FInal medal count

Western 104 gold, 78 silver, 59 bronze, 241 total
Central 36 gold, 57 silver, 44 bronze, 137 total
Long Island 39 gold, 37 silver, 56 bronze, 132 total
Adirondack 35 gold, 44 silver, 39 bronze, 118 total
Hudson Valley 22 gold, 27 silver, 36 bronz, 85 total
New York City 24 gold, 20 silver, 21 bronze, 65 total

ESG weekend roundup

Women's soccer

GETZVILLE — LaGrangeville native Kristen Skonieczny gave up one goal in regulation as the Hudson Valley scholastic women’s soccer team won the bronze medal by tying Long Island, 1-1, on Sunday.

The game went to a shootout with Hudson Valley prevailing, 4-3. Port Jervis’ Jen Peters, Armonk’s Erin Myers, Rye’s Katherine Greer and Cortlandt Manor’s Kayla Mancusi tallied for third-place Hudson Valley.

Ice hockey

AMHERST — Robert Belger of Yorktown Heights scored the lone Hudson Valley goal as the scholastic men’s team lost to eventual gold-medalist Western, 7-1, eliminating Hudson Valley from medal contention in the round-robin competition.

Baseball

AMHERST — Hudson Valley’s scholastic team lost out on the bronze medal when its game with Western on Saturday was suspended and fields were unplayable on Sunday.

The result was decided due to head-to-head competition and Hudson Valley lost to Western on Friday, 10-7. Long Island won gold and Central won silver based on overall records.

Wrestling

BUFFALO — Mark Settembrino of Wappingers Falls won the silver medal in the 123-pound class of scholastic freestyle wrestling on Saturday, falling to Western’s Tom Page in the gold-medal match, 6-2, 6-0, by decision

Scott Bova of Poughquag pinned Central’s Pat Nasoni in 1:16 to capture a bronze medal.

Weightlifting

SANBORN — Poughkeepsie resident Joe Rodriguez won the silver medal in the 150-pound open division final, lifting 191 pounds late Saturday.

Judo

BUFFALO — Charles Braun won the bronze medal at 132 pounds in the open competition late Saturday.

Former New Paltz resident Scott Honan won the bronze medal at 198 pounds.

Rowing

BUFFALO — The Hudson Valley men’s quad of Evan Heaton, Taylor Bodley, Jimmy Balsamo and Dylan Hartwick won the bronze medal on Friday in a time of 5:07.99.

GOLD! Soccer, field hockey, basketball prevail

Patrick Noonan of Hyde Park accomplished something at the 2010 Empire State Games on Sunday afternoon that no one had to this point.

He scored a goal against New York City.

Noonan's tally from 18 yards out at the top of the box deflected off a City defender in the 72nd minute of an 80-minute game and put Hudson Valley's scholastic men's soccer team ahead. Valley defeated New York City, 1-0, at Amherst North French Soccer Complex in Getzville.

Hudson Valley's team has nine players from the Journal's coverage area on its squad: Noonan, Matt Daeumer (Wappingers Falls), Matt Garcia (Wappingers Falls), Matt Koziol (Poughkeepsie), Chris Metz (Hopewell Junction), Tim Ryan (Poughquag), Codey Stetler (Hopewell Junction), Conor Tasciotti (Poughkeepsie) and J.P. Veliz (Wappingers Falls).

Hudson Valley finished the tournament with an overall record of three wins, no losses and one tie. New York City was 3-1.

Meanwhile over in Amherst...

The Hudson Valley scholastic field hockey team captured its fifth straight gold medal, defeating Long Island, 3-0, at Walter Kunz Stadium on the campus of the University of Buffalo.

Jen Angevine, Leanne Goldblatt and Melissa Colton each scored for Hudson Valley, which finished the tournament with a perfect mark of 4-0.

Local residents Jade Dennett (Fishkill), Daniella Bernasconi (Hopewell Junction) and Erin Lidl (Pawling) were on Hudson Valley's roster.

Meanwhile over in Lewiston...

The Hudson Valley scholastic girls basketball team won the gold medal with a 99-53 win over Central at Taps Gallagher Center on the campus of Niagara University.

Teneka Whittaker of Poughkeepsie scored 13 points, while Liz Milner of Cold Spring chipped in six.

Lilian McCabe led Hudson Valley (4-0) with 19 points.


More results as I get them.

Local medalists to this point

Gold
Curtis McCabe, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Ken Steier, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Kyle Peabody, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Sean Clarke, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Stephanie Hartmann, Hyde Park (rowing), Branden Dahlem, Rhinebeck (swimming), Shannon Walsh, LaGrangeville (swimming)

Silver
Jennifer Veloudas, Hyde Park (rowing), Chloe Beach, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Rachel Puchkoff, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Catherine Quattrociocchi, Pleasant Valley (rowing), Jeannette Eckelman, Hopewell Junction (rowing), Jonathan Kaufman, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Andrew Lemieszewski, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Randy Budd, Staatsburg (rowing), Brandon Clark, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Ken Steier, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Kyle Peabody, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Curtis McCabe, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Sean Clarke, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Stephanie Hartmann, Hyde Park (rowing), Darnell Cummings, Millbrook (track and field), Rachel Pierantozzi, LaGrangeville (track and field — two medals), Mike Debronsky, Beacon (track and field), Joe Rodriguez, Poughkeepsie (weightlifting), Mark Settembrino, Wappingers Falls, (wrestling), Branden Dahlem, Rhinebeck (swimming), Brad Thomas, Wappingers Falls (swimming), Kevin Walsh, LaGrangeville (swimming), Dorothy Tai, Stormville (tennis), Eva Siska, Beacon (tennis), Josephine Tai, Stormville (tennis), Victoria Alexander, Glenham (track and field)

Bronze
Evan Heaton, Poughkeepsie (rowing — two medals), Rachel Buchanan, LaGrangeville (rowing), Arielle Tillou, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Sophia Sagan, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Lauren LaBelle, Poughquag (rowing), Grace Nesheiwat, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Catherine Quattrociocchi, Pleasant Valley (rowing), Stephanie Lee, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Jeannette Eckelman, Hopewell Junction (rowing), Rachel Puchkoff, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Nicole Scaglione, Poughkeepsie (rowing), Chloe Beach, Poughkeepsie (rowing); Taylor Bodley, Pleasant Valley (rowing — two medals), Jamie Paterson, Hyde Park (bowling), Erin Patchey, Rhinebeck (gymnastics), Scott Honan, New Paltz (judo), Charles Braun, Poughkeepsie (judo), Scott Bova, Poughquag (wrestling), Shannon Walsh, LaGrangeville (swimming), Kevin Walsh, LaGrangeville (swimming), Victoria Alexander, Glenham (track and field),

HV scholastic men's soccer ties

After going to a 5-on-5 shootout to decide the outcome, Central tied Hudson Valley, 5-5, in men's scholastic soccer.

J.P. Veliz scored a pair of second-half goals for Hudson Valley.

Hudson Valley plays in the gold-medal game on Sunday, with an 11 a.m. start.

Women's scholastic lax loses

Anna Jeszeck and Tara Monaghan each scored two goals but their Hudson Valley scholastic team fell to Central, 14-5.

Karly Walborn scored the other goal for Hudson Valley.

Tons of medals in the track ESGs, just no gold.

Rachel Pierantozzi of LaGrangeville captured the silver medal in the open 100-meter dash in 13.63 seconds, placing second to gold medalist Chianne Ashman of New York City.

In the men’s open 100 dash, Darnell Cummings of Millbrook (seen here) picked up a silver medal, edging bronze medalist Junior Burnett of Adirondack by one-thousandth of a second, completing the race in 11.291 seconds to Burnett’s 11.292. The gold medalist was New York City’s Andre Marcano in 11.08. Cummings also picked up a silver medal, running in the 400 relay, that placed second in 41.74 seconds. His teammates were Robert Graham, Joshua Louis and Justin McCollin. Western won the gold medal in 41.58 seconds.

Beacon standout Victoria Alexander of Glenham picked up the bronze medal in the scholastic women’s 100 in 12.74 seconds. The gold medalist was Ashley Fields of Western in 12.33 seconds.

Best of the rest: Hudson Valley Friday roundup

BUFFALO — On Thursday, the Hudson Valley men’s open rowing team picked up a silver medal. On Friday, they did themselves one better.

The men’s four, consisting of Poughkeepsie residents Kyle Peabody, Curtis McCabe, Sean Clarke and Ken Steier, along with coxswain Stephanie Hartmann of LaGrangeville, won the gold medal on Friday in a time of 5 minutes, 28.05 seconds.

The race was run on a shortened course of 1,500 of the scheduled 2,000 meters, due to heavy winds and rain in the Buffalo region throughout the day. Western won silver and Long Island won bronze.

“It was just really bad weather,” Peabody said. “Our plan was to go out really hard until we had the lead. It was very exciting to beat those guys.”

Hudson Valley’s women’s four of Poughkeepsie’s Chloe Beach and Rachel Puchkoff, Pleasant Valley’s Catherine Quattrociocchi, Hopewell Junction’s Jeannette Eckelman and coxswain Jennifer Veloudas of Hyde Park won the silver medal in 6:39.22. Western took gold and Long Island won bronze.

The Hudson Valley women’s quad of Poughkeepsie’s Arielle Tillou and Sophia Sagan, LaGrangeville’s Rachel Buchanan and Newburgh’s Caitlin O’Neill won the bronze medal in 6:53.31. Western won gold and Central won silver.

Track and field

AMHERST — Rachel Pierantozzi of LaGrangeville won the silver medal in the women’s 200-meter dash in 27.70 seconds. Simonie Moore of New York City won the gold in 27.43 seconds.

Victoria Alexander of Glenham won her heat in the scholastic women’s 100 dash in 13.16 seconds. She placed fourth in the scholastic women’s 200 dash in 25.78.

Darnell Cummings of Millbrook was second in his heat in the men’s open 100 dash in 11.16 seconds. Andre Marcano of New York City was first in 11.10 seconds. The finals are today. Erik Simonson of New Paltz qualified for today’s scholastic 400 intermediate hurdles finals.

Women’s basketball

LEWISTON — Teneka Whittaker of Poughkeepsie scored a game-high 20 points as Hudson Valley’s scholastic team defeated Long Island, 106-40.

Marist College forward Emily Stallings scored 14 points, but the Hudson Valley open women’s basketball team lost to Western, 77-60 late Thursday.

Baseball

AMHERST — Seth Lamando of Hopewell Junction was 3 for 4 with an RBI as Hudson Valley’s scholastic team improved to 2-1 overall, defeating Adirondack, 9-2.

Bowling

WILLIAMSVILLE — Hudson Valley’s women’s open bowling team, including Hyde Park’s Jamie Paterson won the bronze medal, totaling 4,303 pins.

Long Island won gold and Western won silver.

Soccer

AMHERST — The Hudson Valley men’s scholastic team defeated Adirondack, 2-1.

The women’s scholastic team lost to Adirondack, 2-0.

Softball

AMHERST — Highland’s Amanda Morano had two hits and an RBI, but Hudson Valley lost to Western, 7-3, dropping its record to 1-3.

In its first action of the day the Hudson Valley’s open softball team beat Long Island, 11-4, pounding out 16 hits along the way.

Highland’s Kacie Demaio went 1-for-3 with two runs scored for the Valley, which also got a 2-for-3 performance from Morano, who scored two runs and drove in a pair.

Wappingers Falls’ Samantha Howe picked up the pitching win.

Swimming

BUFFALO — LaGrangeville’s Shannon Walsh won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke in scholastic women's swimming in 1:17.51 on Thursday.

Kevin Walsh, also of LaGrangeville won bronze in the men's 100 breaststroke in 1:13.66.

Women’s ice hockey

AMHERST — Alyssa Lustenring of Poughkeepsie scored for Hudson Valley’s scholastic team, which lost to Long Island, 3-1.

Lustenring’s tally tied the score at 1-1 in the second period. LaGrangeville resident Anne-Marie Dion made 52 saves for Hudson Valley, which played against Central on Friday after the Journal’s deadline.

Women’s volleyball

AMHERST — Hudson Valley’s open team lost to Western, 25-20, 25-15, 15-10 to drop to 0-3 at the Games.

The scholastic women lost to Western, also lost to Western.

Fencing

NIAGARA FALLS — Hudson Valley’s scholastic men’s team won the bronze medal, defeating New York City, 15-8, late Thursday.

Hudson Valley’s men’s open team lost the bronze-medal match to Adirondack, 15-10.

Valley women's hoops wins again

LEWISTON — Teneka Whittaker of Poughkeepsie scored a game-high 20 points as Hudson Valley's scholastic women's basketball team defeated Long Island, 106-40. Liz Milner of Cold Spring chipped in five points.

Valley men's ice hockey ties Central

LaGrangeville's Jake Garay had a goal and an assist as Hudson Valley increased its medal chances with a 2-2 tie against Central on Friday afternoon.

Hopewell Junction's Bobby Henderson and Wappingers Falls' Ryan Connolly assisted on Garay's first-period power-play goal.

Valley rowing wins gold

BUFFALO — On Thursday, the Hudson Valley men’s open rowing team picked up a silver medal. On Friday, they did themselves one better.

The men’s four , consisting of Poughkeepsie residents Kyle Peabody, Curtis McCabe, Sean Clarke and Ken Steier, along with coxswain Stephanie Hartmann of LaGrangeville, won the gold medal on Friday in a time of 5 minutes, 28.05 seconds.

The race was run on a shortened course of 1,500 of the scheduled 2,000 meters, due to heavy winds and rain in the Buffalo region throughout the day. Western won silver and Long Island won bronze.

“It was just really bad weather,” Peabody said. “Our plan was to go out really hard until we had the lead. It was very exciting to beat those guys.”

Hudson Valley’s women’s four of Poughkeepsie’s Chloe Beach and Rachel Puchkoff, Pleasant Valley’s Catherine Quattrociocchi, Hopewell Junction’s Jeannette Eckelman and coxswain Jennifer Veloudas of Hyde Park won the silver medal in 6:39.22. Western took gold and Long Island won bronze.

The Hudson Valley women’s quad of Poughkeepsie’s Arielle Tillou and Sophia Sagan, LaGrangeville’s Rachel Buchanan and Newburgh’s Caitlin O’Neill won the bronze medal in 6:53.31. Western won gold and Central won silver.

Valley's softball team beats Long Island

In its first action of the day the Hudson Valley's open softball team beat Long Island this morning, 11-4, pounding out 16 hits along the way.

Highland's Kacie Demaio went 1-for-3 with two runs scored for the Valley, which also got a 2-for-3 performance from Highland's Amanda Morano, who scored two runs and drove in a pair.

Wappingers Falls' Samantha Howe picked up the pitching win.

Already up 5-1, Hudson Valley scored three runs in both the fourth and seventh innings.

Scholastic women's lax squad prevails

Playing at Niagara University this morning, scholastic women's lacrosse team from the Hudson Valley triumphed against New York City, 10-0.

Erin Riley scored two goals to lead the Hudson Valley, which got one goal apiece from eight other players.

Hudson Valley scored all its goals in the first half, with Brittany McCormack scoring the first (and eventual game-winning) goal with 24 minutes, 2 seconds left in the first half.

Open men's hoops squad triumphs

Hudson Valley's men's open basketball team defeated Adirondack, 77-65, on the campus of Canisius College.

Prince Jackson's 18 points led the victors, who also got 17 points from Michael McNair.

H.V. women's ice hockey loses

The women's scholastic ice hockey team from Long Island defeated the Hudson Valley, 3-1, at the Amherst Ice Facility.

Hudson Valley's Alyssa Lustenring tied the game, 1-1, in the second period, but Long Island scored a pair of goals in the second half to triumph.