Live semifinal/final updates
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- June
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8:20 – Section 1 completes the hat trick. Keio wins 6-3. Kenta Miyoshi threw a five-hitter with 10 strikeouts.
8:05 – Keio still leads 6-3. It’s now thru 6.
7:40 – Keio leads 6-3 thru 5.
7:26 – it is over in Class B, as Kennedy has won the first state title in program history as well 5-3. Nick Modico, on just two days rest, pitched a complete game. Mike Mercurio hit a two run triple in the fifth that scored the winning run.
7:05- Mamaroneck is now three outs away from the first state title in program history.
6:51 – Could it be three state champs for Section 1? Sure looks that way. Here is why:
Mamaroneck still up 6-0. Benkwitt is cruising in the sixth.
Kennedy just scored five in the bottom of the fifth, with the big hit being Mike Mercurios triple.
And over in the C final, June Takeuvhi hit a three run double to highlight a five run third for Keio, which leads 5-0.
6:33 – Drizzle is beginning to fall and the lights are on here at Union-Endicott, but none of that has slowed Mamurderneck. The Tigers scored five in the fourth and now lead 6-0. Sam Gruppo had the big hit, a two run double that was nearly a grand slam. Gabe Klein and Christian Glaser each had RBI single. Klein later scored on a wild pitch.
Kennedy now trails 3-0 in the bottom of the fifth. Two errors led to Chathams last two runs.
6:10 – Keio tied 0-0 after one inning in the C final.
Kennedy was still down 1-0 last I heard in the third.
Mamaroneck struck for a run in the third. Sam Grippo reached on an error then scored when Gabe Klein sliced a double just past the reach of the left fielder. Taylor Mondshein followed with a hard single to CF. Mike Chiapparelli held Klein at third with the red hot Matt McGovern up, but McGovern grounded into (for him) an almost unheard of double play. He just happened to hit it right at the second base bag.
Benkwitt pitched a perfect fourth and now has allowed two singles and no walks thru four innings of work.
5:55 – OK, all three games are under way and here is what we have so far:
Mamaroneck is tied 0-0 in the top of the third. Each team has one hit. Andrew Benkwitt looks sharp so far. He stranded a runner at third in the first. Sean Hagan, who had four RBI in the semis, hit a double in the second.
Kennedy currently trails Chatham 1-0 after two innings. Nick Modico started on two days rest.
Keio and Thomas A. Edison just got under way.
Here’s the state finals lineup. The rain has stopped and there are some peaks of sun.
Class AA
Mamaroneck vs. Massapequa (Section 8), 5:15 p.m.
Class B
Kennedy vs. Chatham (Section 2), 5:15 p.m.
Class C
Keio vs. Thomas Edison (Section 4), 5:45 p.m.
4:15 – Sean Hagan is clearly tiring. He has allowed three hits, hit a batter and issued a walk. But he just induced a force out to end the game 7-5. Mamaroneck will now meet Massapequa in the state final very shortly. Very close call at the end. There were runners at first and third and the tying run came to bat.
4:05 – Mamaroneck scored two in the seventh and heads to the bottom of the inning up 7-2. Hagan is still in.
3:50 – Mamaroneck went quietly in the sixth, but Hagan held LaSalle scoreless in the bottom half of the inning. He struck out the leadoff batter with runners at first and second to retire the side.
3:25 – Mamurderneck is back. The Tigers touched LaSslle for three runs in the fifth. Taylor Mondshein and Mike Rosenfeld each had RBI singles as part of three straight hits. Hagan added a sac fly to give Mamaroneck a 5-2 lead.
Hagan then pitched around a double to finish off a scoreless fifth. It is now the top of the sixth. They are six outs from a state final against Massapequa.
3:11 – 1-2-3 inning for Hagan. Mamaroneck has 9-1-2 this inning.
3:03 – Sean Hagan has slumped at the plate lately, but he just delivered the biggest hit of the year, a two run double to left that tied the score 2-2. That’s where the score remains in the middle of the fourth.
2:53 – Mamaroneck stranded Luke Glaser at third when LaSalle pitcher nabbed a hard smash up the middle by Taylor Mondshein.
Hagan then stranded two runners in the bottom of the inning.
It is still 2-0 LaSalle.
2:42 – after a 1:02 delay, the game is back on.
1:52 – Mamaroneck still trails 2-0 in the top of the third. Luke Glaser led off with a deep, ground rule double to LCF. The game was then immediately delayed due to rain. We see lightning and hear thunder, so this could take a while.
Hagan settled down in the second and didn’t allow a hit.
We will see how long this takes. Could be all day, but at least Union-Endicott has lights.
1:27 – La Salle scored two in the bottom of the first to take a 2-0 lead against Mamaroneck. Sean Hagan have of a bouncing ball and a bloop to put runners at first and second. An infield single with one loaded the bases, and La Salle scored on a sac fly and an RBI single.
11:50 – Kennedy won 5-1 behind a complete game three hitter by Ryan Tatnell. What a turnaround by Tatnell, who had his worst outing of the season against Marlboro on Wednesday but rebounded to win the Gaels biggest game of the year to date. The run Tatnell allowed was unearned. He was in control the whole way.
Kennedy will face the winner of Chatham and CBA-Syracuse at 4 p.m. For the final.
11:45 – Keio won 9-1 behind a five-hitter by Toriyama. He had 10 Ks. Keio will play the winner of the other semi at 4 PM.
11:35 – Keio took a 6-0 lead thru five innings. All six runs are unearned. Ryan Tatnell allowed a run in the fifth, but Kennedy still leads 5-1. Tatnell has a four hitter going.
11:10 – Keio leads 5-0 thru five and Yuki Toriyama is cruising. He had allowed just one walk and struck out eight thru four innings of work. Don’t be surprised if Rocky Pasquale comes back with him in relief in game 2. Kennedy took a 5-0 lead on three runs in the in the bottom of the third. The Gaels hold that lead now thru four, with Ryan Tatnell tossing a two hitter.Gowanda has committed one error in each inning. Anthony Corona hit an RBI single to score the third run. Joe Santanagelo had a two run triple to score the last two runs.
10:50 – I’m here at Broome Community College where Kennedy leads 2-0 in the middle of the third. Ryan Tatnell has pitched very well so far, allowing just two hits in three innings.
The Gaels scored in the first. Joe Rock had a leadoff walk and scored on a sac fly by Mike Mercurio. Later, Anthony Corona singled, moved to second on an error by the CF, and scored on an RBI single by Luis Gonzalez.Over at Conlon Field, Keio has taken a 4-0 lead over Hoeyone on the strength of four unearned runs.
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Josh Thomson has done some of everything since joining The Journal News in
March 2003. He began working for the Gannett weeklies during the winter of
2002 as a freelance writer. He joined the daily staff soon after and has
since covered various high school and pro sports. Away from sportswriting,
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fiancee, Sarah, or expertly managing his various championship-winning
fantasy sports teams. He's visited 21 major-league baseball stadiums and
insists that Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are the best by far. Josh
graduated from Carmel High School in 1998, then went to Boston University,
where, in 2002, he received a degree in communications with a minor in
history. 
Jake 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.
is this game being broadcast anywhere
Pasquale left Keio to go to Rye, things did not work out at Rye as the parents ran him out of the job. He came back to Keio. Funny how things work out for the better, Keio looking good to be in the championship game for the state. Congrats. Getting canned from Rye was a blessing as Rocky can coach the way he deems fit at Keio, and win a state championship. Rye for most, is a miserable place to teach and coach. I feel bad for the next football coach when Dino Garr retires… He will get nothing but grief unless the go to the state championship.
It is easy to win when you can pick your players from a whole country instead of a small area by zip codes.
i could coach a japanese all star team and win!
No big feat when the rules are not applied for you.
He would win at Rye too if he could add anybody he wanted from all over NY liek he can from all over japan.
Easy Street. If you think that Rocky is going all over Japan looking for players to recruit then you're an idiot. He's not even recruiting the japanese kids in Westchester. Japanese parents send their kids to Keio and then he works with the hand that he's dealt, just like any other school in Westchester. It's not like Stepinac or Mt St Michael that can go out and recruit. How come Keio never won anything before Rocky got there if it's a case where you can pull from anywhere in the world? Let's think about what we're writing, along with time, logistics, and money factors, before you write something like that.
Easy Street,
You sound like one of the kids, all I hear is sour grapes. Give the kids credit, not excuses for doing something special.
I guess in your mind, Kennedy and Keio recruit all the best players in the country, funny how once a private school wins something all the idiots come out of the closet to complain.
Go Kennedy and Keio
Is anyone reporting on the La Salle/Mamaroneck game?
Anyone have a score? Thanks.
just wondering Josh if you have your computer problems fixed, or if we should keep reading here for the updates….........Go Mamaroneck
So if Mamk can not play this game today, they start a whole new game tomorrow right? Wow, wreaking havoc on the pitching. How will all these teams, players, and parents and friends find hotels so they can see the games tomorrow if that is what happens? Just crazy. Down 2-0 maybe this is a blessing, and Mamk starts with a clean slate tomorrow.
To "HEY RYE"
Rocky won't have any parental interference at Keio! LOL
What a dream job!
Listen, the Keio situation is way different than the catholic schools. Obviously people from Japan don't send their kids all the way to Keio for baseball, so Rocky has a mixed hand every year, and what a nice situation he has.
The Japanese kids on a whole, are much easier to coach (barring the language problem) than American kids. It is much easier to sell sportsmanship, hard work and team play and the value of being a backup to kids who come from a culture where these things are essential and looked upon with great favor. Rocky does not have to deal with whiney parents. No parents running to the a.d. or superintendent because little johnny is not starting as a senior… boo hoo boo hoo.
Maybe if parents just sat back and enjoyed their kids playing, and or athletic directors told these parents that they are out of line, high schools would be able to keep their good coaches who leave because of the headache. Many excellent coaches do not want to deal with these mental case parents.
Easy street:
You are delusional if you really believe that Rocky went to Japan and hand picked this team. They would be in the majors!
Keio doesn't recruit baseball players. They are normal-high school students who go out for a team like every other school in this country!
You are talking about kids far away from home visiting home maybe twice a year. A situation that forces them to be closer to each other than other teams. Perhaps that's their secret. Whatever the case, how easy could it be to coach a team that speaks very little english?
Having coached against and with Rocky, I can tell you that he is a great coach. At Rye he was not given a chance to be successful by the parents and the administration. Keio was always a doormat for baseball until Rocky built up the program to its current status as a top Class C baseball team in New York state. Give Rocky the credit he deserves. It is Keio's gain and Rye's loss!!!
IS Lasalle the home team?
Bravo 3XCOY!
here is the website for streaming broadcast of your championship games today
http://nysibn.ezstream.com/index.cfm?Org=NYSIBN
Enjoy!
Port Jeff Bubba
Josh,
What is the weather like at this point?
Will they get the final game in?
One to go for the Tigers.
Josh – - thanks for these updates. Way to go TIGERS!!
Curious about the end of the game – - you say runners at first and third and the tying run at the plate. Did you mean winning run, since it was 7 to 5?
Well, LaSalle certainly was better than their dreadful performance earlier my have indicated. But nobody touches Mamaroneck.
MURDA!!!!!!!!!!
hey does anyone have a site where i can listen to the mamaroneck vs. massepequa state championship game?
forget about Keio and Mamoroneck. Kennedy has done it with a core group of guys.
no no your right mo, mamaronecks wack, they only have over 25 wins
so whats the score 1-0?
LAST tine i heard tigers were winning 6-0
Don't compare Kennedy to Mamaroneck please. Mamaroneck is probably the premier Baseball team in NYS this year. Although I like Kennedy, they have done some nice things since they got rid of that Shrub Oak Storm wanna be and the coach who got in trouble. Those guys were awful…just dad's thinking they knew it all. If Kennedy played even an "A" schedule they wouldn't have had the success they had in B.
no need to bash kennedy, we beat every team thrown at us apart from a few off days and a bad call at mahopac, we beat somers and iona prep among others and are on the verge of winning all we could. CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LETS GO TIGERS!!!!! YOU CAN DO IT CHAPPY!!!!!!
Say it's so, Josh. Say it's so.
Congratulations Mamaroneck!!!
Congrats to the Assistant Coach Glaser, he has been running summer baseball teams with this group for the last 10 years. All these years of playing and hard work = State Champions!!!!
Coach Glaser for MVP!!!!! Congrats to Luke, Christian, Hagan, and Seid. 2 Section Champs in 1 Year!!!!
Congrats Mamaroneck and Kennedy way to go
Sorry, I think it came out wrong, it was not meant to bash Kennedy…I was just simply trying to difuse the one persons comment that they were better than Mamaroneck.
Is the Mamaroneck game over? Last update was at 7:05.
Unless the unthinkable happened, CONGRATS CHAPPY, and congrats to the guys on the team!!!!!!
Congrats MMK! 6-3. State Champs. I'm proud.
Congrats to these kids from Mamaroneck they deserve it. This junior class is phenomenally athletic (not just in baseball) and guys like Hagan, McGovern and the Glasers are true winners. Even bigger and better things yet to come from these guys.
Major Kudos to the Tigers for bringing it on home!! A few items of note:
1. These kids (as coached by Coach Glaser as someone noted above) have been performing at a phenomenal level ever since tee ball.
2. This is the team that probably would have made it to Williamsport in the Little League world series were it not for the obnoxious folks from the South Shore Little League of Staten Island, who caught LMLL in a "foot fault" in that they played in the Westchester-Putnam League (which led to an injunction granted by the NY State Supreme Court to let them play in Staten Island), but the dorks from Williamsport made sure that Larchmont-Mamaroneck lost the game.
3. Hats off to the two seniors on the team – - Chris Dearwester and Matt Seid; can you say "Mamaroneck HS – State Champs in 2008 and 2009"?
GO TIGERS!!!!!!
It's nice to see Section 1 dominate in the state tournament. It shows that the schools in this area truly play against the highest level of competition. Congrats on an amazing season to all three schools who won today!!!
Wow, how does a Mamaroneck team who started only 1 senior in the playoffs top this next year? Almost impossible. After everything broke wrong for them last year in the opening round loss to Carmel, Mamaroneck turned the tide.
I do think people don't give the defense enough credit. I saw some phenomenal plays this year on D, the pitching was excellent, but without the stellar D, the championship does not happen.
Hmmm, I guess Mamaroneck is the team to beat next year huh?
How about congrats to Section 1!!! The Baseball Capital of New York!!!
Congratulations to the Tigers!!!!—- from the north side of Mamaroneck Ave!
CHRISSY D….we're so proud of you!!!
Where is the idiot saying the kid cant hit in the clutch??? Great job MM and great job JFK. Congrats to Mamaroneck also.
Congrats to all three schools.
Way to go Taylor Mondshein, Chappy, and the rest of the Tigers!! Taylor, you had a terrific playoffs. Celebrate and then start training so you can do it all over again next year.
Great job Massapequa and LaSalle! They really played their hearts out today and were rewarded beyond their wildest dreams. It ought to be a disney movie:
A gritty, underdog team, which has a dream… a dream that they can come within a couple runs of the most dominant team in New York State. Truly inspiring.
fan mail-section 1 does seem to be the powerhouse section in New York State in many sports-football,basketball,hockey and of course Americas sport BASEBALL.Does josh or anyone else know what players made All-Section?I am curious to know who these fine representatives are.congrats to our 3 champs and all involved and the all-section players and their teammates who give us exciting sporting events to attend.
CONGRATS to all 3teams. Special day for section 1.
just a few facts about keio, they're just ordinary high school students who most happens to be Japanese(there are some americans too). Keio Univ. happens to be one of the most pretigious univ. in Japan (compares to Ivey leagues here) and going to high school here gets them a recommendation to the univ. They practice hard but they work just as hard in the classrooms as they do on the field.
I can understand some people get misperceptions from their unique background, but please dont degrade their victory. They deserve this special moment as much as the mamk and kennedy teams. As we all know as former athletes, winning never comes easy. takes huge time and devotion. Great work to all!
Congratulations to all three of our Section 1 teams. What a great day in Binghamton !!!!!!
The kennedy boys were great and the 5 who came to the school because of Coach Mike all reached out. Coach Fletcher did a nice job managing a solid group of players who hope to give it another run next year. What a great send off to the Seniors, Tatnell, Will Smith and Jon Humphrey. Memories that will last a life time and quiet all the negative folks who just can't stand seeing some kids do well.
This is no time to compare teams, stats or anything else. Just say congratulations and can I see your ring when you get it.
Again, CONGRATULATIONS to Mamaroneck, Kennedy and Keio. I'll shake your hands.
IS it true that the fine people from the Catholic High School at LaSalle were screaming and yelling at Hagan that he was going to choke? Nice, I always find it funny that the teams with the least amount of class are the hoity toity uppercrust snobs from private schools.
La Salle was classless. I hope they read this blog to see the comments. But more importantly, I hope they enjoyed the long ride home. That was a very sweet win. Way to go boys.