BASEBALL — The Blue Devils’ season ended on May 29 with a 7-2 loss to Tuckahoe at Purchase College in the best-of-three Section I, Class C final. The Blue Devils lost the first game, 7-1, two days earlier.
Tuckahoe led, 3-0, in the third inning when Milo Pearsall of Haldane responded with an RBI double, stole third and scored on a bad throw. After Tuckahoe made it 4-2 with a sacrifice fly, Haldane had a chance to come back in the fifth with runners at second and third and two outs. But Tuckahoe pitcher Jack Rideout ended the inning with the 12th of his 13 strikeouts.
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It was the third straight title for Tuckahoe; Haldane finished 4-14. The team will lose three key players to graduation: Pearsall, Hunter Erickson and Jake Hotaling.
TRACK AND FIELD — At the 20-team Section I, Class C championships on May 30 at Pawling, Shayla Ochoa placed fourth in the 100-meter hurdles (18.63) and fifth in the long jump (14-10.75); Clara Schmidt was fourth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:13.39); Hazel Berkley finished sixth in the 2,000-meter steeplechase (9:35.19); and the 4×100 relay team claimed third place (54.81).
For the boys, Owen Powers won the 1,600 meters (4:31.10); Rhys Williams placed fourth in the 100 meters (11.17), Jack Illian was eighth in the 3,200 meters (10:33.84); Merrick Williams came in fifth in the 110-meter hurdles (16.73); Silas Emig was fifth in the high jump (5-3) and fifth in the long jump (18-10.25); and the 4×400 relay team finished second (3:43.24).
On Tuesday (June 3), the Blue Devils traveled to Hendrick Hudson High School for the Section I javelin competition, where Plum Severs finished second for the girls (61-9) and Silas Emig was second for the boys (123-9). On Wednesday, during the first day of the Section I state qualifiers at Lagrangeville, Shayla Ochoa won the girls’ pentathlon with 2,174 points to advance.
LACROSSE — The Empire 8 on May 5 announced its Men’s Lacrosse All-Conference honors, and junior Colin August of Hartwick College in Oneonta was named to the second team. The Philipstown resident led the Hawks this season with 41 goals and 45 points.
