YHS Skiers Excel: Yorktown Daily Sports Digest March 23

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Yorktown Skiing Wrap-Up

We thank Yorktown coach Wendy Nufer for the below submissions and congratulate the Huskers on a tremendous season:

Regular Season (Southern Division)

Girls:  7-0

Boys: 7-0

**Thomas Menton:  Undefeated all season

League Championships

Girls:   Yorktown vs. North Salem  => Yorktown won

*Stefanie Ranagan placed 1^st

Boys:  Yorktown vs. North Salem  =>  Yorktown won

*Thomas Menton placed 1^st

All-League (qualified individually for Sectional Championships)

Girls

Stefanie Ranagan       (12)

Kaitlin Lecce              (12)

Emily Concialdi            (9)

Jackie Cappa             (12)

Nikki Prestiano            (9)

Nicole Bartosch          (11)

Boys

Thomas Menton        (12)

Matt Galotti               (12)

DJ Peters                  (11)

Alec Iurato                (10)

Jack Luceno              (11)

Christian Iurato         (12)

Mack Goodstein        (12)

Mike Cesario             (12)

Sectional Championships

TEAM

Girls TEAM won – sending our top three female racers to States (S. Ranagan, K. Lecce, E. Concialdi)

Boys TEAM narrowly lost by 0.16 seconds to Brewster H.S.

INDIVIDUALS-Top 15 

GIRLS:

Stefanie Ranagan: Best SL – 7^th, Total SL – 7^th; Best GS – 13^th, Total GS – 11^th; Best SL+GS – 7^th, Total SL+GS (Skimeister) – 5^th

Kaitlin Lecce: Best SL – 5^th, Total SL – 4^th; Best GS – 3^rd, Total GS – n/a; Best SL+GS – 4^th, Total SL+GS (Skimeister) – n/a

Emily Concialdi: Best SL – 4^th, Total SL – 5^th; Best GS – n/a, Total GS – n/a; Best SL+GS – n/a, Total SL+GS (Skimeister) – n/a 

Nikki Prestiano: Best SL – 14^th, Total SL – 12^th; Best GS – n/a, Total GS – n/a; Best SL+GS – n/a, Total SL+GS (Skimeister) – n/a

Jackie Cappa:  n/a

Nicole Bartosch: n/a

BOYS:

Thomas Menton: Best SL – 4^th, Total SL – 4^th; Best GS – 7^th, Total GS – 6^th; Best SL+GS – 4^th, Total SL+GS (Skimeister) – 3^rd

Matt Galotti: Best SL – 9^th, Total SL – 8^th; Best GS – 16^th, Total GS – 11^th; Best SL+GS – 10^th, Total SL+GS (Skimeister) – 6^th

Mack Goodstein: Best SL – 16^th, Total SL – 14^th; Best GS – 14^th, Total GS – 9^th; Best SL+GS – 15^th, Total SL+GS (Skimeister) – 10^th

Alec Iurato: Best SL – n/a, Total SL – n/a ; Best GS – n/a, Total GS – 15^th; Best SL+GS – n/a, Total SL+GS (Skimeister) – n/a

DJ Peters: n/a

Jack Luceno: n/a

Christian Iurato: n/a

Mike Cesario: n/a

All-Section (qualified for State Championships)

Stefanie Ranagan

Kaitlin Lecce

Emily Concialdi

Thomas Menton

State Championships 2012

Stefanie Ranagan SL – 41^st, GS – 45^th   [also attended States 2009, her freshman year]

Kaitlin Lecce  SL – n/a, GS – 34^th

Emily Concialdi SL – 50^th, GS – 32^nd   [also attended States 2011, her 8^th grade year]

Thomas Menton SL – 36^th, GS – n/a    [also attended States 2011, his junior year]

**Thomas Menton was awarded the Sportsmanship Award at States this year.

Brief Explanation of Championship Qualification Changes

Out of the last 9 seasons (including this year), both the Girls and Boys "A" Teams (Varsity) and the Co-Ed "B" Team (JV) have won all of the Southern Division Titles.  Hence, both A Teams then qualified for the League Championships, and out of these last 9 years, the Boys A Team has won 8 out of the last 9 Titles, and the Girls A Team has won 6 out of the last 9 Titles. 

The League Championships also used to be known as the TEAM Sectional Team Championships, and the top 4 racers of the winning team would automatically qualify as the 4-racer TEAM contingent of the total 12 racers representing Section 1 in the State Championships. 

This year, however, there were changes (due partially to budgetary constraints) at the State and Section 1 levels.  At the State level, the total number of qualifying racers representing Section 1 was reduced to a total of 9 (6 Individuals + 3 TEAM racers), instead of 12 (9 Individuals + 4 TEAM racers), and the qualifying number of the TEAM contingent from Section 1 was reduced from 4 to 3 racers. 

The only exception to the total number qualifying from Section 1 was the one extra individual “wild card slot” which Section 1 girls had won last year due to their coming in 3^rd place in the State Championships (hence, this year the S1 Girls team totaled 10 athletes).  This year, Section 1 Girls placed 4^th and Boys placed 5^th, so there will be no “wild card slots” next year (see attached State Championships results). 

The changes made at the Section 1 level included the means for determining the TEAM that goes to the States.  The League Championships became its own separate race, and the TEAM Sectional Championships was no longer based on the team records & “playoffs” throughout the regular season. 

Instead, it was determined by taking the lowest team score of the 3 best Slalom racer times, combined, from all teams who had at least 3 racers qualify for Sectionals.  This opened up the possibility for additional racers from teams with losing records during the season to have an opportunity to attend states as a “TEAM”, in addition to those who qualify “individually” for States.  

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