Over at Veterans Park was the Pearl River tournament with Tappan Zee, Clarkstown South, and Horace Greeley.

Now if you had asked anyone prior to the start of the tournament who would be in the championship game, I bet everyone would’ve said Tappan Zee and Pearl River. Well, they would be half right. In the championship game was Pearl River and Clarkstown South.

And the game was good game. Both Katie Scrima for Pearl River and Katie Morelli for the Vikings were both up to the task. Scrima went 6 innings allowing a run, two hits, a walk, and struck out 10. Morelli allowed two runs, six hits, a walk and struck out two.

The big thing for the Pirates was that they had to make some adjustments with Morelli in the circle and she kept the Pirates off balance all afternoon long. Krystina Poloni was the only Pirate to have a multiple hit day going 2 for 3 with an RBI in the third inning to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead. Noreen McMahon had the other RBI in the fourth inning.

In the entire game, there were only two extra base hits one by Carolyn Lundemo and the other was by Dana Staropoli in the top of the seventh inning. She was then driven in by Daniela Naclerio on a single to right field.

Bottom line, this was a good test for the Pirates to show the Section that they can find other ways to win besides pounding out all the runs. For the Vikings, it shows that they can play up with the competition. They did beat Tappan Zee 3-1 in the opening round.

Kaitlin Dinet, who pitched an inning in the championship game, was the tournament MVP. Her stats for the entire day go like this: a combined 1 for 5, a run, two RBI, a walk, and a triple. In the circle she went 8 innings, allowed a run, eight hits, and struck out nine.

The all tournament team: Dana Staropoli, Kaitlyn Greeley, and Katie Morelli of South; Deirdre Cokeley, Krystina Poloni, Katie Scrima, and Jackie Bruno of Pearl River.

In the consolation game, Brittni Alexander gets the nod of the day going 3 for 3 with an RBI and stole another five bases as Tappan Zee won 8-0 over Horace Greeley. Lisa Bates had two RBI.

In the opening round games: Jackie Bruno went 2 for 2 with a double and had two RBI. Deirdre Cokeley and Dinet had two RBI each in the Pirates 10-1 win over the Quakers. Daniela Naclerio, Staropoli, and Kaitlyn Greeley each had an RBI in the 3-1 win for the Vikings over Tappan Zee. Theresa Pagnani had the RBI for the Dutchies.