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Jake Thomases has covered baseball, hockey, girls basketball, and girls
soccer for the Journal News since arriving in 2003. He previously interned
at The Poughkeepsie Journal while attending Vassar College. He is socking
money away under his mattress to buy the Knicks, at which time he will trade Jerome James to Cleveland for a ham sandwich.
E-mail Jake Thomases at jtthomas@lohud.com
All Hudson Valley needed to do in today's game against Central was not allow 79 points. It could lose by 40 and still play for gold as long as the score was 78-38. That's the advantage of a perfect record.
Turns out HV won anyway, 67-62. The reward? Another meeting with Central, which apparently did enough [...]
After an opening win over New York City, Hudson Valley fell to 1-1 in the Games with a 61-59 loss to Adirondack. Julianne Vianni led the way with 20 points, including four 3s. Emma Markley tossed in 13.
Next up is tonight's 8 p.m. battle with Fantasia Goodwin and Central. Central smoked Long Island in its [...]
Blind Brook and ESG coach Manny Martinez has asked me to tell everybody that Wednesday's 7 p.m. practice for Empire State games at SUNY Purchase has been canceled. No make up date has been scheduled.
We've had a few nasty comments recently so I feel it's necessary to remind all posters to adhere to our Terms of Service. Here's the simple version, taken from the comments section of every blog post:
"It is a condition of your use of the comment features associated with the blogs that you do not: Use [...]
Nanuet AD Frank Mazzuca confirmed today that the school board has approved Carlos Fidalgo as the new girls varsity basketball coach. Fidalgo is a social studies teacher in the district and coached JV boys basketball and JV baseball.
Outgoing coach Brian Metcalf vouched for him, calling him a friend and someone who really cares about the student [...]
Shields is the MVP, finishing with 23 points, 14 rebounds, and six assists. Emily Marsh won the sportsmanship award. Zuvic also won all-tournament.
3:21: After a bunch of free throws the clock finally runs out. Haldane is the state champion of Class C, 46-36. What a capper for Shields. I don't think there will be a [...]
As I was leaving the court area today with the Haldane crowd I heard an interesting exchange. It was between a man and woman, Haldane supporters both. The Blue Devils had just beaten the stuffing out of Cooperstown 63-49. Here's the gist of the exchange.
Man: Did you hear what they said about us in the [...]
5:48: Hey, Josh checking in here with a few final items.
First of all, Maggie Blair was named the MVP. She led Briarcliff with 13 points and nine rebounds. She also had four assists and three steals. … Shelby Coon had 10 points and four rebounds and was named to the all-tournament team. … A [...]
So the Class B championship is tomorrow at 4 p.m. back here at HVCC. The Bears will face either Hoosic Valley or Nazareth, who are playing right now.
The final stats are reflective of this stilted game. Only one player—Torto of Seton—cracked double figures. Coon led the Bears with eight and 12 boards. Weiner and [...]
Just wanted to do a post-mortem on Pearl River. Yesterday, for those who weren't at Pace or didn't read my game story, the Pirates fell to Cornwall in a regional final. It was a tale of two halves, for both teams really. Cornwall shot the lights out in the first half. Pearl River looked very slow [...]
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.
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