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Gaels Roll in Opener: Bedford-Katonah Daily Sports Digest March 26
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Gaels Win Opener
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We thank Kennedy Catholic boys lacrosse coaches Vin and Nick Savastano for the below submission of its March 24 contest. Both are former state finalist coaches and four-time Section 1 champions while coaching at John Jay. We wish them and their players the best this spring:
Goals
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Pearl River 0 - 2 - 1 - 1-4
Kennedy Catholic 2 - 5 - 5 - 0-12
Records
Kennedy Catholic 1-0
Pearl River 0-1
Scoring
Pearl River
Matt Bosco 2 goals
Kyle McDonald 2 goals
John McBrien 1 assist
Chris McGarry 1 assist
Kennedy Catholic
Nick Garofano - 5 goals, 3 assists. Garofano is a freshman who scored the first goal ever on Kennedy's new turf field.
Andrew Rodriguez - 3 goals, 2 assists
Joey Molfetta - 2 goals
Gerard Martirano - 2 goals (first two of his career - he's a freshman)
Saves
Pearl River - Lowell Hunt - 12 saves
Kennedy Catholic- Dylan Kloster - 8 saves
Background
This is the third year for the Savastano's coaching at Kennedy Catholic.
First year Gaels lost to Pearl River 10-1.
Second year beat the Pirates 4-3.
Coach's comments:
"It was a great game. We came out to a quick 2-0 lead, before exploding in the second quarter with a 6-1 lead and led 7-2 at half. We then took a commanding 12-2 lead before winning 12-4."
"It was a great team effort and we were excited to get Kennedy Catholic's first win the new turf field. The kids did an amazing job excecuting the game plan and we are excited about our potential this season."
Squirts Cap a Great Season with a Win!
The below was taken from the Bedford Bears Hockey website. We congratulate the team on its great season:
The Squirt A's capped a great season with a win over North Park to capture the Hackensack Spring Screamer Tournament. Down 2-0 in the early going, the Bears came on strong to win 4-3.
For the season, the Squirts record was 29-9-1, 1st place at both the Marlborough and Hackensack Tournaments, and NY State Championship Semi-Finalist. Congratulations to all the players, coaches and parents. Awesome job!!!
Men's Baseball
Cortland sophomore catcher Tim Panetta (Fox Lane '10) was 2-for-3 with a double in the nationally 22nd-ranked Red Dragons' 10-2 triumph at Mt. St. Vincent on March 18.
See Cortland's website for a complete game story.
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4:30 PM BOYS TENNIS JV NON-LEAGUE HARRISON HS @ JOHN JAY CROSS RIVER HS POUND RIDGE PARK
6:00 PM GIRLS LACROSSE JV NON-LEAGUE WALTER PANAS HS @ JOHN JAY CROSS RIVER HS
4:30 PM GIRLS LACROSSE Varsity NON-LEAGUE WALTER PANAS HS @ JOHN JAY CROSS RIVER HS
Source: http://sportspakdb.lhric.org
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