All-Stars on the horizon

June

There’s always a huge break in between the end of an athletic season and the publication of the All-Star team. No exception this year. The section comes out on July 10.

In the meantime you can start speculating about who is going to be on those teams. We’ll start with Rockland, since that’s my area of expertise. Josh can address Westchester/Putnam when he gets back from his break.

Let’s open the process with the infield. Four infielders make the first-team All-County. They qualify if they spent a majority of time at any infield position. Except catcher. Catcher gets its own slot. There can be multiple players at a single position (i.e. two shortstops). It’s all about who played the best combination of offense and defense.

Here are the candidates for first team.

Vincent Crotty, SS, Suffern
John Garcia, 3B, Tappan Zee
Anthony Gokey, 2B, North Rockland
Bobby Holmsen, 3B, Pearl River
J.D. Karol, 2B, Nanuet
Dean Lothrop, SS, Nyack
Nick Mart, 2B, Pearl River
Frank Salerno, SS, Clarkstown South
James Wrenn, 1B, Nanuet

Of those, which four deserve first-team consideration? Is there one or two that you think should definitely make the squad?

This entry was posted on Friday, June 26th, 2009 at 1:48 pm by Jake Thomases. Print | Email

2 Responses to “All-Stars on the horizon”

Rockland June 28th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Salerno is the most deserving on this list. Not only were his stats both offensively and defensively outstanding, but his leadership was tremendous and will be missed.
the final decision July 1st, 2009 at 7:32 pm
lets get real here Sean Donohue should be on this list. he played every position at least 5 times each during the season without an error. he also hit .578 with an obp of 723. the kid was just dominant

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