New City-Suffern-Congers Softball Team Opens States With Win

Backed by a combined no-hitter, the New City-Suffern-Congers 9-10 softball all-stars won their first game of the state tournament in Syracuse on Thursday.

With the win, NCSC remains undefeated after running through the district and section tournaments without a loss.

On Thursday, NCSC beat Hollow Hills 2-0 thanks to strong pitching from Kaitlyn Fudge and Samantha Kaner. Fudge battled a fever during the game, but pitched the first four no-hit innings of the win. Fudge has pitched in six games for NCSC in tournament play and has yet to give up a run. Before Thursday she had already pitched two no-hitters in tournament play, including one last week in the Section 4 championship game.

The no-hitter was completed by Samantha Kaner, who shut Hollow Hills down for the final two innings. Kaner helped herself out on the offensive end, as well, going 2-3 with a triple and an RBI. Kristen Tarantino also went 2-3 with an RBI for NCSC’s other run.

NCSC will be back in action Saturday at 11 a.m. against an opponent yet to be determined.

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West Nyack Improves To 3-0 In Memorial Tournament

The West Nyack  9-10 all-stars beat Pearl River 1-0 on Thursday in the Kayser-Brady Memorial Tournament. This pitchers duel saw West Nyack’s Sean Curran and Pearl River’s Nicholas Massaro and Brian Doherty trade scoreless innings until the fifth when West Nyack Michael Murray drove in Josh Kleinhandler for the game’s only run. Massaro pitched the first four for Pearl River and Doherty came in to start the fifth. The first batter reached on an error and Doherty followed that up by striking out the next two, but just couldn’t get out of the inning completely unscathed.

Pearl River tried to get a rally going in the bottom of the sixth, when Luke McGee led off with a single. The next, Brendan Flaherty, drove a hard hit liner toward second, where West Nyack’s Chris McCullagh caught it and threw to first in time for the double play.

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Boulders Holding Various Promotions This Summer

The Rockland Boulders, off to a strong start in the second half of the Can-Am League baseball season, will continue to host a fireworks show following home games on Thursdays and Saturdays at Provident Bank Park in Pomona. Every home Friday night is Boulder Bash $1 Beer Night, and on Sundays kids get to run the bases after the game, courtesy of Sports Authority. On Thursday, Aug. 5 when Rockland squares off with the New Jersey Jackals, the Boulders’ blue-feathered-friend will be immortalized – in bobble head form. The first 1,000 fans in attendance that night will receive a Boulder Bird Bobble head, courtesy of DEC Office Solutions. Group tickets are still available for youth outings, corporate outings or birthday parties. For tickets and information, call 845-364-0009, visit the box office, or visit www.rocklandboulders.com.

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Do You Know A Local Olympian?

With the 2012 Summer Olympics in London starting July 27, Patch is looking for any local athletes participating in or that qualified for the games. 

If you know of any, we’d love to speak with them and ask you to email us at:HVDailySportsDigest@gmail.com.

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Weekly Sports Poll

This week’s sports poll , who most people were expecting to return to the New York until over the weekend when the Knicks traded for Raymond Felton.

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