Daily Sports Digest: Brinkman, Rye Girls LAX Wins At Regionals

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The Top Spot:

The Rye girls lacrosse team picked up a first round victory in regionals at Dietz Stadium in Kingston yesterday as they beat Red Hook Central 17-3.

Emma Brinkman led the way for Rye as she scored seven goals and assisted on another. Kelly Bonaventura, Scarlett Sulliman, Tori Virtue, and Charlotte Tucci each scored twice in the win.

Yesterday’s Results:

Sport: Baseball

Game: Tuckahoe vs. Haldane

Score: Haldane Won 7-4

Highlights: Haldane’s Dan Kinnaird was named the Class C Most Valuable Player as Haldane avenged last year’s 4-3 loss to Tuckahoe in the Championship Game. Haldane will play in their regional game on Monday at 4 p.m. at Pace.

Sport: Girls Lacrosse

Game: Kingston vs. North Rockland

Score: North Rockland Won 7-5

Highlights: North Rockland won the regional matchup at Dietz Stadium yesterday thanks to a trio of scorers. Tara Monaghan, Lauren Mazza and Kaitlyn Rau each scored twice as Katie Lonergan led the defense with nine saves in the win.

Sport: Baseball

Game: Iona Prep vs. Moore Catholic

Score: Iona Prep Won 9-1

Highlights: Tim McCarthy picked up the win for the Gales in the first round of the CHSAA tournament at St. John’s University. McCarthy pitched a scoreless six innings as Pat DeCea went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs and a walk. The sixth seeded Gales will take on (2) St. Raymond on Thursday afternoon at Fordham University.

Sport: Boys Lacrosse

Game: Mamaroneck vs. Mahopac

Score: Mamaroneck Won 9-8

Highlights: Mamaroneck finally lost the underdog label as the Tigers squeaked by Mahopac in the Class A Championship at White Plains. Scott Greenberg and Peter Conley led the Tigers with four goals each and Thomas Brill picked up 20 saves in the win.

Sport: Boys Lacrosse

Game: John Jay (CR) vs. Yorktown

Score: Yorktown Won 9-8

Highlights: Conner Vercruysse won the game for Yorktown on a Conor Cately assist in overtime of the Section 1 Class B Final.

Sport: Boys Lacrosse 

Game: Hendrick Hudson vs. Bronxville

Score: Bronxville Won 12-6

Highlights: Bronxville won the Class C championship at White Plains High School yesterday thanks in large part to two hat tricks by Brewster Warble and Henry Grass. Grass also had four assists as Reilly Walsh and Jack Grass scored twice. Eric Pass led the Bronco defense with nine saves.

Sport: Baseball

Game: Briarcliff vs. Keio

Score: Briarcliff Won 5-0

Highlights: Briarcliff jumped out on top quickly and Paul Henshaw pitched brilliantly as the team won their second consecutive Section 1 Class B championship. Henshaw only allowed three hits in the win and Ryan Huegel put the Bears on top for good in the first inning. Huegel went from first to third on a Jackson Plimpton sacrifice bunt and came in to score on a John Fussell fielder’s choice.

Today’s Schedule:

Section Championship Baseball Games, at Dutchess Stadium:

Class AA, Arlington takes on John Jay (EF) at 7 p.m.

Class A, Harrison takes on Byram Hills at 4 p.m.

Section Semifinals Softball Games:

Class AA Semifinals, (5) Carmel heads to (1) John Jay (EF) at 4:30 p.m.

Class AA Semifinals, (3) Clarkstown South heads to (2) Ketcham at 4:30 p.m.

Class A Semifinals, (8) Beacon heads to (5) Tappan Zee at 4:30 p.m.

Class A Semifinals, (7) Brewster heads to (3) Ursuline at 4:30 p.m.

Class B Semifinals, (4) Dobbs Ferry heads to (1) Rye Neck at 4:30 p.m.

Class B Semifinals, (6) Kennedy heads to (2) Valhalla at 4:30 p.m.

Section 1 Class C Section Championship At Nanuet:

(3) Haldane takes on (1) Solomon Schechter at 4:30 p.m.

Other Sports News:

The On-Deck Circle:

Baseball fans in general and New York Yankees fans in particular—who might be looking for a wonderful Father’s Day gift--should consider making time either on Thursday night or Saturday afternoon, or both, and visit Books & Greetings at Northvale (NJ) Square Shopping Center off Livingston Street.

Hall of Fame scribe Bill Madden of the New York Daily News and Moss Klein, who also covered the Yankees of George Steinbrenner for the Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger during the many reigns of manager Billy Martin, will be on hand at 7 p.m. to sign copies of “Damned Yankees, A No-Holds Barred Account of Life with ‘Boss’ Steinbrenner.”

On Saturday at 4 p.m., the well-regarded public relations dynamo and prolific writer Marty Appel, the former Yankees PR director who spent many years in Larchmont and whose children attended Mamaroneck High School, will sign copies of his latest book—No. 18 on the hit list, a definitive, incredibly researched, riveting 640-page treatise on the fabled Yankees franchise (published by Bloomsbury USA). Appel will be joined by former big-leaguer and ex-Yankee Ron Blomberg, who owns the signature distinction of having had the first at-bat as a designated hitter in Major League Baseball.

Appel, who became a producer of Yankees TV telecasts and director of Marty Appel Public Relations (www.appelpr.com) after his stint as PR honcho, is a man of many words, and though he has lived in Manhattan since 2003, still has close ties to Westchester and Rockland counties.

“It (Larchmont) feels like ‘hometown’ to me,” Appel said. “We spent 20 years there, but I also lived in Brooklyn, Queens, Riverdale, and went to high school in Spring Valley.”

For more information on either event, contact Books & Greetings at kennys1407@aol.com.

Weekly Sports Poll:

Both the Yankees and Mets have surprised fans this season. This week’s sports poll asks The Yankees are fighting to get out of the cellar in the AL East, while the Mets are actually competitive for the first time in years.

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