DOHERTY'S DANDY DOZEN ROCKLAND COUNTY SPRING 2011--POLL #7 (Includes reported games up to an includingWednesday, May 18th) (The number in parenthesis indicates Poll #6 Ranking)
CRITERIA: We will attempt to rate the teams on the following: 1.) Rely on the NYSSWA Weekly Boys Polls, ( 2.) Rely on the NYSSCOGS Weekly Girls Polls, ( 3.) Rely on the Journal News standings, scores & rankings ( 4.) Strength of Schedule--how do teams fill their non-league games 5.) Head to Head Competition
(NOTE: There are 85 Rockland Varsity Teams Competing this Season)
#1-Pearl River Softball, Coach Mike Carlacci-Record: 16-0 (#1) *NYSSCOGSPoll--#1 in STATE Class A * Huge game Saturday at North Rockland * Last year it was for official County Title, but this year just for bragging rights. What a shame!
#2-North Rockland Boys Track, Coach Gene Dall-Record: 4-0 (#2) * Heavy favorites to run away with County Track Meet today & tomorrow
#3-North Rockland Girls Track, Coach Brian Diglio-Record: 4-0 (#3) * Could be in for a dog-fight with arch-rival Suffern in County Track Meet
#4-North Rockland Softball, Coach Jackie DiNuzzo-Record: 12-2 (#4) *NYSSCOGS Poll--#4 in STATE Class AA * Can they top Lady Pirates two years in a row
#5-Clarkstown North Boys Tennis, Coach Alan Schwartz-Record: 13-0 (#5) * Gearing up for Conference & Sectional Tourneys with their singles & doubles players
#6-Suffern Girls Lacrosse, Coach John Callanan-Record: 12-4 (#6) * #2 seed in A playoffs, opens with a first round bye
#7-Suffern Boys Lacrosse, Coach Dave McNally-Record: 14-2 (#7) * NYSSWA Poll--#24 in STATE Class A * #1 seed in A playoffs, opens with a first-round bye
#8-Nyack Girls Lacrosse, Coach Kathryn Perrella-Record: 13-2-1 (#9) * #3 seed in playoffs, opens with a first round bye
#9-North Rockland Baseball, Coach Tommy Lynch-Record: 11-3 (#10) * Big game Saturday at home vs. Pearl River for County bragging rights
#10-Suffern Girls Track, Coach Jeff Dempsey-Record: 3-1 (#11) * Can the Lady Mounties knock off North Rockland in County Meet
#11-Suffern Boys Track, Coach Steve Dugandzic-Record: 3-1 (#12) * Will need a "perfect" County Meet to take a shot at mighty North Rockland
#12-Nyack Boys Lacrosse, Coach Eamon DePeter-Record: 13-3 (Bubble Team) * Moves into Dandy Dozen with huge win over TZ * #3 seed in B playoffs, opens with a first-round bye
TEAMS ON THE BUBBLE: (Listed in alphabetical order)
Clarkstown North Boys Golf, Coach Paul Toscano-Record: 10-3 * Led Rockland County with 3 qualifiers for last Monday's First Round of Sectionals
North Rockland Girls Lacrosse, Coach Greg Borchers-Record: 12-3-1 * #3 seed in A playoffs, opens with a first round bye
Pearl River Baseball, Coach Bruce Miller-Record: 13-4 * Big game with North Rockland on Saturday for Rockland supremacy
Pearl River Boys Golf, Coach Doug D'Agostino: Record: 12-3 * Can they repeat their success as Champions in PR Tourney with a County Title
Pearl River Boys Track, Coach Gilby Hawkins-Record: 5-0 * Undefeated Dual Meet & League Meet Champions
Pearl River Girls Track, Coach Dan Doherty-Record: 5-0 * Undefeated Dual Meet & League Meet Champions
Pearl River Girls Lacrosse, Coach Laurie Mayernik-Record: 11-4--1 * #3 seed in C playoffs opens at home today vs. #14 Hastings
Suffern Boys Tennis, Coach Pete Furey-Record: 11-2 * Heads into the Conference & Sectional Tourney with high hopes
Suffern Girls Golf, Coach George Kunzmann-Record 8-0 * Odds on favorites to become Rockland County Team Champions
Tappan Zee Boys Lacrosse, Coach Jimmy Ardizone-Record: 12-4 * Tough double overtime loss (11-10) to Nyack drops the Dutchies to #6 seed in B playoffs
RANKINGS OF THE TOP FIVE TEAMS IN EACH SPORT:
BOYS:
BASEBALL:
#1-North Rockland, Coach Tommy Lynch-Record: 11-3 #2-Pearl River, Coach Bruce Miller-Record: 13-4 #3-Suffern, Coach Ron Gamma-Record: 12-6 #4-Clarkstown North, Coach Mike Pisano-Record: 11-5 #5-Tappan Zee, Coach Mark Stanford-Record: 8-7
GOLF: (I can't wait for rescheduled County Tourney on May 31st to unscramble this mess!)
#1-Clarkstown North, Coach Paul Toscano-Record: 10-3 #2-Pearl River, Coach Doug D'Agostino-Record: 12-3 #3-Suffern,Coach Brett Badendyck-Record: 8-2 #4-Tappan Zee, Coach Tom Cromer-Record: 11-3 #5-North Rockland, Coach Bill Branti-Record: 6-6
LACROSSE:
#1-Suffern, Coach Dave McNally-Record: 14-2 #2-Nyack, Coach Eamon Depeter-Record: 13-3 #3-Tappan Zee, Coach Jimmy Ardizone-Record: 12-4 #4-North Rockland, Coach Greg Grasso-Record: 7-8 #5-Clarkston South, Coach Adam Chagares-Record: 6-10
TENNIS:
#1-Clarkstown North, Coach Alan Schwartz-Record:13-0 #2-Suffern, Coach Pete Furey-Record: 11-2 #3-North Rockland, Coach Jen LaBier-Record: 8-4 #4-Clarkstown South, Coach Ted Mascola-Record: 8-6 #5-Nyack, Coach Josh Weinman-Record: 9-3
TRACK:
#1-North Rockland, Coach Gene Dall-Record: 4-0 #2-Suffern, Coach Steve Dugandzic-Record: 3-1 #3-Pearl River, Coach Gilby Hawkins-Record: 5-0 #4-Nanuet, Coach Larry Beckerle-Record: 3-2 #5-Tappan Zee, Coach Bob Favre-Record: 4-1
GIRLS:
GOLF:
#1-Suffern, Coach George Kunzmann-Record: 8-0 #2-North Rockland, Coach Mike Castaldo-Record: 3-5 #3-Clarkstown, Coach Fred Bruntrager-Record: 3-2
LACROSSE:
#1-Suffern, Coach John Callanan-Record: 12-4 #2-Nyack, Coach Kathryn Perrella-Record: 13-2-1 #3-North Rockland, Coach Greg Borchers-Record: 12-3-1 #4-Pearl River, Coach Laurie Mayernik-Record: 11-4-1 #5-Clarkstown South, Coach Chad Schindler-Record: 8-6-2
SOFTBALL:
#1-Pearl River, Coach Mike Carlacci-Record:16-0 #2-North Rockland, Coach Jackie DiNuzzo-Record: 12-2 #3-Tappan Zee, Coach Gene Kousoulas-Record: 10-5 #4-Clarkstown North, Coach Danielle Trainor-Record: 10-4 #5-Albertus Magnus, Coach Carl D'Alba-Record: 10-3
TRACK:
#1-North Rockland, Coach Brian Diglio-Record: 4-0 #2-Suffern, Coach Jeff Dempsey-Record: 3-1 #3-Pearl River, Coach Dan Doherty-Record: 5-0 #4-Nanuet, Coach Sheri Dempsey-Record: 4-1 #5-Tappan Zee, Coach Bob Favre-Record: 3-2
TD ROCKLAND COUNTY "GOOD STUFF":
After every season, the Nyack Athletic Department publishes a superb Newsletter of all the highlights of the season. Attached is the Winter 2010-11 Edition! Check it out! My compliments to the whole Nyack gang--Athletic Director Joe Sigillo, coaches, trainer, support staff, etc. My apologies if you have already seen this! Go Indians!
TD ROCKLAND COUNTY ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tuesday morning, June 7th--The Annual Rockland County Senior Athletes-of-the-Season Awards Breakfast at the Pearl River Elks Club beginning at 9:00AM!
Thursday night, November 10th--The First Meeting of the 2011-12 School Year of the Rockland County Coaches Association at the Pearl River Elks Club beginning at 7:00PM. Please hold the date, more info to follow this fall.
TD FOLLOW-UP FROM TWO WEEKS AGO:
I asked our readers to send along their nominations for the Greatest Records in Rockland Sports History. Here are the responses I received in no particular order: * Pearl River Girls Cross Country's 32nd Consecutive Sectional Championships!! * 1989 Nanuet Football Season--A Perfect Season (Undefeated, Untied & Unscored-Upon) (Note: All games and practices were on the road due to field construction at NHS!!) * Albertus' Howie McNiff's Distance Running Triple Crown New York State Championships in 1972-73 (Cross Country, Indoor-2 Mile Run & Outdoor-1 Mile Run)!! *Congers HS (forerunner to Clarkstown HS which was the forerunner of North & South) Boys Soccer Team won the Rockland County Championship EVERY year from 1931 to 1955 EXCEPT 1938 (Spring Valley) That's 24 out of 25 years!! * Suffern Ice Hockey becoming the first "Down-State" team to ever win a New York State Division 1 State Championship in 1992. Even more amazing in the 32 years of the State Tourney, they still remain the only "Down-State" team to "raise the cup"!! *North Rockland Football "Winning Season Streak" of 41 years from 1968-2009!! * Clarkstown North Girls Tennis 59 League match Win Streak & 13 Consecutive League Championships (1989-2001) * Clarkstown North Boys Tennis 72 League match win streak (1987-1995) & 11 Consecutive League Championships (1987-1997) * Tappan Zee's Softball player, Brittni Alexander's State Career Record of 56 Stolen Bases!! * Pearl River Girls Cross Country All-Time Dual Meet Record of 273-4 including a current streak of 180 consecutive wins!! * Pearl River Girls Spring Track All-Time Dual Meet Record of 213-19 including a current streak of 176 consecutive wins!! Note: We will revisit this list in the summer and have a poll to vote for your top selections.
TD FOLLOW-UP FROM LAST WEEK:
We asked our readers to give me your All-Time "Mount Rushmore" of Rockland County High School Coaches. What a response! Here are the names that were submitted:
Albertus--Tom Collins, Boys Basketball Clarkstown/Clarkstown North--Ed McGrath, Boys Basketball; Tony Gemma, Baseball; Denny Pozsar, Boys Soccer; Alan Schwartz, Boys & Girls Tennis Clarkstown South:--Ray Kondracki Boys Winter & Spring Track Congers--Charles Trowbridge, Boys Soccer Nanuet--Rich Conklin, Football & Wrestling; Dave Hanson, Boys Winter & Spring Track North Rockland--Ralph Cordisco, Football; Joe Casarella, Football; Rich Korn, Girls Basketball; Gene Dall, Boys Winter & Spring Track; Mike Carrol, Girls Volleyball; John Sottile, Baseball; Tony Toronto, Softball Nyack--Frank Nelson, Boys Soccer; John Castellano, Football; Gary Grey, Boys Basketball; John Whisker, Boys Soccer & Lacrosse; Alan Pesner-Girls Field Hockey & Lacrosse; Joe McDowell, Boys Winter & Spring Track, Tony Boffa, Softball Pearl River-Ira Shuttleworth, Football, Boys Basketball & Baseball; Dan Doherty, Girls X- Country, Winter & Spring Track; Jean Cary, Girls Soccer & Softball; Julius D'Agostino, Wrestling; Mike Carlacci, Softball Suffern-Joe Biddy, Boys X-Country & Girls/Boys Winter Track; John Orlando, Ice Hockey & Boys Lacrosse; Bill White, Wrestling; Guy Guccione, Wrestling Tappan Zee-Dan Dinan, Boys Golf; Don Driscoll, Boys Swimming Albertus Magnus & Pearl River-Lorraine Moylan, Girls Basketball Albertus & North Rockland-Dick Teetsel, Boys & Girls X-Country, Winter & Spring Track Albertus & Spring Valley-Lou Kliewe, Boys Basketball East Ramapo, Pearl River & Ramapo-Tom Canty, Wrestling Ramapo & Spring Valley-Jim Dualsky, Boys Basketball ?????--Please forward to me any other of your nominations. Note: Just like above, we will revisit this list in the Summer to pick your Mount Rushmore of High School coaches???
TD QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
I was having a discussion this week with some of The Legends of Rockland County Boys Basketball and I asked them to tell me their "All-Time Starting Five Players" in Rockland History. Some of the names that surfaced were: Darryl Brown, Nanuet Jeff Brown, Clarkstown South
Mike Deane, North RocklandKevin Houston, Pearl River Bill Kurisko, Nanuet Bob Mathias, Clarkstown Tom Mounkhall, Albertus Magnus Robbie Woods, Nyack ????? ????? Please e-mail me your starting five. Note: The voting here is just for a player's high schoolcareer, not for college, professional, etc. That will be a question for another day and time!
TD LAST WORDS OF THE WEEK:
As we head into my favorite time of the season, The Playoffs;the criteria of my Dandy Dozen Rankings drastically changes. In short, teams move up or down based on their performances in the County, Sectional, Regional & State Tournaments. Hang on, it's going to be a great ride!
COMMENTS:
Please direct all comments, suggestions, omissions, etc.
GO ROCKLAND COUNTY SPORTS! Tom Doherty May 19, 2011