Pearl River 12, North Rockland 1: At Pearl River, Amanda Hartigan had a hit and three RBI and Katherine McLaughlin went 2 for 2 with two RBI. Shannon McKiernan and Deirdre O’Malley added had two RBI. Madison Knipl drove in a run for the Red Raiders.
St. Catherine Academy 4, Sacred Heart 3: At Sacred Heart, Jessica Muniz went 1 for 2 with an RBI. Madison Carlo struck out four in the loss.
Valhalla 9, Fox Lane 8: At Fox Lane, Brandi Coon had a two-run homer in the third inning for the Vikings. Alexis Bazos and Erin Vanzandt each had two RBI for the Foxes.
Ardsley 7, Yonkers 3: At Ardsley, Raina Gorman hit a grand slam in the first inning. Gorman also struck out nine batters with two earned runs for the win. Marianna Monaco went 2 for 3 with an RBI and struck out five in two innings of relief for the Bulldogs.
Brewster 6, John Jay 4: At John Jay, Marisa Delzio went 2 for 3 with a home run and two RBI and Nikole Larm went 2 for 4 with two triples and an RBI. Theresa Swertfager went 2 for 4 with a home run and a double for the Indians.
Harrison 10, Tuckahoe 1: At Harrison, Jenna Webb went 2 for 3 with a double and four RBI, and Allyson Brabant went 3 for 5 with a double and three runs scored. Nicole DeRuggiero had an RBI for the Tigers.
Mamaroneck 16, Briarcliff 1, 5: At Mamaroneck, Kim Chiapparelli went 4 for 4 with two doubles and five RBI, and Olivia Benjamin had a triple and three RBI. Alex Chiodi scored the run for the Bears.
Mahopac 17, Somers 5: At Mahopac, Jacquie Reiser went 4 for 5 with a home run and Teresa Ricci went 2 for 3 with a home run for the Indians. Kathy Sussman went 3 for 4 with an RBI and a triple for the Tuskers.
Rye Neck 20, Ossining 0, 5: At Veterans Park in Ossining, winning pitcher Jessica Calvini went 5 for 5 with three home runs, a triple and 13 RBI. She also pitched a one-hitter and recorded every out by way of strikeout, totaling 15 for the game that was called due to the mercy rule. The win was the 398th win in Rye Neck history.
Kennedy 13, Dover 4: At Kennedy, Rachel Entwistle went 2 for 5 with three RBI and Kaela Fields went 3 for 4 with two RBI. Nicole Alleva had two hits and two RBI and winning pitcher Molly Feeney struck out seven.
Tappan Zee 9, Ursuline 6: At Tappan Zee, Kelly Connolly had a two-run homer in the first inning and Cassi Coyle went 3 for 4 with two runs and three stolen bases for the Dutchies. Winning pitcher Paulina Gutkin, who won her eighth game of the season, struck out six. Ursuline’s Elayna Mitrakos had a home run.
Pawling 13, Putnam Valley 0: At Pawling, Jackie Budano had a triple.
Irvington 9, Hastings 8, 8: At Irvington, Rachel Ehrenreich had the game-winning single.
Panas 12, Hen Hud 8: At Hen Hud, winning pitcher Molly Roche went 3 for 3 with two doubles and three RBI. The Panthers overcame an 8-1 deficit after the fourth inning. Gabby Caruso and Julie Gaspar each drove in two for the Sailors.
Mount Vernon 13, Bronxville 4, 5: At Mount Vernon, winning pitcher Kayla Maddox-Langley struck out eight and went 3 for 4 with a double, triple, homer, and five RBI. Briana Nardone got the only hit for the Broncos in the first inning. The game was called due to darkness.
Solomon Scchechter 17, Peekskill 14: At Solomon Schechter, Jessie Espinet went 4 for 5 with a home run and four RBI and Gabby Rosenberg had two hits and three RBI. Maggie Lloyd went 3 for 5 with a double, triple and two RBI. Nikky Brady went 3 for 5 with four RBI for Peekskill.
Horace Greeley 6, Rye 1: At Horace Greeley, winning pitcher Jamie Weisser drove in two runs and struck out nine in the three-hitter. Kristen Verille drove in the only run for the Garnets.
19 Comments
why does rye neck feel its so important to win by large amounts and not display any sportsmanship or respoect towards their opponents?
SB/FYI – IN GAMES LIKE YESTERDAY RYE NECK NOT ONLY PLAYS EVERY PLAYER ON THE ROSTER BUT ALSO ONLY BATS 10 BATTERS PER INNING AND THEN TAKES THE FIELD REGARDLESS OF THE OUTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS.
In the case of any good team, I am sure that Rye Neck played every player on their roster yesterday. Rye Neck has to play the schedule that they are dealt by Section 1. It is very hard and not good for any team to tell a player to “give up” during a game that, say is 10-0 after 2 innings. You teach your players to focus during each and every at bat. To tell them to do less, is doing the a disservice. And I know that the opponents would not want to have them just say “swing” at any pitch, no matter where it is. That would be more embarassing to the opponent than anything else.
i just want to add that i agree with you. These lopsided games are not good for either team. lets look at the league rye neck plays in. yesterdays game vs. ossining was a league game. also in the same league are, harrisin,fox lane,valhalla,horace greeley,pleasantville and westlake, all very good teams. i would reccommend splitting the league into 2 teirs. let the better teams play eachother twice. the lower teir can play eachother twice. the games would all be competitve and more fun for everyone involved. guarentee the teams in the top teir a playoff berth as an incentive to play up if they choose. and as far as judging a game by the final score, i have been at high scholl football games where the final score is 50-0. did the winning team display bad sportsmanship? in the games i’ve witnessed the winning team could have easily scored 100. so lets be honest when attending the scheduling meetings and form leagues and make schedules that will set up even or at least competitve match ups.
BTL – Could not have said it any better. I believe that those who make up the schedules (I believe it is BOCES and the School Administrators) set up these leagues based mostly on Geography (thus in the case that you mention above, Rye Neck, a Class B School, is in the same league as a Harrison who is a Class A School and Fox Lane, who I believe is a Class AA school this year. So enrollment, I guess doesn’t play into anything any longer. It is a case of economics, with school districts wanting to save on travel costs. Now understanding that enrollment size no longer plays a factor into league set ups, then someone, with some softball understanding of each of the individual programs (such as what players are returning, strength of the team (historically), etc, etc,) could put together a decent, fair and competitive “league schedule” then allowing each individual school to fill out the remaining balance of games needed to fill the 20 game maximum. Just as an example of a suggestion that might have worked for Rye Neck this season, would be to have them play Harrison, Fox Lane and Valhalla twice, and then play Horace Greeley, Pleasantville and Westlake once (with the latter 3 teams playing each other twice). That makes 9 league games for each team. Then schedule 5 “Non League Game” for Rye Neck (and each other team), say having Rye Neck play New Rochelle, Dobbs Ferry, White Plains, Mamaroneck, and Eastchester (for example). That would leave Rye Neck with 6 games that they, on their own, could schedule to fill out the 20 game regular season schedule (knowing that Rye Neck plays 2 games in the Mamaroneck Tournament, this would then leave only 4 games that they would have to schedule with other teams). This would make Rye Neck’s schedule (and others, like Ossining) to be able to draw up a fair, equitable and FUN regular season schedule. JUST MY 2 CENTS.
Between the lines….........From a logistics stand point(transportation costs) it cannot be done. Every league has had and does have some weaker teams. There are always going to be blowouts. There have been for years. You just need to be as sportsmanlike as you possibly can went playing those type of games. This year some of the yonkers teams where moved into the same league. They seem to be a more competative league(not as many blowouts) considering their teams softball skills. Tiers do not work, it only complicates the section 1 softball schedules. You would have to do “tier play” throught all the leagues in section 1 not just one league. If rye neck only sends 10 players to the plate per inning no matter how many outs, that is not the way the game is suppose to be played,( as far as I know) that is not a section 1 softball rule to do that.
I just want to put in a plug for Mt Vernon coach Joe DiCarlo (who would probably love to see his daughter’s Harrison HS games). He took over a very undisciplined program and has them playing much better ball.
And when sophomore Kylia Maddox-Langley improves her control, Mt Vernon will be very competitive. Kylia’s 1.66 strikeouts per inning is #2 behind Calvini .
Coach Rich….......very well said. Coach DiCarlo has done an amazing job with the Mount Vernon softball program. He has turn the program in a positive direction, in a very short time(second year)as coach. He has sacrificed watching his own daughter play to make Mount Vernon a much improved/competative softball program. Keep up the effort Coach DiCarlo, it shows!!!!
Agree – Great Job that Coach DiCarlo has done with the Mount Vernon Program. Nice win yesterday against Bronxville. (Did Coach DiCarlo grow up in eastside of Yonkers? Just curious)
this seems to be a hot topic and i think the comments and the back n’ forth have all been respectful and to the point. my only question to the powers that be is how does it complicate things economically speaking if rye neck plays harrison twice [ the schools are 2 miles apart] instead of traveling to ossining to play?
btl….....Every team in all leagues plays each team in their league twice. It is up to the coaches to schedule their remaining non league games to fill in their 20 game overall schedule. Some, not all, choose to play weaker teams to make them look better than they really are. Good programs fill in their schedule by playing against the top teams whether it be in section 1 or outside section 1. Hallie will like this(lol)........ For an example playing in the Moribito Tournament.
slap, it was like that last year, this season some leagues are bigger and the teams just play eachother once.
Slapper – lol back to you : ) – Yes, presently, the set up is for each team in each league to play each other twice. However, to BTL’s point that I believe he is making, the “leagues” that are set up now Geographically, could possibly be looked at, in the future, not only based upon geography but for a more equitable balance league, based upon abilities/team strength. Really, it might make more sense to have, say an Ossining, playing in the same league, say as a Gorton or a Roosevelt (Yonkers) than in the same leagues as Rye Neck.
I think that the “Powers To Be” should really look at both “Economics” (Geography) as well as making the game FUN for all participants, when they look at league make-ups. Otherwise, with some of these blow outs, you will see programs cease to exist (Look at what has happened to the Softball Program at Alexander Hamilton in Elmsford, a program that once was a Section 1 Class D power back years ago, that no longer fields a Varsity Softball Program. Same goes for Keio Academy). If these schools don’t get the numbers of kids going out for their softball programs, the programs will FOLD. And how to schools get kids to go out for these teams? By making the game and program FUN (Yes, sports “saturation” also plays into it as well, with such programs as Girls Lacrosse and Track n’ Field also taking players away from Softball. However, you can still get numbers for a softball program if you make it fun and equitable. No one is going to want to come out and put in the time, and because their kids can’t afford to play on Summer Travel Teams or go out and pay to have someone teach them how to pitch, play on a team and get blown out by 20 runs every game). What they did with the Yonkers Schools this year is a “positive step forward” I would bet the bank that the Yonkers City Tournament that was held at the beginning of this season, was a really nice tournament, that was not only competitive, but a fun time for each team participating. Not every team is going to win a sectional title, but to have a chance to win games, and maybe compete for a League Title (provided the league is BALANCED, is a major accomplishment to some schools) WAKE UP SECTION 1 AND MAKE THIS BETTER for ALL OF THE SCHOOLS (Ok, I will get off my Soap Box)
Hallie,btl,........... Unfortunately in section 1 economics plays a big part in all sports, not just softball. I doubt Keio and Alexander Hamiltons softball programs fell to ‘blowouts’. I believe the other sports that you mentioned growing popularities is the reason for softball programs being disbanded. Also those sports very rarely cut players after tryouts. Everone makes the team. That could also be a reason.
Slapper – Agree with you that ECONOMICS is the biggest issue at hand and school districts are scrambling to even be able to fund programs. “Popularity” of a specific sport within a specific school also does factor into the equation as well, which well might be the case at Keio Academy. Sport Saturation will eventually kill off some sports in certain schools (again based upon popularity). Girls Lacrosse is huge out in Long Island (Section 8 & 11), where, possibly due to economics and numbers of athletes going out for programs, both Lacrosse and Softball are doing well, and as well in the Westchester/Putnam Section 1 Schools (where you are now seeing some drop off in Softball Program success due to increasing numbers of girls going out for Lacrosse). But in the Upstate New York Sections, High School Softball leads all spring sports in popularity (Girls Lacrosse has not really grown as much as you would think in those upstate schools)
However, at Alexander Hamilton, the school does not have either a Girls Lacrosse or Girls Softball Program. Yes, they are a small school, but should have enough players to come out (without cuts) to field a program. Not having a strong or decent “feeder program” also plays into it.
Again, it would be nice to be able to offer a program a “Competitive Level Playing Field” to allow a program to be more enjoyable. Oh Well !
It would be nice to be able to have “playing field” between teams on a more equal (based upon abiliities and team strength)
Hallie, with teams players changing every year it would be tough to align the leagues based on teams abilities and strengths. There are alot of teams out there that do not have good feeder programs and they are still somewhat competative. Some teams seem to go through cycles of sucessful seasons. Two teams that come to mind this year are Haldane and North Rockland, and there are others I am sure if we take a closer look. It will be interesting to see how good JJEF is next year when they lose alot of their team to graduation. I am in no way putting down these programs(Haldane and North Rockland), I am just making an obsevation. Both of these teams were almost unbeatable for the last 4 or 5 seasons.
Coach DiCarlo was named “Coach of the Year” last year. He is doing alot more than coaching softball for that program. Keep up the good work Joe.
All this talk started about Rye Neck beating up on Ossining. So what, maybe in a few years when the players change Ossining will beat up on Rye Neck. Then what do you want to do Change the schedule again.
The schedule this year has each team playing only one time, its not like last year. Lopsided scores occassionaly happen, start playing station to station softball and no advancements on wp or pb, its not about the score its about sportsmanship, what goes around comes around.