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Tappan Zee Advances To First Ever Final Four

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Tappan Zee boys basketball beat Marlboro 53-34 this weekend, and the Dutchmen head to the school’s first ever Final Four. Tappan Zee won on the strength of a 20 point effort from Patrick Peterson and 15 points from Billy O’Shea.

The Dutchmen will play in the Class A State Semifinal at 10:45 a.m. this Saturday in Glens Falls New York.

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College Sports Notebook:

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Salandra, Milligan star in defeat

Don Bosco Prep alum Georgio Milligan of Spring Valley led all scorers with 23 points, and Hackley School grad Jon Salandra of Harrison had a game-high 11 rebounds, but Franklin & Marshall fell to No. 3 MIT, 69-54, in the NCAA Elite Eight in Lancaster, PA.

The Diplomats wrapped up its season with a 28-3 mark while MIT improved to 29-1 and advanced to their first Final Four. 

The Engineers ended the first half with a 6-0 run and went into the break with a 30-23 advantage. 

Milligan shot 6-of-6 from the line and 3-of-5 from behind the arc. The senior scored 20 or more points in three of the Diplomats’ four NCAA Tournament games, and led the team in scoring in his final season with an 18.9 norm.

Salandra, a sophomore, averaged 9.5 points and six rebounds per game this season.

 

Mortarboard musings

  • The Wentworth College men’s hockey team, including sophomore defenseman Andrew Moscardelli of Pearl River, was blanked by St. Norbert, 3-0, in the NCAA Division III quarterfinals at Kreitzberg Arena in Northfield, VT. Wentworth finishes its season at 21-7-1 while St. Norbert (18-5-5) will meet Norwich (24-2-2) in the semifinals at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid.
  • The St. Thomas Aquinas College baseball team won its fourth straight game and sixth in its last seven, downing Bloomfield College, 8-6, in Lake Worth, FL. The southern swing continues today against American International College and winds up on Wednesday against St. Michael’s, after which the team will return north to host Southern New Hampshire University in a pair of twin-bills at Provident Bank Park in Pomona on Saturday and Sunday. Both double-headers are scheduled to start at noon.

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Weekly Sports Poll:

In poll the New York Jets and General Manager Mike Tannenbaum decided not to listen to our results as the team made Mark Sanchez the seventh highest paid quarterback in the NFL and told Peyton Manning to look for work elsewhere.

Over 51 percent felt the Jets would be best served to spend the money and bring in Manning for a few years to mentor the Sanchize, but Tannenbaum and crew feel that the fourth year quarterback is both the present and future.

It’s March, so this week’s poll question deals with the topic that will be on everyone’s mind for the next month: The NCAA Tournament.

Kentucky and Syracuse come into the field of 68 as the top two seeds but as we all know, anything can happen in March.

Let us know what number one seed you think has the best chance to win it all this season in our .

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