Scapperotti Scores Ten as Local Teams go 3-0

The Harrison girls basketball team jumped out to a 12 point lead at the end of the first quarter and never looked back, blowing out Port Chester 57-31 Tuesday night. Senior Alyx Scapperotti let Harrison with ten points and D’Angela Covington led all scorers with 14 in the loss for Port Chester.

Yesterday’s Other Games:

Sport: Boys Basketball

Game: Harrison vs. Port Chester

Score: Harrison won 54-39

Highlights: Kayson Calhoun led all scorers with 18 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Rams fell at Harrison. Cory Calcogni and Coby Leftkowitz each picked up 12 points in the win while Brian Lauro controlled the paint with ten rebound and four points.

Sport: Wrestling

Game: Harrison vs. Irvington

Score: Harrison won 48-36

Highlights: Harrison’s James Carducci pinned his opponent in just over a minute in the 106 bout and Joe Madia did the same at 120. Gavin Menchel took just more than two minutes to win his match at 132 and Brian Cipriano won in under two minutes at 182.

Today’s Schedule:

In boys swimming, Ardsley and Harrison will face off at in Harrison at 4:30 p.m.

Other Sports News

Curry Hockey Ties Manhattanville With Late Goal (Contributed)

Curry College's Michael Curran scored the game-tying goal with less than four minutes left in the third period and neither team scored the rest of the way as the Manhattanville mens hockey team skated to a 3-3 (OT) tie with the Colonels in a non-conference matchup on Tuesday evening at Playland Ice Casino.

For the second time in three games, Manhattanville played well enough to hold a lead late in regulation only to give up the tying goal with less than four minutes remaining. This time the equalizer came with 3:54 left on the clock, as Curran found the rebound of an Ian DeLong shot in the slot area and found the net for his fifth of the year.

Neither team really threatened for the remainder of regulation, and nobody was able to find the net in overtime as well despite a combined nine shots (6-3 Curry) in the extra frame.

For the game, Curry posted a 39-29 edge in total shots. Manhattanville had a 12-6 edge after one period of play, but Curry used a decisive 14-3 edge in shots during the third period to tie the score and swing the margin in the favor of the visitors.

Curry's Payden Benning opened the scoring 54 seconds into the second frame as the teams skated four-on-four, slapping home a shot from the low slot just before the Manhattanville net came dislodged for his team-leading 14th goal of the year.

But soon after the Valiants took advantage of a major penalty and game disqualification to Curry's Braeden Ruud to score twice and take their first lead of the game. With three minutes of power play to work with, junior Scott Hudson beat Curry netminder Joe Dawson on the short side from a tough angle to knot the score at one at the 3:20 mark of the period. A mere 41 seconds later, classmate Brett Skalski also capitalized on the man-up chance to knot his fourth of the year and put the home team in front by a goal.

But the Valiants could not score during the remainder of the power play nor for the rest of the game, as the home team finished 2-for-7 on the man advantage. Curry was shut out in three man-up chances as well on the night.

Senior Pierre-Olivier Lemieux turned aside 37 of 39 shots to earn the tie for Manhattanville, while Dawson made 27 saves on 29 shots for the Colonels.

Manhattanville (5-4-3) will return to action Friday night, as the team begins a weekend series with SUNY Potsdam beginning at 7 p.m. at Playland Ice Casino. GoValiants.TV will have the live video coverage beginning at 6:50 p.m. Curry (7-5-1) will travel to #2 Oswego State on Friday for a 7 p.m. matchup.

Mamaroneck’s Wheeler third on the mat

Femi Wheeler of Mamaroneck was one of two place-winners for Plymouth State University as it placed eighth out of nine teams Saturday at the Williams Invitational Wrestling Tournament in Williamstown, MA.

The Panthers, who had just seven wrestlers competing in the tournament, finished with 32.5 points. Springfield won the team title with 125 points, with host Williams second with 86 and Roger Williams University third with 78.  The balance of the field included the University of Southern Maine (69), New York University (65.5), MIT (55.5), Simpson (39.5), PSU (32.5), and STCC (16.5).

Wheeler, a junior, competed in the 157-pound weight bracket, earning third place after winning his first two matches and then capturing two more victories in the back draw.

Plymouth State will be on the road Saturday (Jan. 14), traveling to NYU for a quad that will include Elizabethtown and Gettysburg.