Sailors Going to Finals: Daily Sports Digest May 25

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Boys Lax

Hen Hud

We thank Hendrick Hudson stats Jessica Sincero and Carlee Corkery for the their cooperation in garnering the stats for this report, which otherwise wouldn't have been possible without their help:

For host No. 11 Hendrick Hudson (10-9), the chance to play for a sectional crown has been a long time coming but it earned the right to do just that Thursday afternoon after defeating No. 18 Pleasantville 14-7 in the Section 1 Class C semifinals at Irwin J. Mayer Memorial Field. 

The Sailors will now face defending Class C champion and No. 1 seed Bronxville in the title game at 3 p.m. Wednesday at White Plains High School.

It's the first title-game appearance for the Sailors since they lost to John Jay in a Class B title contest in 2004 after they had beaten Somers in the semifinals.

The Sailors also appeared in four straight Class C title games from 2000-03, losing to Somers each time.

What makes things extra interesting is that they are facing a Bronxville team coached by Hen Hud graduates Tim Horgan, who is their head coach, and Todd Horgan, an assistant.

“It’s going to be exciting and fun," Hen Hud coach Craig Solomon said. "They have a great team, they have done a great job with their program. I enjoyed coaching them and it’s fun watching kids that were part of your life grow up and be successful, so you take pride in the people they have become. It will be exciting.”

The Sailors garnered the momentum against Pleasantville (6-14) as they broke a 2-2 tie with two goals in the last 1:38 of the second quarter. Scoring those goals were face-off standout Matt Ledwin, who won 24 out of 25 faceoffs, and Jake Koch.

“Anytime you can get momentum running into the second half is huge and then our face-off guy (Ledwin), when you play from the lead, it’s such a comfort knowing that even if they score, we are going to get the ball on the next possession so when we are playing from in front, it’s just very comfortable," Solomon said. "Those two goals changed the momentum. The kids came out really hard in the second half and stretched the lead out.”

What kept the score tied at 2-2 before the Sailors could break it open was the outstanding play in goal by Sailor goalie Eddie Gilman, whose lightning quick reflexes frustrated the Pleasantville attack with one save after another.

"Their goalie came up big in that first half," Pleasantville coach Chris Kear said. "We had flurries, especially in that second quarter where we thought we had some great scoring chances and we didn’t put it past him. We played against him before and he brought his A game, so credit to him.”

Boxscore

Hen Hud-Jake Koch (5G, 1A), Kevin McDermott (4G, 2A), Ryan Tandy (3G, 2A), Sean Tandy (4A), Matt Ledwin (1G, 2A), Joe Fraietta (1G, 1A), Matt Ryan (1A), Eddie Gilman (23 saves).

Lakeland/Panas

MSG Varsity reported that No. 1 Lakeland/Panas played Thursday in a Class A semifinal, falling to visiting No. 4 Mahopac 8-6. Ryan Bonifati led the Rebels with two goals and an assist.

Girls Lax

Molly Fitzpatrick led the Rebels (16-1-2) with three goals and three assists while Emma Bozek recorded three goals and one assist in No. 1 Lakeland/Panas' 10-9 loss to No. 2 North Rockland (18-0-1) on Thursday in the Section 1 Class A championship game at Fox Lane High School according to Rob DiAntonio's story on MSG Varsity.

The championship was the first in North Rockland history while the loss ended a string of five straight titles for the Rebels.

Softball 

Hen Hud

Host No. 10 Hendrick Hudson defeated No. 23 Rye 15-0 on Thursday in a Class A outbracket game according to Rob Cristino's post on the LoHud Softball Blog.

Winning pitcher Gabby Caruso was 2 for 3, belting two home runs while registering three RBI and three runs. Teammate Megan Jahoda went 4 for 5 with a homer, three ribbies, two runs, and a double. 

The Sailors will now play at No. 7 Brewster at 4:30 p.m. in an opening-round game this afternoon.

Panas

Cristino also reported that No. 17 Walter Panas fell 6-4 at No. 16 John Jay in a Class A outbracket game on Thursday.

Panther Molly Roche was 2 for 4 with a homer, two ribbies, and a run scored.

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