There are a number of excellent match ups on today’s schedule — particularly in Rockland County. Our girls hoops notebook, which will be published Thursday, highlights all of the major story lines across the board in Rockland. I’ll be headed to the Briarcliff at Fox Lane game later today as well.
Wednesday, January 9
Clarkstown North at Clarkstown South, 5:30 p.m.
Suffern at North Rockland, 5:30 p.m.
** Pearl River at Albertus Magnus, 5:30 p.m. **
Manhattan-bound Maeve Parahus (shown with coach Pat Buckley) has been battling an ankle injury and will likely be out of today’s contest, putting the Falcons in an even deeper hole against a tough Pearl River team.
With young stars like junior Ryan Doherty and sophomore Madison McGrath, the Falcons are very capable of hitting big shots, but with the bulk of their height out of the lineup, today will be a challenge.
The Lady Falcons are coming off a big win against Tappan Zee, without Parahus, so it will be interesting to see what happens.
Apparently the departure of three-time Journal News player of the year Christa Scognamiglio didn’t affect the Pirates as much as people thought.
Pirates coach Lorraine Moylan is shown below addressing her team. The 5-1 Pirates have played stellar defense this season, allowing less than 40 points per game.
With their only loss coming to out-0f-area Oneonta, the Pirates have dominated the Rockland circuit and will likely improve their record come Wednesday afternoon.
Since we are now in the business of making predictions, look for the Lady Pirates to win this one, with a guesstimated score of 53-45. The win against TZ was certainly impressive, but I don’t see the Lady Falcons topping Pearl River, even if they do have home court advantage. Still should be a great game.
Nyack at Nanuet, 4;15 p.m.
Scarsdale at White Plains, 4:15 p.m.
Mamaroneck at Mount Vernon, 4:15 p.m.
Green Meadow at Hackensack Christian, 4:15 p.m.
Gorton at Yonkers, 4:15 p.m.
Eastchester at Bronxville, 4:15 p.m.
Roosevelt at Saunders, 4:15 p.m.
Pleasantville at Croton-Harmon, 4:30 p.m.
Port Chester at Rye Neck, 4:30 p.m.
Briarcliff at Fox Lane, 4:30 p.m.
Harrison at Blind Brook, 4:30 p.m.
Solomon Schechter at Tuckahoe, 4:30 p.m.
Hackley at Rye, 4:30 p.m.
Byram Hills at Tappan Zee, 4:30 p.m.
Riverside at East Ramapo, 4:30 p.m.
St. Luke’s at Masters, 4:30 p.m.
Holy Child at Dalton, 4:30 p.m.
Sleepy Hollow at Edgemont, 6:15 p.m.
** Ursuline at New Rochelle, 4:15 p.m. **
The Huguenots, led by Syndey Pinn (shown right), should prove to be a challenge for the Koalas.
Both teams have been hit with the injury bug. Most notably, Ursuline was hit with the loss of SDSU-commit Alyssa Lawrence in the early part of this season.
New Rochelle’s marquee wins came against Woodlands, Coleman Catholic and Peekskill but coach Bruce Daniele’s squad has been playing without the services of standout junior guard, Amirror Dixon.
Dixon was averaging roughly 15 points and seven assists when she went down with a right leg injury. No timetable has been set for her return.
Ursuline recently competed in the KSA Holiday Classic Tournament in Orlando, Fl., where they posted a 1-2 record.
Prediction recap:
Today’s record: 0-0
Season record: 90-32
8 Comments
Didn’t Pearl River lose to Oneonta, so how are they 5-0?
I had their Section 1 record up, it is 5-1. Thanks!
North Rockland will have a field day today they are averaging like 70+ points a game while Suffern is averaging 30(think there best player has been out since the 1st game as she was in the scoring column then but not since and remember the coach saying so in the JN).. Coach Metcalf should have his team work on some defense as that is going to help them advance in the sections otherwise teams like Lourdes,and the big O will make them pay
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I agree with you. They have no problem putting up points. They really need to work on the defensive side of holding down their opponents. I hope coach Metcalf takes your advice otherwise they will not go far in the section like you have mentioned. More disciplined teams will take advantage.
North Rockland up 18-13 at end of 1… Not good letting up 13 pts in one quarter to a team aging 33 pts total( suffern) come on coach metcalf- DEFENSE
Maybe Coach Metcalf heard my telekinetic messages from across the court( I sat as high as possible in the stands to make that possible haha) at halftime we ( north rocklamd)are up 38-16 .that was better to hold them to 3 that quarter but then again suffern doesn’t look as strong as in previous years.
OMG Suffern mounted a comeback in the 3 rd! At the end of 3 full quarters NR 49. suffern 40…. Yikes we gave up 24 /our lack of height( forwards) is hurting us.
Coach! DEFENSE..we have to get better defensively! Found out from one of Sufferns parents that the top offensive threat for Suffern is hurt and not playing and we still give up this many points to a Suffern team that is averaging 33 pts a game and is without their top threat…I know a league win is a league win but start teaching some defense..NR 62-Suffern 50(yes 50 pts)