News and notes — all-state and final state rankings included

July

First, I hope everyone had a chance to check out our postseason honors. If not, you can find them by surfing this post.

Second, I’d just like to share a few links from when I was away. The wife and I celebrated our first anniversary over the weekend in DC, so I was out of town. Here’s what I missed:

— Final state rankings: Obviously, Mamaroneck finishes No. 1. Dobbs was No. 2 in B. Somers and Keio both finished fifth. The highest-ranked non-champs? Lakeland and Kennedy, which were No. 8 in Class A and B respectively.

— All-state picks: Sean Hagan of Mamaroneck (Class AA), Dan Zlotnick of Somers (Class A), Ryan Pennell of Rye Neck (Class B) and Kenta Miyoshi and Takaho Chubachi of Keio (Class C) were the Section 1 players who were named first-team all-state. Several more were honored, so click on the link above. … None of the local players were state players of the year, but Mike Chiapparelli took home his second straight Class AA coach of the year award.

— Sean Hagan wins athlete of the month award. It was a banner senior year for Hagan, who was the state hockey player of the year and Section 1’s pitcher of the year. Modell’s honored Hagan for his achievements on Monday at Yankee Stadium. He was named Modell’s Local Athlete of the Month.

— All-sports award debuts. The New York state sportswriters debut their rankings of athletic departments for the 2008-09 season. It focuses on results in state tournaments across all sports. Bronxville was ranked as the top Class B athletic department in the state this school year thanks to its incredible cross country and track programs and a state boys soccer championship. Mamaroneck finished third in Class AA thanks to its state baseball crown and Rye finished fourth in Class A thanks to its state football title. Mamaroneck also tied Orchard Park for first in Class AA in the boys-only rankings.

It’s an interesting idea anyway. Check it out. Jake wrote a story about the honors.

This entry was posted on Friday, July 10th, 2009 at 4:34 pm by Josh Thomson. Print | Email

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