Scarsdale Boys Lacrosse Team Suffers Narrow Loss to Mamaroneck

In a very close game against the Mamaroneck Tigers, the Scarsdale Raiders lost 8 to 10 on Monday May 5th. The Raiders had an early lead in the first quarter with goals made by sophomore Elliot Graham and junior Michael Casden. Captain James Felix then made a goal right at the buzzer of the first quarter, giving Scarsdale the lead with 4 points (Mamaroneck had only two).

The Raiders manage to keep their two­goal lead going into the second quarter, with yet another two goals scored by James Felix again as well as junior Casey Kravit. In the third quarter, the Raiders continued their two­goal lead with two more goals scored by freshman Cooper Schneider and junior Thomas Cooke. By the end of the third quarter, the score was eight to seven.

Then in the fourth quarter, what looked like a done deal turned into a devastating defeat. The Raiders lost their lead and, eventually, the game.

"In general we played great team offense and communicated well on defense against a great class­A team," says junior Casey Kravit, who plays attack. "Brandon Bank, David Muller, and James Felix led the defense along with good goaltending by Jeremee Bornstein."

The players agree that the loss was upsetting, but they are very happy with the way they played. With every new quarter, junior Thomas Cooke had a better and better faceoff. Juniors Brandon Bank and David Muller played "stellar" defense against some of Mamaroneck's star varsity players, and junior Jeremee Bornstein played well in goal.

This year, the boys varsity lacrosse team is six for seven, but this isn't getting them down! "This is my second year of varsity lacrosse," says defenseman David Muller. "It's really fun to play...and I love close competition between towns. I feel pretty bad about the loss today, but the team played really well and it was an amazing accomplishment only losing two points to Mamaroneck. They are a really good team."

In other news, the varsity baseball team played against White Plains Monday and lost their game fifteen to fourteen in extra innings. The varsity softball team played against Eastchester today and unfortunately lost seventeen to eight.

Show some Raider pride by coming to any of the upcoming games this week! There's a varsity baseball game at 4:15 on Friday, May 9 against Horace Greeley at Horace Greeley High School and a softball game at 4:15 against Saunders High School on Monday, May 12 at Saunders. At 4:30 on Monday, May12 at Scarsdale High School, the girls' varsity lacrosse team plays their most important game of the season ­ their Pink Game. Proceeds from the raffle and bake sale at the game will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. They hope to see you all there ­ if not for the sport, then for the cause!

Go 'Ders!

Contributor Megan Shelton is a junior at Scarsdale High School and loves her honors English class. Megan spends her free time writing, reading, exercising, hanging out with friends, and doing work for the Epilepsy Foundation Club, the American Red Cross Club, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Club. Megan is going to take AT English and Creative Writing in school next year, and she hopes to focus especially on writing while in college.