The Somers Record 10.06.2022

Vol. 11 No. 26

Can Lake Shenorock be saved?BYCAROLREIF

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the region, including in Putnam SPEAKING OF THE PAST
County and lower Westchester. According to the Somers His-

Being in “highly developed” torical Society, in the late 1920s

Lake Shenorock’s health re- watersheds puts lakes – and the and early 1930s, developers be- e  Paramount  at Somers Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
cently resurfaced as a topic of communities that love them – in gan to construct summer homes helped to get everyone in the autumn spirit at their Fall Festival
interest in Somers. “a tough spot,” Reyes said, not- around what was then basically on Oct. 2. In addition to family fun, the afternoon also helped raise
ing that revitalization projects a bog. ey built a dam, making money to bene t a good cause. See more pictures on page 18!
Last month, town o cials aren’t one size ts all. the lake a bit larger and deeper,
listened to a presentation by

aquatic ecologist Alejandro “So any recommendations and put in a concrete dock and

Reyes who told them that while that we give are probably not two beaches.

the 13-acre lake is in bad shape, going to be something that’s Lake Shenorock was always

it still might have the potential cheap,” Reyes said of his assess- shallow. Its current mean depth

to be xed in a way that could ment duties, adding: “It’s just – the distance from the top or

“maximize its desired uses.” the nature of the way lakes are surface to the bottom – is a re-

Just what those are have to be set up. Every lake is di erent.” ported 3 feet 7 inches and its

determined by stakeholders, he Reyes apparently comes by his sounding depth, 7 feet 7 inches.

explained. love of lake management natu- Still, the lake provided many

“Some lakes, just quite frankly, rally. decades of enjoyment to resi-

are a little too far gone to bring He grew up in Putnam Valley, dents of the hamlet.

all the way back to a pristine where he spent summers shing In the winter, locals used it for

state. Most lakes in this area on stream-fed Lake Oscawana, ice skating. In the summer, they

will probably never look like, say, a 386-acre lake that’s 25 to 30 frequented the beaches, splashed

an Adirondack lake where you feet at its deepest. around in its waters, reeled in

can see all the way down 25, 30 “I would wait for the harvest- sunnies and largemouth bass,

feet,” he said ursday, Sept. 8, er to come by to clean out the or simply took in nature. Swans,

adding: “However, lakes can get weeds, so I could get my line out ducks, and muskrats all made

back to a point where people there,” he recalled. their homes there.

can enjoy shing, boating, and His discipline takes the sci- en in 1977, the lake

swimming.” ence of biology, chemistry, and whose tributary ows into the

Reyes, who works as a project physics and marries it with the Amawalk Reservoir was desig-

manager for GEI Consultants goals of lake “stakeholders,” nated as a backup supply for the

Inc., appeared before the Town namely, the users. Amawalk and Shenorock water

Board to outline his “holistic” Overdevelopment “puts a lot districts.

process should Somers eventu- of di erent stresses on water at put the kibosh on recre-

ally decide to hire him to evalu- bodies which makes it really ational swimming. Fishing was

ate Lake Shenorock’s chances hard to swim, sh, and do all still allowed. Isha Sharma, Katie Frattarola, and a group of
happy youngsters enjoying the bounce house.
for revival. the things that we’ve enjoyed in However, even that pleasant
PHOTO: CAROL REIF
Reyes has experience with years past,” Reyes said.
many di erent water bodies in SEE SHENOROCK PAGE 6

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Thursday, October 6, 2022 OPINION The Somers Record – Page 13

Autumn on the farm

When people think of autumn, I remember waking up to a rooster

they think about the changing crowing outside of the window and hik-

foliage colors, picking apples and ing with Ellen during the day. We enjoyed

pumpkins and sipping hot cider. But when convivial meals with our host family and

I think of autumn, I other dairy farm guests

think about cows. READING, at the long dining room
In October 1989, I WRITING & table. I admired the way
CHOCOLATE that Mrs. Farmer was able
stayed on a working to cook and chat and serve
dairy farm in Roch-

ester, Vt. I had talked KIM her guests and family while

my friend, Ellen, into KOVACH handling all of the chores

joining me for this and taking reservations and

fall foliage adventure driving into town for gro-

at a bed and breakfast ceries and supplies. After

located on a family farm. We packed our breakfast one morning, Mr. Farmer invited

hiking boots and wool sweaters and plenty us out to the barn to see the new calf that

of cassette tapes for good traveling music in had been born in the middle of the night.

my new Toyota Camry. In October of 1995, I had planned a long

We admired the colorful fall leaves on weekend trip to East Tennessee. My friend,

our drive north. e B&B was located near Glenn, o ered to play tour guide. All of

the Green Mountain National Forest. As the area bed and breakfast accommoda-

we pulled onto the private road and up tions were booked for that holiday weekend

the driveway toward the main house, the because of an annual festival in a nearby

pungent smell of cow wafted in through the town. I had my airplane tickets but no place Farmer told me to leave my suitcase in the propped up in the corner.
hallway. She said my room wasn’t ready yet. As I clutched the blankets around me,
closed car windows. to stay. Glenn knew an older couple who
When we returned from driving around bright lights danced across the room. I got
e red barn and white farmhouse lived on a working dairy farm and arranged greater Greeneville, I asked Mrs. Farmer if up and peeked behind the window cur-
she could please show me which bedroom tains to see tractor trailers hurtling down
looked exactly as you would imagine on a for me to stay with them. I was staying in. She walked me down the the multilane highway right behind the
hall and pointed to a room with a large bed farmhouse. Acres of farmland had been
charming New England dairy farm. We Glenn picked me up at the Knoxville and wished me a good night. taken through eminent domain to build the
interstate!
were warmly greeted by the owner who ran Airport and we drove to Greeneville. As we I looked around and noticed that the
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to the second oor. I noticed a shotgun
the farm and raise their young children. a picturesque white farm house and large

Because of the remote location, our accom- gray barn at the top of the grass-covered

modations included breakfast and dinner. hill. Mr. and Mrs. Farmer welcomed me.

I couldn’t wait to see actual Holstein cows I asked if I could put my suitcase in my

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A cooking lesson

Ken and I were sitting around one salt and pepper. Roasted low and slow, “Ken, did you touch the food when you myself many times and was thrilled when
day several weeks ago remember- the vegetables took on the avor of the were in the kitchen?” my mother-in-law suggested that I begin
ing funny stories from when we chicken and tasted like heaven. hosting anksgiving when Kim was
“Well, I looked at it and just added a about 12 years old. Of course, we always
were rst married. Ken has three broth- e apartment smelled delicious when little more oregano to the chicken and talk about the time Ken abused both the
vegetables and also tossed some into the oregano and his family. Isn’t that what
ers and a sister, so I they all arrived, and salad.” memories are made of?

got along ne with his every once in a while, “How much is ‘a little more’?” I asked. Although Ken has learned to cook a
“Just a handful in the pan and one in few things and makes us dinner often, I
immediate family. His JUST I would step into the the salad.” keep the jar of oregano under lock and
brothers were younger, JO ANN tiny kitchen to check on “Oh, Ken. First of all, you should never key.
so they liked the “new dinner. e last time I touch what someone else is cooking. Sec-
JO ANN ond, oregano is a very strong and bitter [email protected]
girl” now hanging FRANCELLA was going in to check, spice and should be used sparingly. Your
around their house. His Ken was just coming family is choking on the oregano.”
Over the years, I was able to redeem
sister was just a few out and told me he

years younger than me had everything under

and was a sweetheart to control.

get along with. When everyone took their places

After Ken and I were married, we lived around the table, I began putting the

in my small apartment. Ken wanted to chicken pieces and vegetables on a platter. Fun Facts by Jo Ann

invite his mom and dad and four sib- I had also put the nishing touches on

lings to our home for dinner. I was sure a tossed salad. I was afraid I may have

my cooking skills would be tested that overcooked the chicken, but didn’t say

night, so I made a dish I grew up eating anything. I just wanted everything to be Oregano was not widely used in the U.S.
until after World War II when soldiers brought
and which turned out to be one of Ken’s perfect.
it home from Italy.
favorites over the years: roasted chicken Everyone served themselves family

with potatoes, carrots and onions. I placed style and I nally sat down. As they ate,

everything in one pan, seasoned it with they began coughing and reaching for the

olive oil and a sprinkling of oregano, water.

Y rktown Big sister, little
brother and Rocco!
has it all for Fall!
My sister, Rosemary laughed so hard at her antics
This fall, choose from a variety of (Roe), and her beau- he’d get the hiccups!
fall family events and activities that tiful cinnamon red
are close to home. One evening when George
Yorktown has it all for fall, including:
retriever, Rocco, came to visit was about 2, we went to visit
Yorktown Stage’s “A Graveyard
Smash” on October 15 last weekend. my folks. Roe
Yorktown Lions’ Halloween
Parade & Carnival on October 29 Of course, gathered all
Scared by the Sound’s Haunted WHATWAS his toys, some
House every weekend through we brought
October 30
Yorktown Veterans’ Day Parade up memories ITHINKING? snacks and took
on November 13 over many him upstairs to
After some spooky fun or cups of co ee. RUTHANN
apple picking, be sure to try a One in par- SCHEFFER play. A short
participating restaurant’s special
fall dish or cocktail, such as the time later, there
pumpkin martini at the Game
Day Grille ticular had us was a loud crash

Visit YorktownFallFun.com for details! roaring with which shook

laughter. the house. Roe’s

Roe was 10 years old when dog, Chooch, ew down the

our rst son, George, was born. stairs with her tail between her

e age di erence was remi- legs and hid under the dining

niscent of the 13-year age span room table. We ran upstairs, not

between Rosemary and me. She knowing what we were going

pitched in feeding George, ster- to nd and fearing the worst.

ilizing bottles, preparing formula, Imagine the sight that greeted

changing his diapers and playing us: e bed had collapsed and

with him. Aunt Roe had a half- the mattress was sitting on the

day of school on Wednesdays oor; Roe and George were sit-

and would spend the afternoon ting on it, red-faced, breathless

with us. Because her school was and sweaty.

within walking distance to our “What happened?” my father

apartment, I’d bundle my sweet yelled.

baby boy in his hand-knit out ts “Nothing,” these partners-in-

(gifts from both his grandmas) crime answered in one, shaky

and o we’d go to meet Aunt voice.

Roe. On the way home, we’d Nothing, hah! Dad didn’t have

stop at the local deli and buy to be Sherlock Holmes to gure

cold cuts, rolls and potato salad out what happened. ese two

for our special big sister-little free spirits had been jumping up

sister lunch. en it was play and down on the bed having a

time—I can still hear my sister grand old time when the frame

clowning around, dancing and cracked and splintered, the bed

making believe George’s stu ed came down with a bang and

animals were talking and sing- SEE SCHEFFER PAGE 15
ing to him. Her little nephew

Thursday, October 6, 2022 OPINION The Somers Record – Page 15

How did our universe begin SCHEFFER a week to keep up to date.
and other questions She marveled at how sweet
FROM PAGE 14 Rocco was and that his foster
In her breathtaking new book, basic questions: What was in place her two loves: math or physics. family must have given him
“Before the Big Bang: e Or- before our universe’s birth? What Solution? She ipped a coin, and Chooch ran for her life. love and kindness.
igin of the Universe and What is beyond its edges? Are we simply thankfully physics won. We have laughed over this
Lies Beyond,” scientist, cosmolo- one universe…or are we part of a “event” many times. When Roe and Rocco ar-
Before the release of this new rived here, I went out to greet
gist and author Dr. Laura Mersini- larger cosmos the home to many astounding book, she had made a My sister and my No. 1 them. Rocco was lying down
name for herself with her extraor- son are kindred spirits; they in the back seat; he looked at
Houghton universes? dinary work in constructing a pretty much think alike. me with his beautiful brown
coherent view of the global struc- eyes, licked my hand, and I
takes us on MY Her text tells ture of space-time, a perplexing eir bond is strong: ey’ve fell in love!
an exciting PERSPECTIVE two distinct quandary that had forever eluded shared the good and not-so-
journey of stories. First and some of the world’s greatest minds. cool parts of their lives and After Roe toted Rocco
Her two principles of correla- have worked through some and his “bags” into my home,
discovery, JAMES foremost, it is tion and no perpetual motion are bumps in the road. Roe said this loving doggie decided to
credited with solving this long- it best: “George and I grew explore these new surround-
carefully MARTORANO the story of an standing problem in physics and in up together; he’s like my little ings. He sni ed the kitchen,
the process, made her a star among brother.” Each is a vital part checking that his bowls were
tracing her intellectual quest her colleagues. of the other’s legacy. Who in place, wandered around
else but a big sister would the living room, dining room
thinking as it as described I have always been intrigued have the audacity to give and den. He then strolled
by science’s search for a unify- her little brother a drum for down the hall, pushed my
evolved to the above but it is ing theory of “everything” which Christmas? bedroom door open with his
would explain our universe’s nose and proceeded to check
point where today she is a leading also a tale about a young woman beginnings and future, as well.To I must tell you about out the room, my closet and
my delight, Mersini-Houghton Rocco. He will be 13 years master bath. Just like that!
proponent of the multiverse theory. who bravely endured the vestiges carefully reviews the pros and old in a few weeks and is a Roe apologized for his lack
cons of the prevailing theory of rescue dog originally fostered of manners.
Who is Dr. Laura Mersini- of authoritarian rule in her native a “cosmic in ation” after the big in Puerto Rico. Roe adopted
bang. is is the explanation that him a few years ago and Rocco was a delightful
Houghton? Currently, she is a Albania and then, after immigrat- was generally accepted in the picked him up in Pennsyl- guest. Once he was comfort-
scienti c community. It’s not that vania. She said he slept the able and secure, he slept in
professor of theoretical physics and ing to the United States, dealt complex and goes like this: e entire trip to New Jersey and his bed, had many ice cube
made himself quite at home treats and gave Roe and I
cosmology at the University of with the never-ending shadow of SEE MARTORANO PAGE 16 when they arrived at her unconditional love. He may
apartment. have been fostered with love,
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and sexism. e latter was re ected by but Rocco’s heart is where it
Because of COVID and all began.
a visiting professor at the Depart- the fact that in her physics gradu- other medical issues, Roe and
I hadn’t seen each other for [email protected]
ment of Applied Mathematics and ate school class at the University a couple of years. However,
we phone/text several times
eoretical Physics at the Uni- of Maryland, she was one of only

versity of Cambridge, and CITA three women out of a class of 200.

at the University of Toronto in But Laura Mersini-Houghton

Canada. She is recognized by her is as courageous as she is bril-

peers as one of the brightest minds liant. She overcame every obstacle

to ever put pen to paper. Before the thrown her way with hard work

“Big Bang” traces the rst mo- and perseverance. One benign

ments in the life of our universe hurdle she faced early in her career

and proposes answers to some was having to choose between

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Happily
Ever
After

MARTORANO and asking the wrong questions?” mechanics analysis to come up remains open to question.” (microwaves, televisions, GPS de-
Boldly discarding assumptions with what she called a “quan- If you’ve read this far you may vices, computers, etc.) which have
FROM PAGE 15 about the big bang that cosmolo- tum mechanics on a landscape” radically changed our lives. Our
gists had accepted for a long time, hypothesis. is was a signi cant have asked yourself, what dif- author is con dent that advances
universe started as a small dot she set out on a quest to nd a breakthrough in the world of ference does all this make? Dr. in our cosmological theories
and because of the big bang, it more suitable explanation and cosmology. Her bold new concept Laura Mersini-Houghton re- about the formation of the
morphed into the rapidly ex- one that could be proven scien- had the added plus of being test- minds us that we humans possess universe undoubtedly will yield
panding universe we experience ti cally. But would she ever solve able through a utilization of what an innate curiosity which leads similar tangible results which will
today. But that theory has some the puzzle that has eluded hu- scientists called quantum entan- to questions. We are by nature positively impact our existence.
signi cant problems. Mersini- mankind since the rst humans glement.To put her theory to the inquisitive beings. Additionally,
Houghton began to question looked into the sky? test Mersini-Houghton proposed some critics may view this type of As I read her brilliant trea-
the e cacy of this concept, since seven trials which would un- intellectual exploration as “pure tise, I did have some of my own
from a physics point of view, the One day, seated at a Chapel doubtably con rm or disprove science,” fun to do but with no questions. What exactly is a
universe’s high energy but low Hill co ee shop, staring out the her hypothesis. Amazingly, she practical application. I humbly multiverse? Is there a duplicate
entropy made its very existence window, the answer came to this reports that “in less than a decade, disagree. roughout our spe- of me operating side by side in
mathematically improbable. extraordinary scientist: Why not six of our seven predictions had cies’ existence, “pure science” has an alternative universe? To nd
Her misgivings brought her to combine two generally accepted signi cant if not de nitive proof inevitably led to “applied science” answers to my inquiries, I reached
the point where she asked the quantum theories and see if to support them. Our seventh which has produced innumer- out to Mersini-Houghton and
question that all groundbreaking they provide an explanation that prediction, which involves the able advances in people’s lives. she graciously agreed to be inter-
thinkers entertain when they are could be scienti cally veri able? motion of galaxies relative to For example, the pure scienti c viewed. I am hoping to present
about to forge a new path: “Were She then blended the elements the expansion of the universe, theory of quantum mechanics that conversation in an upcoming
we entirely missing the point of string theory with a quantum has led to applied sciences uses column, so stay tuned.

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Sports

TuskersFOOTBALL pull off last-second TD
Down Mahopac on bold decision

BY WHIT ANDERSON
SPORTS EDITOR

A plethora of theatrics took

place both during and before last

Friday’s game between the visit-

ing Somers Tuskers and the Ma-

hopac Indians.

Starting with a reworks dis-

play to get the party rocking,

Mahopac outdid themselves by

having two skydivers descend

from thousands of feet in the air,

each landing in the center of the

eld to get the crowd going for

the rivalry game.

“It was pretty crazy,” said quar-

terback Matt Fitzsimons. “I have

never played in something this

loud. In the beginning I did not

think it bothered us, but it de -

nitely did.”

No matter the extra pres-

sure the pregame show put on Luke Savino
the Tuskers, they still powered

through the noise to end the PHOTOS: CHRIS SMAJLAJ Tusker Nation made their
game with a 28-21 win. presence known in rival territory.
Mahopac provided a spectacle with their skydivers.

After two failed drives on each

side to start the game, Mahopac I just threw it up and knew he TD to put the visitors up 14-7 at Mike Aquilino set up the o ense that extra intensity on both sides,

got their o ense going thanks to (Dass) would be there,” Fitzsi- 8:27. by intercepting a long hurl from saying, “It was more competitive,

a leaping catch from Danny Koch mons said. e Tusker defense, headlined DeMatteo at mid eld with 8:33 even though we came out ring

o a pass from DJ DeMatteo, Both defenses locked in the on the night by Ryan Cole (4 left. Aided by a couple unsports- last week. I thought we played

getting the Indians to Somers’11. second quarter. Towards the two- Tk, 1 Sck, 2 T ) and Luke Ken- manlike penalties by the Indians, better last week, but it’s more fun

Moments later, Koch’s brother, minute mark, the Tuskers made nedy (4 Tk, 2 T ), did their job the Tuskers cruised their way because they (Mahopac) are big

Joey, rushed into the endzone on their way close to the Indians’ on the Indians’ next possession, down the eld for a James Balen- rivals.”

the next play to take the lead 7-0 redzone, setting up a Luke Sa- but Somers fumbled on the rst cia (4 Att, 19 Yds, 1 TD) run to Nonetheless, the quarterback

with 4:34 left in the rst. vino (17 Att, 63 Yds) touchdown play with the ball back, allowing put them up 21-13 with just over decided it was time to end the

e Indians would not hold run, only for the o cials to throw Mahopac to recover and set up at ve minutes till the buzzer. fun. Staying cool and composed,

onto that advantage for long, as the ag and bring it back due to Somers’ 20 with 4:20 remaining. Not done yet, the Indians still he rst found Mac Sullivan (5

Somers tied it up in a blink of an a facemask. Savino then missed On third and six, Joey Koch had a nal attack up their sleeve. Rec, 76 Yds) past mid eld, and

eye thanks to Fitzsimons (8/12, a long eld goal wide left at the saw an opening down the middle All the way from their 21, De- then connected with him again

127 Yds, 1 TD, 4 Att, 2 Yds, 1 1:23 mark, keeping the score at of the Tusker defense, and he Matteo tossed the ball to John at the Indians’ 29.

TD) nding Ravi Dass (2 Rec, seven going into halftime. took advantage for his second Kearney who broke through the Creeping their way into the

55 Yds, 1 TD, 9 Att, 40 Yds, 1 As Somers often does, they running-touchdown. However, defense for a 74-yard TD at 4:10, red zone with a couple short

TD) long on the left sideline two came out of the locker room Somers recovered from their de- putting the Mahopac supporters passes and runs, the Tuskers got

plays in a row, with the second looking to run. And as usual, it fensive lapse and blocked the ex- into a frenzy. e Indians then to the one-yard line on third

one leading the senior to a touch- proved e ective. e long, patient tra point to keep the score at 14- completed the two-point con- down with less than 20 seconds

down at 3:43. drive got them down to the other 13 going into the fourth quarter. version to tie it up, setting up to go. But instead of opting for

“It was a set play. ey blitzed end of the eld, for Fitzsimons to Somers failed to get anything Somers for a nal drive. SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 22
a lot, so I had to get it out quickly. hand o to Dass for his second going to start the nal frame, but Fitzsimons commented on

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GIRLS SOCCER FOOTBALL

Tuskers survive John Jay in thriller FROM PAGE 20

Arbelaez and Gill connect in nal minutes the safer option in a eld goal,
the team gambled on them-

selves, vying for the TD, with

BY WHIT ANDERSON Fitzsimons converting on a dive

SPORTS EDITOR with nine seconds left.

“ e coaches asked, ‘ eld goal

e longer at the top, the big- or go for it?’ Everyone said let’s

ger target you become. go for it,” Fitzsimons empha-

e Somers Tuskers, coming sized. “ ey trusted me, and we

into last ursday’s road game got it done. Shout out to my of-

against John Jay, realized that fensive line.”

their opponents are feigning to Down a touchdown, the Indi-

knock them down a notch, as ans could not complete a miracle

the Wolves nearly did, if not for kicko return, giving Somers

some last-minute heroics to es- their fourth victory on the sea-

cape with a 3-2 win. son.

“We have talked about the “Matt Fitzsimons did a tre-

fact that we now have a big tar- mendous job running exactly

get on our back,” said Coach what we wanted him to do and

Kelci Hegg. “We have to play making correct decisions when

a full 80 minutes regardless of he was given choices,” said

what the score is. is is a testa- Coach Anthony DeMatteo, who

ment to Dave (Nuttall) and John got the win over his brother and

Jay, it was the closest game for Indians head coach in Dominick

us. ey did their homework, as and nephew DJ. “He really led

I assume the other teams will be us tonight, I thought he played

going forward.” Tiana Righetti PHOTOS: CHRIS SMAJLAJ great all over the eld...It was
The Tuskers celebrate after a game-winning goal.
An evenly matched a air in not a fast-paced game. It forced

the rst half, Somers had some us to turn it into a st ght be-

near-makes, including one from Hannah Maguire made a diving Mid elder Ava Giudice, as ers, their star went down with cause Mahopac was coming to

forward Julia Arbelaez (1G, 2A) save on to keep the game even. she always does, provided ag- 1:54 to go after a knee-to-knee us. I thought Matt paced it very

that hit o the post at the 20:30 “We didn’t really utilize our gression, pushing the pace collision, forcing her to miss the well.”

mark. However, the Wolves put gameplan the way that we talk- down eld, and creating oppor- remainder of the game. e Tuskers hit the road again

the pressure on just minutes ed about in the rst half, so we tunities with her well-placed . Friday against Clarkstown

later, getting their own shots went over it again at halftime,” corner kicks. North at 6 p.m.
SEE SOCCER PAGE 23
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TTENuNISskers capture Senior Day victory

Doubles go for sweep

BY WHIT ANDERSON going pretty well. I am hoping to good,” said Wiggins. avenue for improvement reer,” said Scanlon.

SPORTS EDITOR do better against more competi- e girls also credited Somers “I have known him (Catania), e Tuskers host rival York-

tive players.” Tennis and Coach Catania for since I was seven, so he has al- town at Reis Park on Friday at

Starting the afternoon o with Fellow senior Rossetti picked providing that community and ways been part of my tennis ca- 4:30 p.m.

a celebration of the seniors, the up a awless singles win against

Somers girls tennis team picked the Bear’s Hannah Meyer AP scho
up a special win against Brews- (6/0,6/0).
ter last Friday at Reis Park, 5-2, Highlighting doubles for the SCHOLAR larship

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with the doubles teams coming Tuskers was the duo of Loretta- cong ats!

through for a big-time sweep. Catucci and Pappas, who earned accepted

e Tusker seniors (Zoe a single-set 8/1 victory over Katie golden
dozen
Gutherman, Grace Loretta-Ca- Tarrentino and Bella Parraga. ss of 2022 tutpoerienrg

tucci, Amanda Malkin, Caroline “Today went really well, I was MAXIMA
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Morett, Sara Murphy, Sophia proud of how we played,”Catucci edNuSHaOArOTdCNoIIOrEOaNTRYAS L

Pappas, Kayla Rossetti, Grace said. james mccauly >>cla

Scaglione, Rebekah Scanlon, e seniors re ected on their

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pictures and applause prior to ac- highlighting the community they

tion, and seemed to have an extra gained from their tenure.

spark once they hit the courts. “We have both been on the S t epinac CSSISCHOLAR
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Gutherman, tasked with the team for all four years, so it was

hardest match of the day against nice to have everyone supporting

one of Section 1’s best in Mia each other and have that sense of

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