Your morning scores
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- January
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Because I spent time last night with my very understanding wife, I didn’t see all the scores until this morning. What a night for Lakeland.
The Hornets have spent the last month or so talking about potential. They truly believed the team would thrive once Tori Jarosz returned from her back injury because the supporting cast would have developed without her. It sounded acceptable, at least in theory. But last night at Mahopac it came true. Lakeland beat Scarsdale 51-48 behind 37 points from Jarosz, who broke the program’s all-time single-game scoring record.
So much for Monday’s worrisome debut.
I had been unwilling to throw the Hornets in the mix as a Class A contender. Who knew how good they were? Well…now we do. Put them in.
You can find the rest of last night’s scores here. Among the items of interest:
— John Jay downed Mahopac 61-58 and will meet Lakeland tonight at 4 in the championship game. Mahopac and Scarsdale meet at noon in the consolation.
— Nyack beat Spring Valley 56-47 and moved one step closer to sealing League 2-South. The Indians remains unbeaten while SV and TZee both have two losses. Nyack faces each of the Rockland rivals once more. A win in either of the two games will give the Indians the outright league title.
— Kudos to Jessica Negron of Saunders, one of the better players you’ve probably never heard of. Negron scored two baskets in the final two minutes to send the Blue Devils’ game with Yonkers into OT, then scored a whopping 12 of her 28 in OT of a 49-37 win.
— I heard from a jazzed-up Keio coach Stan Hamlet after his game last night. It was a thriller. The Unicorns beat Port Chester 45-44 at the buzzer on a layup by Kana Sato.
— Tappan Zee beat Brewster 51-46, but give it up for the Bears. They (like Lakeland) proved the Rockland teams must beware in the early rounds of the Class A playoffs.
— Hen Hud beat Pelham 48-44 last night. It may not seem like much to many of you, but the Sailors’ young coach Benny Martucci has done a solid job trying to build that program. Hen Hud is strictly a volleyball school and the basketball team lost a few important returning players before last season, including a handful of starters who decided to stick with volleyball full-time. Now, the Sailors have won 10 games and Fiona Callagy and Megan Jacobs have developed into a nice tandem.
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on Saturday, January 31st, 2009 at 6:30 am by Josh Thomson. 
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Josh Thomson has done some of everything since joining The Journal News in March 2003. He began working for the Gannett weeklies during the winter of 2002 as a freelance writer. He joined the daily staff soon after and has since covered various high school and pro sports. Away from sportswriting, Josh lives in Westchester and spends his free time either with his fiancee, Sarah, or expertly managing his various championship-winning fantasy sports teams. He's visited 21 major-league baseball stadiums and insists that Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are the best by far. Josh graduated from Carmel High School in 1998, then went to Boston University, where, in 2002, he received a degree in communications with a minor in history.
You’ve been ignoring Lakeland all year. I’m happy you’ve seen the light.
p.s. where’s the video of Lakeland vs. Yorktown? I sat next to the camerawoman who told me it would be on the website.
Is the Pearl River Albertus Game still scheduled for Sunday at 1:30
Understanding wife? Is there such a creature on this planet? Oh yea, they love sports until you get married!!!
Martucci and Hamlet. 2 of the best coaches in the section.
If they were at one of those underachieving AA schools, Well, lets just say that the current favorites that just played today would have their hands full. These two coaches are the real mccoys. Thanks for mentioning some other coaches besides your usual motley crew.