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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.
E-mail Jake Thomases at jtthomas@lohud.com
Next up is the outfielders. The last two years have been lean ones for Rockland's outfielders, at least compared to the infield. Granted, the infield has five players to the outfield's three. And in high school the best athletes usually — not always , but usually — play shortstop or catcher. But I feel like [...]
Everybody who works a local beat at The Journal News has been finishing up their all-star selections over the last few days. It's our big project after the season ends. There are coaches to consult, notes to pore over, naps to take when the boss is out of the office. Wait, um, not that last [...]
Bad news for former Rockland Athlete of the Season Sean Giblin. The former Pearl River hurler underwent shoulder surgery last Wednesday, according to Pearl River coach Bruce Miller, and will be out until at least September. This effectively ends his short-season 2008 in the Pittsburgh minor league season. He probably would have been at State [...]
As we're eating dinner in Binghamton on Saturday night, Josh and Alex and I start filling each other in on our respective games. Each of us has a story to tell—stories about clutch hits and pitchers coming back on short rest and ultimately, victory celebrations. It occured to me how unusual that was, to have [...]
Banner year for Section 1 baseball as Mamaroneck, Keio, and finally Kennedy will all make the trip to Binghamton for state semifinals. All three won their regional finals by a mile too. Mamaroneck won 13-3, Keio won 7-1 (although I guess it was close until late), and Kennedy won 11-2.
The Gaels prevailed today on basically [...]
Keio kicks off its Class C regional final in about 10 minutes. Kennedy will start an hour later. I'll be watching the Gaels while colleague Matt Ng covers Keio. We'll be sending in regular updates from our games. Check back over the next few hours as we tell you what's going on.
3:35—Keio trails 1-0 after [...]
If you want to know how Oyster Bay got to the Class B championship game, read Newsday's story here. Seems reluctant hero Billy Clark hit a grand slam with two outs in the seventh of a tie game.
Another dramatic ending in Class C, where Mike D'Auria's walkoff single propelled Port Jefferson to a 3-2 win. [...]
Originally we thought both regional finals would be at Dowling College in Suffolk County. Turns out neither one will.
Kennedy will travel to North Shore High School tomorrow at 4 p.m. to face Long Island Class B champ Oyster Bay.
Keio takes on Long Island Class C champion Port Jefferson at 3 p.m. at Stony Brook University.
[...]Our columnist Rick Carpiniello was at Monday's Somers loss. He wrote about the team's raised expectations after two sectionals titles, which is why I didn't touch on it much in my game story. You can read his take on the early exit here.
Two straight days I've watched a clutch comeback by a local team in the bottom of the seventh. The first one, in Somers's 7-6 loss to Cornwall, came up one base short. The second, Keio's 7-6 defeat of Millbrook, went all the way.
Keio turned around a 6-2 deficit at the start of the seventh inning. [...]
  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,
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 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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