For the last couple years more than a few of you asked how Westchester County and its parks department could sponsor a tournament that treated girls teams like second citizens. I cannot validate whether your voices were heard or not. But what I can report is that your wish has, to a degree, been granted.
The 2009 Slam Dunk tournament at the County Center will play host to four more girls teams and four more girls games, thanks, in part, to a schedule expanded from three days to four. The girls — and now the boys — will be divided into two four-team tournaments with semifinals, finals and consolation rounds. The event will still include one non-tournament challenge game as well.
The Slam Dunk will not include the Class AA (Mount Vernon) or A winners (Albertus Magnus). However, it will feature several of the area’s top teams. One of the tournaments has an entirely local flavor. The other will include Section 9 power Kingston and Section 5’s Greece Athena.
One bracket hosts semifinals between Lourdes and Dobbs Ferry as well as Class B champ Nanuet and New Rochelle. The other draw will include Ursuline against Kingston in one semi and Greece Athena vs. Irvington in the other.
Good Counsel will meet Kennedy in the challenge game.
Here is the complete schedule:
Saturday, Dec. 26 —
Challenge game: Kennedy vs. Good Counsel, 12 p.m.
Semifinal 1: Lourdes vs. Dobbs Ferry, 2 p.m.
Semifinal 2: New Rochelle vs. Nanuet, 4 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 27 —
Consolation game: the semifinal losers, 2 p.m.
Championship game: the semifinal winners, 4 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 28 —
Semifinal 1: Ursuline vs. Kingston, 2 p.m.
Semifinal 2: Irvington vs. Greece-Athena, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 29 —
Consolation game: the semifinal losers, 2 p.m.
Championship game: the semifinal winners, 4 p.m.
63 Comments
tori jarozs may be the best player in section one now but she is no where close to what Cori Chambers was going into her senior year.
???, Who cares
TOri Jaroz was old news. I mean good for her but why was that a “rumor going around” Josh already posted an earlier post saying that she committed. Congrats to her for making it official i guess!
baller, what rumor are you talking about ? interested never clarified what the rumor was.
The question of the days is….
Will the Poo Poo Bandit make a return this year? I for one missed his insight on the goings on in Section One Girls Hoops last year!
I’m a rockland fan but there is no way that Pearl River beats Lakeland, did you not see the beat down they gave Pearl River at the county center last year? With the injury bug hitting Magnus this year I think itll be Brewster challenging Lakeland, but Lakeland eventually walks away with the crown.
I agree with Rocball. PR has a big void to fill losing Wilson. They have a talented underclass, but those are big shoes to fill. Brewster and TZ will present a tougher challenge, of course you can throw this out the window if one or two key players are injured on any team.
Who is injured from Magnus?
The Richards girl is supposedly out for the year, and during one of their scrimmages i saw they had a few of their starters from last year in street clothes
Who did Magnus scrimmage? How did they look?
they looked pretty good, i saw them scrimmage scarsdale but again they were missing a few starters from last year who looked like they have may have been hurt.
the chong girl is good I will give her that but she is not a true freshman.
fan62, who cares neither was the girl from kingston.