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Nyack Falls to Top Seeded Pearl River
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The Top Spot:
The top seeded Pirates beat 16th seeded Nyack for the third time this year on Friday night as Pearl River Won 60-36.
The intangible leadership of Christa Scognamiglio led the Pirates over Nyack as Scognamiglio led all scorers with 19 points. Allison Cook scored 14 and Kerry Sullivan had nine points and seven steals in the win. Lindsey Sundvick was the only Indian to reach double figures as she picked up 12 in the loss.
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Pearl River will host the ninth seeded John Jay (CR) at 5 p.m. on Wednesday night for the right to go to the county center.
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Yesterday’s Results:
Sport: Ice Hockey
Game: (12) Nyack/Tappan Zee vs. (5) Mahopac
Score: Mahopac Won 8-3
Highlights: Mahopac’s John Hangach and Mike DiPasquale each scored twice and Matt Derosa, Ryan Harker, Tyler Paustian and Joe Kirby all scored once as the team skated to an easy victory. Anthony Barletta had 17 saves in the win. Mike McGivney scored twice and had an assist in the loss.
Sport: Ice Hockey
Game: (10) Mount Pleasant vs. (7) Clarkstown
Score: Clarkstown Won 3-0
Highlights: Mike Taussi, Adam Meyers, and Mike Gillespie each scored as Mike Levy pitched a shut out and Clarkstown advanced to the next round.
Sport: Boys Basketball (Friday)
Game: (16) Clarkstown North @ (1) Mount Vernon
Score: Mount Vernon Won 108-53
Highlights: In one of the few one sided affairs of the weekend top seeded Mount Vernon overpowered Clarkstown North. Qwadere Lovell led the way with 17 points as Jerrel Marshall and Isaiah Cousins each had 16. Vinny Lleshaj was the only Ram in double figures with 14.
Sport: Boys Basketball (Friday)
Game: (13)John Jay (EF) @ Clarkstown South
Score: Clarkstown South Won 75-53
Sport: Girls Basketball (Friday)
Game: (10) Carmel @ (7) Clarkstown South
Score: Carmel Won 65-55
Highlights: Carmel scored a minor upset thanks to Sabrina Diaz’s 22 and Alyssa D’Apice’s 14. Allison Haugh had 19 points in the loss and Madeline Downes added 14 for the Vikings.
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College Sports Notebook:
Lady Chargers upended
The Dominican College women’s basketball team finishes the regular season at home Tuesday evening when Felician (NJ) College visits the Hennessy Center in Orangeburg for a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference contest. The Lady Chargers (12-13 overall, 11-7 CACC) are coming of a 77-62 loss at home to Holy Family University, which improved to 20-7 and 16-2 in the conference.
KC Jentzen of Pearl River came off the bench for Dominican, scoring 10 points and pulling down seven rebounds, while Bianca Harris of Teaneck, NJ, had 11 points and Lindsey Lopez of Elmwood Park, NJ, a team-high six assists.
Tuesday night’s game on Coach Baxter Court is set for 6 p.m. against the 17-8 Golden Falcons.
Meanwhile, the men’s team also closes out the regular season on Tuesday night, hosting Felician College at 8 p.m., following the women’s game.
The Chargers of veteran coach Joe Clinton of Pearl River rallied from a 20-7 first-half deficit to beat Holy Family University, 72-61, elevating their overall mark to 17-8 and 10-7 in the CACC.
Guard Leon Porter of Laurel, MD, led all scorers with 21 points and a game-leading seven assists, while Cory Quimby of Otisville had the game’s only double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds.
Sophomore Khaleev Ginyard of Brentwood added 12 points in the win.
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Weekly Sports Poll:
Jeremy Lin has completely taken the world by storm and flipped the NBA upside down. He has inspired music videos and a countless number of “Linisms” and the thought of him moving to White Plains has everyone in Westchester calling him their neighbor. This Friday the league will honor their very best in Orlando as the league takes a break from competition and has some fun with the annual All-Star weekend.
“If basketball careers lasted two weeks then Jeremy Lin is a first ballot hall of famer,” said Wipeout co-host and life long Knick fan John Henson last week on Mike and Mike in the Morning.
Earlier last week NBA Commissioner David Stern refused to add Lin to the All Star Game roster or allow him to play in the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge, but did say he could be included in one of the All-Star Saturday night competitions such as the Haier Shooting Stars, Taco Bell Skills Challenge, Foot Locker Three Point Contest or Sprite Slam Dunk.
Needless to say after the outcry from the public and the media Stern and the NBA made the smart move to include Linsanity to the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge, he will also be competing for New York in the Haier Shooting Stars and he will assist teammate Iman Shumpert in the Sprite Slam Dunk. Not only was Lin included in this year’s Rising Stars game but in the new format General Manager Shaquille O’Neal made him the third overall pick of the contest behind Blake Griffin and Kyrie Irving.
Now, as a graduate of one of the top business schools in the country, I fully understand the marketability of Lincluding the Linsteria to the weekend, but as a life long basketball fan I have to ask the question: should someone who has only played in 17 of his teams 31 games really be honored at All Star Weekend?
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