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Josh Thomson

Josh ThomsonJosh 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.

E-mail Josh Thomson at jthomson@LoHud.com

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Huffman out at Dobbs Ferry

November
19

Only five months after he led the Dobbs Ferry baseball team past defending state champ Kennedy and into the Class B state final, Ted Huffman learned he will not be retained as the coach.

Huffman had coached the varsity all four seasons since Skip Violante left in the summer of 2005. His Eagles finished 24-3 in [...]

Posted by Josh Thomson on November 19th, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Full list of ‘10 commitments

November
13

OK, I’m going to list all the local guys who have committed to play ball in college. I know I’ll miss a few, so let me know who, either in the comments or through e-mail at jthomson@lohud.com.

Commitments, Class of 2010:
Robbie Aviles, Suffern — Florida
Tom Baroni, Kennedy — Bates College
Chris Bates, Regis (Ossining) — Tulane
Billy Demersky, [...]

Posted by Josh Thomson on November 13th, 2009 | 38 Comments »

Moran follows family to UNC

November
13

I wrote a story for today’s paper about Iona Prep senior Colin Moran, who has committed to the University of North Carolina.

Of course, he will head to Chapel Hill on the heels of his brother, Brian, who made the club as a walk-on and developed into one of the top relievers in the country. He [...]

Posted by Josh Thomson on November 13th, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Battle at the Border, part 2

September
22

The people of the Port Chester Youth Baseball League will host a fall version of their successful Battle at the Border on Oct. 3 and 4. The tournament, called the 2009 Elite Eight edition of the Battle at the Border, will include many of the top teams from the tri-state area and other portions of [...]

Posted by Josh Thomson on September 22nd, 2009 | 128 Comments »

Fall ball key league for Catholic programs

September
11

If you missed it Tuesday, I wrote a story about the CHSAA’s fall baseball league, which has existed for more than three decades and remains a key developmental league for the spring baseball season. You can read the story here.

There are examples of players who benefitted from playing fall baseball. I also found it interesting [...]

Posted by Josh Thomson on September 11th, 2009 | 140 Comments »

Hirschberg commits to Manhattan

August
20

As you may have read, John Jay pitcher Jared Hirschberg became the latest LoHudder to commit from the class of 2010. He landed at a popular spot: Manhattan College.

The Jaspers has as much local flavor as any D-I baseball program. Coach Kevin Leighton is from Brewster. Third baseman Chad Salem is from Iona Prep (and [...]

Posted by Josh Thomson on August 20th, 2009 | 36 Comments »

Brennan officially going to St. John’s

August
18

There never seemed to be many second thoughts around here about whether Jim Brennan would go pro or head to St. John’s. Even he never really pondered bypassing the opportunity to play ball in college, not as a 45th-rounder. “I really didn’t consider it,” he admitted.

Indeed, Brennan made the logical choice. He turned down an [...]

Posted by Josh Thomson on August 18th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Olesczuk, Bates, Pilla choose college destinations

August
10

Another few days go by and another group of local players make their college commitments. There’s a story out tomorrow, but here’s a recap on them:

T.J. OLESCZUK, Hen Hud shortstop, committed to Winthrop — With a pretty solid list of Division I suitors, Olesczuk, a three-year starter for the Sailors, had plenty of opportunities to [...]

Posted by Josh Thomson on August 10th, 2009 | 79 Comments »

Aviles selected for All-American game

August
5

For all of the honors he has received the last few years, Robbie Aviles may never have been given as much respect as he was recently. The Suffern senior-to-be was picked for the 2009 Aflac All-American High School Baseball Classic. Check out the event’s web site here.

The Aflac game will be played on Aug. 16 [...]

Posted by Josh Thomson on August 5th, 2009 | 21 Comments »

Brennan to compete in Connie Mack WS

August
5

I’ll have a few news items this week but here’s the first: Suffern grad Jim Brennan will travel to New Mexico this weekend to compete for the South Troy Dodgers in the Connie Mack World Series.

You can find more info about the event here.

Brennan plays his summer ball out of Staten Island. However, after that [...]

Posted by Josh Thomson on August 5th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

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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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