Daily Sports Digest: Scarsdale’s Rice Named Scholar All-American At NYU

The Top Spot: David Rice of Scarsdale had an outstanding senior season on the mat, going 31-2 at 165 pounds while recording five falls for the New York University wrestling team.

Rice not only was the University Athletic Association (UAA) Champion at 165, but he was also named the association’s most outstanding wrestler.

Led by Rice, the Violets went 12-9 in dual meets and won the UAA Championship for the first time since 2008.

Rice’s accomplishments extended beyond the mat, too, as he was selected a Scholar All-American by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, leading NYU to a Division III team award.

NYU boasted the ninth-best team GPA at 3.39. The team GPA figure is calculated as an average of the GPAs of the top 10 student-athletes on each team, at least six of whom must have competed in qualifying tournaments for the NCAA Championships. The others must have competed in at least 50 percent of the team’s scheduled contests.

A double major in economics and computer science, Rice was named a Scholar All-American for the first time in his career.

CYP Tournament Continues

The CYP Basketball Tournament continues tonight as the PC Savages take on the BC Eagles at 7:15 and the Metro Hawks face off against Playmaker Academy at 8:30 p.m.

All games are played at Our Lady of Mercy School on Washington Street in Port Chester and admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children.

White Plains Welcomes “March Madness” Card Show

JP’s Sports/Rock Solid Promotions Inc are putting on a card show in White Plains over the next three days at the Westchester County Center. Today the doors are open from 2 to 8 p.m., tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday the hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $7 per day and on Saturday there is a complimentary Roy White autograph and a complimentary Bobby Shantz signature.

Other guests expected to appear on Saturday are baseball hall of famers Andre Dawson, Roberto Alomar, and Wade Boggs.

On Sunday the New York Football Giants take over as Super Bowl Champions Jake Ballard, Linval Joseph, Chris Snee, Mario Manningham, Hakeem Nicks and Michael Boley are all expected to be in attendance as well as Hall of Famer Harry Carson.

The next card show at the County Center will be the weekend of May 11.

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