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SoccerLocalSports 6D Saturday January 20 1996 Gannett Suburban Newspapers TTMVYK ever to merge with Centaurs Team in new league stays in Westchester By Jeff Capellini Staffwriter Bob Butler said his main con cern was for the Westchester fans In the coming weeks the ver owner will be merging his team with the New York Cen taurs of the American Pro Soccer League Butler said moving theteam out of Westchester though swas never even a consideration was our home last year because of the fan Butler said a New York City team now but our home is still in A press conference announcing the merger is tentatively sched uled for Jan 31 at a site to be determined The new ever will play 28 games in the A League formerly known as the APSL A League against teams from Rochester Montreal Toronto Philadelphia Atlanta Colorado Seattle and Vancouver The A League is a step up for the franchise With the emer gence of Major League Soccer this spring as the United premier league the for mer league the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues will be hard pressed in compet ing for players sponsors and a true fan base Among other agreements the A League has signed a three year deal with the Prime Net work Starting in May there will be a game of the week on 16 riday nights throughout the spring and summer According to Butler the ever is already slated to appear on the Network four times of playing in front of 200000 on local cable be exposed to over 22 million peo he said Butler said keeping the ever name for the new franchise was in the best interest of both he and Centaurs owner Roger Go revic ever were more devel oped with camps sponsors clin ics fan base and all sources of Butler said made sense to keep the name the Both'owners agreed Westches ter Community Barrett Stadium will remain the home will continue to work with them and are looking forward to an extended contract with Butler said a beautiful loca Last season the Centaurs played at Downing Stadium in the city Butler said the team will play some games at different locations in the tri state area but specify where Last ever coach Mark Shearer is the leading candidate to coach the new franchise Shearer last season piloted Jhe team to within one win of the Sizzlin' Nine championship game As for personnel Butler said the new roster will be made up of half the players from each team but he said it was too early to speculate who the play ers would be 'A bit of bad news for fans according to Butler Peter Vermes the former mem ber of the US National Team and the leading last season while on loan from the MLS will most likely be lost to the premier league "5T Improved Eagles come a long way Once with no varsity Dobbs nears stamp By Michael Rose StaffWnter While preparing for a recentgame against Eastchester Dobbs erry girls basketball coach Jim Lindsay told his players to be ready to compete against a good program One of players asked if Dobbs erry had a good pro gram Lindsay know at that point ut after Dobbs erry rallied from a 1 4 i halftime defi i on the road for a 56 54 victory Lindsay had an answer at a team meeting the next day told the girls making that step to ward being a good said Lindsay whose team is cur rently 8 2 Dobbs erry has made giant steps to rebuild its girls varsity basketball team The Eagles did not have varsi ty teams for 1991 92 and 1992 93due to a lack of interest orthose seasons Lindsay coached the junior varsity while Dobbs middle school and recre Ki Jim Lindsay GIRLS BASKETBALL ational programs developed a new group of interested and tal ented players Twin sisters Becky Donohue and Jessie Donohue who have played on AAU and CYO teams came out of the middle school program and played as eighth grad ers on the var sity during that first year back when the Eagles won just four games Becky Donohue a 5 foot 9 sophomore guard forward is av eraging 129 points and 150 re bounds this season was definitely a big change for Becky hue said of her first season had a young team and we very experienced But when we needed to come togeth er as a team we Last season Dobbs second varsity season back the Eagles finished 10 9 their first winning record in nine years and made the Section 1 tour nament were happy with our first said Jessie also a 5 9 sophomore guardfor JkL Becky ward who currently averages 19 points and 12 rebounds felt more comfortable and were more familiar with each other last sea son Our goal was to be 500 and we got over Senior forward Jackie Huffman senior guard Dana Conlan junior point guard Hay ley Ross and the Donohue sis Jessie ters now have Dobbs erry primed for one of its best seasons in school history Junior Mandy Karlitz and sophomores Kate Ginnes Jill Hartnett Erin Dono hue Dana Lo guidice and Rebecca Pru nner have also contributed to the success But more important the Ea gles are building for the future Lindsay said this is the first time in years that the nucleus of a team will be together for a few seasons Dobbs main goals this season are to compete for the League HI title achieve a win ning record and advance in the sectionals really proud of our Jessie Donohue said Lindsay always reminds us that we have a varsity team for two years and now look where we Irvington tops North Salem Howell 14 lead 46 39 triumph Alicia Howell Czander scored game high 14 points leading visiting Irvington to a 46 39 vic tory yesterday over North Salem 1 are a good team and they play real North Sa lem coach John Lauro said Czander created a lot of problems for Meghan Gillen scored a team high 13 points for North Salem Irvington (6 3) 15 9 13 9 44 North Salem (3 5) 12 5 9 13 39 Irvington (44) Lillo 1 0 2 Howell Czander 4 2 14 Cale 4 3 11 Ivkosic 3 0 7 ischer 0 0 0 Ecker 5 0 10 Appelle 1 0 2 Altman 0 0 0 Overing 0 0 0 Jackson 0 0 0 Totals: 20 5 44 North Salem (39) Shea 0 0 0 Neuhaus 1 0 2 Deak 4 1 9 MGillen 5 2 13 Soagno 0 0 0 Magnuson 0 0 0 Morozuk 2 5 9 Gillen 0 0 0 Kisling 1 0 2 Kiernan 1 2 4 Zisholtz 0 0 0 Totals: 14 10 39 3 point goals Ivkosic NS: Gillen Masters 42 Sacred Heart 32 At Sacred Heart in Greenwich Conn forward Liz Paquet scored a game high 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and center Stephanie Junger Moat added 10 points and 18 rebounds to lead the visitor in a airchester League contest Masters (4 3 3 1) 12 14 8 4 42 Sacred Heart (5 4 3 2) 12 10 8 2 32 Masters (42) Owen 3 0 6 McDonough 1 0 2 Junger Moat 5 0 10 Williams 2 0 4 Paquet 9 0 18 Nadir 1 0 2 Totals: 21 0 42 Sacred Heart (32) Joyce 3 0 6 MacDonald 2 2 6 Kemper 2 0 4 Hardigan 4 0 8 Rosato 2 0 4 eeney 2 0 4 Haase 0 0 0 Tiernan 0 0 0 Totals: 15 2 32 GIRLS BASKETBALL Lincoln 75 Harrison 35 At Lincoln Tataneesha Galli more and Priscilla Ramey scored career highs of 25 and 23 points respectively for the team ranked No 2 in the Conference II poll Gallimore had 13 rebounds and Ramey added nine rebounds and seven steals Anne Marie Sulli van contributed 10 rebounds and Rhashida Yizar had seven re bounds and three steals Harrison (2 4) )0 7 4 12 35 Lincoln (5 0 3 0) 21 22 9 23 75 Harrison (35) Deonce 3 1 7 Giamburro 4 3 11 Avidan 1 0 3 eder 4 5 13 Corvino 0 1 1 Jansen 0 0 0 Totals: 12 10 35 Lincoln (75) Pinho 5 1 11 Ramey 10 1 23 Steven son 2 0 4 Gallimore 11 3 25 Sullivan 2 0 4 Yizar 3 0 6 Mendes 1 0 2 Totals: 34 5 75 3 point goals Avidan Ramey 2 Sacred Heart 39 St Barnabas 19 At Sacred Heart in Yonkers Nancy Osika had 10 points and 11 steals for undefeated Sacred Heart which is ranked No 2 in the Conference HI poll Coach Marty Ball gained his 197th ca reer victory in 11 seasons at Sacred Heart The Irish who have twice held opponents to fewer than 20 points host Maria Regin a at 1 1 am today The teams are tied for first place in the WCGAA at 5 0 St Barnabas (4 7) 7 0 5 7 19 Sacred Heart (12 0) 13 8 11 7 39 St Barnabas (19) Morris 2 1 5 Lanzano 2 0 5 Burke 0 0 0 Dinnen 1 5 7 McManus 1 0 2 Baca 0 0 0 Murray 0 0 0 Keller 0 0 0 Totals: 6 6 19 Sacred Heart (39) orcelli 1 2 4 Osika 5 0 10 Osika 5 0 10 McAdams 0 0 0 Siudym 1 1 3 Axente 2 2 7 Reeve 0 0 0 Stratigakis 1 0 2 Teiese 0 1 1 Anton 1 0 2 Brennan 0 0 0 Marsigliano 0 0 0 Totals: 16 6 39 3 point goals StB: Lanzano ScH: Axente Maria Regina'53 OLV 30 At Maria Regina Adrienne Borrani playing with the flu scored 12 of her game high 18 points in the third quarter and grabbed five rebounds as Maria Regina earned its fifth straight win Sophomore Eileen Doherty had a season high 15 points and seven steals for the Tigers Our Lady of Victory (3 7 2 4) 6 9 5 10 30 Maria Regina (9 2 5 0) 5 11 22 15 53 Our Lady of Victory (30) Moynihan 4 1 9 Murtha 3 3 9 O'Neill 1 1 3 Hein 0 2 2 Devitt 1 0 2 Kennedy I 0 2 Nisbet 1 1 3 Warycha 0 0 0 Ryan 0 0 0 Totals: II 8 30 Maria Regina (53) Sullivan 3 2 8 Breen 1 0 2 Borrani 7 2 18 Doherty 7 1 15 Tully 1 0 2 McCor mack 1 0 2 McGay 0 2 2 O'Dea 2 0 4 Mattice 0 0 0 Totals: 22 7 53 3 point goals MR: Borrani 2 Ursuline 60 Roosevelt 1 4 At Ursuline nine players scored for the Koalas ranked No 1 in the Conference I poll Roosevelt (0 6 0 4) 0 7 5 2 14 Ursuline (8 0 4 0) 14 16 12 18 60 Roosevelt (14) Shealy 2 0 5 Hourani 3 0 7 Morris 1 0 2 Glagman 0 0 0 Hsiv 0 0 0 Kahn 0 0 0 Totals: 6 0 14 Ursuline (60) Walsh 1 0 2 itzmaurice 2 0 4 Chasse 3 0 6 Sohr 3 0 6 Melnyk 3 0 6 Wilcox 6 1 13 O'Neill 2 2 6 Kern 4 0 8 Benza 3 3 9 Totals: 27 6 60 3 point goals Rs: Shealy Hourani Marra No 4 Harrison defeat Lincoln 70 55 Harrison point guard Jason Marra had 12 points and five assists to key the 70 55 win over visiting Lincoln yester day Kevin Calrow scored 11 of his game high 26 points in the fourth quarter for Harrison the fourth ranked team in the Conference II poll Lincoln (3 3 3 3) JO J2 55' Harrison (7 2 4 1) 13 17 14 22 70 Lincoln (55) ord 4 3 12 Green 5 4 14 Paige 5 0 11 Pinckney 1 5 7 McKenzie 2 0 5 Sledge 2 1 5 Johnson 0 1 1 Baker 0 0 0 Evans 0 0 0 Totals: 19 14 (70) Gerleit 3 2 9 Calrow 8 5 24 Marra 4 012 Dowling 1 0 2 Rawiszer 5 0 10 Eisenhower 0 5 5 Williams 1 0 2 Crupi 2 0 4 Totals: 24 12 70 appoint goals Ln: ord Paige McKenzie Calrow 5 Gerleit Bishop ord 67 Stepinac 52 At Stepinac Darren Her rington had a glime high 23 BOYS BASKETBALL points and ordham recruit Tre vor Diggs added 18 for Bishop ord in the Catholic High Schools Athletic Association Di vision II game Stepinac played without point guards Robaire Johnson and Sean Devitt who were out due to injury and ill ness respectively Bishop ord (8 5 4 1) 1914 18 14 47 stepinac (3 4 1 4) 15 4 10 21 52 Bishop ord (47) Diggs 9 0 18 Belcher 5 0 10 Ndoye 2 2 6 Stapleton 3 6 Herrington 10 2 23 Jo seph 1 0 2 Dumas 0 0 0 Hicks 1 0 2 Totals: 31 4 67 Stepinac (52) Gliatis 3 1 7 McElroy 1 2 4 Peter kin 0 0 0 Haskins 5 0 11 Hyland 4 1 9 Galgano 1 0 2 Semple 2 1 5 Lopez 2 0 5 Conway 1 0 2 Bonanno 1 0 2 Donovan 2 0 5 Totals: 22 5 52 3 point goals Herrington AS: Haskins Lopez Donovan SWIMMING Hackley 119 at Riverdale 51 200 vard medley relay 1 Hackley (Soderstrom Jones Van Leer Berkmann) 2:0044 2 Hackley 3 Hackley 200 freestyle 1 Lee (Hk) 1:5945 2 Reich berg (Hk) 3 Shulman (Rv) 200 IM 1 Craig (Hk) 2:2492 2 Jones (Hk) 3 Garrone (Rv) 50 free 1 Han (Hk) 2447 2 Greenberg (Hk) 3 Kirkham (Rv) 100 butterfly 1 Van Leer (Hk) 1:0242 2 Schulman (Rv) 3 Rose (Hk) 100 free 1 Shalette (Rv) 5248 2 Lee (Hk) 3 Berkmann (Hk) 500 free 1 Hurowitz (Hk) 5:5448 2 Harrazin (Hk) 3 Garrone (Rv) 200 free relay 1 Hackley (Greenberg Lee Reichberg Han) 1:4138 2 Riverdale 3 Hackley 100 backstroke 1 Shalette (Rv) 1:0303 2 Soderstrom (Hk) 3 Clements (Hk) 100 breaststroke 1 Greenberg (Hk) 1:1097 2 Craig (Hk) 3 Jones (Hk) 400 free relay 1 Hackley (Berkmann Reichberg Han Lee) 3:4449 2 Riverdale 3 Hackley Records Hackley 3 0 Riverdale 1 3 Xavier 102 at Iona Prep 77 200 yard medley relay 1 Xavier (McArdle Green berg Sommerville Acevedo) 1:488 2 Iona Prep 3 Xavier 200 freestyle 1 Dagostino (IP) 1:498 2 Rybicki (Xv) 3 Pizzarelli (Xv) 200 IM Rossi (IP) 2:089 2 Ambrose (Xv) 3 Lavelle (IP) 50 free 1 eeney (Xv) :234 2 Egan (Xv) 3 McArdle (Xv) Diving 1 Milano (Xv) 18445 2 Smyth (IP) 3 Storee (Xv) 100 butterfly 1 Rybicki (Xv) :574 2 Pizzarelli (Xv) 3 leizach (IP): 100 free 1 eeney (Xv) :537 2 Egan (Xv) 3 Gabel (IP) 500 free 1 Dagostino (IP) 4:572 2 Vogel (Xv) 3 McGrath (Xv) 200 free relay 1 Xavier (Sommerville Rybicki eeney Egan) 1:349 2 Xavier 3 Iona Prep 100 backstroke 1 leizach (IP) :575 2 McArdle (Xv) 3 Borland (Xv) 100 breaststroke 1 Rossi (IP) 1:059 2 Lopez (IP) 3 Beninato (IP) 400 free relay 1 Iona Prep (Dagostino leizach Dimicelli Rossi) 3:514 2 Iona Prep 3 Xa vier Records Xavier 4 0 2 3 1 ty I' ft Staff photoRicky lores Yale Zhang asenior at Woodlands manages a busy schedule that includes being both the captain of the wrestling team and aconcert pianist wrestling all I wanttodois win because it is a tension he said I play piano trying to relax trying to get away fromall the Maestro on the mat i Zhang is team captain and concert pianist By Jeff Capellini Staff Writer Yale Zhang is a maestro of moves The Woodlands se nior 138 pound wres tler lives a very in volved life Not only is Zhang a captain of the team but he is also a concert pianist Aconcert pianist? started taking lessons back in China when I was 6 years Zhang said continued to study at the Westchester Conservatory of Music in White Plains when I moved here from California back in There are many sides to the two time defending Woodlands Invitational champion There is the wrestler the pianist the honor student and the leader strikes me the many things involved Woodlands coach Spencer Davis said wrestling team has the highest average in the school It makes me feel good to know that we have a team winning in school as well as on the mat The kids have to look far for help and assistance very quick to lend a hand a silent leader not very vocal but leads by exam Zhang can play pieces from Chopin Beethoven Mozart Bach and Schuman Not bad for someone who used to play only because he was ordered to I first started playing piano I played because my par ents wanted me to Zhang said I got more advanced WRESTLING though I realized I really liked playing the And the people at the West chester Conservatory of Music appreciate his ability too ale is a very conscientious said Bob Arthurs the Dean of aculty and Students at the Conservatory very se rious and sets extremely high standards He was here reli giously He worked on solo pieces and performed at our student Zhang said there is a personal correlation between wrestling and playing the piano During wrestling all I want to do is win because it is a tension he said I play piano trying to relax trying to get away from all the Arthurs said one reason why Zhang is such a successful pianist is because he is able to switch his focus from the mat to the concert hall almost immediately the piano is really a thing you do by he said a much calmer experi ence It really demands all your concentration You are not try ing to beat someone out so the competitiveness Occupational hazards However each time Zhang steps out on the mat he risks doing damage to among others his hands and fingers the two parts of the body he needs more than any other as a pianist is one of my major he said let me join the wrestling team They said it was up to me They are always telling me to be careful When I wrestle I hardly think aboutit Ijustwantto His teammates jokingly ride him about his prowess on the piano but other wrestlers like Joe Parrello said nothi ng should stop Zhang froffiT doing something he loves he is really into it it is good to Parrello said your interests are you should go for it 100 percent or somebody to be so good at something and going out and taking a risk of possibly ruining it got a lot Ivy League bound Last season in the 132 pound class Zhang was 15 4 before a wrist inj ury forced him to miss the postseason tournament This year as a 138 pounder he is 9 4 He cut down his performance schedule to devote time to his college search He chose the Uni versity of Pennsylvania and will be enrolled in the pre med pro gram next fall Aside from wrestling and mu sic Zhang finds himself involved in many other school activities He is ranked third in his class is a member of both the National Honor Society and the Asian Heritage Club is involved with' the Key Club and is the captain ofthe tennis team Hesaidhe may appear to have a jam packed schedule but in real i ty lucky to have as much free time as he has think it is that hard being this Zhang said was brought up with values from my parents Kids in China have absolutely no free time 17 have the time to do the things I want to 7L Smaller field starts Shoreline rom staff reports Mother Nature proved to be the 32nd annual Shoreline Clas sic Wrestling toughest and meanest opponent Rain and gale force winds yes terday forced seven teams to cancel out of the 24 team field Sleepy Hollow was one of them and Hackley dropped out for an undisclosed reason Mount Tyga Maclin appeared unfazed by the situa tion The junior 119 pounder who was third at 112 last year at Shoreline dismissed Martin Wasserberg with a 15 0 technical fall win though there are less teams it still change the Maclin said is still a lot of good competition I came here focused on wrestling I wanted to go out and work a couple of moves but not use up a lot of RESULTS Team standings and key 1 Poly Prep (PP) 28 points 2 Truman (Tru) 24 3 (tie) ordham Prep (P) Scarsdale (Sc) 18 5 Mount Vernon (MV) 14'i 4 (tie) Ardsley (A) Pine Bush (PB) 12 8 Edgemont (Ed) 10 9 (tie) Harrison (H) Hen Hud (HH) Mount St Michael (MSM) 8 12 Croton Hamron (Cr) 13 (tie) Horace Mann (HM) Irvington (I) New Rochelle (NR) Woodlands (Wd) 4 17 Peekskill 0 Opening round 91 Kares (Wd) bye Cino (PP) pin Olivo (MSM) 3:15 Brick (Sc) bye Madden (PB) bye Miller (H) bye Owen (P) bye Luftman (Ed) bye Vitolo (NR) bye 98 Kim (Ed) bye Rosenhack (HM) bye Billig (I) bye Gasiorek (MSM) pin Saviano (PP) 3:00 Bar rantes (H) bye Munro (PB) bye Holland (P) bye Ratki (Cr) bye 105 Bravo (PP) pin Hosin (MV) 1:25 Mi Spagnoll (A) pin Sankholkar (HM) 1:28 Maxwell (MSM) pin Murtaugh (Cr) 3:05 McDuffie (NR) bye Broshi (Sc) bye Wiley (PB) bye Connington (P) bye Torres (Tru) pin Pineau (H) 5:45 112 Tonge (Tru) pin Sundyani (MSM) :17 Goode nough (PB) bye Seital (A) bye Maior (MV) pin Schepflin (H) 3:58 Mi Lee (Sc) tech fall Brito (Wd) 17 0 Vasta (Cr) bye Vinas (P) dec Mendelson (HM) 4 4 Welch (PP) bye 119 Parsard (Tru) dec Vela (H) 8 3 Porco (A) Pin Urban (I) 5:05 Villegas (Cr) mai dec Garcia (MSM) 14 3 Tunick (Sc) dec I Rodriguez (P) 4 0 Je Nauta (PB) pin A Luftman (Ed) 3:20 Copeland (HM) bye Poulakakos (PP) tech fall Cooke (NR) 18 2 Maclin (MV) tech fall Wasserberg (Wd) 15 0 126 Ja Nauta (PB) pin ranch (P) 3:25 Mezzan cello (H) bye Bermudez (MV) mai dec Amendola (A) 11 2 Jaber (PP) pin Balta (Ed) Parsard (Ed) :35 Harris NR P'b Rodriguez (MSM) 2:25 Spagnoli (Cr) pin Bush (HM) 3:45 Rudnick (Sc) bye 132 Sharpe (Tru) pin Marvucic (P) :39 'Major (MV) pm Choice (MSM) 1:44 Nunes (PB) tech fall Peltts (Cr) 19 2 Rothman (Sc) by disq Diaz (A) Mounoubai (Wd) bye Tramaglini (I) tech fall Druce (HM) 14 0 Jacobson (Ed) pin orbes (PP) :21 Lu (HH)bye J38 Pbreyra (PP) pin Meyers (MSM) Kolmel (PB) bye Zhang (Wd) bye Guttman (A) pin LoSchia vo (HH) :35 Gelboim (Sc) bye Owen (Tru) pin Jacoby (Cr) 2:38 Kim (Ed) pin Valetutti (I) 5:05 Rodri guez (P) pin riedel (HM) 3:45 145 Akbar (HH) pin Smith (MV) 2:58 Sherwood (Sc) dec Ocampo (H) 4 4 Seld (NR) bye Saden (P) pin Ma Lee (A) 1:18 Shapiro (Ed) bye Wallace (Wd) pin Castle (HM) 3:53 Lynch (PP) bye McLean (Tru) bye 155 Moreira (Sc) pin Coleman (PP) 3:52 Rybak (Ed) dec Limniatis (Wd) 5 2 Torres (Tru) dec Hernandez (1) 9 4 Weathers (MSM) bye leiss (HM) Pin Bright (MV) bye Buckridge (PB) bye McGil (P) pm Castiello (A) 1 :25 Somers (Pk) bye 147 Stewart (H) tech fall Deavers (Wd) 17 2 Rybak (Ed) bye Harris (MSM) bye Celentano (P) pin Ma Spagnoli 3:09 Tennure (Sc) dec Ar luck (PB) 10 3 Brown (Tru) bye Jean Pierre (MV) bye Schwinner (PP) pin Lawi (HM) 1 :28 177 Henry (PB) bye Kim (A) bye Hogan (Tru) bye Van Donmck (HH) pin Beeber (HM) 3:35 Zern (Sc) Nakos (PP) pin Nisbeth (MV) 1:32 Mundt (P) bye Coxen (Cr) bye 215 Lollighetti (PP) bye Link (A) bye Serota (Sc) bye Rabover (H) pin Molina (P) 5:20 Daley (Tru) bye Dicks (MV) ye Lewis (PB) bye Leuzlt (HH).