Clarkstown South Sends Two To Section All-Star Game

The Top Spot:

Section 1 All-Stars

Late last week MSG Varsity announced the Section 1 All-Stars in boy’s basketball, over the weekend the four teams squared off in two games at Sleepy Hollow High School on Sunday afternoon.

Byram Hills forward Andrew Maloney took home the first game’s MVP award with 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Tyler Sayre of Albertus Magnus shined in the second game with 22 points as he took home the contest’s MVP.

Albertus Magnus’ Pat McGuniess and Clarkstown South’ Mike McCahey were on the losing team in the second game. McCahey’s teammate Clayton Roker  was on the winning team in the game.

Clarkstown South’s Head Coach Matt Backs was also one of the All-Star team’s coaches.

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Mortarboard musings

• Sophomore midfielder Lauren Sbrilli of Martinsville, NJ, notched her second game-winner of the season, as the Rutgers University women’s lacrosse team used a strong second-half comeback to edge Fairfield, 11-10, in double overtime at Alumni Field in Fairfield, CT. Ali Steinberg of Suffern had two goals for the Scarlet Knights (5-3), who return home on Friday to open Big East play against undefeated Notre Dame (7-0). Game time is set for 4 p.m. at Yurcak Field in Piscataway, NJ. Junior attack Jamie Morrison of Yorktown Heights competes for the Fighting Irish.

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Weekly Sports Poll:

Last week’s poll dealt with the . With the choices of John Calipari, Phil Jackson, Jerry Sloan, Mike Woodson or someone else on the bench next year the Patch public of nearly 800 people voted they would like to see someone else on the bench with Phil Jackson and Mike Woodson finishing a close second and third.

Under Woodson the Knicks are currently 6-1, with big home games against Milwaukee and Orlando coming up this week.

With March in it’s final week this week’s sports poll deals with the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four in New Orleans. Kentucky and Louisville will play the early game on Saturday night quickly fallowed by Ohio State and Kansas. Now the only question left in the NCAA Basketball season, is

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