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Jake Thomases

Jake ThomasesJake Thomases has covered baseball, hockey, girls basketball, and girls soccer for the Journal News since arriving in 2003. He previously interned at The Poughkeepsie Journal while attending Vassar College. He is socking money away under his mattress to buy the Knicks, at which time he will trade Jerome James to Cleveland for a ham sandwich.

E-mail Jake Thomases at jtthomas@lohud.com

Entries written by Jake Thomases

Baseball: Eastchester advances to second round of sectionals

May
31

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

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Posted by Jake Thomases on May 31st, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Baseball: Stepinac drops to losers bracket of CHSAA

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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Posted by Jake Thomases on May 28th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Baseball: Dobbs Ferry survives Bronxville rally

May
15

Dobbs beat Bronxville 5-4 at Gould Park.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on May 15th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

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

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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Posted by Jake Thomases on May 12th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Boys lacrosse: Briarcliff beats Bronxville

May
9

Briarcliff survived Bronxville 10-7 in a driving rain.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on May 9th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Baseball: Tappan Zee wins its seventh in eight games

May
5

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

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Posted by Jake Thomases on May 5th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Baseball: North Rockland beats fellow champion Somers

April
26

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

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Posted by Jake Thomases on April 26th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

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

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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Posted by Jake Thomases on April 18th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Baseball: East Ramapo beats Scarsdale on Vasquez two-hitter

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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Posted by Jake Thomases on April 15th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Baseball: North Rockland beats Clarkstown South in extra innings

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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Posted by Jake Thomases on April 7th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Baseball: Mamaroneck gets back on the field

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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Posted by Jake Thomases on April 5th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Baseball: Pelham beats Pearl River

April
3

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

Posted by Jake Thomases on April 3rd, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Girls basketball: Irvington wins Class B quarterfinal

February
19

Riley Harrington’s layup lifted Irvington over Nanuet. Here are the details.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on February 19th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Girls basketball: North Rockland beats Pearl River

February
9

North Rockland stomped Pearl River in their season finale. Here’s how they did it.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on February 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

TZ free throw with no time left beats Clarkstown North

January
28

An exciting game ended with a Megan Curran free throw. Here’s the whole story.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on January 28th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Girls basketball: Albertus Magnus beats Nanuet

January
21

Albertus Magnus handled Nanuet easily in the championship of the Nanuet tournament. Here’s my take on how that happened, plus the implications of the victory.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on January 21st, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Girls basketball: Woodlands beats Pelham

January
2

Woodlands basically beat Pelham in three quarters. Here’s my take.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on January 2nd, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Girls soccer: Semifinal roundup

October
31

The championship games are set. Here’s what you need to know.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on October 31st, 2007 | Post a Comment »

Girls soccer: Quarterfinal roundup

October
29

Here’s my take on Byram Hills-Tappan Zee as well as Monday’s full slate of quarterfinals.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on October 29th, 2007 | Post a Comment »

Football: Rye defeats Pelham; Valhalla over Albertus Magnus

October
6

Rye beat Pelham 28-7 on Saturday in a rematch of the Class B championship. On Friday night Valhalla pulled out a late 18-12 win at Albertus.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on October 6th, 2007 | Post a Comment »

Girls soccer: North Rockland back to its old self against Suffern

October
2

North Rockland beat Suffern 5-1 yesterday. That’s nothing new. What was interesting was what North Rockland coach Steve Shepardson told me after the game.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on October 2nd, 2007 | Post a Comment »

Football: Byram Hills hands Westlake its first loss

September
29

Byram Hills rode an angry halftime locker room to a 35-14 win over Westlake.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on September 29th, 2007 | Post a Comment »

Girls soccer: Nyack-Albertus and Mahopac-Clarkstown North

September
27

I recap two games in this one. Nyack won a great rivalry game 2-1 and Mahopac woke up in time to beat North 3-0.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on September 27th, 2007 | Post a Comment »

Girls soccer: Mamaroneck shocks Greeley

September
20

Stephanie Velez scored three times in the final seven minutes, including the game-winner with two seconds left, to lift Mamaroneck to a 3-2 win. It was an incredible turn of events.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on September 20th, 2007 | Post a Comment »

Girls soccer: Yorktown over Nyack and other news

September
17

I just got back from Yorktown where I watched the Huskers beat Nyack 3-0. Here’s what I thought, as well as some other happenings today.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on September 17th, 2007 | Post a Comment »

Football: Dobbs Ferry defeats Croton-Harmon

September
15

Dobbs took down Croton in a rematch of last year’s Class C title game, 34-7. Here’s my take.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on September 15th, 2007 | Post a Comment »

Football: Nyack hangs on against Spring Valley

September
8

Hey folks, I’ve got a couple of football games to tell you about. The first is Harrison’s 41-19 win at Our Lady of Lourdes. The second was Nyack’s exciting (and unexpected) 23-20 home win over Spring Valley. This is my first attempt at an iMovie, so please be merciful.

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Posted by Jake Thomases on September 8th, 2007 | Post a Comment »

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