Nyack Girls to Fight Pearl River

Mortarboard musings

• Dominican College volleyball standout Jordyn Fuller of Keller, TX, has been named to the ECAC all-star team at the libero position. Fuller, a two-time team captain, led the Lady Chargers in digs for the third time in her career. She ranked second in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) in digs, and digs per set.

• Former Pearl River standout Luke Houston is averaging 5.8 points per game as a freshman on the men’s basketball team at Southern Connecticut State University (6-6). Houston, a tough defender, is also averaging 2.3 rebounds per game, and has 20 assists and eight steals.

• The Domincan College women’s basketball team (4-6) is 4-1 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play. They take on Georgian Court University (2-10) 1 p.m. Saturday K.C. Jentzen of Pearl River, a sophomore forward, is averaging 10.2 points per game for Dominican, second only to junior guard Lindsay Lopez of Elmwood Park, N.J., who is averaging 10.9.

• Brandon Heembrock of Ottawa, a senior goalkeeper at Dominican College, will attend the sixth USL Pro Combine, scheduled Jan. 26-29 in Bradenton, FL. Heembrock, who helped Coach John Campbell’s Chargers post a 9-6-3 mark (7-2-2 in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference), was chosen from 300 applicants, of which only 102 spots were available. Since the combine began in 2006 more than 125 players have gone on to sign professional contracts with the USL, MLS and international squads.

• Brittany Griffin of Suffern scored 12 points and had nine rebounds for the College of Mount Saint Vincent women’s basketball team in a 72-70 loss to host St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn. Kayla Giordano of Mount Vernon collected 13 points for the Dolphins, who fell to 3-5 overall heading into a league contest against Farmingdale State on Jan. 7 at 1 p.m. in Riverdale. The Dolphins stay at home on Jan. 10, meeting the College of Old Westbury at 7 p.m.

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Yesterday’s Results:

Sport: Wrestling

Game: Nanuet vs. Clarkstown North

Score: Nanuet Won 39-36

Highlights: Nanuet beat North thanks in large part to four victories by forfeit late in the match. Nanuet started out very strong as Joe Dillon (99), Vincent Skokos (106), and Anthony Calvano (120) all beat their opponents convincingly. In the quickest match of the nigh North’s Wes Sippel pinned his opponent in 23 secounds at 285.   

Sport: Boys Swimming

Game: Clarkstown vs. Suffern

Score: Clarkstown Won 97-89

Highlights: Eric Farm led the way for Clarkstown as he scored victories for the team in the 100 and 200 Freestyle.

Sport: Wrestling

Game: Clarkstown South vs. Nyack

Score: Clarkstown South Won 59-24

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Today’s Schedule:

In Boys Basketball, Pearl River will head to Nyack at 7 p.m.

In Girls Basketball, Nyack heads to Pearl River at 4:15 p.m.

In Girls Gymnastics, Clarkstown and several other schools will head to Odyssey Gymnastics to take part in the Mahopac tournament at 5 p.m.

In Ice Hockey, Clarkstown will face off against Lakeland at the Palisades at 4:50 p.m.

In Boys Basketball, Suffern heads to Clarkstown South at 5:30 p.m.

In Girls Basketball, Clarkstown South heads to Suffern at 6 p.m.

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