CHAMPIONSHIP - AUG. 8, 2006:   The Pearl River 11 year old Allstars captured the West Nyack Tournament with a 5-3 victory over a tough and very good South Orangetown team.  Jake Tedesco stepped up to the challenge and led the boys both on the mound and at the plate.  Jake pitched 4 2/3 innings striking out 6 batters while also reaching base safely three times (2 for 2, walk) and included a long triple over the head of the SO rightfielder.  Brendan Ryan relieved Tedesco in the 5th with men on 2nd and 3rd with one out and promptly forced the first hitter he faced  to pop up to Shortstop Connor Madigan for the second out who then alertly fired to third to force out the runner for the final out of the inning.  After Pearl River picked up some insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth the boys took the field in the top of the sixth with a 5-2 lead.  South Orangetown quickly loaded the bases with no out and Pearl River countered with a call to the bullpen.  Kevin Duffy stepped onto the mound and retired the last three hitters including a strikeout to end the championship game. Once again the boys played brilliant defense as they have all summer.  The up the middle play of Catcher Shane Ocasal (key pickoff of SO runner) , Shortstop Madigan (several terrific plays including charging hard on a do or die play in the 4th), Second Baseman Michael Henry (outstanding grab of a hard line drive in the 6th) and Centerfielder Richie Masely (tracked down a long fly in the 5th) was terrific; Duffy and Tedesco also made outstanding plays at third and on the mound, respectively.  Masely had a key hit in the PR three run second inning and Tyler Diercks, Matt McMorrow and Michael McKee aggressively ran the bases and scored runs in tight situations. 
            These boys worked extremely hard and accomplished a lot this summer.  Not only did they win the very competitive WN Tournament, they finished 3rd in the NYS District 18 Tournament.  They played very well in every game, in fact in both their only two losses of the summer against the two District 18 finalists they had the winning runs on base in the 6th inning.  Most importantly every player had their moment in the sun where they contributed to a victory.....a true team.  The players on the Pearl River 11's are Patrick Burke, Tyler Diercks, Peter DiGiovanni, Kevin Duffy, Michael Henry, Connor Madigan, Richie Masley, Michael McKee, Connor McIntyre, Matt McMorrow, Shane Ocasal, Brendan Ryan and Jake Tedesco. 

Previous Results:

Sat., July 29:  Pearl River 8  Congers 0

             The 11's started off the West Nyack Tournament with an 8-0 win over Congers.  On a hot morning the 11's received fine pitching from six pitchers (1 inning each).  The pitching staff of Tyler Diercks, Michael McKee, Jake Tedesco, Michael Henry, Kevin Duffy and Brendan Ryan only allowed only 2 infield hits. Shane Ocasal, Peter Digiovanni and Connor McIntyre shared the catching duties and worked very well with their battery mates.  Connor Madigan (2 for 3) broke open a 0-0 tie in the bottom of the 3rd with a 2 run double which drove in speedsters Patrick Burke and Ryan.  Henry (triple), Ryan and Ocasal contributed RBI hits to the Pearl River cause and Matt McMorrow smoked a long double.

8/4 Pearl River 11  New City National 1

         The 11's exploded for six runs in the 2nd inning on the way to a 11-1 victory.  The rally in the 2nd began with a Connor McIntyre two run double, a triple by Shane Ocasal and consecutive singles by Connor Madigan, Kevin Duffy (3 for 3) and Jake Tedesco (2 RBI's).  Michael McKee add 2 hits and an RBI and "Birthday Boy" Patrick Burke (2 for 2) launched a long RBI double to right centerfield to end the game after four innings (mercy rule).  Tyler Diercks pitched 3 innings allowing 2 hits and Duffy pitched a scoreless 4th (3 K's).  Richie Masley and Peter DiGiovanni each worked out walks and scored twice; Masley entertained all when he got out of a seven throw run down play by sliding in safely at home.

8/6  Pearl River 11  West Nyack 4 

      The 11's defeated West Nyack 11-4 to clinch Pool A with a 3-0 record and earn a spot in the semi-final round of the West Nyack tournment.  Pearl River will play Suffern at 7:30 at Germonds on Monday night 8/7 in a rematch of the District 18 semifinal game.  Lead off hitter Matt McMorrow lead the offensive charge with 2 doubles and 3 RBI's.  Michael McKee, Michael Henry and Shane Ocasal each contributed 2 hits to help the cause.  Jake Tedesco pitched very will in his 3 innings, striking out 3 batter and not allowing any hits.  Kevin Duffy was called on to pitch and put out a fire in the 5th; striking out a WN hitter with the bases loaded and two outs.  Brendan Ryan who made some very nice defensive plays at first base to keep the game in control came on to pitch and close the game in the 6th inning and received some stellar defensive help from Richie Masley who made a diving catch in short centerfield to end the game.  Good Luck to the boys in the playoff round.

8/7  Pearl River 5  Suffern 2

          The Pearl River 11's beat Suffern 5-2 to in a semi-final game and will advance to the championship game of the West Nyack Tournament.  The boys will play South Orangetown on Tuesday 8/8 at 7:30pm at Germonds Park.  Tyler Diercks pitched a complete game allowing just 5 hits and striking out 5 including the last out of the game to lead the team to victory.  Diercks also had two hits at the plate.  Shortstop Connor Madigan turned a huge double play in the top of the first to end an early Suffern threat.  After that play the boys cruised until a late Suffern rally in the 6th inning.  The 11's picked up 2 runs in the first inning which included an RBI double from Brendan Ryan.   Kevin Duffy (2), Jake Tedesco and Michael McKee picked up the other RBI's for Pearl River.  Good luck to the boys in the championship game.