http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/ Swing for the fences with Newsday’s extended coverage of Long Island high school softball. en Copyright 2008 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:24:48 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss UPDATE: East Hampton trails 3-0 in the top of the third. The Eagles got on the board in the top of the second inning when hits by Melani Maxwell and Shea put runners at first and third, which setup a double steal. Melissa Frederick, pinch-running for Shea, took off for second and, when the catcher went through with the throw, Maxwell immediately broke for home. The throw short-hopped second base so Frederick was safe and Maxwell scored standing up for the first and deciding run. Amanda Vetter added a single to right to score the second run. Shea got into a jam in the bottom of the frame when Cicero, on three infield singles, loaded the bases with nobody out. Lucia Meola beat out a slow roller to short, Morgan Nandin dropped a perfect bunt up the third base line and Brittany Paul slapped a grounder up the middle and legged it out. But Shea, like a magician (or a bullfighter or MacGyver), managed to wiggle out of it. She struck out the next two batters and made a leaping snag of Lindsay Flanagan’s chopper up the middle. From there on, she shut down the Northstars. In the fifth, Hannah Leary tacked on an insurance run (cushion for the cushion) by drilling a solo home run over the left centerfield fence. On a 3-2 count, she guessed fastball, got it and tagged it. The ball, which traveled an estimated 220 ft., landed on top of a tent covering a concession stand. Shea finished up the seventh with a strikeout and two popups. I bet you’re itching for quotes and more details and stuff. Read Newsday tomorrow! ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/06/west_babylon_advances_to_class.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/06/west_babylon_advances_to_class.html Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:24:48 -0500 Jabberwocky High School out there, we've gone too far. Class AA 1 19-2 Bay Shore-11 2 18-2 Shenendehowa-2 3 17-3 East Meadow-8 4 20-2 Fairport-5 5 19-5 Liverpool-3 6 17-2 West Babylon-11 7 16-5 Williamsville North-6 8 16-4 Long Beach-8 9 19-2 Niskayuna-2 10 20-1 FDR-9 11 17-4 East Islip-11 12 17-4 Valley Central-9 13 18-4 Brentwood-11 14 15-5 Yorktown-1 15 12-4 Lancaster-6 16 17-4 Rome Free Academy-3 17 10-3-1 Ketcham-1 18 17-7 Cicero-N. Syracuse-3 19 16-4 Suffern-1 20 14-7 Troy-2 21 14-4 Kingston-9 22 13-3 Kenmore West-6 23 14-6 Carey-8 24 16-7 Horseheads-4 25 18-2 Kings Park-11 Class A 1 14-0 South Glens Falls-2 2 20-1 Victor-5 3 20-1 Seaford-8 4 19-2 East Hampton-11 5 19-1 Pearl River-1 6 22-2 Aquinas-5 7 18-2 Lansingburgh-2 8 16-1 Pittsford Mendon-5 9 15-4 Eastport-South Manor-11 10 16-4 Corning West-4 11 16-3 New Paltz-9 12 18-2 Homer-3 13 14-2 Goshen-9 14 16-1 Mount Sinai-11 15 16-5 Maine-Endwell-4 16 16-1 Malone-10 17 17-4 Floral Park-8 18 12-1 Maryvale-6 19 18-1 Eastchester-1 20 18-2 Ichabod Crane-2 20 21-3 Phoenix-3 Class B 1 15-0 Hoosic Valley-2 2 20-1 Chenango Valley-4 3 21-1 Windsor-4 4 14-1 Fredonia-6 5 15-2 Hampton Bays-11 6 13-3 Westhill-3 7 16-2 Wayland-Cohocton-5 8 17-1 Canton-10 9 15-5 Olean-6 10 15-6 Waterloo-5 11 16-3 Babylon-11 12 12-2 South Jefferson-3 13 13-6 Schuylerville-2 14 12-2 Salmon River-10 15 19-2 Cleveland Hill-6 16 17-5 Canastota-3 17 17-2 Pembroke-5 18 18-5 Pine Plains-9 19 14-7 Albertus Magnus-1 20 11-9 Carle Place-8 Class C 1 18-3 Bolivar-Richburg-5 2 19-1 Sandy Creek-3 3 15-6 Mechanicville-2 4 15-2 Ticonderoga-7 5 13-9 Binghamton Seton-4 6 18-4 Elmira Notre Dame-4 7 19-2 Pulaski-3 8 15-3 Warsaw-5 9 14-5 Immaculata-CHS 10 16-5 Cassadaga Valley-6 11 16-2 Oakfield-Alabama-5 12 16-3 Tioga-4 13 17-3 Onondaga-3 14 16-5-1 Canajoharie-2 15 17-1 Southern Cayuga-4 16 15-1 St. Lawrence-10 17 16-6 Duanesburg-2 18 18-1 Caledonia-Mumford-5 19 15-5 Frewsburg-6 20 15-5 Valhalla-1 20 11-7 Pierson-11 Class D 1 16-0 Chapel Field-9 2 16-4 Afton-4 3 18-1 Ripley-6 4 18-2 Stockbridge Valley-3 5 13-2 Jefferson-4 6 16-3 Elba-5 7 14-3 Argyle-2 8 12-3 Livingston Manor-9 9 16-1 Downsville-4 10 16-4 Fillmore-5 11 15-3 Hartford-2 12 13-4 Crown Point-7 13 12-4 Edwards-Knox-10 14 12-5 Heuvelton-10 15 13-4 Hancock-4 16 15-4 Oriskany-3 17 19-2 Schenevus-4 18 11-3 Sackets Harbor-3 19 11-4 Hinsdale-6 20 13-4 Edmeston-4]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/05/state_rankings_1.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/05/state_rankings_1.html Tue, 27 May 2008 13:36:45 -0500 Spooneybarger.) Class AA 1 17-1 Bay Shore-11 2 15-1 Shenendehowa-2 3 17-1 Fairport-5 4 18-4 Liverpool-3 5 16-2 West Babylon-11 6 16-3 East Meadow-8 7 15-4 Cicero-N. Syracuse-3 8 15-5 Williamsville North-6 9 15-4 Long Beach-8 10 16-3 East Islip-11 11 11-3 Lancaster-6 12 9-2 John Jay EF-1 13 6-2-1 Ketcham-1 14 14-3 Suffern-1 15 15-2 Niskayuna-2 16 18-1 FDR-9 17 14-3 Valley Central-9 18 16-4 Brentwood-11 19 11-4 Webster Schroeder-5 20 16-4 Sachem East-11 21 16-3 Colonie-2 22 12-3 Kingston-9 23 20-4 Clarence-6 24 15-2 West Genesee-3 25 13-6 Carey-8 Class A 1 10-0 South Glens Falls-2 2 13-0 Victor-5 3 18-1 Seaford-8 4 18-2 East Hampton-11 5 17-1 Aquinas-5 6 17-1 Pearl River-1 7 15-3 Eastport-South Manor-11 8 12-3 Corning West-4 9 15-2 Lansingburgh-2 10 14-1 Pittsford Mendon-5 11 15-2 New Paltz-9 12 16-2 Homer-3 13 11-2 Goshen-9 14 16-1 Mount Sinai-11 15 14-5 Maine-Endwell-4 16 12-1 Malone-10 17 15-4 Floral Park-8 18 17-1 Eastchester-1 19 12-3 Williamsville East-6 20 15-2 Ichabod Crane-2 20 14-3 Port Jervis-9 20 19-2 Phoenix-3 Class B 1 12-0 Hoosic Valley-2 2 17-1 Chenango Valley-4 3 21-1 Windsor-4 4 13-1 Fredonia-6 5 13-2 Hampton Bays-11 6 16-2 Babylon-11 7 13-3 Westhill-3 8 15-2 Wayland-Cohocton-5 9 10-5 Schuylerville-2 10 12-3 Chatham-2 11 13-1 Canton-10 12 14-5 Olean-6 13 12-6 Waterloo-5 14 12-2 South Jefferson-3 15 13-5 Somers JFK-1 16 10-1 Salmon River-10 17 18-2 Cleveland Hill-6 18 15-5 Canastota-3 19 13-7 Penn Yan 20 10-9 Carle Place-8 Class C 1 16-3 Bolivar-Richburg-5 2 15-1 Sandy Creek-3 3 12-6 Mechanicville-2 4 15-3 Warsaw-5 5 12-2 Ticonderoga-7 6 17-2 Pulaski-3 7 10-9 Binghamton Seton-4 8 14-5 Duanesburg-2 9 14-5 Immaculata-CHS 10 16-4 Elmira Notre Dame-4 11 13-5 Cassadaga Valley-6 12 15-2 Oakfield-Alabama-5 13 15-3 Tioga-4 14 15-3 Onondaga-3 15 15-1 Southern Cayuga-4 16 13-1 St. Lawrence-10 17 12-3-1 Canajoharie-2 18 9-1 Pembroke-5 19 13-5 Frewsburg-6 20 14-5 Valhalla-1 20 11-6 Pierson-11 20 12-1 Caledonia-Mumford-5 Class D 1 13-0 Chapel Field-9 2 15-4 Afton-4 3 15-1 Ripley-6 4 10-0 Hartford-2 5 16-1 Stockbridge Valley-3 6 13-2 Jefferson-4 7 12-2 Elba-5 8 10-2 Argyle-2 9 11-2 Livingston Manor-9 10 14-1 Downsville-4 11 14-2 Fillmore-5 12 11-1 Andover-5 13 9-1 Crown Point-7 14 11-3 Edwards-Knox-10 15 10-5 Northstar Christian-5 16 16-3 Hamilton-3 17 10-4 Heuvelton-10 18 6-4 Moriah-7 19 12-2 Oriskany-3 20 8-4 Hammond-10]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/05/state_rankings.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/05/state_rankings.html Wed, 21 May 2008 12:09:08 -0500 Batting Average Kelsey Fischer (Bay Shore) .589 Kenzi Maloney (Hampton Bays) .567 Vanessa Acosta (Brentwood) .552 Ashley Vosilla (Hills West) .551 Jill Donnelly (Mt. Sinai) .548 Meghan Kirchmeier (Hauppauge) .523 Cathy Sefried (Mattituck) .521 Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) .501 Molly Nolan (East Hampton) .501 Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) .501 Genna Kovar (Hampton Bays) .501 Cassidy Drasser (Mt. Sinai) .489 Kristyn Sarro (Smithtown West) .489 Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) .481 RBIs Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 28 Katarina Menendez (Hauppauge) 27 Nikki Massoni (Bay Shore) 26 Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 26 Vanessa Acosta (Brentwood) 26 Jill Donnelly (Mt. Sinai) 25 Liz Webber (Bay Shore) 22 Kenzie Maloney (Hampton Bays) 21 Melani Maxwell (West Babylon) 20 Danielle Messina (West Babylon) 20 Ashley Vosilla (Hills West) 19 Meghan Gwynn (Brentwood) 19 Jen McComb (Lindenhurst) 18 Sam Barra (Islip) 18 Theresa DeLucia (Miller Place) 18 Alexis Gonzalez (Hauppauge) 17 Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) 17 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 17 Kristyn Sarro (Smithtown West) 17 Home Runs Jen McComb (Lindenhurst) 8 Katarina Menendez (Hauppauge) 5 Vanessa Acosta (Brentwood) 4 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 4 Danielle Messina (West Babylon) 4 Jeanette Heimerle (Smithtown West) 4 Nikki Massoni (Bay Shore) 4 Wins Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) 13 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 13 Chelsea Shea (West Babylon) 12 Liz Weber (Bay Shore) 9 Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 8 Laura Stafford (Pierson) 8 Taylor mcGowan (Bay Shore) 7 Danielle Cunetta (Sachem North) 7 Jaclyn Doolin (Miller Place) 7 Sami Krantz (Hampton Bays) 7 Kristina Cuellar (Connetquot) 6 Nicole Ehlinger (Hauppauge) 6 Alex DeVries (Islip) 6 Courtney Gallagher Lindenhurst 5 Caitlyn Maynes Miller Place 5 ERA Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) 0.11 Chelsea Shea (West Babylon) 0.68 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 0.83 Sami Krantz (Hampton Bays) 0.84 Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 0.87 Nicole Ehlinger (Hauppauge) 1.13 Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 1.13 Jaclyn Doolin (Miller Place) 1.23 Liz Weber (Bay Shore) 1.29 Laura Stafford (Pierson) 1.59 Amanda Ramirez (Lindenhurst) 1.63 Kristina Cuellar (Connetquot) 1.84 Strikeouts Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) 226 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 145 Jaclyn Doolin (Miller Place) 119 Laura Stafford (Pierson) 109 Sami Krantz (Hampton Bays) 96 Chelsea Shea (West Babylon) 94 Alex DeVries (Islip) 89 Liz Weber (Bay Shore) 82 Kim Krupski (Mattituck) 68 Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 67 2008 NYSSCOGS/NYSSWA Softball State Rankings Class AA 1 15-1 Bay Shore-11 2 13-2 Cicero-N. Syracuse-3 3 14-2 East Islip-11 4 11-1 Shenendehowa-2 5 14-1 Fairport-5 6 8-1 Lancaster-6 7 14-2 East Meadow-8 8 9-2 Yorktown-1 9 13-3 Long Beach-8 10 7-1 John Jay EF-1 11 13-3 Mepham-8 12 12-3 Arlington-1 13 12-2 Suffern-1 14 11-5 Williamsville North-6 15 9-6 Troy-2 16 13-2 Colonie-2 17 15-1 FDR-9 18 11-3 Valley Central-9 19 13-3 Sachem East-11 20 6-2-1 Ketcham-1 21 12-2 Columbia-2 22 11-2 Kingston-9 23 15-3 Liverpool-3 24 8-2 Clarence-6 25 8-4 Webster Schroeder-5 Class A 1 8-0 South Glens Falls-2 2 12-0 Victor-5 3 15-1 Seaford-8 4 14-2 East Hampton-11 5 16-1 Aquinas-5 6 10-3 Hendrick Hudson-1 7 13-2 Eastport-South Manor-11 8 10-1 Tappan Zee-1 9 10-2 Corning West-4 10 12-1 Pearl River-1 11 13-1 Lansingburgh-2 12 9-1 Pittsford Mendon-5 13 10-0 Malone-10 14 13-0 Mount Sinai-11 15 11-2 Maine-Endwell-4 16 12-2 New Paltz-9 17 11-2 Homer-3 18 11-2 Goshen-9 19 13-3 Floral Park-8 20 9-4 West Seneca East-6 20 13-2 Ichabod Crane-2 Class B 1 15-0 Windsor-4 2 10-0 Hoosic Valley-2 3 13-1 Chenango Valley-4 4 10-1 Fredonia-6 5 10-2 Hampton Bays-11 6 10-2 Babylon-11 7 11-4 Pine Plains-9 8 11-3 Westhill-3 9 13-2 Wayland-Cohocton-5 10 10-5 Waterloo-5 11 11-3 Chatham-2 12 9-4 Canastota-3 13 10-1 Canton-10 14 10-6 Locust Valley-8 15 9-4 Olean-6 16 12-4 Albertus Magnus-1 17 10-1 South Jefferson-3 18 11-5 Penn Yan 19 8-8 Carle Place-8 20 9-6 Bayport-Blue Point-11 Class C 1 14-3 Bolivar-Richburg-5 2 10-0 Sandy Creek-3 3 14-3 Elmira Notre Dame-4 4 8-6 Mechanicville-2 5 12-1 Pulaski-3 6 13-2 Warsaw-5 7 9-0 St. Lawrence-10 8 11-0 Southern Cayuga-4 9 10-4 Cassadaga Valley-6 10 8-0 Oakfield-Alabama-5 11 8-2 Tioga-4 12 8-2 Ticonderoga-7 13 10-2 Canajoharie-2 14 8-1 Pembroke-5 15 9-4 Duanesburg-2 16 10-2 Fort Plain-2 17 7-4 Frewsburg-6 18 10-3 Onondaga-3 19 6-11 East Rockaway-8 20 9-3 Chester-9 20 7-5 Binghamton Seton-4 Class D 1 10-0 Chapel Field-9 2 10-2 Afton-4 3 10-0 Ripley-6 4 9-0 Hartford-2 5 11-0 Stockbridge Valley-3 6 4-0 Elba-5 7 9-2 Jefferson-4 8 10-1 Oriskany-3 9 8-2 Argyle-2 10 9-2 Livingston Manor-9 11 7-2 Edwards-Knox-10 12 11-1 Downsville-4 13 4-1 Hammond-10 14 8-4 Crown Point-7 15 9-4 Northstar Christian-5 16 4-1 Lisbon-10 17 5-0 Moriah-7 18 7-2 Fillmore-5 19 6-3 Hinsdale-6 20 8-0 Andover-5 20 6-1 Chateaugay-10]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/05/stats_friendly_numbers.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/05/stats_friendly_numbers.html Fri, 09 May 2008 12:26:41 -0500 Taylor McGowan pitched a perfect game (whiffed seven) against East Rockaway to lead the Marauders in the first round of the Bay Shore Invitational Tournament today. And, to lock up a share of the tournament MVP, the sometimes-second baseman went 4-for-4 with four ribbies in the 12-0 win. "It was exciting to watch her pitch after all the training and work she's put in," said Jim McGowan, her coach and proud father. "As a little kid she used to watch [the tournament], watching players she looked up to. Now for her win the co-MVP, it's really special." The co-honoree was Liz Weber, who beat Holy Trinity, 11-2, in the final. She gave up two runs and struck out three to get the W. In the two games she went 5-for-8 with seven RBIs and five runs. http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/05/mcgowan_perfect_in_bay_shore_w.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/05/mcgowan_perfect_in_bay_shore_w.html Sat, 03 May 2008 20:01:34 -0500 Stephen Haynes 1. Bay Shore 2. East Islip 3. Easthampton 4. Sachem East 5. Eastport 6. West Babylon 7. Brentwood & West Islip 9. Sachem North 10. Kings Park]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/suffolk_coachs_rankings.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/suffolk_coachs_rankings.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:05:56 -0500 I realize that's a baseball, but he's happy. And that's all that matters. Batting Average Jill Donnelly (Mt. Sinai) .636 Kenzie Maloney (Hampton Bays) .583 Vanessa Acosta (Brentwood) .574 Samanthe Federico (Pierson) .551 Jen McComb (Lindenhurst) .538 Alex Sasso (Sachem North) .523 Meghan Kirchmeier (Hauppauge) .514 Cassidy Drasser (Mt. Sinai) .514 Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) .501 Genna Kovar (Hampton Bays) .501 Molly Nolan (East Hampton) .487 Kristyn Sarro (Smithtown West) .487 Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) .483 RBIs Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 23 Katarina Menendez (Hauppauge) 21 Jill Donnelly (Mt. Sinai) 21 Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 20 Vanessa Acosta (Brentwood) 19 Alexis Gonzalez (Hauppauge) 17 Meghan Gwynn (Brentwood) 16 Samantha Federico (Pierson) 16 Theresa DeLucia (Miller Place) 16 Melani Maxwell (West Bablyon) 15 Sam Barra (Islip)15 Nickie Massoni (Bay Shore) 15 Kenzie Maloney (Hampton Bays) 15 Jen McComb (Lindenhurst) 14 Sami Krantz (Hampton Bays) 14 Liz Weber (Bay Shore) 13 Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) 13 Alyssa Leonard (Bay Shore) 13 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 12 Marissa Monaco (Connetquot) 12 Jamie Castellano (Hauppauge) 12 Home Runs Jen McComb (Lindenhurst) 6 Jeanette Heimerle (Smithtown West) 4 Samantha Bongiorno (Connetquot) 3 Katerina Menendez (Hauppauge) 3 Vanessa Acosta (Brentwood) 3 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 3 Kristyn Sarro (Smithtown West) 3 Samantha Federico (Pierson) 3 Wins Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) 12 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 10 Chelsea Shea (West Babylon) 9 Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 7 Liz Weber (Bay Shore) 7 Danielle Cunetta (Sachem North) 7 Laura Stafford (Pierson) 6 Sami Krantz (Hampton Bays) 6 Jaclyn Doolin (Miller Place) 5 Alex DeVries (Islip) 5 Kristina Cuellar (Connetquot) 5 Caitlin Maynes (Miller Place) 5 Nicole Ehlinger (Hauppauge) 5 Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 4 Courtney Gallagher (Lindenhurst) 4 ERA Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 0.07 Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) 0.15 Sami Krantz (Hampton Bays) 0.46 Danielle Cunetta (Sachem North) 0.54 Chelsea Shea (West Babylon) 0.58 Kristyn Sarro (Smithtown West) 0.63 Nicole Ehlinger (Hauppauge) 0.87 Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 0.90 Samantha Santoli (Smithtown West) 0.95 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 1.03 Strikeouts Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) 187 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 117 Jaclyn Doolin (Miller Place) 96 Laura Stafford (Pierson) 85 Alex DeVries (Islip) 76 Chelsea Shea (West Babylon) 76 Liz Weber (Bay Shore) 69 Danielle Cunetta (Sachem North) 61 Kristina Cuellar (Connetquot) 50 Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 47 Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 45 Nicole Ehlinger (Hauppauge) 43 Jamie Castellano (Hauppauge) 41]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/numbers_get_your_numbers_here.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/numbers_get_your_numbers_here.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:05:52 -0500 Stephen Haynes The Plainedge softball team is 11-0 in ABC-I, and with coach Jason McGowan, it’s a safe bet that his players know about hustle and his flow. The son of Bay Shore skipper Jim McGowan is a recreation-time rapper. Yes, the 35-year-old coach is ‘bout it ‘bout it. When he isn’t coaching or spending time with family, he transforms into the Microphone Fiend. And he isn’t bad. J-Bitter wrote and recorded the Bay Shore theme song – which blares at Fifth Avenue Elementary School as the Marauders take the field – and created enough buzz to garner interest from the Bellport football team and the Long Island Ducks. His hip-hop hero is Eminem and he often spits over the thumping, bass-heavy “Fight Music” beat (off the D-12 “Devil’s Night” album). On the Bay Shore track, he raps about the program’s success – naturally – and gives props to his pop’s practice regimen. “5:30 in the morning, that's right, before school/ Everybody’s sleeping except you, and it’s cool/ Because you’re getting better, and you’re getting stronger/ Practices are harder, practices are longer/ But it all pays off in the end, you see/ You gave it all you got and connected as a team/ Now you’re much better as a player and a person/ You look back and laugh about those days of 2-a-days when you were cursin'…” It’s actually 5:45 (Jim has softened a little), but those bars ain't bad. Far cry from Slim Shady or Jay-Z, but his flow is consistent and his lyrics are much more coherent than say, Soulja Boy’s. As a rap connoisseur (I’ll post a softball-related verse one of these days), I approve. And, more importantly, the kids love it. When the song is blasting, the Marauders get almost as hyped as Busta Rhymes in a music video. If you’re wondering: (1) Jim McGowan, 56, prefers The Temptations, Robert Cray, The Four Tops and Bruce Springsteen. (2) The picture is of PaRappa the Rapper. It was a PlayStation video game that came out in 1997. (3) No, I was never able to beat the first level of the game. Here’s a download link to J-Bitter’s "Bay Shore Song.” Feel free to e-mail me (or contact McGowan) for an .mp3 of the Bellport football theme. Bootleggers are welcomed, too. And don’t let the moniker fool you, he’s a pleasant fella and there’s no parental advisory sticker necessary.]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/hot_lines_without_the_1-800_number.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/hot_lines_without_the_1-800_number.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:27:00 -0500 Stephen Haynes On Monday Glen Cove beat East Meadow in a non-league game to improve their overall record to 9-3. But of greater significance was the fact that the game was a fundraiser in memory of Thomas Renison, a 48-year-old Glen Cove jeweler who was murdered during a robbery in December 2004. According to Glen Cove coach Kelly McDonough, all of the money raised will go toward a college scholarship for a senior Glen Cove softball player. Glen Cove won the game 7-5. With the score tied at 5 in the sixth inning, Kim Kessel hit a leadoff single, advanced to third on Sara Graziosi's single, and then scored on a double steal. Graziosi came around to score on Salia Calinda's single to give Glen Cove the two-run cushion. Starter Aja Alter pitched a complete game, giving up seven hits and four walks and striking out five. Kessel finished 3-for-3 with a home run. __________________________________ Batting Average Jill Donnelly (Mt. Sinai) .681 Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) .581 Vanessa Acosta (Brentwood) .576 Samantha Bongiorno (Connetquot) .538 Jen McComb (Lindenhurst) .529 Molly Nolan (East Hampton) .526 Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 0.519 Marissa Monaco (Connetquot) .519 Elizabeth Escobar (West Babylon) .501 Meghan Kirchmeier (Hauppauge) .501 Lyndsay Coppolla (Lindenhurst) .501 Brianna Waszak (West Babylon) .481 Cassidy Drasser (Mt. Sinai) .462 Alexis Gonzalez (Hauppauge) .452 Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) .451 Home Runs Jen McComb (Lindenhurst) 5 Samantha Bongiorno (Connetquot) 3 Katerina Menendez (Hauppauge) 2 Marissa Monaco (Connetquot) 2 Danielle Messina (West Bablyon) 2 Vanessa Acosta (Brentwood) 2 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 2 RBIs Katerina Menendez (Hauppauge) 18 Jill Donnelly (Mt. Sinai) 16 Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 16 Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 15 Vanessa Acosta (Brentwood) 15 Alexis Gonzalez (Hauppauge) 13 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 12 Marissa Monaco (Connetquot) 12 Melani Maxwell (West Bablyon) 12 Liz Weber (Bay Shore) 11 Sam Barra (Islip) 11 Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) 11 Jen McComb (Lindenhurst) 11 Nikki Massoni (Bay Shore) 10 Alyssa Leonard (Bay Shore) 10 Wins Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) 8 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 7 Chelsea Shea (West Babylon) 7 Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 5 Liz Weber (Bay Shore) 5 Jaclyn Doolin (Miller Place) 4 Alex DeVries (Islip) 4 Kristina Cuellar (Connetquot) 4 Laura Stafford (Pierson) 3 Caitlin Maynes (Miller Place) 3 Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 3 Nicole Ehlinger (Hauppauge) 3 Strikeouts Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) 115 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 86 Jaclyn Doolin (Miller Place) 78 Alex DeVries (Islip) 66 Laura Stafford (Pierson) 58 Chelsea Shea (West Babylon) 58 Liz Weber (Bay Shore) 57 Kristyn Sarro (Smithtown West) 44 Jamie Castellano (Hauppauge) 34 Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 32 Nicole Ehlinger (Hauppauge) 29 Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 28 Courtney Gallagher (Lindenhurst) 25 ERA Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 0.00 Jessie Stavola (East Hampton) 0.12 Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 0.42 Chelsea Shea (West Babylon) 0.44 Kristyn Sarro (Smithtown West) 0.77 Nicole Flint (Brentwood) 0.91 Nicole Ehlinger (Hauppauge) 1.07 Laura Stafford (Pierson) 1.13 Liz Weber (Bay Shore) 1.34 Kristina Cuellar (Connetquot) 1.47 Jaclyn Doolin (Miller Place) 1.58 Caitlyn Maynes (Miller Place) 1.67]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/glen_cove_honors_slain_native_suffolk_stats.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/glen_cove_honors_slain_native_suffolk_stats.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:14:50 -0500 Stephen Haynes I’m using this picture – of some random eighth-grade class from an epoch ago – because I couldn’t find my own junior high yearbook to scan pictures and mock my class (excluding myself, of course, because I was cool). So we go forth with this post, hoping that nobody reading this was in Mr. Hopkins’ class that year. Those kids, who would be in their late 20s now, might have grown up to be successful and great, but they weren’t Tiana Giuliano in eighth grade. The kid in the back right corner looks jockish, and the one second from the left (rockin' the Howie Long flat top) has an almost-Groucho Marx mustache, but I doubt they had command of four pitches. Danny Almonte did, but he honed his skills playing stickball in D.R. with Miguel Tejada when they were both knee-high young'uns. Giuliano, Babylon’s wunderkind, has been on a roll. Yesterday she threw a three-hitter with 11 strikeouts and gave up one earned run in a win over Center Moriches. She also went 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs. In her previous start, she scattered four hits, gave up no earned runs and struck out 11 in a win over Mattituck. Oh, and in the start before that, she no-hit Bayport-Blue Point (no pushover, with a 6-2 record). Giuliano struck out seven, walked none and, if not for a fielding error, would have had a perfect game (“Softball Immortality!”). She has helped lead Babylon to a 7-1 record, second in League VII behind Mt. Sinai. She was a second baseman for most of last season, batting .294. She became a pitcher late in the year and the 1.28 ERA convinced coach Rick Punzone to make her a full-time pitcher. She throws a fastball, curve, screwball and changeup – and has good control of all of them. The hard heater and slow change compliment each other well. She gave the Bay Shore girls some trouble with that combo in their pre-season scrimmage. No fruit punch Juicy Juice with the scrunchy straw (or whatever kids are into now; I’m old), but we’ve got this: ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/awww_the_chillens.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/awww_the_chillens.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:04:24 -0500 2008 NYSSCOGS/NYSSWA State Softball Rankings Poll editor: Perry L. Novak nysscogs@yahoo.com Class AA 1 6-0 Bay Shore-11 2 4-0 Cicero-N. Syracuse-3 3 3-0 Yorktown-1 4 8-1 Long Beach-8 5 6-1 West Babylon-11 6 0-0 Colonie-2 7 1-0 Shenendehowa-2 8 6-1 East Meadow-8 9 1-0 Clarence-6 10 6-2 Oceanside-8 11 3-0 Kingston-9 12 5-0 Suffern-1 13 3-0 Webster Schroeder-5 14 3-1 Orchard Park-6 15 5-0 West Genesee-3 16 3-0 Fairport-5 17 1-0 Shaker-2 18 4-0 Arlington-1 19 7-0 Sachem East-11 20 3-1 Horseheads-4 20 7-0 Kings Park-11 Class A 1 5-0 East Hampton-11 2 1-0 South Glens Falls-2 3 4-0 Corning West-4 4 8-0 Seaford-8 5 2-0 Victor-5 6 4-0 Maine-Endwell-4 7 1-0 Brewster-1 8 1-0 Maryvale-6 9 6-1 Eastport-11 10 3-1 Hendrick Hudson-1 11 4-0 Port Jervis-9 12 3-1 Tappan Zee-1 13 5-0 Homer-3 14 0-0 Malone-10 15 5-1 Pearl River-1 16 5-2 Glen Cove-8 17 4-0 Pittsford Mendon-5 18 5-0 Lansingburgh-2 19 4-0 Aquinas-5 20 4-1 Goshen-9 20 6-0 Mount Sinai-11 Class B 1 3-0 Chenango Valley-4 2 6-0 Windsor-4 3 3-0 Hoosic Valley-2 4 6-0 Hampton Bays-11 5 3-0 Fredonia-6 6 2-1 Cohoes-2 7 6-1 Babylon-11 8 2-0 Highland-9 9 2-1 Falconer-6 10 4-1 Marlboro-9 11 4-1 Canastota-3 12 2-1 Waterloo-5 13 5-1 Albertus Magnus-1 14 5-3 Carle Place-8 15 1-0 Solvay-3 16 6-4 Locust Valley-8 17 3-3 Westhill-3 18 2-1 Penn Yan-5 19 0-0 Ogdensburg-10 20 0-0 Canton-10 Class C 1 5-0 Bolivar-Richburg-5 2 1-1 Mechanicville-2 3 2-0 Sandy Creek-3 4 3-0 Duanesburg-2 5 4-0 Fort Plain-2 6 3-1 Pulaski-3 7 5-1 Port Jefferson-11 8 3-0 Pembroke-5 9 4-0 Elmira Notre Dame-4 10 4-1 Chester-9 11 3-1 Haldane-1 12 1-7 East Rockaway-8 13 0-0 Ticonderoga-7 14 4-1 Frewsburg-6 15 2-0 Warsaw-5 16 4-0 Canajoharie-2 17 2-1 Elmira Heights-4 18 1-3 Binghamton Seton-4 19 0-0 St. Lawrence-10 20 2-0 Southern Cayuga-4 Class D 1 3-0 Chapel Field-9 2 4-0 Afton-4 3 2-0 Elba-5 4 3-0 Ripley-6 5 0-0 Heuvelton-10 6 5-0 Stockbridge Valley-3 7 3-0 Hartford-2 8 4-0 Hamilton-3 9 3-0 Argyle-2 10 0-0 Crown Point-7 11 4-0 Downsville-4 12 1-0 Scio-5 13 0-0 Hammond-10 14 2-0 Fillmore-5 15 0-0 Edwards-Knox - Stephen Haynes]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/state_rankings.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/state_rankings.html Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:43:41 -0500 Stephen Haynes Here are the Suffolk County league leaders, as compiled by the coaches on April 14, 2008. Kudos to Jill Donnelly and Lindsey Taylor. Donnelly, right now, has leads in 2/3 of the requisite offensive categories for the Triple Crown. Taylor, the mound maestro who's leading in wins and ERA, needs only to catch Jessica Stavola in strikeouts for the pitching trifecta. Batting Average 1. Jill Donnelly (Mt. Sinai) .765 2. Alex Sasso (Sachem North) .751 3. Cassidy Drasser (Mt. Sinai) .588 4. Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) .556 5. Alyssa Leonard (Bay Shore) .555 6. Brittany Julich (Kings Park) .545 7. Jen McComb (Lindenhurst) .501 8. Jen Vanek (Smithtown West) .501 8. Jackie Massoni (Bay Shore) .501 9. Lori Smith (Kings Park) .476 10. Alexis Gonzalez (Hauppauge) .455 Home Runs 1. Jen McComb (Lindenhurst) 3 RBIs 1. Jill Donnelly (Mt. Sinai) 12 t1. Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 12 t1. Alexis Gonzalez (Hauppauge) 12 2. Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 10 3. Liz Weber (Bay Shore) 9 t3. Katarina Menendez (Hauppauge) 9 t3. Brittany Julich (Kings Park) 9 t3. Lori Smith (Kings Park) 9 4. Nikki Massoni (Bay Shore) 8 t4. Jessica D'Erario (Kings Park) 8 5. Brittany Morlock (Miller Place) 7 t5. Kelsey Fischer (Bay Shore) 7 t5. Alyssa Leonard (Bay Shore) 7 t5. Heather McGinley (Kings Park) 7 Wins 1. Lindsey Taylor (Kings Park) 6 2. Jessica Stavola (East Hampton) 5 3. Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 4 4. Laura Stafford (Pierson) 3 t4. Caitlin Maynes (Miller Place) 3 t4. Liz Weber (Bay Shore) 3 5. Courtney Gallagher (Lindenhurst) 2 t5. Danielle Cunetta (Sachem North) 2 t5. Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 2 t5. Nicole Ehlinger (Hauppauge) 2 Strikeouts 1. Jessica Stavola (East Hampton) 70 2. Lindsey Taylor (Kings Park) 53 3. Jaclyn Doolin (Miller Place) 50 4. Laura Stafford (Pierson) 45 5. Liz Weber (Bay Shore) 34 6. Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 29 7. Courtney Gallagher (Lindenhurst) 20 8. Nicole Ehlinger (Hauppauge) 20 9. Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 19 10. Danielle Cunetta (Sachem North) 15 ERA 1. Danielle Cunetta (Sachem North) 0.00 t1. Taylor McGowan (Bay Shore) 0.00 t1. Lindsey Taylor Kings park 0.00 2. Jessica Stavola (East Hampton) 0.20 3. Nicole Gallo (Mt. Sinai) 0.80 4. Laura Stafford (Pierson) 0.99 5. Liz Weber Bay Shore 1.05 6. Kristyn Sarro (Smithtown West) 1.11 7. Courtney Gallagher (Lindenhurst) 1.17 8. Jaclyn Doolin (Miller Place) 1.32 9. Nicole Ehlinger (Hauppauge) 1.47 Players of the Day Monique Torres went 2-for-3 with two home runs, including a Grand Slam, and drove in five runs to lead Mineola (7-0) in their 20-1 walloping of Westbury yesterday. Ouch for Westbury, but props for Torres. Jamie Castellano scattered four hits and whiffed eight batters in five innings to lead Hauppauge (4-2) over Comsewogue, 16-0. She also went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs. Her teammate, Katerina Menendez, went 2-for-2 with two three-run dingers, two walks and seven RBIs.]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/truths_darn_truths_and_statist.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/truths_darn_truths_and_statist.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:17:27 -0500 BY KIMBERLEY A. MARTIN Last week, my colleague Stephen (you know, 'the loud one') and I noticed the plethora of no-hitters popping up across the Island. But last night I noticed something even stranger: Three grand slams. In one night. That's kind of weird, don't you think? Against Sacred Heart, Kellenberg senior catcher/pitcher Victoria Pisciotta went 2-for-3 with a grand slam to pace the Firebirds to a 8-3 victory. I heard from her Pisciotta's uncle John Driscoll that the senior -- who also pitched three one-hitters this season -- missed most of last year due to a "freak" hand injury. Apparently she's back. In other news, Brentwood shortstop Megan Gwynn went 2-for-4 with a grand slam, four RBIs and two runs as the Indians cruised to a 13-0 win over Lindenhurst. But the "Clutch Performer" award has to go to Monique Torres of Mineola who hit two home runs -- including a grand slam -- as the Mustangs lit up Westbury, 20-1. I never saw anything like this covering softball in New Jersey. So, I'm wondering: what's in the water here?]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/bombs_away.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/bombs_away.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:07:22 -0500 BY KIMBERLEY A. MARTIN Just heard the Long Beach-Calhoun score...Marines: 17-3. (Ouch.) I also happened to catch this interesting tidbit: Long Beach's Haley Birnbaum hit her sixth home run in eight games. (Wow.) The sophomore's legit -- whether it's on the field or in the circle. (Trust me. I saw her with my own eyes , folks.) She's hit four home runs in four league games this week: a game-winning grand slam against Carey, a solo shot in extra innings against MacArthur, a three-run homer against Massapequa and another three-run dinger today against Calhoun.]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/birnbaum_still_on_fire.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/birnbaum_still_on_fire.html Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:11:52 -0500 BY KIMBERLEY A. MARTIN St. Dominic coach Mike Gordek knew Isabella Corrao would be something. But he didn't expect her to be this good, this quickly. The freshman tossed her third-no hitter of the season today, striking out 15 in a five-inning game, as the visiting Bayhawks blanked St. Joseph, 10-0. (Granted, St. Joseph (0-5) isn't the toughest of competition -- but 15Ks is 15Ks.) “I knew she was better than the average girl at her age, but now she's showing me that she can compete with girls that are older than her," the coach said. Despite losing 3-0 to St. John the Baptist on Monday, Corrao gave up just three hits and struck out 16 and in a 2-0 loss to Kellenberg, she pitched a two-hitter and fanned 11. "She’s hanging with all the big schools. She's doing her thing," Gordek said of Corrao, who also pitched a perfect game against St. Agnes on March 15, striking out 13 of 15 batters. "We just have to hit with them now." But Corrao isn't the only freshman turning heads this early in the season. ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/freshmen_phenoms.html http://blogs.trb.com/sports/highschool/softball/2008/04/freshmen_phenoms.html Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:53:30 -0500