Daily Sports Digest: Clarkstown Wins Swim Meet, Loses In Bowling

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Midterm Weeks Lightens High School Schedule

Midterms and regents exams continue this week, and while athletic programs across the state pause to allow the young student-athletes to focus on the academic side of high school we remind you that while competition will be scarce during the week the games will resume fully this weekend.

To all the athletes out there, study hard on your exams and best of luck.

Yesterday’s Results:

Sport: Boys Swimming

Game: Clarkstown vs. Nyack

Score: Clarkstown Won 89-56

Highlights: James Furey got Clarkstown off to a good start as he won the 200 Freestyle. Clarkstown’s Andrew Tsuei, Nikola Andjelic, Sean Piacente, Matthew Kishinevskiy and Mehrad Tashkindoust would go on to win the next five events before the meet went into exhibition.

Sport: Boys Bowling 

Game: Clarkstown vs. Yonkers

Score: Yonkers Won 7-0

Highlights: Anthony Bowles led Yonkers with a career day, Bowels led all bowlers in high game (247) and high series (668).

Today’s Schedule:

In Ice Hockey, Clarkstown will head to Rye Country Day School at 5 p.m.

In Boys Basketball, Clarkstown North heads to Tappan Zee at 6 p.m.

In Boys Basketball, Clarkstown South heads to Nyack at 4 p.m.

In Girls Basketball, Clarkstown South will host Suffern at 5:30 p.m.

Full speed ahead for Setters

Senior Carol Johnson of New City scored 14 points as the Pace University women’s basketball team elevated its record to a sparkling 14-3 with a 62-57 victory over Franklin Pierce (11-6).

Johnson, a graduate of Cardinal Spellman HS, is averaging 10.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and three assists.

The Setters host Merrimack College (3-13) of North Andover, MA, today at 5:30 p.m. in the front end of a twin-bill with the men’s teams.

Lady Jaspers stumble

The Manhattan College women’s basketball team (9-10, 3-4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) suffered a 59-45 loss to Loyola (7-12, 3-5 MAAC) at Draddy Gymnasium in Riverdale.

Junior guard Maggie Blair of Briarcliff had two points, two rebounds and two assists in 10 minutes for Manhattan.

The Jaspers are back in action on Friday afternoon, when they visit Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, CT, for their second meeting of the season with Fairfield University (14-5, 7-1 MAAC).

The Lady Stags posted a 63-59 victory over Manhattan at Draddy Gymnasium on Jan. 7.  Friday’s game is the National MAAC Game of the Week and will be broadcast live at 4 p.m. on ESPN3, ESPN’s online video portal.

Freshman guard Felicia DaCruz of Chestnut Ridge has played in 17 games at Fairfield, averaging nine-plus minutes a game. The Albertus Magnus grad has eight assists, and a steal.