All-section softball dinner and players list
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- June
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The All-Section softball dinner was held Tuesday (June 10) at Rudy’s Beau Rivage in Dobbs Ferry and, once again, it was an excellent night as the ladies were honored for their outstanding seasons. Congratulations to all of the ladies who were selected all-section and all-section honorable mention.
The following is the list of all-section players followed by the all-section honorable mention players, the Diamond 9 plus 1 award winners (combination of academics, athletics and community service) and the scholarship recipients.
League I-A
Chrissy Capalbo, sr. Mamaroneck; Kehli Washington, so., New Rochelle; Chelsea LoBue, so., Scarsdale; Kaitlin Slikowitz, so., Scarsdale; Nicole Lee, so., Scarsdale; Jackie Flloks, sr., White Plains; Kate Smayda, jr., White Plains; Sandra Mastrangelo, sr., White Plains; Lauren Sputo, fr., White Plains.
Coach of the year: Dave Scagnelli, Scarsdale.
League I-B
Megan Weaver, jr., Clarkstown North; Melanie Culpepper, sr., Clarkstown North; Jessica Crowley, jr., Suffern; Julie Jefferson, so., Suffern; Catrina Delgais, sr., Suffern; Krystn Benson, so., North Rockland; Amanda Babcock, jr., North Rockland; Samantha Welsh, jr., North Rockland; Kristin Mayz, so., East Ramapo; Katie Morelli, so., Clarkstown South.
Coach of the year: Michelle Shaw, North Rockland.
League I-C
Danielle Basciano, sr., Carmel; Jordan Hunt, sr., Mahopac; Nicole Angelo, jr. Mahopac;
Emmalee Dolfi, jr., Arlington; Caitlin Schell, sr., Arlington; Jill Seaaro, sr., John Jay-East Fishkill; Krista Hayden, sr., John Jay-East Fishkill; Emily Devanzo, sr., John Jay-East Fishkill; Chelsea Boyes, fr. R.C. Ketcham; Suzi Karath, sr., R.C. Ketcham; Michelle Sasso, sr., R.C. Ketcham; Jessica Syska, jr., R.C. Ketcham.
Coach of the year: Scott Saterlee, R.C. Ketcham.
League I-D
Michelle Brown, sr., Yonkers; Racine Brown, sr., Saunders; Ashley Cardillo, sr., Gorton.
Coach of the year: Carleen Gilot, Yonkers.
League II-A
Cassie Reilly-Boccia, sr., Yorktown; Kasey O’Connor, sr., Yorktown; Larissa Porcelli, sr., Yorktown; Tori Matzura, jr., Yorktown; Lindsay Goff, sr., Brewster; Kim Bentson, sr., Brewster; Taylor Bell, jr., Lakeland; Brittany Lischinsky, jr., Lakeland; Heather Clausen, sr. Hen Hud; Kirby Wright, sr., Hen Hud; Niki Tamburri, sr., ,Hen Hud; Fran Kiernan, jr., Hen Hud; Nikki Lee DiSalvio, sr., Beacon; Julianne Constantino, so., Beacon.
Coach of the year: Steve Fallo, Lakeland.
League II-B
Brittni Alexander, sr., Tappan Zee; Tayla gardner, so., Tappan Zee; Tammy Wray, so., Somers; Caroline Dewar, sr., John Jay; Gaby Torzilli, sr., John Jay; Nina Curto, jr., Ursuline; Taylor Pirone, fr., Ursuline; Ashley Marino, so., Harrison; Kate Jones, jr., Nyack; Erica Borgeest, sr., Horace Greeley.
Coach of the year: Joe Mammoser, John Jay.
League III-A
Devon DiSiena, jr., Kennedy; Samantha Amoruso, sr., Westlake; Katie Hogan, sr., Westlake; Kristen Brown, sr., Putnam Valley; Kim Tracey, sr., Briarcliff; Chelsea Brooks, jr., Pleasantville.
Coaches of the year: Pat Hogan, Kennedy and Marcy Byrne, Westlake.
League III-B
Julianna Carfora, sr., Pelham; Kerry Davis, jr., Pelham; Kelly O’brien, sr., Pleham; Ashley Tuccitto, sr., Eastchester; Noelle McDonough, so., Eastchester; Janine Lalli, fr., Eastchester; Michelle Roemer, jr., Ardsley.
Coach of the year: Keith Maley.
League III-C
Erin Flaherty, sr., Albertus Magnus; Maura Power, jr., Albertus Magnus; Jackie Bruno, sr., Pearl River; Krystina Poloni, jr., Pearl River; Kelly McMorrow, sr., Pearl River; Kaitlin Dinet, jr., Pearl River; Allaire Primiano, sr., Sleepy Hollow; Mira Lieman-Sifry, sr., Hastings.
Coach of the year: Tony Milewski, Sleepy Hollow.
League IV-A
Chelsea Lisikatos, fr., Haldane; Jade Lyons, so., Haldane; Cassie Barcavage, sr., Haldane; Kerry Casey, sr., North Salem; Danielle Corde, jr., North Salem; Carly Anderson, sr., Dover.
Coach of the year: Nick Lisikatos, Haldane.
League IV-B
Tiffani Troilo, jr., Blind Brook; Samantha Fabricant, sr., Rye Neck; Jessica Clavini, eighth grade, Rye Neck; Alicia DeMileo, sr., Valhalla; Nicole Sicuranzo, sr., Valhalla; Lindsay New, jr., Valhalla.
Coaches of the year: Joan Spedafino, Rye Neck and John Hayes, Valhalla.
League IV-C
Jacqueline Perri, sr., Tuckahoe; Brie Ewoldt, so., Bronxville; Hayley Bingham, so., Dobbs Ferry.
Coach of the year: John Kavanah, Dobbs Ferry.
Honorable mention
League I-A
Jervette Baldwin, jr., Mount Vernon; Rachel Galluzzo, jr., New Rochelle; Devin McClintock, sr., Scarsdale; Christina Coppola, fr., White Plains; Devon Serrano, sr., Mamaroneck.
League I-B
Kristen Martini, so., Clarkstown North; Lindsay Cohen, fr., Suffern; Samantha Marshall, sr., North Rockland; Heather Hansen, jr.., North Rockland; Julianne Skrapits, fr., Clarkstown South.
League I-C
Amanda Macio, sr., R.C. Ketcham; Alexandra Rodriquez, so., John Jay-East Fishkill; Ally Brown, sr., John Jay-East Fishkill; Elayne Dombrowski, so., Arlington; Amanda Farina, sr., Mahopac.
League I-D
Maggie Roche, sr., Yonkers; Nicole Sayegh, jr., Yonkers; Jessica Negron, so., Saunders.
League II-A
Dana Bisaccia, sr., Yorktown; Danielle Montesano, sr., Yorktown; Megan Hill, sr., Brewster; Cassie Kardias, jr., Lakeland; Alex Okaes, jr., Lakeland; Lynzi DeLuccia, fr., Our Lady of Loures.
League II-B
Brianna Scapperotti, jr., Harrison; Kristen Guernier, sr., Horace Greeley; Jackie Finn, jr., John Jay; Kayla Meyer, jr., Tappan Zee; Christina Laine, sr., Fox Lane.
League III-A
Christina Marino, jr., Kennedy; Natalia Stockinger, jr., Putnam Valley; Jackie Gallagher, jr., Putnam Valley; Melissa Fanelli, jr., Pleasantville; Katie Verlizzo, sr., Pleasantville.
League III-B
Marissa Aversano. fr., Eastchester; Sara Keith, jr., Pelham; Sika Gasinu, sr., Ardsley; Kira Hessekiel, jr., Rye; Sydney Ortega, sr., Edgemont.
League III-C
Katie Maher, sr., Nanuet; Lorraine Schule, sr., Pearl RIver; Danielle Fanelli, sr., Sleepy Hollow; Deanne Lindsay, jr., Sleepy Hollow; Jamie Bucci, eighth grade, Sleepy Hollow.
League IV-A
Shelby Hanaburgh, jr., North Salem; Marilyn Knapp, sr., Pawling; Erin Wood, eighth grade, Dover.
League IV-B
Jamie Ianello, sr., Rye Neck; Jamie Florindi, sr., Blind Brook; Alexandra Kinnally, fr., Valhalla.
League IV-C
Katie Martin, so., Dobbs Ferry; Grete Falck-Pederson, so., Dobbs Ferry; Jacqueline Crews, so., Dobbs Ferry; Anne Piper, jr., Bronxville.
Diamond 9 plus 1
Brittni Alexander, Tappan Zee; Kerry Casey, North Salem; Catrina Delgais, Suffern; Nikki Lee DiSalvio, Beacon; Jessica Gilpin, Nyack; Sandra Mastrangelo, White Plains; Kelly McMorrow, Pearl River; Kelly O’Brien, Pelham; Kasey O’Connor, Yorktown; Lily Rubino, Haldane.
Regarding the Diamond 9 plus 1, Rye Neck coach Joan Spedafino pointed out that the collective average of the 10 was 97 plus. Outstanding. Congratulations ladies.
Scholarships:
Tony Zimbalatti: Samantha Amoruso, Westlake.
Jim Mackenzie: Mira Lieman-Sifry, Hastings.
Coaches scholarship: Danielle Basciano, Carmel.
Also, 18 Section 1 schools earned all-NY state honors with a collective grade-point average of 90 and higher. The schools were: Haldane, Horace Greeley, Tappan Zee, Edgemont; Rye; White Plains; Ursuline; Clarkstown South; Valhalla; Hastings; Yorktown; Putnam Valley; North Rockland; Beacon; Nanuet; Pearl River; Irvington and Our Lady of Lourdes.
A few highlights on the evening:
Tuckahoe coach Pat Gallo doing a great job of raising money for the 50-50. The raffle was won by Suffern coach Jim Lloyd, who also won one of two dinners that was raffled off.
Rye Neck coach Joan Spedafino for welcoming and checking everyone into the dinner (and tolerating me).
Eastchester coach Skip Walsh and North Salem coach Bob Mittelstadt for doing good job announcing the players’ names. Check that, they did okay. They did stumble on a few names. I don’t remember if coach Walsh and coach Mittelstadt were wearing their glasses while at the microphone.
Rudy’s beau Rivage because the food was excellent.
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I think that it is absolutely WONDERFUL that Section 1 Softball has scholarships named in the memory of both Tony Zimbalatti and Jim MacKenzie. Jim has a staple at Dobbs Ferry HS and was instrumental in turning their softball program around in the 90’s. He was a teacher, a leader, a gentlemen and a all around great person. Tony Zimbalatti, in the eyes of many within the Section, is “SECTION 1 SOFTBALL” Not only a dedicated Cocah at Keio, but “Zimbo” as my dad tells me everyone called him, was the former AD at Port Chester HS, who, along with Bill Shaw, started, what is considered by many in NYS as the “Grand-Daddy” of all Softball Tournaments, the James “ACE” Morabito Memorial Invitational Softball Tournament. I was fortunuate enough to be able to play in this event, while it was still held in Port Chester (now it is held up in Binghamton, NY). Mr. Zimbalatti also taught pitchers how to perfect their fast pitch skill during countless clinics that he held over the years. Great Job Coach Spedifino, Coach Walsh and Coach Mittelstadt for honoring these 2 fine gentlemen
tony do u think kristen sliman from brewster should of been at that dinner
Sliman was in-effective for a majority of the season and didn’t get hot until the last few games…maybe next year
The coaches make the picks and she didn’t even get honerable mention. She has 2 more years to play. She will have to improve a good 50 points on her batting average if she hopes to make All-Section. Just let them play and enjoy. Stop putting pressure on these young ladies.
What a wonderful gathering of young ladies. They are all smart, great ball players and all so pretty. It was a great evening!!!!
Brianna Scapperotti from Harrison only gets honorable mention and Ashley Marino gets all section. Brianna plays both ends of the game, Ashley pitches and doesn’t have as many at bats as Brianna. Not to take anything away from Ashley but Harrison only beats mediocre teams, those are the games you are supposed to win. They might have beat 3 teams with an over 500 record, there is nothing spectacular going on here. Brianna lead the team in batting all year and was the only one who produced on a regular basis. I know coaches work out deals from year to year, too bad the kids are the ones who suffer.
sportsfan –
It’s one thing to make an all-section case for a player who you think is deserving. That’s fine.
However, don’t demean another player’s season and what she has accomplished, and don’t accuse a respected coach of making deals. How do you know coaches “work out deals from year to year?” You are a either a coach or former coach yourself.
If you are going to accuse someone of doing this, have the guts to post under your real name and not an alias.
a couple of questions about the all section process, i understand that section one decides how many players are selected from all the leagues, and also that number was reduced this year from past years, than the individual coaches from there leagues vote on the girls in that league, but what is the criteria that the section uses for determining how many canidates each league recieves. in looking at the different leagues we have anywhere from 3 to 14 players selected from there leagues. is is based on winning percentage strenght of schedule or the amount of teams in each league? also i thought in years past you had to qualify for sectionals to be eligible for the all section team, is that a new rule this year? if so i am in total agreement with it. anyone who has an answer to these questions please respond
Sandy,
I do not want to offend you, so please don’t take this as an attack because it is not meant to be. I disagree with what you say about that a player should be ineligible to be picked as All-Section when their team doesn’t make the playoffs.
There are some very good players out there who happen to be on teams that aren’t great. It would not be right to withhold this honor award from them for being on a lesser talented team.
If anything, to be able to establish yourself and maintain a high level of play under such a situation speaks volumes of how good they really are. It is not easy to be the best player on a bad team.
We can agree to disagree, but I wanted to give you a different perspective to think about.
koala fan you totally misunderstood my comment, i whole heartedly agree with you that you should not have to qualify for sections to be considered for the all section team, for all the same reasons you described. sorry for the confusion my 10th grade education is showing through. i would still like an answer to my other question if possible
Sandy,
After I re-read, sorry I did misunderstand you. I don’t know the answers to your other questions. Maybe someone who does will see it and help.
Section One was not involved in the All-Section process this season or any previous season. Section One will become involved in the procedure beginning with the 2008-2009 school year. Section One will supply (pay for) the All-Section plaques and each sport will receive a specific number of All-Section selections.
Presently, the All-Section Softball team is selected by each league’s softball coaches. The All-Section team is selected after the All-League team has been finalized. Each coach at the meeting submits the player’s names from his/her team that he/she feels deserves All-League. A consensus vote by the League’s coaches finalizes the All-League Team. The process is repeated, using the names of the All-League players only, to select that League’s All-Section and All-Section Honorable Mention players.
I do not know what the criteria will be for All-Section selections for next school year.
The All-League plaques have always been supplied by Section One.