Maroon and White Celebrates Spring Athletes

Thunderstorms descended on Scarsdale late Tuesday afternoon, just in time for the Maroon and White barbeque to honor spring athletes. The dark clouds forced the event inside-- and the threatening weather was reminiscent of the spring season. Between sudden downpours and astounding rises and drops in temperature, the athletes faced a tough spring and learned to work through unfavorable conditions. After long days at school preparing for finals, it took leadership and morale for teammates of all sports to motivate each other at practice in preparation for fierce competition. All teams had successful seasons, and many athletes were awarded individual honors at the local and state levels.

Here are photos of the senior athletes and season highlights from each team:

The Boy's Golf Team had a season that will be difficult to top next year. For the second year in a row, they were named Section I Champions. The team sent three players to the state tournament in Ithaca this past weekend to play the championship match at Cornell's Golf Course. Josh Goldenberg, James Nicholas and Anthony Scarcella were among nine players on the team representing Westchester, Putnam and Duchess Counties and came in first in the event.

The Girls Lacrosse Team was 10-7 this season. Julia Ross was awarded All League and All Section Honorable Mention, Olivia Romano was All League, Lindsay Repp was All Section and All League. Both Julia Ross and Lindsay Repp were Golden Dozen. Since all these girls will be graduating this year, their talent will surely be missed, but this will also motivate younger athletes to step up next spring.

The Boys Lacrosse Team will graduate seniors James Felix, Brandon Schweikert, and Nicolai Ferraris. Their team was 9-9 this season.

The Girls Track Team has already proven themselves dangerous to their competition this season, placing 2nd at the League meet  ... and they are not finished yet, They will compete in three events at the New Balance Nationals from June 13 -15 in Greensboro, North Carolina. The 4x800 relay team will be Helen Clapp, Laura Cutlip, Maggie DeRosiers, and Nicole Feibelman. Livvy Meyers, Maggie OʼKeefe, Rebecca Kearns, and Hailey Thornton will run the 4x100, and Maggie OʼKeefe, Maggie DeRosiers, Livvy Meyers, and Rebecca Kearns will run the Speed Medley Relay.

The Boys Track Team also placed 2nd at Leagues, behind New Rochelle, and will also send a relay team to Nationals. Brian Somar, Anito Akuetey, Marcus Holloway, Kavon Hueston, and Raza Khan are looking forward to competing there.

The Baseball Team was 10-11 this season. Frank Schwall was All League Honorable Mention, Grant Goodman All League, Will Eisler All League Honorable Mention, Tyler Mandell All Section, and Raj Palekar All Section.

The Boys Tennis Team also had a stellar season with an overall record of 9-2 and a league record of 8-0. The team was league champions, conference champions and finished second in the section for the team competition, losing to Byram Hills in the finals. Two doubles teams qualified for sectionals: Jonny Dorf and partner Sam Gray and Zack Shulman with his partner Richard Bennett. All league players: Jonny Dorf, Sam Gray, Zack Shulman, Rich Bennett, Dan Markowitz, Alex Johnson.

Girls Rowing: Although several of her teams' races were cancelled, Senior Rower Melanie Norman says the team trained hard and progressed. The girls rowed with the Pelham Community Rowing Association which has qualified as a scholar-athlete team for the ninth consecutive year by the New York State Scholastic Rowing Association.

Tuesdayʼs event was a bittersweet moment for seniors. Even for those athletes who will continue playing in college, Maroon and White brought a close their four special years as Raiders.