Huskies Fall In Mamaroneck Tournament Championship

This Weekend's Results:

Sport: Boys Basketball (Friday)

Game: Harrison vs. Rye

Score: Harrison Won 52-49

Highlights: Coby Leftkowitz led Harrison with 19 points as the Huskies squeaked passed Rye in the first round of the Mamaroneck tournament. Mike Garafalo picked up 16 points for Rye in the loss and former Harrison resident Kamal Logue added 14 for the Garnets.

Sport: Ice Hockey (Friday)

Game: Rye Town/Harrison vs. Ossining

Score: Rye Town/Harrison Won 2-1

Highlights: Sal Giacomo and Evan Jacobs each found the back of the net once for the Titans, and each assisted the other’s goal. Jackson Kane scored Ossining’s lone goal.

Sport: Boys Basketball (Saturday)

Game: Harrison vs. Mamaroneck

Score: Mamaroneck Won 46-34

Highlights: Mamaroneck’s Matt Mezansky was named tournament MVP after beating Harrison with 14 points and ten rebounds. Alex Lanni added 21 points in the win for Mamaroneck. Coby Leftkowitz led Harrison with 14 points.

Sport: Girls Basketball (Saturday)

Game: Harrison vs. Rye Country Day

Score: Rye Country Day Won 49-41

Highlights: The dynamic duo of Tara Berger and Carolyn Binder each scored 13 points for Rye Country Day in the win. Jenna Webb led Harrison with 14 points.

Sport: Winter Track & Field (Saturday)

Game: The Molloy Stanner Games

Score: Full Results

Highlights: Junior Sara Purinton led the way for Harrison in the 1600-meter run with a time of 5:47.04 and Rule Samad finished the triple jump with a score of 31-10. Senior Chris D’Antona led the Huskies in the 600-meter run with a time of 1:27.

Today’s Schedule:

In ice hockey, Rye Town/Harrison and Briarcliff will square off at 6:45 p.m.

Other Sports News:

Spartans on the run

St. Thomas Aquinas College sophomore George Erazo of North Babylon lowered his national qualifying time to a 48.80 after a great 400-meter run in the Gotham Cup at the New Balance Track and Field Center in northern Manhattan.

Erazo finished as the top Division II runner, and placed sixth overall in the competition. 

Freshman Alex Andre of North Rockland set a school record in the 1,000-meter with a time of 2:32.78, which beat the previous record of 2:35.44 held by Gary "Einar" Brissing.

Keeley Bateman, a sophomore from Pearl River, clocked a school-record 3:03.98 to finish 14th in the women’s 1,000. Rookie Catherine Sandkuhl of North Babylon also lowered her own school record in the 400-meter with a time of 1:01.20, good for 23rd overall.

The Spartans return to the New Balance Track and Field Center on Jan. 20 to compete in the Great Dane Classic.

Shepard, Marte in the swim

Sophomore Andrew Shepard of West Nyack continued his standout season in the distance freestyle events as the College of Mount Saint Vincent’s men’s swimming team lost to Mount Saint Mary College, 71-49, in Newburgh.

Shepard, an alum of Clarkstown South, was runner-up in the 1,000-yard event with a time of 12:30.47, and then won the 500-yard race in 5:56.26.

Also standing out was freshman Alex Marte of Yonkers, who posted a double victory in the 200-yard freestyle (2:06.03) and 100-yard butterfly (1:00.59).

The setback dropped the Dolphins to 1-7 in dual-meet competition, and 0-4 against Skyline Conference opponents.

The Dolphins return to the pool on a winter training trip to Florida, before resuming the schedule on Jan. 27 against Drew University in Madison, NJ, at 6 p.m.

Also competing for the Dolphins was freshman Juan Espinal of New Rochelle, in the backstroke and freestyle events.

The women’s team, which continues to struggle, lost to Hunter, 102-80 at the Mark Twain Pool Complex in Yonkers.

The Dolphins (1-10), who are also on a Florida training trip, hope to start something new on Jan. 21 when they meet Drew University in Madison, N.J.

Hunter (9-3) was led by siblings Juliette and Charlotte Collazo of Monsey, who are graduates of Spring Valley HS.

Charlotte, a freshman, was victorious in the 50-yard freestyle against the Dolphins, and helped the Hawks win the 200-yard freestyle relay; sophomore Juliette,  second in the 100-yard backstroke, was a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay quartet.

Hunter hosts John Jay College (4-2) on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the North pool.

Breaking into the lineup

Freshman guard Bergelis Louis of Nyack, a graduate of Ramapo HS, has appeared in four games for the women’s basketball team at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

The Bloodhounds (4-9) host York College (1-12) at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in Jamaica at the York PE and Rec Center.