Bocklet sails to berth at world championships

Written by J.B. Cozens
Friday, 10 February 2012 09:25

The adage, ‘It ain’t over ‘til it’s over,” held true for Charles Bocklet of Waccabuc and his skipper, Harry Koeppel, at the recent qualifier for the youth sailing world championships.

The team was making its first appearance at the qualifying regatta, which determines who will be the U.S. representatives at this summer’s International Sailing Federation’s Youth World Championships. The regatta, held at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach, CA., over the Martin Luther King Day weekend, featured the best junior sailors in the country.

Girls basketball: John Jay ends regular season at 13-5

Friday, 10 February 2012 09:20

The John Jay girls basketball team closed out the regular season with a 39-29 win over Somers on Thursday night at home.

The Indians finished at 13-5, their best regular season since the 2006 team went 17-3. Next up is the Section 1 Class A playoffs, which begin Feb. 17.

Sanders signs with Lafayette to play Division 1 football

Written by J.B. Cozens
Thursday, 09 February 2012 15:03

After a enormously successful senior season with the John Jay football team, it would be hard to see how Ryan Sanders could ask for anything more.

Except for the chance to continue playing on the collegiate level.

That became a reality last Friday, when the Indians’ standout lineman signed his National Letter of Intent to play football next fall at Lafayette College, a Division 1 program that plays in the Patriot League.

“I chose Lafayette because of its great academics and really nice football facilities. Although the part that made Lafayette stand out was its very good engineering program, and that is what I want to major in,” commented Sanders, who was also considering Marist College, Muhlenberg College, and Ithaca College.

Boys swimming: Brewster/John Jay third at divisionals

Written by J.B. Cozens
Thursday, 09 February 2012 14:58

With only 14 swimmers, the combined boys swim and dive team from Brewster and John Jay knew it had to make up for a lack of depth by scoring high finishes at last Saturday’s Section 1 Division 1 championships at Peekskill.

The team did just that, with 17 top-six finishes in 12 events, and placed third at the meet out of nine teams.

“One more first-place finish would have swung it and we would have won,” said coach Claire Carr, whose team took three second places — including the 100-yard butterfly where Charlie Carr had a state-qualifying time but was just touched out by Arlington’s Chris Alpay.

Bowling: Reeves has career day to lead Indians

Thursday, 09 February 2012 15:02

Led by a career day from Erik Reeves, the John Jay boys bowling team scored a 7-0 win over Brewster last Thursday at Cortlandt Lanes.

Reeves had the high game with a career-best 205, which broke his previous best game by more than 50 pins. He also had the third-high series with 450, another career best.

Harvey sports scoreboard: Feb. 1-6

Thursday, 09 February 2012 14:59

Harvey School sports teams had the following results in recent action:

Girls basketball: Knox sets another record as Indians top Mahopac

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 21:27

Raegan Knox became the all-time baskeball scoring leader, boys and girls, at John Jay High School on Tuesday, as she led the girls basketball team to a 52-38 win at Mahopac.

Knox scored 17 points and broke Tim Nevin’s school record of 1,471 points. She now has 1,481 career points.

Knox broke Dawn DiMicco’s career mark for the girls team, 1,278 points, back on Jan. 12.

Boys basketball: Mahopac holds off John Jay, 70-67

Written by J.B. Cozens
Tuesday, 07 February 2012 21:03

Mahopac outscored the John Jay boys basketball team 28-12 in the third quarter to erase a six-point halftime deficit, and then held off a furious John Jay rally in the final minutes to post a 70-67 win on Tuesday night in Cross River.

John Jay’s active zone held Mahopac to only 23 points in the first half, but the visitors found their range in the third quarter, hitting 10 of 16 shots to take a 53-45 lead.

The lead grew to 12 points with just over two minutes left to play, when John Jay clawed back to cut the deficit to three points, 68-65, with 42 seconds after a pair of free throw by Jack Paccione.

Hockey: John Jay beats Yorktown, 4-3, on late goal

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 09:58

Jack Grimm’s goal with 3:07 left to play gave the John Jay hockey team a thrilling 4-3 win over Yorktown last Friday at Brewster Ice Arena.

Despite a 22-3 advantage in shots on goal over the first two periods, the Indians (12-4) entered the third period in a 2-2 tie. The Huskers had leads of 1-0 and 2-1, but John Jay tied the game twice on Dan Killea’s goal late in the first period and Shawn Smith’s goal late in the second period.

Wrestling: Myer, Rosenthal win division titles

Monday, 06 February 2012 15:14

The John Jay wrestling team had two champions, and four finalists, at the Section 1 Division 1 qualifier on Saturday in Harrison. Eight Indians advanced to this weekend’s section championships.

John Jay’s two seniors, Declan Myer and Mike Rosenthal, both won titles, while Billy Gossett and Ethan Smith both placed second. Also qualifying for sectionals were Alec Beresin, Trenton Floyd, Alex Lambiotte and Louis Talia.