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Lewisboro playground KATONAH-LEWISBORO
gets $15K grant SCHOOL DISTRICT

BY NICK TRUJILLO State aid boost
STAFF WRITER highlights

e Lewisboro Town Park 2022-23 budget
Playground Improvement Corpo-
ration has been awarded $15,000 New assistant superintendent would
in funding to use for improve- oversee student-support services
ments to its playground as part of
the Christopher and Dana Reeve A rendering of the inclusive playground at Lewisboro Town Park BY TOM BARTLEY experiences for all our students
Foundation National Paralysis CONTRIBUTING WRITER across the district,” he said at the
Center (NPRC) 2021 second cycle and their caretakers,” said Valerie back to 2019, when the organiza- Feb. 24 meeting, the rst of the
Direct Quality of Life grants. Cancro, project lead for the Lew- tion was founded, and the Town With an election-year assist week’s two budget-preparation
isboro Playground Improvement Board approved a design for play- from Albany, next year’s proposed sessions.
e town will use the grant to Project through a press release. ground improvements at a Decem- $115.7 million Katonah-Lewis-
add an inclusive play piece called ber board meeting. e Covid-19 boro school budget could feature At $115,778,990, next year’s
the ZipKrooz Assisted, a low-to- e Lewisboro Playground pandemic interrupted the group’s one of the lowest tax hikes as well proposed spending tops this
the-ground zipline with a molded Improvement Project had set an fundraising plans, but a series of as the biggest spending increase year’s by $2,536,110,a rise of 2.24
plastic bucket seat and a lock-in- initial goal of raising $625,000 events throughout 2021 helped the in a half-dozen years. percent. at’s the biggest jump
place harness to support children to upgrade the town park town achieve its six- gure goal. since the 2016-17 budget but it
of all abilities. e zipline will be playground, and after raising Calling his spending blueprint also comes with the smallest tax-
the newest improvement to the $100,000, Burdick announced he e Direct E ect Quality of “very much a team e ort,”Super- levy rise, 1.25 percent, in ve of
Lewisboro Town Park playground had secured the $400,000 grant Life grants program gives organi- intendent Andrew Selesnick told the past six years.
that received a $400,000 grant in from the State and Municipals zations grants of up to $25,000 to last week’s KLSD school board
October through Assemblyman Facilities Program. support projects and activities that meeting that “we’re really very e $100,949,190 levy—the
Chris Burdick. excited” to present the tax-cap- district’s total property taxes,
Plans to create an inclusive play- SEE PLAYGROUND PAGE 8 compliant 2022-23 budget. and by far its principal revenue
“As an all-volunteer led orga- ground for Lewisboro’s youth date source—slides in at $1,166,036
nization, we are grateful for the “ ere’s a lot in this budget for under the state’s decade-old
support in achieving our mission, the coming year that creates op-
which is to build an inclusive play- portunities to really strengthen SEE BUDGET PAGE 8
ground that goes beyond accessi-
bility and aims for inclusivity that
enhances the play of all children

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Seeking his truth

Katonah’s Giobbi is a painter, cookbook author, and WWII veteran

BY JESSICA JAFET for troops killed or wounded in Edward Giobbi recounting the announcement of clude a lifelong reputation for
CONTRIBUTING WRITER action. in his home his company commander at ba- his excellent culinary expertise,
sic training. Such vivid memo- which is tied to a familial and
To meet the almost 96-year- “You’re going to have 15 standing next ries have stayed with the veteran spiritual connection to Italy.
old Edward Giobbi is to feel you to his (circular) to this day, along with a sense Giobbi authored four highly
are in the presence of a Renais- of pride he felt at “ nally being celebrated cookbooks, including
sance man—a tting description work called called an American.” “Italian Family Cooking,” and
for a person with such wide- “Painting 1972” “Eat Right, Eat Well– e Ital-
ranging talent, knowledge, and Edward Giobbi with Giobbi fought in places like ian Way.”
experience. a piece at his home Germany and Austria, and de-
scribed the experience of com- “I grew vegetables that were
e proli c artist who has PHOTOS: JESSICA JAFET bat. unknown in America, and I
lived in his Katonah home helped them become known—
since 1960 has been creating weeks of training, then you’re “We were strafed by a Ger- like radicchio,” Giobbi said. “But
for decades. His work includes going overseas and most of you man jet; we were in a column I also know how to cook with
paintings, collages, bronze cast- will not come back,” Giobbi said, on top of tanks, spearheading, practically nothing; you give me
ings, cookbooks, journals, and heading for Austria; we’re in Ba- a dollar and I can make a good,
more. Still today, he continues varia, and all of sudden this jet healthy meal for you.”
to sketch, paint, and write while comes ying about 450 miles an
furthering his intellectual pur- hour,” he said. “He came zoom- Giobbi and his wife, Elinor,
suits by reading about literature, ing about 50 feet o the ground, raised three children in their
history, and mythology. I saw his face and he was ring beloved home that is lled with
as he was coming. I thought he artwork. He said he remembers
Giobbi’s works have been ex- was shooting at us, but he was Katonah when it was a blue-
hibited in solo and group shows actually hitting tanks and troops collar town, where everyone
at such venues as the Museum about 100 feet in front of us; shopped at mom-and-pop stores
of Modern Art, the Whitney it was as if someone had taken and recalls when the area began
Museum of American Art, the a photograph and showed it to to grow.
Art Institute of Chicago, and me—I can still draw his face.”
Tate Gallery in London, among “When Martin Luther King
many other esteemed museums Upon his return from service, was assassinated, New Yorkers
and galleries in Europe and the Giobbi started his formal art started moving out of the city,”
United States. Here at home, education at schools in Boston he said. “And they had just n-
the Katonah Museum of Art and Provincetown—and then in ished electrifying the [commuter
held a retrospective of his work New York and Italy. He told the train] line, which made it easy
in 2003. New York Times in 2001 that for people to commute.”
he found “Munch, Cézanne, Pi-
Born in Waterbury, Conn. to casso, and Giacometti to be art- e nonagenarian re ected on
Italian immigrants, Giobbi said ists that nourished me.” Giobbi’s what he believes are the keys to
he always knew that he wanted body of work is said to encom- happiness and longevity.
to become an artist, and recalls pass a broad range of in uences,
listening to stories about masters from abstract impressionism to “You have to be happy with
of the Italian Renaissance as a cubism, futurism, and pop art. what you are doing; if you are
child, while becoming fascinated happy with yourself, that adds a
with their methods. “My quest always was nding lot of years to your life.”  
my truth,” Giobbi said, speaking
“In high school, art was not of how he has approached mak- Giobbi then quoted a line
taught in school (to boys), and ing art. “ e person who nds from “Ode on a Grecian Urn,”
during my free periods I would his truth, regardless of what the by the English poet John Keats,
ask permission to use the mate- imagery is—abstract, non- gu- which he considers a most app
rials in the art room,” he said. rative, realistic—if it is his truth, description of his own philoso-
not compared to others, he will phy on art and life.
His teen years were interrupt- be good at it.”
ed in 1945, with a call to serve It reads, “‘Beauty is Truth,
with the US army in World War With an equal passion for Truth Beauty.’ – that is all / Ye
II, where he joined as infantry cooking, gardening, and wine- know on earth, and all ye need
replacement—to ll the ranks making, the artist’s talents in- to know.”

“It covers all bases,” Giobbi
said.

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EDITORIAL TEAM Shopping center BLOTTER
BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER redevelopment in the works
EDITOR: 914-302-5628 e following items are from
[email protected] BY BRIAN Jan Johannessen, an engineer known for his roles in “ e Usual the Lewisboro Police Department
for the town, said the decision Suspects” and “A Bronx Tale,” was and are only a portion of the calls
NICK TRUJILLO MARSCHHAUSER keeps the former approval alive given the go-ahead by the all- to which the department responds.
REPORTER EDITOR until Jan. 21, 2023. volunteer board, whose members Please be aware that these sum-
voted 3-1 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. marizations represent only one
[email protected] A plan to redevelop the North “I think they, probably wisely, perspective. In most cases, attempts
VIM WILKINSON County Shopping Center in want to keep that approval valid e single-family home will be will not be made to contact the ac-
Goldens Bridge is on hold, but while they go through this exercise located on a 3.1-acre lot near the cused nor will pursuits be made to
SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR the new property managers plan to modify the plan,” Johannessen Connecticut border. publish additional information
[email protected] to return within the year with a told the board.“If for some reason or updates. For those reasons, the
new plan. that plan didn’t get approved, they A subdivision was previously names of those involved are usually
ADVERTISING TEAM would have a fallback. I think it’s approved for the property. How- withheld.
PAUL FORHAN “ e management at the shop- appropriate, while they work to- ever, the plans have since been
ping center changed hands and ward this amendment, that they revised and the house relocated, HIT AND RUN. Feb. 15,
(914) 806-3951 the owner is working with the try to keep the former approval in meaning the Planning Board 10:01 a.m. – A man told po-
[email protected] new architect on a new plan for place.” needed to sign o on the changes. lice that he was the victim of a
the center,” Nancy Tuccillo, the hit-and-run at the intersection
BRUCE HELLER new property manager, wrote to ACTOR MOVINGTO e Zoning Board of Appeals had of Route 35 and Mark Mead
(914) 486-7608 the Lewisboro Planning Board in LEWISBORO already given the plan its blessing. Road. e man said he was
[email protected] January. struck by a white construction
Chazz Palminteri’s plan to Planning Board member Greg truck with a trailer. Surveillance
LISA KAIN At its Feb. 15 meeting, the build a home in South Salem was LaSorsa voted against it while footage showed the man passing
(201) 317-1139 Planning Board authorized a one- approved last month by the Lew- new member Bruce ompson through the intersection already
[email protected] year time extension for the center’s isboro Planning Board. abstained, citing a lack of familiar- with damage to the side of his
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e lost art of Boy Scouting

MUSINGS: It was about this same time, posed to do with all this equip- each Scout would be diligently rst job as an attorney at a large
PAST AND however, that many of the ment when he wasn’t even sure working on merit badges which law rm in New Jersey, he had
PRESENT other boys were becoming he wanted to move up to the helped them to learn the value the unique experience of the
totally involved in town sports senior troop. My response was of giving to others through interviewer being Nicholas Kat-
MARILYN A. and travel teams. Some of them to suggest, that since the pants community service. zenback, who had been a cabinet
PELLINI could already be recognized did not look like they would last appointee in the Kennedy
as talented athletes, but oth- too long because the fabric was As parents, we felt the single administration. After perusing
One of the greatest gifts ers had a more braggadocious rather thin, that he attend meet- best Scouting experience our Michael’s résumé, Mr. Katzen-
a young boy can ever attitude about their mediocre ings until they were worn at the son had was being accepted to bach’s very rst and emphatic
receive, in my opinion, is skills. ose kids often teased the knees. en we could explain to “leadership camp” in prepara- comment was, “My, I see here
a Boy Scout uniform. at is just boys who remained in scouting. his grandmother that he did not tion for being a patrol leader. that you were an Eagle Scout.”
how the story began with our son, Mike was very undecided about like Scouting well enough for Lead his patrol he did, and He’s got the job!
Michael. Mike was very enthu- advancing to the senior scout us to go to the added expense of with great skill. At this time,
siastic when he rst started Cub troop because he wanted to play replacing the trousers. Mike was also to begin work Recently, much dishonor
Scouts. e den mothers were baseball, but also because he did on his Eagle Scout project. He has been brought to Scouting
great, the cookies and treats they not appreciate the teasing from Needless to say, that is not searched for just the right plan, because some of the leaders were
served after a hard day at school some of the other kids. what happened. He really insisting it be something useful truly “bad apples in the barrel.”
really hit the spot, and the other When summer approached found a niche with a group of and lasting. While visiting in Just as the Me-Too movement
boys really became his pals. Once and Mike’s birthday was coming boys from his own school and Rhode Island, he saw in e ect made the public become so
he entered Webelos, things did up in late July, his grandmother neighboring communities and a system of designated “safe much more aware of problem
change somewhat, as more was asked me if there was something a Scoutmaster, Dr. Smith, who homes” so that children coming situations, hopefully the scouting
expected of these boys as they special she could give him for he had known since he was a and going from school would organization can move on and
were getting older. e Pinewood a gift. I suggested a Boy Scout small child, as Doc was also have a place to go if they did put safeguards in place for all the
Derby event was always great uniform. I felt she would love his pediatrician. Under Doc’s not feel well or were frightened kids in their program.
fun and a real challenge. It was that idea, since Mike’s dad had caring tutelage, very young kids for some reason. His project
a project he and his dad would been a member of a troop him- became boys, and boys grew took over four hundred hours, Scouting builds strong bod-
really get into together. As soon self. As Michael opened his gifts into ne young men. ere were although only one hundred was ies and strong minds. It teaches
as one year’s contest was over, at a family party, he was very weekend camping trips in the the number required. e plan leadership, caring, personal
they would review their notes on excited, but you could de nitely middle of winter when the boys remained in e ect for many discipline, and to help others. It
how to make next year’s car faster, see a forced smile as he thanked built and slept in igloos. e years and was then taken over by would be a shame if this posi-
sleeker, and more colorful. his grandparents for the Scout troop went white water rafting, the P.T.A. tive, clean-living way of life was
uniform. When we were alone, rock climbing and repelling, lost to so many boys today who
he asked me what he was sup- and of course there was sum- Michael went on to a ne could really bene t from the
mer Scout camp. All the while, college, followed by law school. skills Scouting teaches and the
When he interviewed for his giving it encourages.

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Does your kid have auditory processing disorder?

STRONG up on the oor sitting on their mats, the out of it. ( ink of the adults you know individually. But, chances are that it’s not
LEARNING teacher reprimands them for not listen- who don’t get a joke until someone tells every child—the children who ask you
ing and paying attention. e problem, it again or even explains it—it isn’t that again and again are the same ones most
DR. LINDA though, is not that they weren’t listen- they’re not listening to you, is it?) Chil- of the time. By telling them to leave you
SILBERT ing and paying attention—it’s that they dren and adults with APD don’t process alone and ask other children (who may
didn’t understand or were confused. what they hear as quickly as others. Some not understand what you said, either),
Dear Dr. Linda, have trouble recognizing slight di er- you are really telling them that they’re
Ethan is in the eighth grade and strug- It’s frustrating for teachers, I know. It ences in the sounds of words, especially if not worthy of your attention. Note which
happens so often in elementary school there’s a lot of background noise, as in an children keep asking you what they
gling in almost every subject. He always that many teachers have resorted to a elementary school classroom, for instance. should be doing, contact their parents
does his homework and does OK on tests rule: “Ask three, then me.” What those and have them make an appointment
when I work with him. But that means teachers mean, of course, is that before • If you’re a teacher, please throw out with an audiologist to make sure it’s not a
I literally have to repeat myself over and they will repeat what they said to the the rule “Ask three, then me.” Yes, it’s
over again for him to understand what class, he must ask three other children out of the question if you have 20 to 30 SEE DR. LINDA PAGE 18
I’m saying, and even then, he doesn’t what was said or what s/he needs to be kids to repeat everything to each child
always get it. When he does, though, he doing. (Never mind that there’s probably
even remembers things he learned in also a rule about talking to neighbors in
elementary school. We’ve had him tested class.)
and seems his hearing is ne, and he
doesn’t have ADD. He’s a sweet kid, but You said it yourself. One time through
I think something is wrong. Do you have isn’t enough for students like Ethan
any ideas about what could be going on? to understand oral directions or new
material. And for kids like him, there’s
Ethan’s mom nothing quite as motivation-destroying
Dear Ethan’s mom, as hearing things like, “If you were paying
attention, you’d know what I said,” or “I
ere are Ethans in every school who just said that,” when you know you were
are bright children, but who struggle in paying attention but just can’t connect the
school because they miss what the teacher dots. By the time they reach middle or
is saying. It often begins way back in high school, these children often give up
preschool and kindergarten when, for and check out.
instance, a teacher tells children to put
away what they’re doing, take a mat and So, what is going on? If you have to
come and sit on the oor for story time. repeat things over and over for Ethan
When the Ethans don’t immediately end to understand what you’re saying, it may
be that he has an auditory processing
disorder. at means that he can’t quickly
put what he hears together to make sense

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A Mass. exodus 

MAN two screenings in the past two there being only one litter box, etc. it was something like 1,350. en there was a picture of a hockey
OVERBOARD years. e discussion was more Or even “Batman,”only this time I made her Google how many stick (small sized) with a red line
about the subjects producers are it’s a bat dressed like a human, dumb songs he recorded, and drawn through it. And wouldn’t
RICK choosing to make lms about, not living a normal bat life at night Google refused to say, which I you know it, my wife dropped her
MELÉN actually the lms themselves. It’s and ghting crime during the day, found surprising, because algo- smartphone right on its noggin,
been pretty much just Batman, but and catching a quick nap upside rithms are always trying to show and it started to remember only
We made a trip to Mas- they’ve gone down an interesting down on the o ce Xerox machine o how much like humans they certain things, like it had amnesia
sachusetts last week- path this time by calling the new legal paper tray when he gets tired. are, and how they can think any- in a soap opera. It could remem-
end, I wish it were one “ e Batman,”as opposed thing that humans can. It’s pos- ber how to get to the restaurant,
under happier circumstances, but to the simple and boring “Bat- ere are a lot of di erent ways sible that Google thought these but nothing about our previous
any excuse to get out of the house man.”We surmised that there are we could go, so give me a call. weren’t dumb lyrics: “Heaven rest relationship, nor anything about
and see some old friends is wel- many more movies that could be us, I am not asbestos.” Or maybe Frank Sinatra.
come. I’m at the age where I am updated and improved by this type e whole car ride we had the it was just trying to be nice or is
an old friend and an OLD friend. of artistic re-imagining. Produc- Sinatra station playing on satel- still even a little afraid of Sinatra What’s the point of all this? It
ers, if you’re out there, contact me lite radio, and it’s mind-boggling (he could be intimidating). was just a bunch of idle conversa-
e trip was a few hours long, to take this o -line when I’m not how many songs Frank Sinatra tion, probably idler than usual,
and it helps to be entertained by in the middle of driving around recorded. If you wrote a song en the conversation drifted and that IS the point. If you turn
interesting conversation while I’m a roundabout that I can’t get out between 1939 and 1984 and you to New England itself, and how o your phone, even for a little
driving. By de nition, that means of, but what about a lm called, DIDN’T want Sinatra to record a lot of historical places and while, you can have one yourself.
a conversation that I am not in. “ e Casablanca”or “ e Gone it, you had to hide it someplace landmarks here are actually quite We chatted almost the whole
With the Wind?”How about this where he would never nd it, like old. Perhaps we need a NEWER trip, about next to nothing. By
e one that I’M in is a running little nugget of genius: “ e e in between two yogurt containers England, at least update the place the time we had gotten to where
commentary of a discourse of sub- Godfather?” or something. Some of the songs a little, install some vinyl siding on we were going, we had gotten
jects ranging from the mundane to were masterpieces, some were re- some of these hell-holes from the nowhere at all. Sometimes that’s
the inane.  If you just want to stay within ally good, and a surprising amount 1700s. the best place to be.
the Batman franchise I get it, stick of those songs had REALLY
By the time I had run out of to what works, but we even mined dumb lyrics. Like the song about In what seemed like only four Look for Rickster Melen on
mundane, the exchange gravitated some new territory there. What co ee in Brazil where he sings: hours, three hours had passed, and Facebook! Say hello at: rlife8@
toward a discussion of current about “Bat Cat,”which explores “You date a girl and nd out later, we were at the hotel. You know hotmail.com
the dark and complicated rea- She smells just like a percolator.” you’ve made it to Massachu-
lms, on which I am something sons that Bat Cat got into crime setts when there’s a sign in the See “Gidget gets Hypnotized”
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A tip from the
Lewisboro
Garden Club

If you don’t have a gar- page is ideal for jotting notes such as “started seedlings,” or
den journal, why not start throughout the year. is can “da odils sprouting,” or more
one now. An empty calendar be as simple as a few words, elaborate with a few sentenc-
es in a notebook or journal.
Keeping a garden journal will DR. LINDA adult. If a friend asked you to
give you a reference of what repeat something you said, would
was going on in your garden FROM PAGE 12 you accuse her of not paying at-
that month and help to re- tention?
mind you of the chores you hearing problem, and if hearing
need to accomplish. is okay, consult a school or private • Have him explain to you—in
psychologist for testing. ere his own words—what he thinks
w w w. L e w i s b o r o G a r d e n could be other reasons for the he has heard from you or in class.
Club.org behavior, too—children with If he doesn’t get it, you’ll know.
ADHD, short-term memory And remember…just because you
DID YOU KNOW? issues, or di culty hearing speci c say it over and over doesn’t mean
Fifty years ago in 1972, sounds often exhibit the same he understands a concept or what
symptoms. he’s supposed to do.
the rst garden triangle was
planted at the intersection of • If you’re a parent, as with the • Preview with him what is
Shady Lane and Elmwood teachers, I understand you get going to be taught before he hears
Road in Vista. e follow- frustrated and annoyed, especially it in class. If exposed to the terms
ing year, one was planted at when it happens over and over. and material before he hears them
the intersection of Elmwood But a child who keeps asking you when his teacher talks about them
Road and Route 123. It was to repeat what you’ve said has in class, he has a better chance of
the rst to have damages a problem he isn’t equipped to connecting what is said.
done to the plants from a solve for himself. As his parent,
car when a red Volkswagen you need to determine the A few simple changes may
“bug” careened into it. No source of the problem. Contact make a world of di erence for
one was hurt, just the plants your pediatrician and ask for Ethan.
and a sign. It was replanted references so you can have your
and continues to this day as a child evaluated by an audiologist, Dr. Linda
beautiful spot. neurologist and/or psychologist.
Dr. Linda is co-author of “Why
In the meantime, Ethan’s mom, Bad Grades Happen to Good Kids,”
when you work with him, and director of Strong Learning
Tutoring. Send your questions to
• Remember to show him the [email protected].
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HOCKEY Dylan Rogers vs. Pelham
PJ DeNoia vs. Rye
John Jay beats Rye
in exciting semifinal

Wolves fall
to Pelham in
section nals

BY RICH MONETTI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

After crushing Pearl River Kyle
10-1 on Monday, Feb. 21, John Petschek
Jay knew they’d have their hands
full against two-seeded Rye on PHOTOS:
Friday. So, according to Scott RICH
MacDonald, the plan was to MONETTI
come out fast and re away. e
defenseman made good by scor-
ing at 11:15 of the rst, and a
late 3-0 third period lead had the
Wolves sni ng the nals. Unfor-
tunately, a ve-minute major on
Kyle Petschek at 6:53 threw o
Wolves’ scent, and left John Jay
looking to their goaltender.

“I saw Kyle go into the box, and
I was like, ‘oh man,’” said Dylan
Rogers. Even more so when Rye
scored a minute into the power
play. But Rogers stood tall, and
on the strength of 50 saves, John
Jay skated into the nals with a
3-1 victory.

e third seed, John Jay’s of-
fense followed MacDonald’s lead.
He did a toe drag around the net,
and sending the defenders down
to the ice with a stick fake, the
senior seized the opportunity.
“ ere was a guy in the middle,”
MacDonald said. “I bounced it
o his foot, and it went in the
backdoor.”

Rye went to work on Rogers.
Tommy Richardson’s chip shot at
8:00 was turned away and so was
the forward’s foray out in front at
5:03.

e game then went John
Jay’s way again. Anthony Proto-
mastro’s coast-to-coast drive got
the puck on goal at 1:16, and
Petschek’s point-blank shot 11
seconds later kept the pressure
on. e o ense now entrenched,
MacDonald got the puck to Wal-
ter Oestreicher, and Colman Rice
pounced on the rebound with 50
seconds remaining.

One period passed, John Jay
was well-positioned again as Pro-
tomastro was tripped up at 11:36.
O the face, though, Reece Dor-
fman took a de ection up ice, and

SEE SEMIFINAL PAGE 23 Anthony Protomastro

PAGE 20 THE KATONAH LEWISBORO TIMES SPORTS THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2022

John JayBOYS BASKETBALL loses OT heartbreaker

Season ends at Poughkeepsie

BY RICH MONETTI Liam Lynch put back his own No foul was called Liam Lynch fights for rebound. PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER miss, and Sanz’s three tied the on Will Sanz's
score at 36 with 2:50 remaining. attempt to tie the
John Jay traveled to Dutchess game in overtime.
Community College on Even so, Poughkeepsie didn’t Andy Kote
Wednesday, Feb. 23, and, faced shrink and stayed tough inside
with a dearth of height, speed, and out, closing the third ahead,
and pro ciency at the rim, the 41-40.
10th-seeded Wolves de nitely
looked the underdog to seventh- Not surprisingly, momentum
seeded Poughkeepsie. was the name of the game again,
and so was the three. Kote’s
A 34-20 lead said as much. baseline drive yielded a three for
However, these canines have Sanz, and Lynch put John Jay up
proven themselves a di erent six with his corner three. Lynch
breed all season. A 13-0 run led then drove the paint for a 48-41
to a 48-41 lead with 3:58 left, lead with 4:54 remaining, and the
and a rst-round victory was at roof seemed ready to cave when
hand. But John Jay could not he went up court on the steal.
hold on, and a 56-54 overtime
defeat left Coach Tyler Sayre in Unfortunately, Poughkeepsie
the di cult position of nding was able to chase Lynch down,
the right words to console his and a run began the other way.
team. Nigel Whitaker got two back
with a runner, and Morgan post-
“I wish I knew. It’s impos- ed up to tie at 48 with a three-
sible,” Sayre said. point play.

On the other hand, the game’s Next up was Francis. He went
start was easy to explain. Like glass to regain the lead and drew
the o ense was set on replay, the charge on Baumgartner’s
Poughkeepsie just went to the dish to an open Sanz under the
rim. Jaysean Morgan and Da- basket with 1:09 remaining. But
homey Francis had two layups Sanz got another chance. He put
each and Kaiden Birdsong add- back Lynch’s miss to send the
ed one to give Poughkeepsie a game to overtime.
13-6 lead.
Four minutes added, the back
So, Logan Baumgartner and and forth continued. Baumgart-
Andy Kote went to work as ner and Jahlyl Morgan traded
usual. Baumgartner penetrated layups to start and then Fran-
baseline for three of Kote’s 14, cis came with the defense. He
and after not being deterred by blocked Kote and Sanz down
another Morgan layup, the John low, and the way was paved for
Jay duo added Will Sanz to the Jahlyl’s Morgan’s go-ahead layup
act. Baumgartner’s drive got the with under a minute remaining.
ball into Kote, and he kicked out
to Sanz for a 15-12 de cit to be- e ice water was still set to
gin the second. chill in Sanz’s veins, though. He
hit a short baseline jumper to
Poughkeepsie hit back and tie at 54, and the ball was back
extended their lead to 22-12. in Poughkeepsie’s court. With
But Kote refused to let his team twenty-seven seconds left, Jayse-
get run out of the gym. He an- an Morgan got the defense up in
swered right back with a three the air, and on the foul, he con-
and a tip-in. verted two with 19 seconds left.

Once again, Poughkeepsie an- A last chance, John Jay moved
swered and took a 14-point lead. the ball around and Sanz came
So, John Jay’s usual suspects went open in the paint. With both
to work. Only the synergy was of Jaysean Morgan’s hands on
a little di erent. Kote drained a Sanz, the John Jay big could not
three from Liam Lynch’s penetra- convert the teardrop, and no foul
tion and then Baumgartner’s drive was called.
set up Sanz’s for a three of his 23.
Still, Sayre had praise for the
Still, an eight-point halftime teamwork that almost secured
lead didn’t look bad for Pough- the upset.   “We moved the ball
keepsie. at is until Ryan great and got great shots all
Corelli got a steal with six sec- game,” he said.
onds remaining and found Sanz
ahead. Under the gun, the for- Of course, the end wasn’t easy
ward rattled the rim, and the to take. “It’s tough. It’s hard,”
whole Wolf bench going round Sayre said.
the bend, the ball fell through.
But for those who played their
John Jay didn’t let the mo- last game, the coach knows what
mentum go to waste, either. he had. “So many great seniors
Baumgartner drove for two, that did so much for the pro-
gram,” he asserted. “So much for
me as a rst-year coach.”

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HARVEY BASKETBALL

Harvey boys lose in OT

e Harvey School’s boys In overtime, Harvey managed 36, in their semi nal playo

varsity basketball team nearly to pull into a 78-75 lead with game ursday, Feb. 24.

pulled o an upset in their just two minutes remaining, Watkinson set the tone early

semi nal playo game urs- but Watkinson’s talented squad with a big rst quarter, outscor-

day, Feb. 24, but the No. 4 seed came back to erase Harvey’s ing the visiting Cavs, 24-10,

Cavs fell in overtime, 84-81, to three-point lead and sealed the and then doing the same in the

the HVAL top-seeded Watkin- win by sinking two free throws second quarter to build a 40-15

son Rams in Hartford. Harvey to dash Harvey’s hopes for an halftime lead.

battled Watkinson, undefeated upset. “We started o tentative of-

against HVAL opponents this Ciunys led Harvey with 36 fensively and had trouble with

season, to a 67-67 tie at the end points. Kass had 14 and Ortega Watkinson’s size defensively,”

of four quarters of play. added 12. Ciunys dominated said Harvey coach Mike Duig-

e Harvey starting ve under the boards, gathering up nan

of Regimantas “RC” Ciunys, 15 rebounds. e second half was where the

Jayden Kass, Charlie Hildeb- “ e game was a heartbreak- Harvey girls displayed their best

randt, Kirk Ortega, and Mar- ing loss, a tough nish to an basketball. “After intermission,

cus Diaz took the oor at the incredible season,” said Harvey we settled down, made a few

Watkinson School with hopes coach Denis Arnautovic. “ e adjustments, and played much

of beating the Rams and mov- team came a long way, and we better,” Duignan said. In a much

ing on to a championship game. were just a few points away from more competitive second half,

e Cavs knew they had to play our goal. I’m so very proud of Harvey gave Watkinson a tough

a strong defense to stay close. the team, especially our captains time, particularly in the third

Despite their best e orts, the RC, Jayden, and Charlie.” quarter when each team scored

Cavs saw the Rams build a 38- Harvey nishes the season 12 points, but, in the end, the

28 halftime lead. 6-5 against HVAL opponents explosive rst half for the Rams PHOTO: GABE PALACIO
Down by 10 points, the Cavs and 7-7 overall. made the di erence.
Katonah’s Jayden Kass, senior co-captain of Harvey’s varsity
came out of intermission moti- GIRLS FALL IN HVAL Junior captain Kira Ortega basketball team
vated to trim the lead. After a paced the o ense with 18 points.

strategic switch to man-to-man SEMIFINAL On defense, she recorded ve Coach Duignan said, “All year cally.”

defense, the Cavs held o the Harvey’s girls varsity basket- steals. Senior captain So a Mar- we played with great e ort and e girls nish the season

Watkinson team and managed ball team gave it a valiant ef- cos Munoz had six points and grew in many ways as a group. 3-6 against HVAL teams, 4-10

to outscore them in the second fort but the HVAL’s top-seeded registered six blocks. Junior Ce- I’m con dent that growth will overall.

half of the game. e fourth Watkinson Rams proved to be lia Baer added eight points and form a rm foundation and lead

quarter ended with the score too much for the No. 4 seed grabbed eight rebounds. to greater growth as the girls ad- is article was prepared by the

knotted at 67-67. Cavs, who lost in Hartford, 66- Re ecting on the season, vance academically and athleti- Harvey School.

HARVEY HOCKEY

Katonah’s Hellinger shines in OT loss

On Tuesday, Feb. 22, Har- Ironman hockey.” PHOTO: GABE PALACIO
vey’s hockey team faced league Katonah’s Jake Hellinger con-
rival Kingswood Oxford for the Senior captain Jake Hellinger of Katonah ends his Harvey hockey career with 1,142 saves in just two and
second time in a week after up- tinued to be brilliant in over- one-half seasons in front of the net.
setting them 4-3 six days earlier, time, stopping several point-
but this time in the quarter nals blank chances. But the overtime
of the FAA hockey tournament period featured an all-out team
the Wyverns of West Hartford e ort as well. “Harvey players
pinned a 4-3 overtime loss on cleared pucks out of their zone,
the Cavaliers. With the loss, the rested, regrouped, and laid their
reigning champion Cavs lose the bodies on the line for each oth-
crown they held for two years. er,” Morse said.

e playo game was not Unfortunately, Harvey could
short of exciting play, with mul- not fend o one last attempt,
tiple lead changes ultimately and with 22.5 seconds remain-
leading to a sudden-death ing in OT, Kingswood outlasted
overtime period. e Wyverns the Cavs and ended their 2021-
scored a goal with just 22.5 sec- 22 season.
onds remaining in the overtime
period to win and advance to the Hellinger, playing in his last
semi nals. game as a Cavalier, made 56
saves. He almost single-hand-
As the game progressed dur- edly kept the Cavs in the game
ing the third period and over- during the nal period and
time, Harvey’s lack of depth overtime.
began to show. “We were liter-
ally down to playing seven or Harvey, who held the title of
eight players by the end of the reigning FAA champion since
game,” said Harvey head coach 2019-2020, nishes this season
Alex Morse. “Our players were at 7-8.
warriors on the ice; they played
is article was prepared by the
Harvey School.

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WRESTLING

Gabriele
competes
at states

Joe Gabriele was John Jay’s Joe Gabriele (right) in action in January FILE PHOTO/RICH MONETTI
lone representative at the State
Wrestling Finals at the MVP
Arena in Albany last weekend.
He lost both of his matches, but
according to Coach Bill Swert-
fager, 110 was a very tough
weight class. Still, the coach is
glad Gabriele got to experience
the states as a sophomore and
hopes he’ll have less jitters with
another chance next year.

RoboCavs SEMIFINAL Janos laid out the path. “I told
shine at the guys, you want to win, get
robotics FROM PAGE 19 it done,” Janos conveyed.
competition
a shorthanded goal in sight, But 45 seconds later, Dorf-
A team of Harvey students Rogers gloved the rush. man raised the stakes. “A two-
goal lead is the worst lead in
won the top award at the VEX e reset gave PJ DeNoia hockey,” Rogers asserted.
two good chances, and not re-
Robotics Tipping Point qualify- lenting, the Wolves were soon e goalie was right, because
up three. Protomastro swung the shots didn’t stop. But one
ing competition held Saturday, wide around the goal and particular glove save, and the
back-handed right through reactions from Rogers, foretold
Feb. 19 in Katonah and hosted the crease. e Rye defense on the end. Straightening up with
the run, the puck kicked out to the puck rmly in hand, the se-
by e Harvey School’s robot- Doug Styles, and he beat Ana- nior almost seemed to be ask-
belle omas again at 5:24. ing for another serving.
ics program. e biggest robot-
Rogers was far from getting Rogers did have help,
ics tournament in Southern New the rest of the night o , though. though. Protomastro made
Consecutive penalties on Ken- three crucial clears, and Janos
York State featured more than ny Irving and MacDonald put recognized his star’s chame-
the goalie on the clock, and leon-like transformation. “He
40 teams of high school students Dorfman did the punching. switched to a defensive mind-
set and got us out of a jam,”
from Long Island, New York e forward launched multiple Janos said.
screenshots from the point,
City, Westchester, and ve other and Rogers really earned his So, the buzzer nally going
pay by stopping Lukas Bovaara o , the coach unapologetically
upstate counties. on the rebound at 2:23. looked ahead to top-seeded
Pelham. “We’ll be ready,” he
e Harvey 6277D team of An easy victory was also up said.
in the air after Henry Bagley
seniors Wendy Lichtenberg, blasted from close range. Unfortunately, on Sunday
afternoon at Sport-o-Rama
Alex Piper, Henry Howe, Giselle e angle well accounted in Su ern, top-seeded Pelham
for, the rebound kicked up and was just too much. ree min-
Gro of Katonah, junior Aden out of sight. Fortunately, Rog- utes into the game and Pelham
ers located the puck rst and was already out to a 2-0 lead.
Yankwitt, and freshman Logan closed out the period with big
saves against Carter Barford Even so, John Jay did follow
Alexander of Goldens Bridge and Nathan Tietjen. with strong opportunities from
Kyle Petschek, Anthony Pro-
earned the prestigious Excellence Seventeen minutes to go, tomastro, and Colman Rice.
the teams traded penalties, However, a goal was not to be
Award for being judged as having and Doug Styles’ holding pen- had, and Lou Marcellino’s goal
alty at 12:52 was an easy ride with 4:10 left in the rst gave a
the best all-around performance compared to what was coming. pretty good idea where the rest
Rogers rst turned away Dorf- was going.
in the event, including matches, man, and on a Tommy Green-
haw blast out front, the result- Pelham got ve more goals
skills, and engineering notebook. ing sound actually soothed the before Owen Scinicariello
stands. A big loud thud o scored with 7:33 left in the
e team nished No. 1 in the Rogers sent the puck the other third. A 9-1 loss in the mak-
way, and after the goalie out- ing, John Jay had to settle for
seeding round of competition did himself with a stick save reaching the nals. But despite
on Richardson, the rest seemed the disappointing end, there
and quali ed as a tournament like a formality. was no shortage of excitement
this season, and the Wolves
nalist in the elimination round. en Petchek got hit at 6:53 still had plenty to be proud of.
with boarding. So, Coach Greg
A second Harvey team, 6277C, PHOTO: GABE PALACIO
comprised of Katie McCulloch
and Julian Marin, won the Build Logan Alexander of Goldens Bridge gives his team’s Excellence
Award for their robot’s robust Award-winning robot a final check.

construction, excellent design, “Each of our teams competed City, New York. e A, B, and

and durability. ey lost in their well throughout the day and have E teams will attend upcoming

semi nal elimination match but a lot to be proud of,” said Mr. events at Adelphi University and

quali ed to enter the champi- Kelly, who also coaches the team. Kennedy High School in Bell-

onship tournament next month. Harvey’s teams D and C will more. Long Island, in an e ort

Two other Harvey teams partici- spend the next few weeks prepar- to qualify for the championship

pated in the quali er. ing to compete in the Southern as well.

Harvey robotics director Chris New York Tipping Point High

Kelly was proud of the accom- School State Championship, is article was prepared by the

plishments of the RoboCavs. Saturday, March 12, in Garden Harvey School.

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Serves 25 8 ounces apricots or pitted prunes and let marinate for 24 hours in the refrigerator.
4 ounces green olives, pitted About 2 hours before serving, divide the chicken and the marinade between 2
2 tablespoons garlic, chopped finely 1 cup brown sugar 9x13-inch baking pans or a large roasting pan. Sprinkle 1⁄2 cup brown sugar over
6 tablespoons dried oregano 2 cups white wine each pan, followed by 1 cup of the white wine over each pan.
8 ounces red wine vinegar In a large 3-gallon bowl, combine Bake in a moderately hot oven (350 F) for 1 hour. Serve with rice or parsley
9 bay leaves the garlic, oregano, vinegar, bay potatoes.
2 cups olive oil leaves, caper juice, olive oil, and Wine pairing suggestion: Choose a dry white wine, either Pino Blanc or Pinot Grigio.
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GUEST If you’re a woman, you face ment age, which will likely be Did you know?
CORNER more obstacles than men in between 66 and 67. If you delay
achieving nancial security. taking bene ts beyond your full Projections from the U.S.
JUDI retirement age, your payments Bureau of Labor Statistics in-
MCANAW -Judi McAnaw will increase by 8% per year, dicate the need for agricultural
Edward Jones until age 70, when your bene ts and food scientists will grow by
It’s unfortunate but true: If max out. You’ll also want to 9 percent between 2020 and
you’re a woman, you face • PAY YOURSELF FIRST every time your salary increases. learn about spousal and survivor 2030. Agricultural and food
more obstacles than men You always have to pay your bene ts, which can a ect how scientists can work in labora-
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need to put in some extra ef- pay yourself by moving money • GET SOME HELP eld as they research ways to
fort. automatically from your check- 401(k), you may still be eligible You may be able to bene t improve the e ciency and
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