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Boys lacrosse: Sectional finals predictions

Joe Lombardi
June
1

The finals in all three classes are on Thursday at John Jay.

Today, I sat down and gave my thoughts and analysis — and oh yeah, predictions, too.

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Baseball: Eastchester advances to second round of sectionals

Jake Thomases
May
31

Eastchester beat Pearl River 7-3 behind a relief appearance by Andrew Nickoletos.

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Baseball: Stepinac drops to losers bracket of CHSAA

Jake Thomases
May
28

St. Francis Prep scored seven in the first inning to beat Stepinac 8-4 in the first round of CHSAA intersectional playoffs.

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Boys lacrosse: Sectional semifinal preview

Joe Lombardi
May
28

The seeds have held up, but that doesn’t mean Friday’s sectional semifinals will necessarily be predictable — at least some of them.

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Boys lacrosse: Sectional preview

Joe Lombardi
May
21

With opening-round games set to start, I put together some thoughts:

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Boys lacrosse: Yorktown 13, John Jay 10

Joe Lombardi
May
17

Now that we’ve had a little more time to take in the significance of Yorktown’s 13-10 win last night over John Jay, I put together a few thoughts.

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Posted by Joe Lombardi on Saturday, May 17th, 2008 at 12:37 pm | Digg
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Baseball: Dobbs Ferry survives Bronxville rally

Jake Thomases
May
15

Dobbs beat Bronxville 5-4 at Gould Park.

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Baseball: A no-hitter and a near no-no in Rockland

Jake Thomases
May
12

I watched Robbie Aviles almost no-hit Clarkstown South, then found out Dan Diaz no-hit Hastings. Here’s my take on both.

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Boys lacrosse: Getting set for a busy week

Joe Lombardi
May
11

I put together some thoughts as we start the final full week of the regular season.

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Boys lacrosse: Briarcliff beats Bronxville

Jake Thomases
May
9

Briarcliff survived Bronxville 10-7 in a driving rain.

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Baseball: Tappan Zee wins its seventh in eight games

Jake Thomases
May
5

Bruce Jensen pitched red hot TZ over Nyack 8-1 yesterday. Here’s what happened:

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Boys lacrosse: Briarcliff defeats Nyack 9-6

Harold Gutmann
May
5

After Nyack scored three straight goals to start the fourth quarter, Briarcliff scored twice in 11 seconds to win 9-6. Here’s more:

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Boys lacrosse recap

Joe Lombardi
May
3

It was a wild and wacky day in boys lacrosse.

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Posted by Joe Lombardi on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 at 8:19 pm | Digg
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Boys lacrosse: A busy Saturday

Joe Lombardi
April
26

I talked about three games today: Brewster dealing North Rockland its first loss; Iona Prep beating another established and successful Section 1 program in Somers; and John Jay winning another big non-section test by beating 2007 Class C state finalist Corning East.

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Posted by Joe Lombardi on Saturday, April 26th, 2008 at 4:38 pm | Digg
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Baseball: North Rockland beats fellow champion Somers

Jake Thomases
April
26

North Rockland, the defending Class AA champion, beat Somers, the defending A champion, 11-5.

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Softball: Tappan Zee edges North Rockland

Debbie Schechter
April
25

Tappan Zee center fielder Brittni Alexander had a walkoff home run to left field to give the Dutchies a 2-1 win in eight innings over the North Rockland Red Raiders.

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Boys golf

Alex Myers
April
24

Dan Blumberg shot a 2-under-par 34 to lead Brewster to a 217-221 over Harrison at Westchester Country Club today. Here are my thoughts from the match:

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Girls lacrosse preview

Harold Gutmann
April
21

Nanuet-Rye and Suffern-Lakeland/Panas — rematches of last year’s sectional finals — are coming up in the next two days. Here’s a preview.

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Posted by Harold Gutmann on Monday, April 21st, 2008 at 7:26 pm | Digg
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Baseball: John Jay-East Fishkill downs Mahopac 1-0

Josh Thomson
April
21

Despite a three-hitter by Anthony Castellitto, Mahopac dropped its second straight to John Jay-East Fishkill today.

Here are my thoughts on the game…enjoy:

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Track: Ramapo impresses at Red Raider

Dan Marra
April
20

Check below to hear my thoughts on yesterday’s Red Raider meet.

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Boys lacrosse: Yorktown falls to unbeaten Ward Melville

Jeff Gold
April
19

It was a rough day for the ‘Huskers, who played the No. 16-ranked team in the nation and lost 9-1.

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Baseball: Stepinac beats Iona 2-1 in nine

Josh Thomson
April
18

Stepinac came from a run down to beat Iona Prep 2-1 in extra innings this afternoon. Here are my thoughts on what was a truly great game between rivals:

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Baseball: Mahopac’s pitching beat Mount Vernon’s hitting

Jake Thomases
April
18

Luke Giumarro completed an unbelievable turn of Mahopac’s rotation with a four-hitter in Mahopac’s 10-2 win over Mount Vernon, the highest-scoring team in the section.

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Boys lacrosse: Yorktown, John Jay get big wins

Joe Lombardi
April
15

Yorktown downed the No. 9-ranked team in the nation Chaminade 10-6 today and John Jay handled Somers 15-5 in a meeting of the teams that met last year in the Class B sectional final.

Here are some thoughts on those games and some other big ones played today.

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Posted by Joe Lombardi on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 at 8:14 pm | Digg
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Baseball: East Ramapo beats Scarsdale on Vasquez two-hitter

Jake Thomases
April
15

Luis Vasquez’s two-hitter trumped Josh Pollack’s 5.1 innings of no-hit ball as East Ramapo ended its slide.

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Boys lacrosse: Recapping a wild week

Joe Lombardi
April
13

There were plenty of surprising results in boys lacrosse this past week.

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Girls softball: Pearl River 12, Putnam Valley 2

Debbie Schechter
April
8

In a league III matchup, the Pirates put on an offensive clinic racking up 18 hits en route to a 12-2 win over the Tigers.

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Baseball: North Rockland beats Clarkstown South in extra innings

Jake Thomases
April
7

North Rockland, the reigning Class AA champs, played their first game today. Ryan Fasano pitched brilliantly in a 1-0, eight inning win over Clarkstown South.

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Baseball: Mamaroneck gets back on the field

Jake Thomases
April
5

Mamaroneck beat Clarkstown North today, 4-3. This was the Tigers’ first game since a shocking upset in the first round of sectionals.

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Rye beats Nyack in girls lacrosse

Harold Gutmann
April
5

The Garnets beat the Indians 17-11 to earn their first win of the season.
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Girls basketball: A celebration in Briarcliff

Alex Myers
April
5

Today I was at the parade in Briarcliff for the girls basketball team. The Bears won both the state and federation championships in Class B, becoming the first Westchester girls basketball team to win a federation title since Ursuline in 1994. Here are my thoughts from the festivities:

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Boys lacrosse: Somers wins opener, Yorktown falls to Maryland power

Joe Lombardi
April
5

Here are some thoughts on Somers’ 11-4 season-opening win at Putnam Valley and Yorktown’s 15-5 setback to national power McDonogh in Maryland.

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Baseball: Pelham beats Pearl River

Jake Thomases
April
3

Pelham scored four times in the seventh to beat Pearl River, 7-4. Here’s my take.Download: 

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Boys lacrosse: Iona Prep 8, Fordham Prep 7

Harold Gutmann
April
2

Iona Prep and Fordham Prep played a thrilling boys lacrosse game today. Here are the details.
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Boys lacrosse: Hen Hud vs. Putnam Valley

Jeff Gold
March
29

Here are some thoughts about today’s boys lacrosse game between Hen Hud and Putnam Valley. It’s very insightful.

Getcha popcorn ready.

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Hockey seniors game

Harold Gutmann
March
29

Here’s my report from the hockey Exceptional Seniors Game.
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Boys lacrosse: Yorktown rolls in oener

Joe Lombardi
March
29

Yorktown, which beat Shenendehowa by just three goals in last year’s season opener, easily handled the Plainsmen 16-3 today.

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Boys lacrosse season starts

Harold Gutmann
March
27

Brewster defeated Putnam Valley 18-5 to start the 2008 boys lacrosse season. Here are the details.
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State bowling: Goldberg is fourth

Matt Ng
March
2

Yonkers High School sophomore Keith Goldberg came in fourth place in the all-section competition at the state championship meet in White Plains.

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State gymnastics: Section 1 three-peat

Debbie Schechter
March
1

Section 1 defeated Section 3 186.175-182.675 to three-peat at the NYSPHSAA Gymnastics Championships. Kylie Shields won the vault, balance beam and floor exercise titles. Danielle Bonner won the uneven bars title. Shields also set a new record on the vault and the team set a new record on the beam.

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Section 1 hockey recap

Harold Gutmann
February
27

Here’s a recap of the Division I and Division II tournaments.

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Tuckahoe trumps Hamilton in boys sectional basketball

Tony Pinciaro
February
20

Tuckahoe eliminated defending Class C champion Hamilton, 67-42 in a Section 1 Class C first-round game.

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Girls basketball: Class C quarterfinals - Keio @ Tuckahoe

ctolfree
February
20

Hey, I was at one of tonight’s Class C quarterfinal games – No. 6 Keio vs. No. 3 Tuckahoe. It was a 50-23 Tigers victory.

The Tigers face defending Section 1 champions No. 2 Blind Brook next week at the County Center in the semifinals.

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Boys basketball: Pearl River edges Pelham

Alex Myers
February
20

No. 3 Pearl River held on at home to defeat No. 11 Pelham, 37-31 in a Class A quarterfinal. The Pirates will now move on to face No. 2 Port Chester at the County Center. Here are my thoughts from this game:
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Hockey: Somers/North Salem handles physical play

Dan Marra
February
19

Somers/North Salem beat Kennedy/Putnam Valley 4-2 in a very physical game.
Here are my thoughts on the game
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Boys hoops: Briarcliff 63, Lincoln Hall 49

Kevin Devaney Jr.
February
19

Joe Lombardi had 24 points, 14 rebounds, six assists and three blocks as Briarcliff beat Lincoln Hall in a Class B sectional quarterfinal.

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Girls basketball: Pearl River defeats Tappan Zee in Class A quarterfinals

Debbie Schechter
February
19

No. 6 Pearl River defeated No. 3 Tappan Zee 71-44 in the Class A quarterfinals at Tappan Zee High School. The Pirates will face Spring Valley next week at the County Center in the Class A semifinals

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