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Ritch's Road to AIC: Rivertowns Daily Sports Digest, May 11
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We thank Dobbs Ferry assistant coach Brian Sepinski on the below submission detailing Eddie Ritch's decision to play at the next level at American International College:
Eddie had offers from colleges for football but wanted to pursue his true love of baseball at the next level. Coach Arone and I started helping Eddie back in the middle of August all the way to the end of February when he received his 1st college offer.
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There were trips to North Carolina as well as Pennsylvania to Massachussettes. Several D1 schools were interested such as Appalachian State, Maine, UNCC and Presbyterian but after the November signing period there was not a lot of scholarship money left and minimal roster spots as walk-ons were available.
Some D1 schools were still interested in Eddie and told him if he waited until the 2012 MLB Draft spots could then possibly open up and scholarship money could be available. Eddie thought hard about it knowing Appalachian State may come calling after the draft but wanted to have some security and a program that would welcome him.
I spoke to the coach at Appy St. and the coach even told me that if Eddie had a good offer not to wait for Appy St. which to me was complete class because the coach there knew of Eddie’s potential but would not stand in the way of Eddie taking a scholarship from another program and wished him all the luck.
Eddie had a few more offers come in before deciding on taking a great offer from American International College. Eddie wanted all the college stuff over before the season started so that he could just concentrate on Dobbs Ferry Baseball and not have to press and worry about what or where he would be going after graduation.
Boys Lax
Irvington came back to defeat visiting Dobbs Ferry 11-10 on May 9 and to read all about it check out Rob DiAntonio's story here on MSG Varsity.
College News from Dick Miller
The below was taken from the respective school's websites:
Track
At the Centennial Conference Championship on the 4th, Julian Saliani (Irvington '10) finished 6th of 30 runners in the men's 1,500, clocked at 3:57.87, while the Johns Hopkins team was 2nd in the meet, with 172 points, just 5 behind the winners, Haverford.
Running in the men's 10,000 meter race for Geneseo, Patrick Wortner (Dobbs Ferry '09) finished 5th of 14 runners, with a clocking of 32:37.9. The Blue Knights were 2nd of 8 schools competing in the SUNYAC championships on the 4th.
Nora Howe (Hastings '10) of Haverford, finished 15th in the women's 3,000 steeplechase, with a clocking of 12.58.92 .
The Fords finished 4th overall in the Centennial Conference at Ursinus on the 4th through 6th.
At the MAAC Championship on the 5th, Sarah Moore (Irvington '10) finished 9th of 12 contenders in the triple jump, with a leap of 10.24 meters, while in the long jump, she was 12th of 21 entrants, with her best 4:75 meters. In the pole vault, she was 3rd of 10 vaulters, with a height of 3.4 meters. Manhattan was 4th on the day, with 36 points.
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4:30 PM BASEBALL JV LEAGUE DOBBS FERRY HS @ HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL
4:30 PM BOYS LACROSSE Varsity NON-LEAGUE KEIO ACADEMY @ DOBBS FERRY HS
4:30 PM BOYS TENNIS Varsity NO FEE DOBBS FERRY HS @ PELHAM HIGH SCHOOL CANCELLED-NO RESCHEDULE
4:45 PM SOFTBALL Varsity LEAGUE SLEEPY HOLLOW H.S. @ DOBBS FERRY HS
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4:30 PM BASEBALL JV LEAGUE DOBBS FERRY HS @ HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL
4:15 PM BASEBALL Modified NON-LEAGUE HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL @ ARDSLEY HS McDOWELL PARK
4:30 PM BASEBALL Varsity TOURNAMENT HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL @ PELHAM HIGH SCHOOL GLOVER FIELD
4:30 PM BOYS LACROSSE JV LEAGUE ARDSLEY HS @ HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL
4:30 PM BOYS LACROSSE Varsity LEAGUE HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL @ ARDSLEY HS
4:15 PM BOYS TENNIS JV LEAGUE PELHAM HIGH SCHOOL @ HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL POSTPONED
4:30 PM BOYS TENNIS Varsity LEAGUE SLEEPY HOLLOW H.S. @ HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL REYNOLDS FIELD
4:30 PM SOFTBALL JV LEAGUE ARDSLEY HS @ HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL
4:30 PM SOFTBALL Varsity LEAGUE HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL @ ARDSLEY HS
4:30 PM BASEBALL JV NON-LEAGUE IRVINGTON HS @ VALHALLA HS VALHALLA HS
4:30 PM BOYS LACROSSE JV NON-LEAGUE BRONXVILLE @ IRVINGTON HS CANCELLED-NO RESCHEDULE
4:30 PM BOYS TENNIS JV NON-LEAGUE BRIARCLIFF HS @ IRVINGTON HS
4:15 PM GIRLS LACROSSE Modified LEAGUE IRVINGTON HS @ ARDSLEY HS ARDSLEY M.S.
4:30 PM SOFTBALL JV LEAGUE IRVINGTON HS @ ROOSEVELT HS CANCELLED-NO RESCHEDULE
4:30 PM SOFTBALL Varsity LEAGUE YONKERS HS @ IRVINGTON HS
Source: http://sportspakdb.lhric.org
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