White Plains 6, Clarkstown North 1
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- May
- 30
Senior five-year starting catcher Sandra Mastrangelo smoked a two-run homer and also had a two-run double in the 6-1 first-round win over a short-handed Clarkstown North.
The Rams were without four players.
Lauren Sputo tossed a one-hitter and struck out 10 for White Plains.
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Congratulations White Plains. My heart goes out to all the girls on the Clarkstown team. Last year I thought I had all the answers. I was 100% convinced that the girls who did not play on the day of their prom were wrong.
The fact that the administration let it happen again this year is incomprehendible (sp?). Don’t they realize what they put that entire team through last year? Congratulations girls. You had a good season, too bad you don’t get the support you deserve from your school administration.
Hen Hud over Nyack
North Rockland 3 Suffern 1, intense game.
Clarkstown North Rams
Re: Clarkstown North Softball. It seems the reason that this happens goes back to the parents of these girls. People in Clarkstown think the kids have had it tough. They should be able to do what ever they want be-cause they deserve to. It is a good way to prepare them for adulthood. The same thing happened last year, with the same results. These parents should be ashamed of themselves. It is ironic that one of the girls, who decided not to show up , is related to the pitcher from last year who suffered through that loss.
How could you be mad at the CN school administration? They moved the game up to accomidate the CN girls. If your daughter chose the extra time to get ready for prom over her teammates, hw is that the school ADs fault? My daughter played and went to the prom. Excuses are like elbows, everybody has one and you have yours. The schools fault…give me a break.
I agree with OldSchool. There are some things in life that are more important than pretty hair and well-done nails. The girls on that team all made a commitment to each other. For some to back out at the last minute just for more time to get ready is ridiculous. I don’t understand why their parents didn’t make them respect their responsibilities to their team mates. So sad.
I disagree with OldSchool. Your daughter was obviously not a senior, so the priority of prom wasn’t as important. The senior girls who didn’t go to the game because of their prom, were the ones who last year also showed up to the game to cover for the missing seniors. That shows commitment and responsibility to their team mates. What respect does the CHSN administration show? If there was any, there wouldn’t have been a conflict again. Part of becoming an adult is making choices, I just hope your daughter next year isn’t faced with the same dilemma.
CNHS Prom 2 CNHS Softball 0 “wait till next year”
Leading off today: I made a short trip to the Section 5 Class A track meet on Friday with a couple of goals in mind — to catch up with a couple of coaches I hadn’t seen in awhile and to get a look at Tomarris Bell, easily one of the most talented athletes to compete in the Rochester area in the last decade.
I did meet up with most of the coaches I had hoped to see, but I never set eyes on Bell. It turns out the McQuaid junior competed only in the long jump, then left the meet to attend his junior prom. Naturally, that triggered a discussion on the Syracuse.com forums. As is often the case there, the discussion deteriorated quickly into the sort of inane banter that knocks points off your IQ just by reading it.
But it was a reminder that ‘tis the season for the dreaded scheduling conflict issue. I mentioned in Sunday’s blog the case of a Chapel Field track athlete being kicked off the team because she missed a meet to attend an Empire State Games tryout, and then The Journal News came through this morning with a story pegged to the “prom problem.”
For the second straight year, Clarkstown North had a sectional softball game scheduled in Westchester County on the same day as the prom. Put into an either/or situation, four seniors opted for the prom. A year ago, Yorktown’s boys lacrosse team managed to hang on to all but one senior for its state semifinal on Long Island despite a conflict with the prom.
After seeing conflicts in several sports last spring, Yorktown officials moved proms to after the athletic seasons are finished. That’s one solution. Another is to move the date of the dance up, but late April and early May evenings can be a bit chilly.
More important, though, is that school districts have consistent policies for dealing with athletes who have to make a choice. Unlike spring break, in which numerous athletes miss practices and games in order to go on family trips, the prom is typically a school-approved and supervised event. Under those circumstances, I’d hate to see athletes punished if they opt for the prom, even if it ends up costing their team.
More forum fodder: The gentleman who posts on the