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Rolnick’s slam leads Scarsdale, and more…

April
30

I spent the afternoon at White Plains where Troy Rolnick was the hero. He blasted a grand slam in the top of the sixth to erase a 3-1 White Plains lead. Needless to say, it was quite the momentum-swinger for Scarsdale, which had been down in the dumps just a few days ago according to coach Doc Scholl. Sometimes a win like this is all it takes.

You can watch a replay of Scarsdale-White Plains here.

In other news, John Jay-EF and Arlington returned the favor to Mahopac and Carmel today and Brewster and Panas both won one-run games in the seventh, Panas on a two-out walkoff hit by Miguel Arroyo.

Here’s the rest of what we have so far:

Scarsdale 6, White Plains 3: At White Plains, Troy Rolnick hit a go-ahead grand slam in the top of the sixth inning. Colin Markel allowed four hits and two earned in the complete-game victory. Nick Cutsumpas had a double and scored two runs for White Plains. Starter Alex Calvert allowed three earned runs in five-plus innings and left with a 3-1 lead.

Pleasantville 10, Sleepy Hollow 2: At Pleasantville, Patrick Leyden had a double and a triple with two RBI for the Panthers. Teammate Mike Lanza went 2 for 3 with two RBI. Aydan Ellman and Daniel Kaplan each had a hit and an RBI for the Horsemen.

Blind Brook 16, Tuckahoe 3: At Tuckahoe, Nick Leiningen had a home run and a triple with two RBI for the Trojans. Teammate Kevin Goldberg had a double and a base hit with an RBI. Louis Bellatoni had a home run for the Tigers.

John Jay-East Fishkill 3, Mahopac 2: John Jay-East Fishkill, Nick Iuni had a hit and drove in two runs for the Indians.

Roosevelt 5, Lincoln 4: At Lincoln, Jose Fermin had a triple and two RBI for the Indians. Teammate Luis Bernal had a double and an RBI. Anthony Gonzalez had a double and a base hit with an RBI for the Lancers.

Saunders 13, Gorton 2: At Gorton, Edwin Garcia, Peter Gordon and John Hillsenroth each had two hits and three RBI for the Blue Devils. Devon Knuckles had a double and an RBI for Gorton.

Suffern 15, East Ramapo 2: At Suffern, Anthony Dimarsico went 2 for 3 with a double, two runs scored, and had three RBI. Vincent Crotty went 2 for 2 with a run scored, a triple, and had two RBI. Francisco Ramos had an RBI for the Titans.

Poughkeepsie 7, North Salem 5: At Poughkeepsie, Chris Langelotti hit a three-run home run in the first inning for North Salem.

Panas 5, Ossining 4: At Panas, Miguel Arroyo’s two-out single scored Vito Rullo with with the winning run in the seventh. Ian Cole added a triple and two RBI for the Panthers. Michael Belen had two RBI for Ossining.

Arlington 9, Carmel 8: At Carmel,  Jared Shoemaker went 2 for 3, including a double, with three RBI for the Rams.

Yorktown 8, Valhalla 7: At Yorktown, Joe Fredicks hit the winning two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning. Joe Portsmouth, Brandon Baker, and DeMilio each hit a home run for the Vikings.

Brewster 3, Our Lady of Lourdes 2: At Lourdes, Tyler Hanson tied the game in the top of the seventh with an RBI single and Vince Serrecchia drove in the winning run on a squeeze bunt. Winning pitcher Chris Byrnes allowed no earned runs.

Rye 13, Woodlands 3: At Rye, Russ Crawford had a three-run double. Paul Reisner went 2 for 3 including a home run and had two RBI. Trevon Spaulding had a two run double for the Falcons.

Albertus Magnus 13, Pearl River 9: At Pearl River, Mike Velasquez went 2 for 3, including a double, with three RBI. Teammate Corey Lopez had two hits and two RBI. Bobby Holmsen had a double and a base hit with three RBI for the Pirates.

Croton-Harmon 6, Edgemont 3: At Edgemont, Tyler Dorien had a three-run home run in the fifth inning for the Tigers. Teammate Grant Aarons also had a home run. Ross Weltzer had an RBI for the Panthers.

Solomon Schechter 18, Hamilton 0: At Solomon Schechter, Sophomore Jake Hirsch threw a seven strikeout no-hitter in his first varsity start. Ben Warhit homered.

Mamaroneck 9, New Rochelle 1: At New Rochelle, Sean Hagan went 4 for 4 with seven RBI, six of them on a pair of three-run doubles. He also allowed one run on four hits in five innings to earn the victory. Brian Martin had a double and an RBI for New Rochelle.

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Scarsdale-White Plains LIVE on Mogulus

April
30

If you want to watch the finish of what’s been a great game this afternoon at White Plains High School, log on to LoHud.com/VCsports1.

White Plains led the whole game until Troy Rolnick smacked a 2-0 pitch for a grand slam. The homer gave the Raiders a 5-3 lead going into the bottom of the sixth.

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New poll: Which team has the best chance to knock off Kennedy in Class B?

April
30

So unbeaten Kennedy is probably the champion with the best chance to match last year’s Section 1 title. I know many of you agree with that. But which team out there has the best shot at unseating the mighty Gaels?

Vote away and let us know what you think. I voted for Rye Neck because it has the type of pitcher it takes (Ryan Pennell) to control Kennedy’s lineup.

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Dan Diaz whiffs 14 in Nanuet win

April
30

I went to Nanuet today in hopes of seeing Dan Diaz regain his form from last year. Nanuet’s sterling two-way player has been good but not great this season. In a follow-up to an amazing 2008 in which he burst on the scene to become one of the top three players in Rockland (along with Suffern’s Robbie Aviles and Jimmy Brennan), I expected more than he’s shown in 2009. The hope was that a rivalry game against neighbor Pearl River would jumpstart him.

Sure enough, he posted one of the best pitching performances by anybody this season. In a 6-1 win he struck out 14 batters while giving up two hits and one walk. Only Rye Neck’s Ryan Pennell, Lakeland’s Jon Demarte, and Dobbs’s Zach Avalos have struck out more in a game. Yet it was not Diaz’s career high. He fanned a school-record 17 against Albertus last year.

Yesterday he displayed a devastating mix of power and control. His fastball is very fast and he has a sharp curve. You have to guess against him. If you’re wrong, you’re cooked. If you think curve and it’s a fastball, you won’t get lucky with him missing the zone. He hits his spots. Six Pirates got caught looking at strike three.

“If youre guessing curveball or guessing the wrong thing against him he’s going to make you pay,” Pirates coach Bruce Miller said. “It freezes you.”

In two other starts this season he’d struck out a ton of guys but given up runs as well. He had a blood blister his first start that was impeding his grip. It was nice to see the senior, who plays shortstop on off days, put it all together.

He had Pearl River (4-5) shut out until Mike Davis’s seventh-inning homer.

Nanuet (6-1) got a couple of doubles from leadoff man Neil Guerriero and a two-run single from Tom Hanney that broke the game open in the fifth. Hanney’s hit probably would have been an out if the infield had been playing at normal depth, but with shortstop Davis on the infield grass it shot just past his glove.

After the game I asked Diaz about his college plans. Coach Phil Carbone told me a few weeks ago that he hadn’t gotten DI offers because he’s only about 5-foot-8. Diaz said there’d been no progress. He’s still sorting through some DII and III offers but no one from DI has come calling.

Is it just me or is that hard to believe? What else could you want from him in terms of results? Last year he was 7-1 with 84 Ks in 47 innings and a 2.10 ERA. And he batted .446 with 15 extra-base hits. This year he’s got 40 Ks in 19.1 innings.

Yes, he’s small for a pitcher. Pitchers under six feet aren’t very projectable. I’m not saying he’s going to be a star. But he’s not worth a look as a reliever in college? Pedro Martinez, Roy Oswalt, and Tom Gordon are under six feet. They did OK for themselves.

I’m not a scout and I won’t tell them how to do their jobs. But I would like some perspective on this. If anybody reading this has scouting experience, tell me what your take on small pitchers is. Do they need to be untouchable in high school to be considered for the next level?

I found a six-part article in The Hardball Times that looks at how players of different sizes fare in the big leagues. You can view the part on pitching here and the page where David Gassko draws his conclusions here.

And can anybody think of other short pitchers that had good major league careers besides the three I mentioned?

Posted by Jake Thomases on Thursday, April 30th, 2009 at 1:31 am | del.icio.us Digg Google
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Aviles shuts down South again, and other Wednesday results

April
30

Player of the day: Robbie Aviles, Suffern. These are the stat lines for Aviles’s four starts this season.

vs Mamaroneck: 6 innings, 1 run, 1 hit, five walks, 10 strikeouts

at New Rochelle: 7 innings, 0 runs, 1 hit, 2 walks, 13 strikeouts

at Clarkstown South: 7 innings, 1 run, 3 hits, 2 walks, 11 strikeouts

vs Clarkstown South: 7 innings, 1 run, 2 hits, 2 walks, 11 strikeouts

Seems like you pretty much know what you’re going to get out of him every time out, huh? His total numbers, for those who don’t want to do the math, are 27 innings, 3 runs, 7 hits, 11 walks, 45 strikeouts, 0.78 ERA. Oh, and he’s 4-0 despite getting run support of 3, 2, 2, and 6. Today’s 6-1 win over South was twice as much support as he’s gotten in any other game.

Score of the day: Bronxville 5, Rye Neck 1. Bronxville’s Thomas Dawson did what one other pitcher has done this year — hold Rye Neck under 5 runs. The lowest the Panthers (6-1-1) had scored previously was in a 3-3 tie with Valhalla. Bobby DeJoy had two hits and Chris Marasco had a hit and an RBI for the Broncos. Jeff Colangelo and Ryan Pennell each had a double for the Panthers.

Here are the other scores.

Tuckahoe 3, Solomon Schechter 0: At Solomon Schechter, Brian Melendez went 2 for 4 with a double and had two RBI for the Tigers. Aaron Prince had two hits for the Lions.

Saunders 22, Port Chester 2, 5: At Saunders, Edwin Garcia homered and drove in three runs. Vin Fiumara, Miguel Rios and Tom Sorbella each had a hit for the Rams.

Iona Prep 9, Cardinal Spellman 0: At Cardinal Spellman, Colin Moran went 3 for 3 and scored two runs for the Gaels. Beau Kilkis had two hits and three RBI.

Ardsley 8, Byram Hills 2: At Byram Hills, Jim MacDougall went 3 for 4, including a home run, with three RBI. Teammate Mike Swerdloff allowed four hits with eight strikeouts. Matt DeAngelis had a two-run home run in the fifth inning for the Bobcats.

Putnam Valley 6, Arlington B 3: At Putnam Valley, Matt Cordaro had two hits and scored two runs for the Tigers.

Pawling 4, North Salem 3: At North Salem, Luke Floer went 3 for 4 for the Tigers. Andrew Worth struck out seven in the complete-game loss.

Suffern 6, Clarkstown South 1: At Suffern, Robbie Aviles pitched a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts. Vincent Crotty had two hits and three RBI for the Mounties. Bryan Greig had an RBI for the Vikings.

Kennedy 19, Westlake 1: At Kennedy, Mike Mercurio went 2 for 3 with a grand slam and five RBI. Anthony Corona and Luis Gonzalez each had three hits. Eric McCaffery had two hits for the Wildcats.

Croton-Harmon 4, Briarcliff 3: At Croton-Harmon, Tyler Dorien had a two-run double in the fourth inning to give the Tigers the 4-3 lead. Jo Jo Pandolfo had two doubles and two RBI for the Bears.

Valhalla 17, Dover 2: At Dover, Mark DeMilio went 4 for 6, including a double, with five RBI. Teammate Dan Annuziata had three hits and three RBI.

Mount St. Michael 2, Fordham Prep 0: At Fordham Prep, Steven Rivera pitched a two-hitter. He and Mike Iglesias drove in the runs.

Pelham 4, Eastchester 1: At Eastchester, Mickey Gorman struck out nine in the complete-game win. Greg Bratone singled and doubled for the Pelicans.

Stepinac 7, Salesian 6: At Stepinac, Pete Tacinelli’s two-run double in the sixth brought home the winning runs. Teammate Anthony Muccio went 2 for 3 with a homer, double, and three RBI.

New Rochelle 12, Mount Vernon 7: At New Rochelle, Brian Martin had three RBI for the Huguenots. Teammate Andrew Nassayan threw five scoreless innings of one-hit ball for the win. Jonathan Miller and Kadeem Miller each had one RBI for the Knights.

Keio 1, Blind Brook 0: At Keio, Kenta Miyoshi pitched the shutout allowing only two hits with 11 strikeouts. Gota Kato had an RBI. Nick Leiningen and Rob Magliano each had a hit for the Trojans.

Carmel 6, John Jay-East Fishkill 4: At John Jay-East Fishkill, Mike Rooney went 2 for 4 with a stolen base, a run scored and had two RBI for the Rams. Zack Graczyk allowed four hits, six walks, and eight strikeouts.

John Jay 11, Fox Lane 7: At Fox Lane, Kyle Clemmenson homered and Ray Maggi went 2 for 3 with a double and two RBI for John Jay.  Steven Schneer went 3 for 4 for Fox Lane.

Hastings 11, Irvington 2: At Hastings, Ryan Blicker hit a home run and had two RBI for the Yellow Jackets.  Teammate Alex Walton had three RBI. Garrett Hoy hit a solo home run for the Bulldogs.

Brewster 6, Our Lady of Lourdes 3: At Brewster, Joe Piacquadio had a double and an RBI for the Bears. Winning pitcher Ryan Carter allowed one earned run in seven innings.

Hackley 15, Collegiate 1: At Hackley, Ace Pidoriano threw a mercy rule shortened five-inning no-hitter for the Hornets. Pidoriano also had two RBI.

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Putnam serves notice to Dutchess powers

April
29

For much of the month, our good readers from Dutchess have written in and criticized Mahopac and Carmel, or at the very least questioned the two Putnam schools’ chances in the League 1-C race. I thought the criticism was a tad too harsh — especially for April — but Ketcham, John Jay and Arlington fans have reason to puff their chests.

Facts are facts: Mahopac and Carmel have struggled mightily in recent years against their Dutchess counterparts. Let’s look at the last two years alone. Mahopac has a 32-18 record. Carmel is 27-27. Not bad, especially Mahopac. However, the Indians are just 8-11 vs. the three Dutchess schools and 24-7 against everyone else. Carmel has had even less success. The Rams are 5-14 vs. Dutchess and 22-13 against the rest of their opponents.

Carmel began its league slate ominously when it was no-hit by Eric Luksis in a 4-0 John Jay win. But yesterday the Rams topped red-hot Arlington 7-4 behind a strong start from Mike Volpe and another ho-hum day from Zack Graczyk, who went 4 for 4 with a homer and four RBI. For Volpe, the compete game win was a sign that his stamina is coming back.

Of course, no rest for Carmel, which will have a chance to prove itself even further against John Jay today.

Mahopac had an equally impressive win. It beat up John Jay 12-3 yesterday at home behind six strong innings of three-hit ball from Nick Iuni and four RBI from Alec Petrone, whose three-run triple keyed a five-run second inning that gave Iuni all the cushion he needed.

Still, Petrone had company. Pat Farina, for one, had a pair of extra-base hits and later came on to pitch a perfect seventh.

“We had 11 hits so I was very pleased with the effort,” new Mahopac coach Chris Miller told me via e-mail. “I can only hope it continues.”

I said this in yesterday’s top 10, but I’ll say it again: The Indians are really just a couple more clutch hits from a perfect start to the season. Don’t forget that. Yes, they have two losses, but both were by a run. Since they’ve added five straight wins over the likes of North Rockland, White Plains, Scarsdale and the two John Jays. All five are quality wins.

The Dutchess folks better be careful. This could be a different season.

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Watch Greg Pezzuto tonight on VC Live

April
29

UPDATE: Those of you who tuned in at 8 p.m. know that the video for VC Live was down for 20 minutes. The problem was corrected about halfway through Greg Pezzuto’s segment. However, we did get everything on tape and are now rerunning it. Click the link and you’ll get the full show. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions.

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for Varsity Central Live. As usual the show will air live tonight at 8. You can watch it here.

There are a couple of changes going on in tonight’s show. First off, host Kevin Devaney is out today so the host will be another reporter, Harold Gutmann. Some of you may know Harold from his popular hockey coverage this winter.

Second, we’re going to bring in our first baseball guest. The first two VC Lives had Josh and I answering questions but we decided it was time to switch things up. Hastings’s Greg Pezzuto will be on set to talk about anything related to his season, his team, or Class B in general. Hastings has looked great so far, but do they have a shot against Kennedy?

Here’s Greg’s player page for reference.

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The almost-upset

April
29

Marcel Galligani’s team went to bed last night believing it was one out from beating the defending Class AA champ on its own field 5-3. The players had been told last night was a suspended game that would be resumed at a later date with two outs in the bottom of the 10th and Taylor Mondshein of Mamaroneck on second base.

A phone call last night to Section 1 co-chairman Pat Amendola revealed the worst to Galligani — the suspended game rule only applies to postseason games. Therefore, last night’s game reverted to the end of the last completed inning, the ninth, and was ruled a 3-3 tie.

“Honestly, Josh, that’s the worst part,” Galligani told me over the phone late last night. “These kids are sleeping right now thinking that the next time we play all we need is one out and we get  the win.”

The disappointment didn’t lie in the outcome but in knowing that darkness in all likelihood cost White Plains a monumental upset over perhaps New York state’s best team. Here’s what happened:

— White Plains grabbed control with a 3-1 lead behind the pitching of Mike Quirindongo.

— Mamaroneck cut it to 3-2. In the bottom of the sixth, Christian Glaser stole home on a delayed steal to tie the score at 3-3. Matt McGovern had bunted for a hit to put runners at the corners. McGovern then stole second base with Glaser at third. White Plains threw to second, had the throw cut off and had Glaser dead at home but the throw sailed over the catcher’s head. Quirindongo then struck out both Mike Rosenfeld and Sean Hagan to end the inning.

— In the top of th 10th, as darkness really began to set in at Mamaroneck, Craig Bruno reaches on an error and later scores on a wild pitch. Nick Cutsumpas doubled off the fence. After the first out, the Tigers intentionally walk Quirindongo, and Ryan Flynn follows with a double to right center that scores Cutsumpas. A walk loads the bases but Mamaroneck and pitcher Eric Windsor escape the jam by forcing Mike Meccia to ground into a 4-6-3 double play.

— Someone (either the umpire or Mike Chiapparelli, although they both agree on it) put new baseballs into play. Galligani and Chiapparelli disagree on whether or not this is fair, but the umps allow it because it is very, very dark at time.

— Meccia, who threw the no-hitter for White Plains earlier this year, gets a fly out and a strikeout to start the inning, putting the Tigers one out away. The next batter, Mondshein, hits a fly ball to left field. Galligani termed the fly ball “routine,” and Chiapparelli said “I think he would’ve caught it,” but netiher description matters. White Plains left fielder Casey Oronzio never moves. He simply can’t see the ball, which drops in over his head for a double.

— The umps immediately call the game to protect the safety of the players. “It was definitely dark,” Galligani admitted.

As you can see, this was just a wild afternoon and evening at Mamaroneck. After learning about the rule, which was changed in recent years, Galligani felt a number of emotions, but what bothered him most was the lack of a resolution.

“It’s a baseball game we truly felt we played well enough to win,” he said. “We honestly felt we won the baseball game.”

“What are you going to do?” Chiapparelli said. “They played really well and if they got one more out they would’ve won, but it goes down as a 3-3 tie.”

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Lakeland off to another fast start

April
29


Any team with good pitching has a chance to succeed, and Lakeland began that season with enough pitching to believe it could have another winning season. But with just two senior starters and youth all over the diamond, could the Hornets possibly expect to match last year’s run to the top seed in the Class A tournament?

Apparently.

Lakeland moved to 9-0 by way of a 9-3 win over Yorktown last night under the lights on its home field. The winner was sophomore lefty Joe Arena (right), who continued his transition into the role of ace with 5.2 innings of work.

Arena improved to 5-0. He kind of epitomizes the Hornets: young and unafraid.

“They’re just not fazed,” coach Dennis Robinson (above) told me last night.

Arena and fellow sophomore Jon Demarte have been a formidible tandem atop the rotation. Now, with Lakeland having already played nine of its 20 games, the schedule is spread out nicely, allowing those two to pitch most of the Hornets’ remaining games.

Senior catcher Jon Cosenza is the club’s leader. His poise and baseball IQ gives him great command over his teammates, and it is clearly evident. Last night Cosenza would greet every player as they came off the field after an inning, even the last guy who wandered in from right. That kind of leadership has caused the Robinsons to entrust their young team to Cosenza in some way.

He told me last night that the team never once thought it couldn’t duplicate last year’s near-perfect regular season. “One thing about playing for this program and for these two coaches we have, you expect to win,” Cosenza said.

Yorktown, as always, can hit, and it has a knack for competing, which is a testament to coach Sean Kennedy. In the last five years, I’ve never covered one of the ‘Huskers’ games and seen them roll over. They always fight, and they did it again last night, putting 10 baserunners on against Arena. (Only 12 LOB kept Yorktown from scoring more than three runs.) Last year they won quite a bit, too, finishing at 19-7, including a sweep of the season-series against Lakeland.

Right now, at 5-4, Yorktown finds itself in the midst of a stretch of six games in seven days. Last night was its fourth in four days, leaving the pitching staff paper-thin. The staff was a question mark this season even before the brutal stretch because it lost the likes of Dan Mason, who’s now at Cortland, and Eric Murphy and Pete Racioppo, who combined to pitch all but 23.2 of Yorktown’s 175 innings last season.

The ‘Huskers may have to patch together their pitching but don’t count them out. Somehow they always have more wins than losses in the end.

It’ll be interesting to watch both these clubs grow.

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A busy, heart-wrenching (for White Plains) night

April
29

I posted tonight’s scores below. It was obviously incredibly busy.
I saw Lakeland beat Yorktown 9-3. I will have a few words on that in a bit.

The most interesting result of the evening was Mamaroneck’s 3-3 tie at home against White Plains. The Tigers actually led this one 5-3 with two outs in the bottom of the 10th when it was called due to darkness. (Wow. Poor White Plains.) I talked to both coaches and will have more on the game in the morning.

Anyway, here are tonight’s scores:

Pelham 17, Woodlands 0, 5 inn.: At Pelham, senior Andrew Camardella hit his first varsity grand slam in the bottom of the first inning. Mickey Gorman homered as well. Gentuar Nikqi singled for the Falcons.

Saunders 9, Gorton 2: At Saunders, Anthony Nunoz struck out nine in the win. Peter Gordon had two hits for the Saunders. Mose Smith had two hits for the Wolves.

Horace Greeley 15, Nyack 3: At Nyack, Andres Larramendi was 4 for 5 with a home run, double and six RBI. Steve Ippolito had two RBI for the Quakers. Nick Salerno had two RBI for the Indians.

Tuckahoe 12, Solomon Schechter 7: At Tuckahoe, Chris Belotti doubled and drove in two runs, and teammate Jeff Meyer had two hits and two RBI for the Tigers. Brian Melendez allowed four earned runs in six innings for the win. Jeff Becker had two hits and two RBI for the Lions.

Carmel 7, Arlington 4: At Arlington, Zack Graczyk was 4 for 4 with a home run and four RBI for the Rams. Mike Volpe had nine strikeouts and pitched a complete game for the Rams.

Pleasantville 9, Irvington 5: At Pleasantville, Will Andreycak allowed only one earned run on four hits with six strikeouts for the Panthers. Danny Dwyer was 3 for 3 with two RBI for the Panthers. Garrett Hoy had one RBI for the Bulldogs.

Blind Brook 10, Bronxville 5: On Monday at Bronxville, Nick Leiningen had three RBI for the Trojans. Teammate Spencer Bernstein was 3 for 3 with three runs scored. Jamie Mitchell had two RBI for the Broncos.

Mahopac 12, John Jay-East Fishkill 3: At Mahopac, Mark Rudovic went 2 for 3. Pat Farina doubled and tripled.

Fordham Prep 7, Cardinal Hayes 3: At Fordham, George Perrotta had one RBI for the Rams.

Somers 22, Yonkers 1: At Somers, Zack Bird hit a grand slam and Kevin Watson added a three-run homer. James O’Hare had three hits and three RBI, Dan Zlotnick, JT Credidio and Henry Ruhlandt all drove in two runs.

Stepinac 13, All Hallows 7: At All Hallows, Anthony Muccio went 2 for 2 and had a home run for the Crusaders. Rich Reilly went 5 for 5 had a double and three RBI. Steve Martinez went 3 for 4 with a double, a triple and two RBI.

Mount St. Michael 19, LaSalle 5: At LaSalle, Mike Iglesias was 4 for 4 with four RBI for the Mountaineers. Teammate Thomas Cardona had three RBI.

Suffern 18, East Ramapo 5: At East Ramapo, Tom Acocella hit a grand slam for the Mounties. Wade Poppe threw five scoreless innings with seven strikeouts for the Mounties.

Ossining 7, Panas 6: At Ossining, Zack Gabor drove in the winning run on a sacrifice fly. Rich Dubrisingh and Sam Nickleson each homered for the Panthers.

John Jay 6, Port Chester 1: At Port Chester, Alan Filauro drove in two runs and scored twice, and Dean Lambert went 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI for the Indians. Tom Sorbella and Ryan Roman had two hits for the Rams.

Edgemont 10, Blessed Sacrament 1: At Edgemont, Josh Miller and David Saltzman each homered for Edgemont.

Lakeland 9, Yorktown 3: At Lakeland, Justin McCarthy went 3 for 4 with two RBI for the Hornets. Teammate Joe Arena had two hits, a double, three RBI and pitched five strikeouts. Chris Rohle went 3 for 3 with an RBI for the Cornhuskers.

Sleepy Hollow 17, Peekskill 6: At Peekskill, Daniel Kaplan had three RBI for the Headless Horsemen.

Iona Prep 2, Regis 0: At Iona Prep, John Devaney went five scoreless innings for the win. Colin Moran entered with the bases loaded and nobody out in the sixth and escaped the jam.

Tappan Zee 5, Pearl River 4: At Tappan Zee, Ryan Kramer’s two-run double in the sixth inning provided the tying and winning runs. Tim Delaney had three hits for Pearl River.

Ardsley 10, Rye 3: At Ardsley, John Pilla hit a three-run homer and Dylan Marshall went 3 for 4 for the Panthers. Matt O’Neill had three hits for Rye.

Clarkstown South 7, North Rockland 6: At Clarkstown South, Alex Lorenc’s triple tied the score in the bottom of the seventh. he was then knocked in by Mike Castaldo for the win. John Veltri’s double in the top of the inning had given North Rockland a 6-5 lead.

Nyack 13, Yonkers 0: At Yonkers late Monday, Michael Blimm homered and drove in five.

R.C. Ketcham 13, Clarkstown North 1: At Clarkstown North, Michael LaBollita drove in the Ram run.

Fox Lane 13, Harrison 5: At Fox Lane, Jesse Hunt homered and drove in five runs for the Foxes. Teammate Robbie Scott tripled and drove in two, and Kyle Colesanti went 4 for 4 with two RBI and four runs scored. Rich Scappaticci doubled and drove in three runs for Harrison.

Scarsdale 9, Mount Vernon 3: At Scarsdale, David Wheeler went 3 for 4 with a double, triple and three RBI for Scarsdale. Teammate David Zimbalist added two hits and two RBI, and Josh Pollack allowed one earned run in six innings for the win. Sandy Tibutcio stole four bases for the Knights.

Greens Farms 7, Rye Country Day 6: At Greens Farms, Billy Mills had two hits, including a triple, and an RBI for the Wildcats.

Mamaroneck 3, White Plains 3, 9: At Mamaroneck, Mike Rosenfeld homered and doubled for the Tigers. Mike Meccia pitched three innings of scoreless relief for White Plains. The game was called for darkness in the tenth inning.

Lincoln 8, Roosevelt 5: At Roosevelt, Jeremy Gonzalez scattered six hits to earn the victory for the Lancers. Julio Matos went 2 for 4 with three RBI for Roosevelt.

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Jay GallagherJosh 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, Josh lives in Westchester and spends his free time either with his 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 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.

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