Westchester Vipers Capture State Title

 The Top Spot:

Westchester Vipers (playing out of the Westchester Skating Academy in Elmsford) won the Squirt (10 years old and under) Tier 2 NY State Ice Hockey Championship, on March 4 in Niagara Falls, NY. The tournament was played at O’Dwyer Arena on the campus of Niagara University.

The team is coached by Westchester residents Judson Selig and Frank Scalia and includes boys from communities throughout the county, including Christian Pizzutello and Cole Wyman who are from Harrison. The Vipers went 3-0 in the opening round on Friday and Saturday to reach to the semi-final on Sunday. In the semifinals the team beat the Bethlehem Eagles 6-4, the Eagles were the top seed in Northern New York.

On Sunday the team took the ice against Western New York’s top seeded Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles and the Vipers skated away victoriously as they beat the Purple Eagles 3-0.

The Westchester Vipers finished the year 60-12-4.

2012 Westchester Viper Roster:

Aaron Aboodi Scarsdale

Ethan Behar Armonk

Christopher Branch Yonkers

Jakey Cronin Chappaqua

Michael DiMarco Pleasantville

Shayan Farjam Hawthorne

Ross Gessow Rye Brook

Alex Hone Greenwich, Ct

David Ma, Yonkers

Christian Pizzutello, Harrison

Ryan Renzulli, Chappaqua

Jake Repaci, Rye Brook

Spencer Rockmore, Garrison

Nicky Scollard, New Rochelle

Jack Shapiro, Rye Brook

Vincent Spaziante, Thornwood

Cole Wyman, West Harrison

Yesterday’s Results:

Sport: Boys Basketball Class A Regional Semifinals

Game: Tappan Zee vs. Seton Catholic (Section 4)

Score: Tappan Zee Won 51-27

Highlights: Seton Catholic Central kept the game close for the majority of the first half, but the Dutchmen pulled away at the end of the second quarter and turned the game into a blowout. Tappan Zee was led by Pat Peterson’s 14 points and 10 rebounds as Brian McLaughlin added 12 points and Joe Letizia tacked on 10. 

Seton Catholic was led by Tom Torto’s 13 and Cole Smothers’ 10 in the loss.

Tappan Zee will head to Mount St. Mary College on Friday to take on Section 9’s Red Hook at 5:30 p.m.

Sport: Girls Basketball Class A Regional Semifinals

Game: Pearl River vs. Owego (Section 4)

Score:

Highlights: The Pirates dictated the tempo and controlled the pace of the game from the opening tip as the swarming Pearl River defense never allowed the Owego offense to get into any kind of a rhythm.

Senior captain Christa Scognamiglio led Pearl River with 18 points and nine rebounds in the win and Allison Cook scored 12. The Pirates ended the game with 24 steals, eight of them from Kerry Sullivan who also added eight points and 10 rebounds.

Senior Courtney Melia led the Indians with 11 points in the loss.

Pearl River’s season will continue as the Pirates will meet up with Section 9’s Red Hook Friday at Mount St. Mary’s College at 5:30 p.m.

Sport: Girls Basketball Class B Regional Semifinals

Game: Irvington vs. Highland (Section 9)

Score: Irvington Won 79-36

Highlights: The Bulldogs pounced on every Highland mistake early and Irvington jumped out to a 26-4 lead at the end of the first quarter. Lexi Martins and Marley Giddins led the team with 20 points each and Martins picked up yet another double-double as she collected 16 rebounds.

Kelly Murphy finished the game with 10 points in the loss.

Irvington will face off against the winner of the Cold Spring Harbor/South Hampton game on March 10 at 5 p.m. at Farmingdale State.

Sport: Boys Basketball Class C Regional Semifinals

Game: Tuckahoe vs. Pine Plains (Section 9)

Score: Tuckahoe Won 62-44

Highlights: Tuckahoe’s Sky Williams proved once again that he is one of the best scorers in the state as he led the tigers with 35 points, Williams also picked up a double-double with 12 rebounds was the only Tiger to reach double figures but several other players made contributions as the team turned the game into a blowout in the second half.

Justin Nolan had eight points and nine rebounds, Tyler Freire scored seven and Shyheim Nixon tacked on six points and six assists in the win.

Rob Lamont led Pine Plains in the loss with 13 points and eight rebounds and Zach Lyndon scored 10.

Tuckahoe will take on the winner of the East Rockaway/Pierson game on Saturday Mar. 10 at 2:45 p.m. at SUNY New Paltz.

Sport: Girls Basketball Class C Regional Semifinals

Game: Hamilton vs. Coleman Catholic (Section 9)

Score: Coleman Catholic Won 49-44

Highlights: Hamilton’s furious comeback fell short as Coleman Catholic was able to hold on for the five-point victory.

Mackenzie Burud and Lauren Melville led Coleman with 12 points each in the victory.

Hamilton was led by Maia Hood and Amani Lightbourne who each had 14 points.

Sport: Boys Basketball Class D Regional Semifinals

Game: Livingston Manor vs. Greenburgh Academy (Section 9)

Score: Livingston Manor Won 86-54

Highlights: After being awarded the section championship due to issues with eligibility of one of Biondi’s players, Greenbugh Academy fell in the regional semifinal. Tony Testagrose picked up 18 points for Greenburgh Academy and Yubiny Henriques added 17 in the blowout loss.

Senior Troy Correa led all scorers with 31 points for Livingston Manner, Mike Mills added 17 and Ken Fisk picked up 16 in the win.

Livingston Manor will go on to play Section 11’s Bridgehampton on March 10 at SUNY New Paltz at 4:30 p.m.

Today’s Schedule:

In boys basketball, Section 9’s Burke Catholic will host Albertus Magnus at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh at 7:45 p.m. in the Class B Regional Semifinals. 

College Sports Notebook:

Kilpatrick Recognized

University of Cincinnati sophomore basketball standout Sean Kilpatrick of White Plains has been named second-team All-Big East.

Kilpatrick, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound guard who graduated from Notre Dame Prep, averaged 14.6 points and 4.8 rebounds while shooting 42.4 percent from the field, 36.4 percent from three-point range and averaging 2.5 three-pointers per game during the regular season. He tied for first in the conference for three-pointers made while ranking 15th in scoring.

Kilpatrick, whose 452 points this season are the third-most under sixth-year head coach Mick Cronin, scored in double figures in 25 of 31 games. He has recorded six 20-point games this season, including a career-best 27 points at then-No. 11 Georgetown (68-64 win on Jan. 9).

Kilpatrick was named to the Big East all-Rookie team as a freshman.

Cincinnati finished the regular season 22-9 overall and 12-6 in the Big East.

Weekly Sports Poll:

This week’s poll deals with the New York Jets and quarterbacks Mark Sanchez and Peyton Manning.

If you were sitting in General Manager Mike Tannenbaum’s chair would you make a hard push for the NFL’s only four-time MVP, would you ride out the turbulence with the Sanchize, or would you bring in Manning to mentor Sanchez in his fourth year in the league?

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