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March 6, 2020 | Vol. 7, Number 60 | www.ryecityreview.com
Coronavirus breaches Westchester
Rye celebrates with the 2020 Division 2 Section I championship on March 1. This marks the Garnets’ first title since 2010. Photo/Mike Smith
Garnets win section title ICE HOCKEY
DIVISION 2
CHAMPIONSHIP
RYE 5 JOHN JAY 1 BREWSTER ICE ARENA
3/1/20
Game Notes: • Anabelle Thomas had 26 saves for Rye • Declan Lavelle led all scorers with 2 goals • Rye will play either Skaneateles or Whitesboro on 3/7 By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor The Rye hockey team might have come into Sunday’s Division 2 Section I championship game as the lower seeded squad, but someone failed to tell the Garnets’ skaters that they were, in fact, the underdog. On March
1, No. 2 Rye dominated top-seeded defending champion John Jay for three periods, knocking the Indians from their perch atop the Division 2 landscape and claiming the program’s first Section I title since 2010. Things got off to an inauspicious start for Rye on Sunday, as John Jay’s Mattie Wierl opened the scoring just over three minutes into the game. But Rye reestablished momentum before the end of the period, outshooting the Indians 13-6 and knotting the score on a backhand shot from Reece Dorfman. “Their first goal was kind of lucky, it was off a deflection,” Rye goaltender Anabelle Thomas said. “But it was a wakeup call, that’s where we said, ‘This is a section championship game and we’re going to have to fight.’” That fighting spirit was evident as Rye began to take control on the offensive end. Declan Lavelle finished with two goals and an
assist, while Sasha Vasyuta and Brendan O’Byrne both added to the Garnets’ final tally. Thomas finished with 26 saves on the afternoon, earning high praise from senior defenseman Emmet Carroll. Between Rye’s victories in the semifinal and championship rounds, Thomas allowed just two goals on 52 chances. “This whole season she’s been our rock, she’s kept us in it, and she’s the best player on this team,” Carroll said. “Between her and Declan, that’s a good competition for best player on this team.” Carroll explained that Sunday’s win was especially poignant for the team’s veterans, given how the Garnets’ season ended just one year ago. In 2019, Rye lost its semifinal round contest against Pelham 4-3 when the Pelicans were able to score two goals in the final 26.5 seconds of regulation. “I’m just in disbelief, with
what happened last year in that last second loss against Pelham,” Carroll said. “This is what we’ve been working for the whole way and this moment has been on our mind the entire season.” Rye will represent Section I in the New York State Tournament, and their first test will be taking on the loser of the Section III title game between Skaneateles and Whitesboro on March 7 at the Brewster Ice Arena. According to Carroll, the celebratory period of Sunday’s win will be short-lived as the Garnets get set to prepare for their next challenge. “We’ll enjoy it on the bus ride home, we’ll enjoy it tonight with our families and each other, and we’ll just get back to work in practice tomorrow,” he said. “For us seniors, we don’t want to stop playing, so this is a great accomplishment, but we’re not done yet.” CONTACT: sports@hometwn.com
A New Rochelle man has been confirmed as being positive for the second case of the novel coronavirus in New York State, and also the first known case in Westchester County. The man, who is in his 50s, is now hospitalized in Manhattan after first being transported by a neighbor to New York-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville. The man, identified as an attorney who works in Manhattan, has an underlying respiratory illness, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and is in critical condition.He recently traveled to Miami, but no direct connection to China or any country on the virus watch list has been established, making it an apparent case of “community spread” COVID-19, Cuomo said. “That kind of spreading is inevitable,” Cuomo said at a March 3 press conference. The Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy school in Riverdale, where one of the New Rochelle man’s children attends, is closed on Wednesday, Cuomo said. “There may be some more schools that voluntarily close as they determine if children may have exposed other children,” Cuomo said. And on March 3, at the direction of the state, county Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler directed that Young Israel in New Rochelle halt all services immediately and for the foreseeable future due to potential COVID-19
exposure connected to the man who tested positive today. Additionally, congregants of the temple who attended services on Feb. 22, and a funeral and a bat mitzvah at the temple on Feb. 23 must self-quarantine until at the very earliest March 8. Those who do not self-quarantine will be mandated to by the county Department of Health to do so. The novel virus’ first confirmed case in the state was reported on Sunday, March 1, by a 39-year-old Manhattan woman who is employed as a healthcare worker. The woman contracted the virus while traveling abroad in Iran, and is currently isolated in her home, along with her husband. “Her symptoms are mild,” Cuomo said. Her condition is not life-threatening and she has self-quarantined at her Manhattan home since returning from Iran, authorities said. Cuomo noted that about 80 percent of those who contract the novel coronavirus will self-resolve. “They may not even know they had the illness,” Cuomo said. “There is no reason for undue anxiety—the general risk remains low in New York. We are diligently managing this situation and will continue to provide information as it becomes available,” Cuomo added. (Submitted) FOR MORE see page 3
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