICKING POINTS (CAREER) - Jamie Boyle (Monroe-Woodbury 2006-8) - 196; Adolfo Rivera (Wallkill 2002-4) - 142; John Kelly (Port Jervis 1979-81) - 134. ... State Record: 203.

LONGEST TEAM UNBEATEN STREAKS IN SNF - Saugerties 32-0-1 (ended in 1964); Notes: North Rockland 27-0 (ended in 1973) as a member of Section Nine.  Kingston was 24-0-1 (ended in 1959) as a member of Section One. ... State Record: Massena - 55-0 (ended in 1957).

LONGEST RIVALRY/MOST GAMES PLAYED - Port Jervis v. Middletown (134 games played from 1897-2012 ... In 1970 there was no game) ... State Record ... The Erie Bell game began in 1953 ...  Note: Middies lead series: 70-57-7.