Eastchester review 10 9 2015

October 9, 2015 | Vol. 3, Number 39 | www.eastchesterreview.com

Eastchester REVIEWTHE

5-0!The Eastchester Eagles continued their

winning ways with a 31-7 rout of Pearl River. For the undefeated Eagles, the win marked

their fifth straight this season. For a roundup of the rest of the week in local sports,

see page 14. Photo/Mike Smith

The Eastchester Eagles continued their winning ways with a 31-7 rout of Pearl River. For the undefeated Eagles, the win marked

their fifth straight this season. For a roundup of the rest of the week in local sports,

see page 14. Photo/Mike Smith

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Boo at the Zoo, New York City’s go-to family-friendly Hal-loween destination, returns to the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo for five weekends in October, beginning on Satur-day, Oct. 3 and running through Sunday, Nov. 1. This year’s Boo at the Zoo activities are themed around animal behaviors and “Mystery and Mischief” of the world of wildlife.

All attractions and activities will embrace the spirit of the sea-son while highlighting wildlife and conservation. Annual favor-ites including the hay maze, gi-ant pumpkin carving demos, cos-tume parades, magic and more will return with some additional Halloween surprises. The Jack O’ Lantern Illumination, an eerie

walk-through experience spon-sored by Goosebumps, will take over the exhibits in the former World of Darkness building, cre-ating a one-of-a-kind illuminated Halloween display. Entertain-ment will include encore perfor-mances from Boo at the Zoo fa-vorite, magician David Levitan.

For the social media-savvy, the Bronx Zoo and Budget Trav-el will co-host an InstaMeet on Saturday, Oct. 3 and Sunday, Oct. 4 in honor of the 12th World Wide InstaMeet Weekend, a cel-ebration of Instagram’s diverse, global community and an oppor-tunity to meet other Instagram photographers in beautiful set-tings like the Bronx Zoo.

All Boo at the Zoo activities are included with the price of

general admission with the ex-ception of the Jack O’Lantern Illumination which is included with the Total Experience Ticket.

Visit bronxzoo.com/boo for a complete schedule of dates, per-formances and activities.

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekends from April to October from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and weekends from November to March from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Adult gen-eral admission is $16.95; chil-dren ages 3 to 12, $12.95; ad-mission for children under 3 is free; and admission for seniors ages 65 and older is $14.95. Parking is $16 for cars and $20 for buses. (Submitted)

Bronx Zoo gears up for a spooktacular season

By sUZY BerKOwiTZEditorial Assistant

The Eastchester school dis-trict has proposed a $26 mil-lion expansion bond for its high school. The bond is headed for a public referendum on Oct. 20.

The school district is mak-ing the proposal in an attempt to combat the high school’s cur-rent spatial and academic limita-tions, according to the district’s website. And if approved by the voters, the project would be ful-ly completed in January 2019.

After Eastchester Middle School underwent a $12 mil-lion renovation and expan-sion project that was voter ap-proved in 2011, the school dis-trict proposed the same proj-ect be completed in the high school to better accommodate the growing population of stu-dents with more classroom space and the most technolog-ically-updated equipment. Ac-cording to the school district’s website, the high school, if not renovated, will be 169 students over capacity by the

Eastchester preps for $26M school bond vote

If Eastchester school district voters approve a $26 million bond on Oct. 20, the district will move forward with an expansion plan, pictured, for the high school’s White Plains Road campus. Rendering courtesy Eastchester school district

2020-2021 school year. The school is currently using

converted gymnasiums as tem-porary classroom space, which does not contain proper sound-proof walls or ceilings, and must be shared by several teachers at a time.

Due to the lack of gym space, athletic teams’ practice time and space had to be reduced. Also, the demand for more techno-logically-advanced equipment has increased to support the school’s computer technology, coding, video production and science, technology, engineer-ing and math, STEM, classes, which require additional class-room space.

According to Eastchester High School Principal Dr. Jef-frey Capuano, an expansion of the high school campus would include adding 12 general edu-cation classrooms and nine sci-ence classrooms; reverting a previously classroom-converted gymnasium into a gym with a weight room and a locker room; and updating the auditorium with improved seating, lighting,

stage flooring and sound. “We are at a critical and ex-

citing juncture for Eastchester High School,” Capuano said. “We are one of a small num-ber of districts in Westchester County experiencing enrollment increases.”

Capuano said the school’s overcrowding has increased al-most 60 percent from his first graduating class of 144 gradu-ates to the graduating class of 2015’s 230 students. He also said the school’s current sixth grade class has 298 students enrolled, something the high school needs to prepare for.

According to the Eastchester Board of Education, the major-ity of the bond would be al-located to adding classrooms, approximately $18 million, followed by the renovation of high-priority infrastructure, ap-proximately $3.2 million, the renovation and expansion of cafeteria space, approximately $2.6 million, improving phy-sical education amenities, ap-proximately $1.4 million, and renovating the auditorium,

approximately $970,000. The website outlines the fi-

nancial impact of the bond as $26.9 million borrowed over 20 years with a projected interest rate of 3 percent. This includes an estimated homeowner cost of $237 per year for a home as-sessed at $8,900, an average of $26.63 per $1,000 of assessed value. If the public referendum passes, the financial impact is not expected to begin until the 2018-2019 school year.

If the bond is voted down by the public, the school board does not currently have an al-ternate plan of action to finance the project.

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Walter Moran said one con-cern about the bond expressed by the community is whether current high school students will be able to experience any of their school’s new amenities due to the length of time the renova-tions are expected to take.

Moran said students who are currently sophomores in high school will experience the first wave of renovations, including the renovations of the audito-rium, locker rooms and physical education weight room, and the

cafeteria’s renovation and expan-sion, by the beginning of their senior year. Current high school freshmen will see the initial wave of renovations during their junior year and the completed project their senior year.

Board of Education President Mary Martin said that in an-ticipation of the bond vote, the board has been facilitating com-munity outreach to help poten-tial voters understand the plan. This outreach has consisted of holding informational bond ses-sions, presenting informational videos during each school’s open house and circulating stu-dent-produced videos to provide

community members with the students’ perspective on their school’s needs.

“The board has been meeting and discussing the high school needs and the proposed plan at many public board meetings over the last year,” Martin said. “We have a bit less than [two] weeks before the vote and we will continue to engage with our community and encourage them to participate in this vote.”

The bond vote is sched-uled for Tuesday, Oct. 20 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Eastchester Middle School gymnasium.

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What’s going on...

The library will be closed on Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 12.

Replacement of the library roof begins this month, with the hope to limit library service inter-ruptions during this time. Please exercise caution entering the building which will be scaffolded for the duration of the project. For further information, call library director Tracy Wright at 793-5055.

For more information on events and programs, visit eastchesterlibrary.org.

Baby Lap TimeJoin for a half hour of music, movement and

storytelling fun. For ages 9 to 23 months. Walk-ins are welcome. On Thursday, Oct. 15 at 10:30 a.m.

Science WorkshopOn Saturday, Oct. 17 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.,

the topic will be “Biodiversity and the Food Chain.” Join to learn about different habitats and biomes and their associated biodiversity. You will also meet a leopard gecko. For grades three to six. Online registration starts Oct. 10.

Bronxville Public Library

The library’s regular fall and winter hours are: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The library will be closed on Monday, Oct. 12 for Columbus Day. Visit bronxvillelibrary.org for more information.

Library Board of Trustees meetingThe monthly Library Board of Trustees meeting

will be held in the Board Room on the lower level of the library from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Health care proxy discussionThe library will be hosting an educational work-

shop about health care proxies on Thursday, Oct. 15 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Participants will learn about the importance of having a health care proxy, how to complete a health care proxy and the difference between a health care proxy and a living will. Presentations will take place at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Trained volunteers will be on hand to distribute proxy forms, answer questions and assist with the completion of forms.

Teen DIY: Emoji PillowsJoin our teen librarian, Jessica, in the Teen

Room for a do-it-yourself craft day on Thursday, Oct. 15 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. We’ll be mak-ing our own emoji pillows. All materials will be provided. For grades five and up. Registration re-quired online.

Spooky CraftHalloween-themed coloring and pasting project

for ages 3 and up. On Thursday, Oct. 15 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Robert the Guitar GuyCome and join Robert the Guitar Guy for music

and dance on Friday, Oct. 16 at 3:30 p.m. Recom-mended for children ages 2 and up.

Adult volunteers neededVolunteers are needed to be judges, room moni-

tors, timekeepers and scorekeepers at the second annual WLS Battle of the Books Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 17 at Ossining High School. We’re the reigning champions. This year, we’re upping our game and entering teams in both competi-tions that day: Children’s (grades four to six) and Teens’ (grades six to nine). If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Erin Schirota, Youth Services Department, at [email protected] or 337-7680 ext. 34.

Tuckahoe Public Library

The library will be closed on Monday, Oct. 12 for Columbus Day. Visit tuckahoelibrary.org for more information on events and programs.

Kids’ Book ClubJoin the discussion of “Pip Bartlett’s Guide to

Magical Creatures” by Maggie Stiefvater. Open to ages 7 to 12. On Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 4 p.m.

‘About Elly’This week’s movie for adults on Wednesday,

Oct. 14 at 1 p.m. The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers. Stars Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini and Taraneh Alidoosti. Running time: 119 minutes.

LEGOs in the LibraryCome to the library and create a masterpiece to

display. Open to ages 5 to 10. On Friday, Oct. 16 at 4 p.m.

Bronxville Women’s ClubCoffeehouse

The Bronxville Coffeehouse will be held on Friday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. Host Al Hemberger in-vites everyone to come and enjoy an evening of

music, snacks, and socializing in the art gallery setting of the Bronxville Women’s Club, at 135 Midland Ave. in Bronxville. Performers for the evening will be the ever-popular Kelly Flint. Also, Julia Douglass, singer-songwriter, will be opening the evening with an act you surely won’t want to miss. Reservations suggested for parties over five. $5 admission includes coffee and snacks. BYOB or have ours. Donations for the performers are welcome. For reservations and information, call 337-3252 or visit bronxvillewomensclub.org.

Children’s RecitalThe Bronxville Women’s Club, at 135 Midland

Ave. in Bronxville, invites the public to its first Children’s Recital for the season on Saturday, Oct. 17. The 3 p.m. recital is a “performance in train-ing” session for beginning students. The 4 p.m. recital is for children more advanced. No charge for the audience. The recitals are open to all chil-dren in the general area. Chris Funke is the direc-tor of the series. For more information about ap-plications, visit bronxvillewomensclub.org or call 337-3252.

Midland Music ConcertThe Bronxville Women’s Club will be hosting

the Midland Music Concert on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. Performers will include Joyce Rasmussen Balint on violin and mandolin, Regan Nikol-Stas on clarinet and Oxana Mikhailoff on piano. Dinner will be provided following the concert at 6 p.m. Ticket costs for non-members are $20 in advance, $25 at the door and $5 for students and children. Ticket costs for members are $15 in advance, $18 at the door, $18 for seniors in advance and $20 for seniors at the door. Tickets for dinner are $30 for members, $35 for non-members and $10 for chil-dren under 12. For more information or to order tickets in advance, call 337-3252 or visit bronx-villewomensclub.org.

Tuckahoe Senior Citizens

Tuckahoe Senior Citizens is an active vital community made up of men and women 55 and older who gather Tuesdays and Thursdays from September through July at Friar Fata Hall at the Assumption Church in Tuckahoe, NY. Members enjoy a wide range of activities including weekly exercise, Tai Chi, bingo, cards and games, as well as presentations on topics of particular interest: health, legal issues, history, music, culture, food, crafts, politics, art, literature, film, dancing and more. For more information, visit tuckahoese-niors.org or call 337-8487.

Oktoberfest celebrationOktoberfest will be celebrated with lunch and

a show at the Villa Roma Resort on Oct. 13. The Alex Meisner Band will be featured and guests will be able to use the resort’s pool, sauna and sports facilities. For more information or to reserve a spot, call 337-8487.

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Air traffic over LarchmontTo the Editor,It’s a beautiful morning and I would enjoy sitting on my porch, but the daily roaring onslaught

of airplanes over Larchmont is in full flight. Every 30 seconds or so, jets fly on their way to LaGuardia, and they are loud. This will go on all morning and resume at the same pace in the late afternoon and into the dinner hour. So I have come inside to write this letter.

Larchmont is not a quiet village. We all live with I-95 traffic booming in the distance and commercial gardeners’ gas-powered machinery, not to mention construction. But these constant fly-overs, aggravated by the racket of truly obnoxious regular helicopter flights, are intolerable. How and why is this happening?

Will it stop or at least diminish anytime soon?I have seen many theories on why the planes are using our communities as their flight path

and why they are flying lower and more frequently than ever. Some blame ex-Mayor Bloomberg, some blame LaGuardia construction, some blame Donald Trump’s new golf course. Whoever is responsible, I do not believe it is at all fair that the burden should fall on our area to the extent that there is virtually no period during the day that is free of air traffic roar. What can be done?

Mady Edelstein,Larchmont

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out the community

A cardboard cut-out of Pope Francis was on display along with religious items for sale.

Tuckahoe High School’s cheerleading team sells candy to fundraise.

The Tuckahoe marching band and student body march to open up the St. Padre Pio Festival in downtown Tuckahoe.

Johnny Giovanni plays some Italian tunes on the organetto. A large crowd is on hand at The St. Padre Pio Festival on the night of Sept. 25. Photos/Bobby Begun

The staff of the new Walters hot dog truck handles the crowd at Tucka-hoe’s Columbus Day-St. Padre Pio Festival on Sept. 25. The festival ran from Sept. 25 to Sept. 27.


By JOhN BraNDiStaff Writer

A vacant, former automo-tive garage is getting a second chance, as an existing fitness brand is soon to move into the space with some stipulations put in place.

Both Tuckahoe’s planning and zoning boards approved the applicant co-owner Brian Harrington’s request to ex-pand his business, Transform Fitness, into the village. Har-rington already has a similar venture in Eastchester on Mill Road. The idea for the 125 Co-lumbus Ave. location is to reno-vate the pre-existing one-story, 4,400-square-foot location’s flooring and electrical work.

The applicant was able to get approval from both boards in less than a week’s time, though both boards placed stipulations on how the busi-ness can operate in the space. The village’s Zoning Board of Appeals granted approval for a special exception use, but urged the co-owner to place

New fitness center faces stipulations

Residents of the Village of Tuckahoe can soon sign up for one-on-one training, as a new fitness center, pictured on Eastchester’s Mill Road, has been approved by two land use boards in short order. Photo courtesy maps.google.com

restrictions on how many visi-tors and trainers can occupy the building at the same time.

A cap of 25 clients and five trainers was put in place, though the building can of-ficially house 88 people, ac-cording to the state’s fire code. Harrington said there could be 15 people maximum in the building at one time, due to his business model. He added that the fitness center works most-ly on a pre-registration basis; people must sign up for one-on-one training or group class-es, discouraging walk-ins.

Meanwhile, one of the co-owners of the property and several adjacent buildings, John Tavolilla, recalled when the building used to be a body shop with 25 to 30 cars on and around the premise through-out the day. He said the fit-ness center would be an im-provement from the former congestion.

The Planning Board also unanimously approved the plan that included architect Michael Gismondi’s plans

to merge the two bathrooms into one, provide a handicap-accessible facility, place a striped path in the middle of the open-space gym, marking the two exits, and transform a former storage space into a lounge/small office for staff use. Gismondi said the reno-vations should be completed within about a month, since the current space already has an open-space environment with tall ceilings that the fit-ness center looks to take ad-vantage of and mimic.

Before approving it, howev-er, the Planning Board put in place a stipulation that banned morning classes from taking place before 9 a.m. to prevent any parking headaches. The facility will have access to two parking lots on either side of the fitness center that can hold 12 cars, as well as 33 meters along the property and be-yond in either direction along Columbus Avenue.

Lawrence Saviano, who owns 134 Columbus Ave. across the street, welcomed the

business and thought it was a good fit over the former tenants.

“They will have people come and go and not have that

volume of people who come early and stay late,” Savi-ano said of the former garage employees that would hog

the parking meters and have trucks using the space to turn around. “It’s a good business in our area.”


model to others. He puts forth a 100 percent of his heart and soul into whatever it is he undertakes. He takes all of his responsibili-ties seriously and is passionate about helping others.”

Besides academics, Miller is deeply involved with the com-munity and school activities. For the last two years he has tutored students in math, Latin, English, earth science and biology. He is the founding member and captain of the Mountain Biking Team, as well as a member of the Bronx-ville Youth Council, Young Poli-tician’s Club, AFYA Club, Envi-ronmental Club and Model U.N. For the last three years, he at-tended the Tanzania trip where he worked in a children’s orphanage.

Rich, who spent two years of his high school career in Switzer-land and a third in North Carolina, is new to Bronxville High School.

“He never backs down from an academic challenge, pursuing in-tellectual interests both inside and outside of the classroom,” Meyer said. “Athletically, Patrick enjoys

the level of discipline required of a cross-country runner, as well as the unparalleled camaraderie he finds through teamwork.”

About 90 percent of Na-tional Merit Semifinalists will advance to the finals. National Merit Scholarship Corporation, NMSC, officials say the number of semifinalists in a state is pro-portional to the state’s percent-age of the national total of gradu-ating seniors.

Finalists will be announced in February, while scholarship winners will be announced in the spring.

An additional 34,000 students were designated as Commended Students by the NMSC, but they will not advance in the scholar-ship competition. Bronxville’s Commended Students are Cam-eron Adamiyatt, William Ander-son, Matthew Bettino, Caroline DePaul, Alessandra Diaz, Chris-topher Gay, Lauren Gray, Nicola Phillips, Nicholas Saluti, Daniel von Albade and Trevin Winston. (Submitted)

BRONXVILLE TODAY

MayorMary Marvin

Kensington Road project clears final hurdles Musician selected for All-National ensembles

I am pleased to announce that after more than 30 years—hard to believe—the Kensington Road development has over-come the final hurdles, most no-tably issues with our monopo-lies United Water, Metro-North and Con Edison, and a sales of-fice will open in mid-October at 9 Park Place in the village.

The Kensington Road site has had a turbulent history, as devel-opers either proposed projects that do not keep with the village character or have arrived only to be stymied by the economic downturns of the early 1990s, and then again between 2008 and 2009.

The benefits of completing this project are at least fourfold: the village will no longer have a Brownfield site; our current zero tax benefit on the property will generate significant tax revenues for the village; residents and merchants will now have clean and safe indoor parking and the village’s aggregate inventory of spaces will increase; and the area will be graced with high-quality residential construction in a neighborhood compatible with Mediterranean/European-style architecture.

Amenities in the new develop-ment include a 24-hour concierge service, a private extension to the Metro-North platform, two cov-ered parking spaces per unit, a fully-equipped fitness center, a play area for children, outdoor common spaces and an indoor entertainment space.

The condominium units themselves, an unprecedented

half of which will have private outdoor patios or terraces, will also feature special urban win-dows, gourmet islands with top-of-the-line appliances, spa baths and open great rooms. The apartments vary in size, with five penthouse units available complete with wraparound ter-races.

The parking garage is expect-ed to be completed and in use by next summer with unit occu-pancy commencing in the spring of 2017.

The pricing plan has yet to be completed as the developer awaits final approvals from the New York State Attorney General’s Of-fice. The sales office will offer a virtual tour of the apartments for purchase as well as a fully repli-cated kitchen and the opportunity for a consumer to choose their own interior finishes.

The project’s developer is Fareri and Associates of Green-wich, Conn. Owning or devel-oping more than $600 million in real estate in Westchester and Fairfield counties, Fareri proj-ects include The Harbor on the Greenwich waterfront as well as the Chieftains, a collection of 28 luxury homes built on the Gim-bel estate also in Greenwich.

The company chairman, John Fareri, was also the founder of the $200 million Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhal-la honoring the memory of his youngest daughter.

The village and the devel-oper were sued this past spring by Westchester Residential Op-portunities, Inc. for an alleged violation of the Fair Housing Act, claiming the project would discriminate against families with children.

The following is a public

statement by the village agreed upon by all three parties per the recent settlement of the lawsuit:

“In the past, we have de-scribed the new condominium project being built on Kensing-ton Road, in Bronxville, as ‘age-targeted,’ and designed to ac-commodate empty nesters. With recent changes to our zoning code, this description no longer accurately describes the project.

“The Kensington Road proj-ect will not be ‘age-targeted.’ The village has amended the Bronxville code so that it no longer provides for an ‘age-tar-geted’ special permit.

“The Kensington Road devel-oper has confirmed that the proj-ect will not be marketed specifi-cally for empty nesters. It will be designed and marketed for all people, including families with school-age children.

“These changes are in keep-ing with Bronxville’s legal ob-ligation under federal, state and local law and I am proud to say that these changes strengthen Bronxville’s commitment to providing equal housing oppor-tunities for all people, without discrimination on the basis of family status or any other pro-tected category.

“Bronxville is a wonderful place to raise children—with our great schools, beautiful parks and strong community. We certainly welcome new chil-dren in the Kensington Road project and throughout our vil-lage.”

We are pleased the lawsuit is resolved. We believe the Kens-ington condominiums will be a great new addition to our vil-lage, and we are excited to see them coming to fruition after many years of careful planning.

Bronxville High School student Caroline Schetlick has been selected to perform with the 2015 All-National Honor Ensembles in Nashville in October. Photo courtesy Bronxville school district

Bronxville High School stu-dent Caroline Schetlick has been selected to perform with the 2015 All-National Honor En-sembles in Nashville, Tenn., in October. Schetlick is among 673 students from across the country to be selected by the National Association for Music Education for this prestigious honor.

Schetlick, who was designat-ed by the New York State School Music Association as an All-State musician last year, was se-lected by National Association for Music Education, NAFME, this year because she was con-sidered to be among “the best of the best.” After competing against top musicians and un-dergoing a rigorous audition process, she was selected to per-form with approximately 350

other vocalists in the All-Na-tional Mixed Choir.

Pamela Simpson, Bronxville choir director, said Schetlick is an exemplary student and leader. “A student like Caroline comes along very rarely, and it has been a pleasure to nurture her exceptional talent,” she said.

The All-National Honor En-sembles consist of a concert band, symphony orchestra, mixed choir and jazz ensemble. The student-musicians are cur-rently rehearsing a challenging repertoire in preparation to per-form under the baton of five of the most prominent conductors in the country.

The All-National Honor En-sembles concert will take place in Nashville, Tenn., from Oct. 25 to 28. (Submitted)

Bronxville High School se-niors Christopher Miller and Pat-rick Rich have qualified as Na-tional Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists. They are among 16,000 students in the running for approximately 7,400 scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring.

Miller and Rich are among a small percentage of students from across the country with the high-est PSAT scores. Approximate-ly 1.5 million juniors in about 22,000 high schools took the qualifying Preliminary SAT/Na-tional Merit Scholarship Qualify-ing Test last year. Students with the highest scores were chosen to advance to the semifinals.

In order to advance to the fi-nals, Miller and Rich must submit a detailed scholarship application in which they provide informa-tion about their academic record, participation in school and com-munity activities, leadership abili-ties, employment, and any hon-ors and awards they’ve received. They need to have an outstanding academic record, be endorsed by a high school official, write an essay and earn SAT scores com-mensurate with their earlier per-formance on the qualifying test.

Bronxville High School Prin-cipal Ann Meyer spoke highly of both students.

“Chris is a leader in every sense of the word,” she said. “Not only is he intellectually gifted but he is always a role

Students named National Merit semifinalists

Bronxville High School’s Christopher Miller, left, and Patrick Rich were recently named National Merit semifinalists. Contributed photo


By James PerOStaff Writer

Honored, a little moved, and slightly freaked out: that’s how Manhola Dargis, the New York Times’ chief film critic and SUNY Purchase graduate, felt taking the stage at Purchase’s Performing Arts Center, where she and a distinguished troupe of panelists discussed the role of the modern critic.

“I’m trying to remember the last time I was actually on campus; I think I saw some plays here, and I think I saw Glenn Branca here,” she told the audience. “Anyway, I’m not going to take you down memory lane. What I’m going to do tonight is talk to three of the smartest people I know.”

The people to whom Dar-gis was referring were three fellow critics: Wesley Morris, staff writer at Grantland; Em-ily Nussbaum, television critic at The New Yorker; and Amy Taubin, contributing editor at the British Sight and Sound.

For the modestly-sized audi-ence, the objective of the Sept. 28

Panel discusses ‘crisis in criticism’lecture was to illuminate the role of the critic in today’s media land-scape. In the fashion of any good writer, they opted mostly to show rather than tell by meandering through topics ranging from the evolution of television to the rise of online comment sections, occa-sionally descending into spirited discussions about quality content in the world of film and TV— an occupational hazard for three of the country’s most prominent media critics.

One of the longest and most in-depth discussions of the night centered on what all four critics acknowledged was a growing “crisis in criticism,” the dynam-ics of which are affected by the very industries that critics cover.

“About ten years ago, there was a lot of discussion about a ‘crisis in criticism,’” Dargis said. “But you don’t hear that much anymore, because I think in a lot ways we started to realize that the crisis was not so much in criticism, but that the crisis was really in journalism.”

The panelists explained that with the rapid decline in print

journalism and therefore wide-spread layoffs, establishment jobs—like the ones occupied by Nussbaum and the like—are in-creasingly harder to come by.

Nussbaum, referring to an interview for Rookie magazine in which she outlined the rather grim prospects of rising to a job like hers one day, was only in-terrupted by a brief interjection from Dargis who took a min-ute to veer the coversation clear of gloom.

“How are we [not] bumming you out?” Dargis said to an au-dience rife with journalism stu-dents. “I am so sorry.”

Inversely, while critic jobs—at least ones that pay a proper salary—dwindle, the amount of movies and television shows re-leased continue to barrel through the roof.

“Now, the New York Film Festival had 3,000 features apply for 26 slots, most of them being first-time features,” Taubin said. “At the same time, where there are fewer and fewer places to write cultural criticism where you can get paid, the amount of

stuff being made has gone up tenfold.”

Dargis, who during the early 2000s was the chief critic for the L.A. Times, told the audience that during her tenure at the L.A. Times there were approximately 1,200 employees, and now there are just 600.

Newsrooms around the coun-try have gone through a similar shift. According to CNN Money, the New York Times’ headcount had shrunk by half between 2009 and 2014, and Dargis said, at least in regard to cuts at L.A. Times crit-ics were often the first to go.

This cut in employment and spike in the amount of films and television shows being re-

leased—the latter of which can be summed by a 1,000 percent increase in scripted shows for cable since 1999, according to Variety—has led to an unavoid-able blind spot in coverage.

“Fifteen years ago there were about 400 movies [that] opened up in New York City,” Dargis said, adding that fellow chief critic at The New York Times, A.O. Scott, started keeping track. “A couple years ago, the number climbed to 600, and then 700, and then it was 800. I mean, ev-ery year it was another hundred movies…Last year it was 1,000.”

Dargis went on to explain that because of the influx coupled with the decline in staff, The

New York Times, which had tra-ditionally reviewed every movie opening up in New York, had to begin capping.

For both the publications and the critics themselves, these new dynamics are a problem that re-mains to be solved.

“You want people to see mov-ies that don’t have $200 million budgets. You want people to see movies that don’t have wall-to-wall commercials. You want people to see something besides a Michael Bay movie,” Dargis said. “How are people supposed to make choices when there are so many choices?”


Some of the country’s most prolific media critics took the stage at Purchase College to discuss the role of today’s modern critic. From left, Manhola Dargis, Wesley Morris, Emily Nussbaum and Amy Taubin.Photo/James Pero

Wait! What? Yep, according to a recent blog post from Exam-iner.com, “Nearly 20 percent of Common App members won’t require personal statements next year.”

But before you get your hopes up, members of high school graduating class of 2016—yes, this fall—should know about changes to the essay guidelines on the Common Application.

Most of the changes have more to do with damage control than making students’ lives eas-ier. The Common App is still at-tempting to recover from the de-bacle it created when it ditched its previous format three years ago for the current, still hope-lessly lame one.

That’s when the essay ceased to be uploadable. Also gone: the short “describe a significant activity” essay that was quite a nice way to breathe life into the Common App’s claustrophobic activity grid.

The problem was, for more than 500 colleges, the Common Application had become their only application. Now, without warning, it had become a deeply flawed cartel. Colleges began to head for the exits in search of the more user-friendly applications of competitors.

That was when the Common Application began to notice all the newly desirable public uni-versities that did not require their applicants to write an es-say. This year finds the Common App’s formerly iron-clad bylaws replaced by a welcome mat to hundreds of colleges with laxer standards.

As a result, the Common App’s dues-paying membership has swelled to more than 600, mostly comprised of regional public universities, who never did require an essay.

However, if you are aiming at attending a highly selective col-lege, trust me, your schools will

continue to require you to write not just one “touchy-feely” main essay, but several—that is, if you can find them buried in its still hopelessly confusing three-part format.

Some other changes to the es-say include:

• New essay prompts.• Unlimited essay edits: this

means students can tailor their essay to each college.

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a heart of stone. Some were thrown into the river, and when the fathers and mothers endeav-ored to save them, the soldiers would not let them come on land but made both parents and children drown…”

One hundred and twenty-nine Dutch soldiers descended on these camps and killed 120 Native Americans, most of whom were women and chil-dren. This attack united the Le-nape tribes in the surrounding areas to an extent never seen before. The ensuing conflict known as Kieft’s War, 1643 to 1645, had tragic consequences.

In the fall of 1643, a force of 1,500 invaded the province and massacred any colonist they encountered. These attacks almost destroyed the Dutch settlement at New Amsterdam and surrounding areas. New Amsterdam became crowded with destitute refugees. Many left on ships bound for Hol-land. Two long, brutal years of war ensued. Finally the colo-nists, upset about the needless war that Kieft instigated, be-gan to resist his rule.

Sadly, back in the summer

of 1642, the political dissident Anne Hutchinson arranged with Gov. Kieft to purchase and settle in land that would be part of the town of Eastchester 14 years later. Today the area in which she settled is in the northeast Bronx, on or possi-bly near Co-op City. The exact site of Hutchinson’s settle-ment is not known. Kieft had placed Hutchinson in a dan-gerous no man’s land at what was the center of trouble.

Less than a year after Hutchinson had arrived, Anne, six of her children, and nine of her party perished in a Native American attack at the start of Kieft’s War.

Note: This is first in a series of articles on the colonial and revolutionary history of East-chester. The next series of arti-cles will focus on Anne Hutchin-son and our Puritan legacy.

Please contact us at historian@eastchesterhistorical society.org about any comments

or questions you might have about the content

of our columns.

rivers in 1639. The Bronx gets its name from Jonas.

Two years after Bronck’s arrival, the inevitable clash of cultures between Native Amer-icans and Europeans became a reality. A young Wickqua-sageck brave killed an aged wheelwright named Claes Swits. The Native Amerian’s uncle had been killed 15 years before and the young man was angry that his uncle’s death re-mained unavenged. According to custom, it was his duty to avenge his departed uncle. The fact that Swits had not killed his uncle was immaterial. The wheelwright had to die sim-ply because he belonged to the tribe, the Dutch, who commit-ted the first murder.

The appointment of William Kieft in 1638 as director gen-eral of the Dutch West India Company would escalate these cultural divisions into an un-mitigated military disaster for both the Lenape tribes and the Europeans who settled in New Netherlands. A group of Wick-quasageck and Tappan Native Americans had come to Kieft seeking sanctuary from Mo-hawks farther north, to whom they were behind on tribute payments and had attacked in their villages. On Feb. 25, 1643, Kieft ordered an attack on these defenseless Native Americans who had been guar-anteed safe passage in nearby Pavonia, Jersey City today.

An eyewitness account de-scribed the inconceivable bru-tality of the massacre: “Infants were torn from their mother’s breast, and hacked to pieces in the presence of their parents, and the pieces were thrown into the fire and in the water; and other sucklings, being bound to small boards, were cut, stuck, and pierced that it would break

HISTORICALLY SPEAKINGRichard Forliano

HISTORICALLY SPEAKINGRichard Forliano

Native Americans, the Dutch and Anne Hutchinson

When Henry Hudson, an Englishman of dark and moody character, arrived on his ship the Half Moon in 1609 and sailed up the river that would take his name, he claimed the land that would later be called New York for the Netherlands. Hudson was looking for the elusive Northwest Passage to India. His initial contact with the Native Americans did not go well after John Colman, a member of his crew, perished after taking an arrow to the neck. Hudson, still searching for the elusive passage around Canada, would be dead within the next two years.

The first evidence of hu-mans in this area seems to date from 5,000 B.C. These hu-mans were primarily hunters and gatherers, hunting deer, rabbits, bear, elk and birds, and collecting nuts, seeds and berries. As time passed, these semi-nomadic tribes began to raise corn, beans and squash while also harvesting clams,

oysters and mussels from the nearby seashore.

When Hudson arrived, a va-riety of tribes spoke the Len-ni Lenape tongue with odd-sounding names like Wick-quasageck and Rechgawawank (Manhattans). The indigenous people, contrary to popular belief, did not refer to them-selves as Siwanoy, although the Europeans called them by that name.

These tribes all shared some general cultural characteris-tics. The village was the most important unit and tribal al-legiance was extremely loose. They spoke the Lenni Lenape language but the different tribal groups had their own dialects. Communication with each other was difficult. These societies known to Europeans as Algonquians often lived in wigwams, made dug-out canoes, and used slash-burn methods to clear the land. Men did the hunting and fishing and the women did the plant-ing and farming. Cooperation for survival was essential, and each person in the family had an important role to perform.

According to recent works

in genetics, archeology, an-thropology and linguistics, and contrary to popular be-lief, the Native Americans who occupied the land that Anne Hutchinson would eventually occupy were biologically, ge-netically, intellectually all but identical to the Dutch, Eng-lish, and others they came into contact with. Russell Shorto, the foremost historian on New Netherlands, states it even more clearly: “The Indians were as skilled, as duplicitous, and as capable of theological ruminations and technological cunning, as smart and pighead-ed, and as curious and cruel as the Europeans who met them.”

Two competing cultures with different values and goals would make conflict between the Dutch and the indigenous tribes of this area inevitable. The area known today as West-chester and the Bronx were uninhabited, a frontier as dan-gerous and wild as any place in the 19th century West. The first person to live in the area north of Manhattan was Jo-nas Bronck. He was a wealthy Dane who purchased land be-tween the Harlem and Bronx

A depiction of the Pavonia massacre that took place in 1643. Photo courtesy Richard Forliano

Concordia College has again been named one of the Best Re-gional Colleges in the north re-gion, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2016 rankings.

For the fourth consecutive year, the college has also been ranked in the top five for cam-pus ethnic diversity in the North region. The U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges ranking has long been the most trust-ed ranking for America’s top

colleges and universities.“We are thrilled to see Con-

cordia College recognized once again in the rankings,” said Dr. Sherry Fraser, provost. “This recognition honors our dedica-tion to providing an impact-ful experience for our students with innovative academic, spiri-tual and student life offerings. We celebrate this recognition with our students, faculty, staff, alumni and the entire Concordia community.”

U.S. News & World Report ranks each institution based on the following key measures of quality: assessment of excel-lence, graduate and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, graduation rate performance and alumni giving. Each category is weighted, from which an overall institutional score is generated.

For more about Concordia College, visit concordia-ny.edu. (Submitted)

Concordia highly ranked in U.S. News & World Report

ends through Oct. 31. Hours for “Scared by the Sound” are Fri-days, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Satur-days, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.; and Thursday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Admission for “Scared by the Sound” is $16. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Go to scaredbythesound.com to purchase tickets online by credit card and to download a $1 off coupon. In-park ticket purchases will be by cash only; there’s an ATM onsite. Light refreshments and beverages will be available for sale each evening. Call 906-0818 for general information and corporate and group sales.

The event is not recommended

for children under 10, whether they are alone or with an adult. People with medical conditions or those adversely affected by strobe lighting or fog are advised not to attend. The event is handicap- accessible.

“Scared by the Sound” is held rain or shine. Parking for the at-traction is free. Please note that the park’s amusement rides will not be open. Enter the attraction area near the Fountain Plaza entrance.

Playland, a Westchester Coun-ty park, can be reached via the New England Thruway (I-95), Playland Parkway exit 19.

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Zombies, ghouls and ghosts eagerly await around every corner as “Scared by the Sound” Haunt-ed House returns to Playland Park in Rye.

“For 16 years, ‘Scared by the Sound’ has provided frighten-ing Halloween entertainment for Westchester residents,” County Executive Rob Astorino said. “Be sure to visit this iconic attraction, which will run throughout the month of October, and remem-ber to bring all your family and friends.”

Visitors are invited into the 10,000-square-foot haunt, which features a Crypt Walk, the Haunt-ed Wine Cellar, Creepy Morgue and Tunnels of Doom. Experi-ence the dual vortex tunnels, Claustrophobia Squeeze, and much more. In addition to some all-new scenes and enhanced fa-vorites, both first-timers as well as annual visitors are sure to be spooked. “Scared by the Sound” is presented by After Dark Attrac-tions, LLC.

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RHYMES WITH CRAZY

Lenore Skenazy

RHYMES WITH CRAZY

Lenore Skenazy

TONIA SAYSTonia Tagliaferro

TONIA SAYSTonia Tagliaferro

Graduating from the school of hard knocks

Partygoers at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice nib-bled on spinach puffs and sipped their wine one Sunday night. Men in suits chatted with ladies in cocktail dresses. The presi-dent of the college, Jeremy Tra-vis, took to the podium, thanked them for attending, and said he had just one word to describe their goal: wimpy.

What?! The entire room erupted in

cheers. “Yes!” Time to dream bigger. Dream huge! Dream of getting even more human beings out of their prison cells and back to glorious, everyday life—just like them.

This was the graduation gala for JustLeadershipUSA, a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching formerly-incarcerated people the leadership skills they need to change America’s love affair with prison. The group’s official goal is “half by 2030” (#halfby2030), which refers to cutting the prison population by 50 percent in the next 15 years. That’s the goal President Travis declared wimpy.

We may not think of our-selves as a vindictive country, but consider his point: even get-ting us back to the incarceration rate of 1972—hardly ancient history—would require an 80 percent reduction in the number of Americans in prison today. That’s how overboard we’ve gone when it comes to putting people in prison cells.

The 19 JustLeadershipUSA fellows who’d just finished the year-long course had been cho-sen out of 117 applicants nation-wide—all former prisoners—on

the basis of the good they’d been doing since being released.

Ronald Simpson-Bey spent 27 years behind bars in Michi-gan until his sentence was re-versed for “prosecutorial mis-conduct,” including using inad-missible evidence and false tes-timony against him. Long story short, he was one of four people involved in an armed robbery. Two testified against him and got out after two years, and one is still serving time.

Once released, he started a letter-writing campaign to long-term prisoners to help them ad-just a little better if and when they got out. But even while in prison, Simpson-Bey had been a leader. He raised $5,000 for the Special Olympics. He stud-ied law and helped other pris-oners with their appeals. And every year, he held a Kwanzaa ceremony, and gave a copy of the book that changed his life—”Visions for Black Men” by Na’im Akbar—to the youngest prisoner present.

Many of those young men are still in touch with him, along with eight prisoners he helped get out—all on mistrials. But when I ask, “What’s the best thing you ever did?” none of those are it.

The best thing began on Fa-ther’s Day in 2001. Simpson-Bey’s only son, Ronald Jr., 21, called the prison that morning to say he was coming by to celebrate.

The day got later and later—no son.

At last, Simpson-Bey was called to the phone. Ronald Jr. had been shot. He was dead.

The murderer was a boy of 14. Simpson-Bey knew exactly what would happen to him if the boy were tried as an adult and found guilty of pre-meditated murder: life in prison without parole.

From his cell, he begged for the boy to be tried as a juvenile.

The young man served seven years and is now out—and still in touch with Simpson-Bey.

It’s no surprise Simpson-Bey was chosen for the JustLeader-shipUSA program, because the organization believes that long sentences, “three strikes,” and the war on drugs are all squan-dering the human potential of en-tire generations.

Glenn E. Martin, the group’s founder and president, spent six years in New York state prisons himself, and insists that “those closest to the problem are clos-est to the solution.” That’s why the other fellows included Bill Cobb, a Philadelphia man who lost job after job because of his record, now fighting for the employment rights of ex-offenders; and Khalil Cum-berbach, a young man from Queens who spent most of his 20s in prison. Now he’s 33, a dad, and employed at the Le-gal Action Center helping oth-ers with criminal histories turn their lives around.

The lesson Cumberbach learned through JustLeadershipUSA is one that I came home and told my own son: “Understand that every-thing you do has consequences, and these can be good or bad.” The armed robbery Cumberbach committed could have had good consequences—easy money, no issues—but more likely, bad consequences.

Which there were.At the party, the consequenc-

es of the fellowship were easy to see: family members crying for joy. Donors dabbing their eyes. A college president urging them to dream even bigger.

And not a wimp in the house.


Discovering yourself and what’s office-appropriate

Dear Tonia:I am 25 and haven’t figured

out which direction to take in my life, so I decided to go to another country like Thailand or Vietnam and teach English for six months. There are some great English as a Second Lan-guage, ESL, programs I found out about and I feel that I’ll be able to grow and evolve from an experience like this.

My mom is really upset that I am going abroad because she feels it’s not safe, but realistical-ly, it’s not safe anywhere, really. Lots of people my age are going. I love my mom and don’t want to upset her or make her feel bad, but I’m going. How do I con-vince her that I’ll be okay?

B.S., Rye

Dear B.S.:Your question hits a sensi-

tive spot for me, as my son did the exact same thing. Of course your mom is worried, just like any mother would be. Tell her what you are thinking and feel-ing, and what you hope to get out of the experience. Assure her that you will Skype or Face-Time her often so she can see that you’re OK, and invite her to come visit you halfway through your stay. Then hug and kiss her, and tell her that everything is going to be alright.

This is a great opportunity for you to find out more about your-self, what will make you happy, what you are passionate about and what your purpose in life is. It seems like you have a good head on your shoulders and that you do have a direction. Follow your heart.

It’s hard for mothers to let go of their children. You will better understand this if you choose to have children. Good parents give their children roots and wings: roots to know where home is, and wings to fly off and practice what has been taught to them.

Oh, and by the way, it turned out to be an amazing experience for my son. Priceless.

Dear Tonia:What’s too sexy for the office?F.V., Larchmont

Dear F.V.:Many people today are inap-

propriately dressed for work. I see outfits some women wear, and can’t help wondering what they wear to go clubbing if that’s what they wear for work.

Stretch for the ceiling. If your belly shows, don’t wear it. Cleavage: if it’s too close to your face, it’s infinitely distract-ing. Not only are the men look-ing, but so are the women and they are not as impressed. Legs are the most powerful and saf-est way to suggest sexy without overdoing it. The most flattering and appropriate length is some-where between an inch or two

above the knee. If you go short-er, wear a lower heel. A sexy pair of high heels make your legs look long and thin. Shoes are a great way to play with col-or and style.

There’s nothing sexier than a confident women who ob-viously takes care of herself. Charm and beauty gets noticed. A classy, smart woman radiates strength, gets recognized and is remembered.

Dear Tonia:I have dry, scaly elbows that

look terrible so I always wear long sleeves. I’ve tried creams but nothing seems to work. I would like to be able to wear short sleeves. Any suggestions?

P.G., Mamaroneck

Dear P.G.:Your elbows will look and

feel better after a few treatments with this regimen: mix baking soda and lemon juice to make an abrasive paste. Then rub the paste onto your elbows for a soothing, smoothing and exfo-liating treatment. Continue the process for a few days. If your elbows are calloused, try a cal-lous remover.

Tonia Tagliaferro is a fashion stylist. For questions and advice, you can contact her at [email protected].

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LIVE MIKEMike Smith

Postseason baseball—espe-cially when one’s team is out of contention—can acquaint a man with strange bedfellows. Maybe that can account for why I spent my Tuesday night watching the Yankees’ Wild Card game in a Red Sox bar with a bunch of Phillies fans.

But I have to admit, watching the Bombers end their season on a three-hit performance with a room full of rabid anti-fans didn’t give me the sort of rush I was looking for. In fact, I kind of found myself feeling bad for the Yankees.

Well, almost. As you may have gleaned

from previous columns, I hate the Yankees. But watching Tues-day’s game, seeing the few Yan-kees fans in attendance cringe and groan each time A-Rod

Looking for a villainchased a ball out of the zone, I couldn’t help but feel at least a twinge of sympathy.

Part of it stems from the fact that this 2015 team wasn’t your typical Yankees squad. Big money and free agents? Jacoby Ellsbury and his $150 million were on the bench for much of the night.

Instead, the lineup was filled with promising newcomers like Rob Refsnyder and Greg Bird. But as well as these new play-ers—especially Bird—acquitted themselves during the season, seeing them flailing at sharp offer-ings from Dallas Keuchel all night was a definite letdown, especially for fans like me who hoped to see a little more firepower from a club that has lived and died by the longball this season.

Now don’t get me wrong. These Astros, especially when

Keuchel is on the mound, are an intriguing bunch. With guys like Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve and

“El Oso Blanco” Evan Gattis out there, they’ve got enough per-sonality—and lumber—to hold anyone’s interest for a long post-season run. But in the days lead-ing up to the game, my father, a Mets fan who loathes the Yan-kees, brought up a good point. He was hoping for a Yankee win on Tuesday for one reason: the longer the Yankees stuck around in the playoffs, the longer he’d have a team to root against.

A quick look at the teams left standing doesn’t offer much in the way of pure villains. Sure, the Cardinals are essentially the Yankees of the National League, but the Pirates? The Cubs? The Rangers? It’s tough to find a rea-son to root against these squads.

That is, unless they’re playing the Mets.

Then I’m sure I’ll find a reason.

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Football 10/3 Eastchester d.Pearl River 31-7In a matchup of undefeated

teams on Saturday, the Eagles pulled away early on their way to a rout over the Pirates to celebrate Eastchester’s Homecoming.

Eastchester quarterback John Arcidiacono continued his stel-lar play, rushing for three touch-downs and throwing for two more in the one-sided win. Arci-diacono carried the ball for 192 yards and added 148 passing yards to keep the Eagles perfect. Wideout Andrew Schultz found the end zone twice on passes of 29 and 45 yards.

At 5-0, Eastchester is hoping to close out the regular season with another win this week. The Eagles are set to take on a 2-3 Hendick Hudson team in the fi-nale. The Sailors are coming off a 29-18 win over Tappan Zee, led by a breakout performance by running back Mike Smith, who rushed for 135 yards and two scores on the day.

10/3 Pleasantville d. Bronxville 20-7Anthony Napolitano scored

the lone Broncos’ touchdown on Saturday, as Bronxville fell to 3-2 on the season with a loss to the Panthers. Pleasantville was led by a big day from run-ning back Mike Hammond, who carried the ball 15 times for 183 yards and two touchdowns.

Bronxville will host Ardsley on Oct. 10 in the last game of the regular season. Ardsley is also 3-2, and coming off a 23-14 win over Albertus Magnus.

Girls Soccer10/2 Byram Hills d.Bronxville 3-2 (OT)Byram Hills scored just one

minute into overtime on Friday, when the eventual game-winner came off the foot of junior Il-lyse Lipman.

Bronxville battled to stay in the game after two first-half goals by the Bobcats, scoring on a Rachel Peacock goal and tying the game in the 71st min-ute on another by Taylor Sears.

The loss was the Broncos’ third of the season, but they will look to get back to their winning ways on Oct. 9 when they host Pelham.

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10/3 Eastchester d.Port Chester 3-1The Eagles triumphed in their

homecoming game against the Rams, getting goals from Emme DiPasquale, Claudia Legall and Alish Fay to beat Port Chester 3-1.

The Eagles have a rematch with the Rams on Oct. 7, after

press time, and are getting set for a battle with highly-touted Rye the following day.

Boys Soccer10/1 Alexander Hamilton d.Tuckahoe 3-2Two goals by Capy Charles

proved the difference-maker

on Thursday, as the Raid-ers edged Tuckahoe in a tight 3-2 game.

It has been a trying season for the Tigers, who find them-selves at 1-10 on the year. They travel to Woodlands to take on the Falcons on Oct. 7, after press time.

Andrew Schultz runs upfield after catching a screen pass against Pearl River. Schultz caught two touchdown passes in the Eagles’ 31-7 win.

John Arcidiacono rushes around the end for a score on Oct. 3. Arcidiacono was involved in all five Eagles’ touchdowns on the day.

John Guido carries the ball against Pearl River. Photos/Mike Smith

John Blume goes for a tackle against a Pearl River ballcarrier.

October 9, 2015 • The easTchesTer review • 15SPORTSBy miKe smiThSports Editor

Just hours after earning a nod in the New York State Soccer rank-ings on Oct. 5, the Rye Garnets had to battle to maintain their spot, as they hosted a hungry Eastchester team. After over 80 minutes of ac-tion, however, Rye escaped with a 3-2 overtime win to preserve a spot among the top teams in the state.

Jack Bryan scored two goals, in-cluding the game-winner, against the Eagles as Rye improved to 8-2 on the year. Bryan’s team learned of its No. 16 state ranking just hours before the game, explained head coach Sal Curella, but knew it would be tested against an East-chester team coming off a 3-1 win over Scarsdale B on Oct. 3.

“We told the kids that although rankings don’t mean much, a mile-stone like this means that their hard work has been validated,” said Curella. “It’s our first state ranking in a long time, so we wanted the kids to stay humble and remember where we started.”

The Garnets came out strong, with Bryan netting his first goal just 8 minutes into regulation. Eastchester standout Luca Fava knotted the score just before the half on a corner attempt that the Garnets couldn’t clear out of the zone. Rye again took the lead on a Leo Gomes strike shortly into the second half, but Fava would an-swer with 18 minutes left to play, sending the game into overtime.

According to Curella, the real Garnets showed up in extra time.

“It was like a different team in overtime,” said the head coach. “[Eastchester] had trouble passing midfield and we were able to con-trol the action.”

The game-winner came off a Will Colwell shot that bounced off the keeper and found its way to Bryan’s foot.

“Any game that goes back and forth like that, when you have a lead and then lose it, it’s usually the team that comes back that is going to win,” said Curella. “But this team has a lot of resiliency, a lot of drive and they surprise me almost every game.”

The Eagles will also gear up for another league game on Oct. 7, af-ter press time, when they travel to Harrison to take on the Huskies. The Garnets will also be in action on Oct. 7, when they look to con-tinue their hot play against league foe Port Chester.

“We’re definitely changing the mentality,” Curella said. “We want to use this as motivation.”


Garnets edge Eagles

Eastchester’s Luca Fava controls the ball on the sidelines on Oct. 5. Fava scored twice for the Eagles in their loss to Rye.

An Eagles player battles for the ball against a Rye player on Oct. 5. Photos/Mike Smith

Rye’s Jack Bryan celebrates with teammates after his first-half goal against Eastchester. Bryan also found the net in overtime to give Rye a 3-2 win.

An Eastchester defender marks a man against the Garnets.

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