Girls Tennis Team Breezes by New Rochelle 6-1 at Raider Pride Match
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Happily for the Scarsdale Girls Varsity A Tennis Team, their first win of the season coincided with Raider Pride Week and sparkling fall weather that brought out a crowd to watch their match.
On Friday September 21, Scarsdale played New Rochelle at home and almost scored a clean sweep, winning 6-1 by taking all matches save first singles. According to New Rochelle’s Coach Sgobbo four of his star players were out that day, making it easier for the Raiders to score a victory. This was Scarsdale’s third match of the
But on Friday, Scarsdale breezed by New Rochelle and gave away very few games in the process. In second singles, 3-year varsity player Lindsay Rokito won 6-2, 6-0 over New Rochelle’s Rikki Woodlin and in third singles, Scarsdale’s Kim Zou won 6-0, 6-0. Zou is a sophomore who moved up to the varsity team this year.
Partners and cousins Katy Rabin and Carolyn Zelicof were also off the court quickly. The girls made the varsity team as freshman and are an athletic and dynamic duo. In fact they have won all of their matches this season. According to the girls they practice together and “balance each other’s strengths.” The called Friday’s match “fun” and won it quickly at 6-2, 6-1.
The fourth doubles team included the team’s only freshman, Jessica Tsai. Playing with sophomore Francesca Johnson, the girls got on the court late but used powerful strokes to beat their opponents 6-0, 6-0. Johnson is new to the team this year and comes to SHS from Hackley where she played last year.
The only match Scarsdale lost was first singles where Scarsdale junior Adrienne Travis played sophomore Jessie Cruz who was filling in on the first court for her older sister Cassidy Cruz. Jessie was a formidable opponent who was ranked among the top 30 in the east at one time. The girls played a long match with both pounding the ball from the baseline in lengthy exchanges. That tough match finally ended with Cruz winning the first set 6-3 and the second set in a tiebreaker, 7-4.
This week, Scarsdale will play an exhibition match against a team from the Emma Willard School who will travel down from Albany to compete against some Westchester teams. Watch the match on Friday September 28 at 4:15 at SHS.
Thanks to Liz Whitney and Tricia McFarland from Maroon and White for providing refreshments. (Pictured at top: Coach Jennifer Roane with junior Lindsay Rokito.)
Raider Pride Week and a Call for Volunteers from the Little League
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This week is Fall Raider Pride Week at Scarsdale High School. There's a big of schedule of fall games to be played throughout the community from Wednesday, September 19th through Saturday, September 22nd, with free refreshments, courtesy of Maroon and White served at all games from Wednesday through Friday. Maroon and White encourages everyone to honor the game and demonstrate respect for rules, opponents, officials, teammates and tradition.
The week is sponsored by Maroon and White, the Scarsdale High School Parent Athletic Association. Support the athletes by purchasing Raider merchandise which will be available for sale at all events.
Everyone is invited to attend the following events:
Wednesday, 9/19
Girls Varsity B Tennis plays Pelham 4:15 p.m. at SHS.
Girls J.V. Tennis plays Ursuline 4:15 p.m. at SHS.
Thursday, 9/20
Girls Varsity Soccer plays Fox Lane 4:30 p.m. SHS Turf Field
Girls Varsity B Soccer plays Tuckahoe 4:30 p.m. Scout Field
Girls J.V. Soccer plays Fox Lane 4:30 p.m. Crossway Field
Boys Varsity Soccer plays White Plains 7:00 p.m. Turf Field
Boys J.V. Soccer plays White Plains 4:30 p.m. Quaker Ridge Front
Varsity Volleyball plays White Plains 4:15 p.m. Gyms 3 & 4
J.V. Volleyball plays White Plains 5:45 p.m. Gyms 3 & 4
J.V.B Volleyball playsWoodlands 4:30 p.m. Gyms 1 & 2
Friday, 9/21
Girls Varsity Tennis plays New Rochelle 4:15 p.m. SHS
Varsity Field Hockey plays Sleepy Hollow 7:00 p.m. Turf Field
J.V. Field Hockey plays Sleepy Hollow 5:00 p.m. Turf Field
Boys J.V.B Soccer plays Ardsley 4:30 p.m. Fox Meadow
Saturday, 9/22
Varsity Football plays White Plains 3:00 p.m. Turf Field
Little League Calls for Volunteers:
The Scarsdale Little League (“SLL”) Board of Directors is conducting their yearly search for volunteers interested in serving on the Little League Board. Now is the time to volunteer if you have a passion for our national pastime and serving the children of our community.
Each year SLL provides over 1,000 children in Scarsdale with an opportunity to play baseball. SLL endeavors to offer a fulfilling and well-designed, inclusive, recreational, baseball program each year. The SLL Board, along with many parent coaches, coordinators and other volunteers comprised of parents from within the community keeps this program going.
In the past year, the Board launched a new league website to keep the community informed and created a new team sponsorship program to raise funds that are being used to better maintain our baseball fields.
SLL encourages the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty and courage. If you share in those ideals please complete the Board Application Form and send via e-mail to the above address. The deadline for all applications is Friday, September 28th.
Honey, Let’s Take the Kids Apple Picking!
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Peak apple picking starts the third week of September and continues into October in our area. Each orchard grows a different assortment of apples based on the orchard’s unique soil content and available space, but in general you can find more than 7 different varieties at each orchard. Since we live in the information-overload age, I’ve included links to reviews on Yelp.com for added color on the orchards and great finds in the area. Most places will have pumpkins available as October gets closer, and many have picnic facilities. As always, call ahead to avoid disappointment and to confirm prices and opening hours. If you can fit a small wagon in your car, bring it as carrying buckets of apples gets heavy really fast and kids tucker out. My favorite place for apple picking is Pennings: a bit of a drive but consistently good apples and great ice cream very near by.
Dutchess County
Barton Orchards
63 Apple Tree Lane
Poughquag NY, 12570-9610 Phone (845) 227-2306
Web Site: www.bartonorchards.com
Hours: 9-5pm every day
Apple varieties now available include Paula Reds, Early Gold, and Ginger Gold. Tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, cucumbers, beans squash and cut flowers also available for picking. Barton Orchard is one of the few places that charges admission, so beware. General admission to the farm is $3.00 per person, 6 years old and up. Chainsaw Doc will be at the farm every weekend making wooden carvings, something you don’t see every day.
Cedar Heights Orchard
8 Crosby Lane
Rhinebeck NY, 12572 Phone (845) 876-3231
Web Site: www.rhinebeckapples.com
Hours: 9 to dusk daily
Cedar Heights has been a family-owned orchard for over 150 years. Prices are $8.00 for 1/4 bushel (10 lbs) or 1/2 bushel (20 lbs) for $15.00. Once you are stocked with apples, try two recipes I found on Cedar’s website that are quite good http://rhinebeckapples.com/page5/index.html.
Mead Orchards LLC
15 Scism Road
Tivoli NY, 12583
Phone (845) 756-5641
Web Site: www.meadorchards.com
Hours: 10-6pm weekends and Columbus Day
Mead Orchards is a 180-acre fruit orchard and vegetable farm located in the mid-Hudson River Valley. In business since 1916, the orchard grows nearly 40 varieties of apples, as well as peaches, pears, plums, cherries, strawberries and other berries. Current varieties of apples include Fuji, Golden Delicious, Mancoun, Senshu and Shizuka. At the end of September, look for Mutsu, Red Delicious Cameo, Fuji, Rome, Stayman-Winesap.
Orange County
Apple Ridge Orchards
101 Jessup Road
Warwick NY, 10990
Phone (845) 987-7717
Web Site: www.appleridgeorchards.com
Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/apple-ridge-orchards-warwick
Hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday 9-6pm
This orchard has dwarf apple trees, which makes it ideal for young kids. When they tire out from picking, take them to the honey bee observation area where they can learn about the importance of pollination and see the bees in action. Be on the lookout for poison ivy if you do visit. Current apple varieties include Cameo, Liberty, Zestar, SunCrisp and Gold Rush. Here is a link for the greatest ice cream in the area http://www.bellvalefarms.com.
Masker Fruit Farms Inc
45 Ball Road
Warwick NY, 10990
Phone (845) 986-8852
Apple Hotline at (845) 986-1058
Web Site: www.maskers.com
Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/masker-fruit-farms-inc-warwick
Hours: 9-5 every day
Starting the third week of September, Granny Smith, Cortland, Empire, Jonagold, McCowan and Red Delicious are available, with Sparta Macintosh, Ida Reds, Smoothies and Surprise coming in October. Bags are free and management encourages sampling while visiting the orchard. Bellvale Farms is famous state wide for its ice cream, so make sure you stop for a cone. http://www.yelp.com/biz/bellvale-farms-creamery-warwick.
Pennings Orchard
169 State Rt 94
South Warwick NY, 10990
Phone (845) 986-7080
Web Site: www.penningsorchard.com
Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/pennings-orchard-warwick
Hours: Weekends 10-4
On September 15, 2012, Pennings will host a Brew Fest on the Farm from 2-6 pm (additional fee), which includes a 4-hour tasting, local food vendors, and live music. Pennings has no entrance fee for apple picking, but there is a one bag minimum per vehicle. Pumpkins are available September 22-October 31.
Soons Orchards Inc.
23 Soons Circle
New Hampton NY, 10958
Phone (845) 374-5471
Web Site: www.soonsorchards.com
Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/soons-orchard-and-farm-market-new-hampton
Hours: Weekends 10-4
The orchard offers a Dinner at the Farm once a month featuring local produce with cooking demonstrations by top chefs in the area. The next one is September 21. U-pick pumpkins will start by 9/22. Current varieties available for picking include Frieheir von Berlapsch, Arlet, Macoun, Redcort, Cortland and Lady Jean.
Westchester
Outhouse Orchards
139 Hardscrabble Road
Croton Falls, NY 10519
Phone: 914-277-3188
Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/outhouse-orchards-north-salem#query:soons%20orchard
Hours: 10-5pm
When you don’t feel like a long drive, Outhouse is a quick ride straight up I-684. Available for picking now are McIntosh, Cortland, Rhode Island Greenings. Look for Rome, Baldwin and Red Delicious in about two weeks’ time. Stop on the way back home in Katonah, a charming northern Westchester town with a great restaurant, Blue Dolphin or visit La Tulipe in Mt Kisco, where the Clintons ordered Chelsea’s wedding cake.
Stuart's Century Farm
62 Granite Springs Road
Granite Springs NY, 10527
Phone (914) 245-2784
Web Site: www.stuartsfarm.com
Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/stuarts-fruit-farm-granite-springs-2
Hours: Daily 10am-5pm
Stuart’s, the oldest working farm in Westchester County, grows nine varieties of apples including Macintosh, Cortlands, and Macouns (September) and Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Empire, Mutsu, Jonagold, Ida Red, Northern Spy, Black Twig, Baldwins, Stuart's Surprise (October). This is one of the few places around that will allow you to pick your own pumpkins right from the vine!
Wilkens Fruit Farm
1335 White Hill Road
Yorktown Heights NY, 10598
Phone (914) 245-5111
Web Site: www.wilkensfarm.com
Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/wilkens-fruit-and-fir-farm-yorktown-heights
Varities ready to pick include Cortland, Macoun, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Jonagold, Crispin, Empire, Winesap, Fuji and Ida Red and Granny Smith. There is a 1/4 bushel minimum (11 pounds) for entering the orchard. Choose-And-Cut Christmas Trees will start from the Saturday after Thanksgiving through the third week of December.
Fall Preview: Scarsdale Varsity Soccer Team
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Here's a first look at the Scarsdale High School Varsity Soccer team:
Boys Soccer
Head Coach: Joseph Cipriano
Captains: Jason Henderson (Sr.), Vincent Gandolfo (Sr.)
2011 Record: 11-7
Players to watch: This year’s team has five returning starters, all hoping to have big seasons. Vincent Gandolfo and Zach Cromwell (Jr.) are the returning midfielders. Cromwell is a playmaker and ball controller, while Gandolfo is a hustle player who brings the ball down the lines and creates opportunities for other offensive players. Evan Hendel (Sr.) will be returning for his third year on the Varsity Soccer team. Hendel is the team’s biggest offensive threat and a goal-scoring machine. Jason Henderson and Matt Ellman (Sr.) are the teams returning center defenders. The two have great chemistry and rarely make mistakes.
Expectations: The team is confident in their chances to win the league, despite its high level of competition. Starting center back and captain Jason Henderson said, “I expect for us to compete to win our league and afterwards try to win the section.” Outside midfielder Steven Ferebee (Sr.) also has confidence in this year’s squad, “Our expectations are to make it to the playoffs and hopefully go far.” Ferebee also went on to say that this year’s lower expectations in contrast to last years will help the team despite having a high talent level. Senior Matt Ellman has similar feelings, “We have been expected to do huge things the last 2 years but this year nobody has us on the radar so it will be nice to be the underdog.”
Bottom Line: With 5 returning starters and over 10 returning players, and the addition of Nico Penfold (Sr.), the Raiders are looking very strong. All of the players agree that they are deep in talent. Unfortunately, the squad is in the same league as Mamaroneck, New Rochelle and White Plains. Expect the Raiders to compete for the section title.
(Pictured at top: Team Captain Vincent Gandolfo)
This article was written by Scarsdale High School senior Peter Simon
Scarsdale's Brandon Steiner Publishes Second Book
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CEO of Steiner Sports, owner of Last Licks and Scarsdale resident Brandon Steiner, has written his second book, You Gotta Have Balls, which will be hitting the shelves this September. The book follows the story of how Brandon Steiner came from humble beginnings in Brooklyn to build his sports empire, supplying the reader with business tips along the way.
Given the number of business books out there, the question, “What makes this book unique?” becomes important. When asked this, Steiner explained that unlike other, analytical, cut-and-dry business books, this is a “story-telling book.” The real life situations explored in the book make the business ideas easier for readers to relate to. In addition, Steiner revealed that the book “gets past the obvious stuff,” and gets to the core of what makes a business a success.
Steiner stated that he hopes the book will give readers “a greater appreciation for entrepreneurism at its finest and purist” and “wider and improved view of sports marketing.” In addition, Steiner commented that this would not be his last book. He plans on possibly writing a book about parenting, in which he finds “good” parents and asks them for their secrets. Another one of his ideas is to write a table-top book with stories about some of the most famous autographs from his store and how they came about.
Steiner devotes much of his time and energy to improving the Westchester community. He contributes to many Westchester charities, including Family Services of Westchester, which was able to open two homes for homeless Westchester teenage boys and girls with Steiner’s help. In addition, the Steiner family hosted Keith Martinez for two years as part of the STEP program. STEP, a.k.a., the Scarsdale Student Transfer Education Plan, is an independent community program that identifies promising students of color and enables them to attend Scarsdale High School for their junior and senior years. Both of Steiner’s children attended Scarsdale High School.
If you want to see some sports memorabilia, or just get some ice-cream, you can stop by Last Licks, Steiner’s ice cream/sports memorabilia store in the Heathcote Five Corners.
To learn more about Brandon Steiner, click here.
Author: Jonathan Greenberg is a sophomore at Scarsale High School, where he writes for the school newspaper and plays baseball.
