Pearl River won the District 18 and Section 3 championships and played in the state final, where it lost to North Shore (LI) Tuesday. Despite the loss, Pearl River went 9-2 during its run, losing both times to North Shore.

Congratulations to the following team members: Julianna Madigan, Emily Figueroa, Erica Collura, Katherine Gilbride, Alexa Candelario, Katie Vinci, Lindsey Stephen, Sarah Henry, Courtney Ocasal, Madison Gerace and Ali Sheehan.

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They got good offensive performances from Janine Mackey and Jamie Iseman at the top of the lineup.

The deciding game will be tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at South Orangetown Little League.

Tonight is the 9-10 year old championship at Stony Point Little League at 7 p.m. It’s Pearl River vs. Stony Point.

Haverstraw senior softball for another outstanding season. Even though the season ended on a controversial note (How does the umpiring staff allow a coach to talk them out of a call?) Haverstraw had another fine summer.

The New City majors softball team emerged from the losers bracket to beat Stony Point, 4-3 in seven innings (an excellent game) then beat Stony Point in the ‘IF’ game to win the District 18 title.

The Eastchester majors softball team which won the District 20 title and reached the Section 3 final, where it fell to Brewster. Eastchester varsity coach Skip Walsh will be smiling when many of these girls get to varsity.

The 9-10-year winner will be crowned this week as Pearl River takes on South Orangetown. These teams will play Wednesday.

The 11-year-old title will also be decided this week with Nanuet and South Orangetown squaring off, beginning Tuesday (tonight) at Lake Nanuet. This should be a good one as Nanuet features a pair of fine windmillers in Danielle DiModugno and Janine Mackey.

Before I forget I wanted to thank the organizers of the Alicia Brady softball tournament. My daughter, Elena, was fortunate to be selected to Nanuet’s 9-10-year-old team that participated, and she and her teammates enjoyed playing in it. It was well run and the tournament directors did not lose sight of the fact that the intent was for the girls to have fun and enjoy themselves.

Westchester/Putnam

Rockland

Tony, There will be a great fast pitch tournament in Orangburg this weekend. It will be hosted by the Knights of Columbus. Rockland Thunder 18U coached by George Colby, consists of the following Rockland players: From TZ Brittni Alexander, Tayla Gardner, Kayla Meyer and Julie Pacino, and from Pearl River, Katie Scrima, Jackie Bruno and Krystina Poloni, Alyssa Cataldo from Suffern, and Sam Welsh from North Rockland. First game is at 12 at the St Thomas Aquinas field.

In the match up of the day, 4 p.m. in Pearl River. Katie Scrima will go up against Pearl River teammate Kaitlin Dinet of the Brewster Rockets. The Rockets feature Brewster hard-hitting first baseman Kim Bentson and hard-hitting catcher Lindsay Goff.

I suggest if you are a softball fan and live in Rockland County, head over to Pearl River for this game. If you are a softball fan and you reside in Westchester, make the trip. It is worth it to watch some of Section 1’s most outstanding players matching up. How often do you get to see this star quality playing together on one diamond.

For many of us, it will also be the last time we get to see Brittni Alexander, Jackie Bruno, Kim Bentson and Lindsay Goff play.

If I didn’t think that the parents would have me removed from the field, I would be there myself. I have to flip a coin as to whether I should chance attending. Just kidding parents.

Reilly-Boccia, who will play softball at Alabama next year, was instrumental in propelling Yorktown to a second consecutive Class AA sectional title.

Alexander, who will attend Notre Dame, set a state single-season stolen base record with 56. Poloni was one of the main reasons Pearl River won a sectional championship and advanced to the state final four.

In Class AA, Sandra Mastrangelo of White Plains and Yorktown’s Kasey O’Connor were third-team selections and John Jay fireballer and Gaby Torzilli was a fifth-team pick.

In Class A, Pearl River’s Jackie Bruno was a second-team selection and Kirby Wright of Hen Hud was a third-team choice. Brewster’s Kim Bentson was tabbed on the fourth team, and Lakeland’s Brittany Lischinsky and Pearl River’s Katie Scrima were awarded fifth-team honors.

Class B’s lone representative was Albertus Magnus’ Erin Flaherty, who was a third-team pick.

I just saw Nanuet play in the Tournament of Champions and I agree about Janine Mackey. She’s going to be a good windmiller in the future. I also think that Theresa Blumenfeld will be a good shortstop. She’s got good range at the position and a pretty good bat too. The Nanuet team will face New City for the first ever Tournament of Champions title in softball.

I can’t wait to see what this championship game will be like

The Tournament of Champions now has softball (Majors, 11- and 12-year-olds) being played simultaneously with baseball, and at Haverstraw Little League complex. Monday, I had the opportunity to watch Haverstraw-Stony Point and then New City-South Orangetown. I was impressed by each team. North Rockland is the fortunate program because it draws students from Stony Point and Haverstraw.

Remember these names because it will only be a matter of time before they are playing for their respective varsity teams.

Stony Point: Pitcher Jackie Selvaggi tossed a nice game in a victory over Haverstraw. She also added a two-run single. Selvaggi has good velocity and walked just four.

Haverstraw: Shortstop Karina Mancini can handle the bat, two doubles and a single against Stony Point, as can first baseman Dana O’Sullivan. Catcher Natalie Conseco did a nice job behind the plate and made some nice throws to second on attempted basestealers.

New City:Third baseman Laura Castaldo can downright hit. She ripped the ball her first three at-bats, resulting in a single, triple and double. Catcher Caitlin Owens did a nice job behind the plate. She also possesses a strong arm and threw nothing but high-octane gas in the sixth inning against South Orangetown. Lauren Cappello overcame some control problems and struck out 12 in five innings.

South Orangetown: Visors off to windmiller Courtney Cantwell who pitched through intense pain against New City. After jamming her left ankle sliding into second base in the second inning against New City, Cantwell returned to the circle and continued throwing heat. Cantwell limped the remainder of the game, but never lost any velocity off of her pitches. Catcher Maeve Carley is a good little catcher and shortstop Emily DiDomenico is a sparkplug, along with Carley.

Nanuet: Even though I did not see Nanuet play, I know the girls from Little League. Remember these two names because they are the windmillers-in-waiting, sixth-graders, Danielle DiModugno and Janine Mackey. Mackey pitched Nanuet (the Dodgers) to the Tournament of Champions title game. Both girls play travel ball and can bring it to the plate. And DiModugno is a terror at the plate.

The thought of watching Yorktown’s Cassie Reilly-Boccia and Kasey O’Connor, Hen Hud’s Kirby Wright and Niki Tamburri, White Plains’ Sandra Mastrangelo, John Jay’s Gaby Torzilli, Tappan Zee’s Brittni Alexander and Pearl River’s Jackie Bruno, Krystina Poloni and Kelly McMorrow and Brewster’s Kim Bentson, to name a few, had me pumped.

Man, how time flies though.

The season flew by in the wink of an eye. Even though it seemed quick, I, as well as the parents and coaches, were treated to some outstanding softball. Congratulations to all of the Section 1 players for another great season and congrats to the sectional champions: Yorktown (Class AA), Pearl River (Class A); Albertus Magnus (Class B) and Haldane (Class C).

And thank you ladies, as well as the coaches, for always being cooperative, especially after those tough games where the last thing you wanted to do was answer questions from a nagging reporter.

To the seniors, thank you for great careers and your sizeable contributions to Section 1. All the best to you in college. I’m sure we will be watching Cassie Reilly-Boccia (Alabama) and Kasey O’Connor (Notre Dame) in the College World Series next year.