2009 Banquet to be held at the Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG), March 21, 2009 Welcome The Corning-Painted Post Sports Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit service organization dedicated to the promotion of sports in the Corning-Painted Post area. As such, the purpose of the organization is to recognize outstanding sports accomplishments of individuals and/or groups of individuals by inducting them into the Corning-Painted Post sports Hall of Fame. The annual induction dinner for the Hall of Fame is always held during the month of March. It generally features a very prominent guest speaker, but the highlight of the evening is always the introduction of the new inductees. 2008 Awards Banquet The 34th Annual Corning-Painted Post Sports Hall of Fame Banquet was held at the Holiday Inn in Painted Post on March 15, 2008 with a capacity crowd of over 300 in attendance. Master of Ceremonies, Steve Mandell opened the evening's festivities, and following the Procession of the new inductees, Directors Joe Ruocco and Bob Thompson offered the Invocation and Memorial to Deceased Members, respectively. President Ostebo introduced several special guests and welcomed everyone. During the dinner Power Point presentations with pictures from past Banquets were shown on two screens. Assemblyman Jim Baccalles presented the George Bacalles Memorial Awards to 4 outstanding East/West senior athletes, and Sandy Ostebo recognized AJ Johnson and Kate Early for winning NY State Championship titles in Track & Field. Margaret Tremaine, former long time coach at West High School, who led the Lady Vikings to a NY State Class B Championship in basketball in 1995, was the guest speaker. Marge was inducted into the C-PP Sports Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2000. She is the current Program Coordinator for the Town of Big Flats. HOF Secretary, Larry French presided over the induction ceremony while all the guests sat back and enjoyed the often very humorous and emotional remarks by the inductees. The evening came to a close with Mallorie Mandell leading everyone in singing God Bless America. The 2009 Banquet will be on March 21, 2009 at CMOG (The Corning Museum of Glass) 2008 Inductees Special The 1948 Corning Little League Team Football John Wood & Luke Reilly Swimming Rob Gilchrist & Chris Mathey Bowling Larry Enderle & Deon Frost Golf Brad Tanneberger Baseball Ryan Bierwiler & Ryan Cavallaro Volleyball Kristen (Wheaton) Schoonover Lacrosse Greg Havalchak, Stephanie Walker, Kelsey French & Amy Plumley Track & Field Sister Mary Jackson Basketball Melissa Schoonover & John Abercrombie Contributor Patrick Barnes, Robert Crandall, Christopher Ruocco & Irene Furness Advertise If you wish to advertise in the Banquet program, please submit the advertising application (posted under Nominations and Advertising) to: Corning - Painted Post Sports Hall of Fame PO Box 881 Corning, NY 14830 Donate to the Hall of Fame Donations to the Hall of Fame are welcomed and should be sent to the C-PP Sports Hall of Fame, PO Box 881, Corning, NY 14830. Nominations The Corning-Painted Post Sports Hall of Fame normally holds its annual induction dinner the 3rd Saturday of March. Nominations for new inductees are to be submitted by November 20 of each year to PO Box 881, Corning, NY 14830 by November 19 or by email by clicking on "contact us" on the top of this page. Use the nomination form posted on this website and attach all supporting documentation.