Monsignor Scanlon kicks
off Cross Country season at
Regis Invitational
AFC Rapid Soccer - Week 2 BY COACH WINSTON DINKINS
Monsignor Scanlan High School’s track team started its
2021 Cross Country season off on a positive note. On Saturday,
Sept. 18, we competed in the Regis Invitational at the historic
Van Cortland Park in the Bronx. Many of the best athletes from
CHSAA (Catholic High School Athletic Association), independent
high schools and public high schools were in attendance.
The following races were contested: Freshman Girls and
Boys 2500 meters and Sophomore, Junior and Senior Girls and
Boys 2.5-mile run. Medals were award to the top 50 athletes in
the race.
Crusaders had seven athletes compete in this event and
were blessed with four medals. Our freshman girls looked good
winning Monsignor Scanlan’s four medals. Saniah Caldwell
was the top Crusader with a 10th place fi nish and a time of
11:24. Caldwell was followed by Talia Dixon, 11th place, Candice
Palmer, 14th place and Rakea Thomas, who fi nished in
26th place out of 82 freshman girls. We needed fi ve girls to have
competed for Freshman Girls Team award, which we should
have at our next meet.
Our top boy was Sophomore Kyle Matthews, with a time of
18:46 in the 2.5-mile run. Matthews performed well for his fi rst
time ever running a Cross Country meet. Alan Peralta and
Dontae Lindo also performed respectfully for the opening season.
Great job Crusaders!
Our next meet is Saturday, Sept. 25, the Xavier Invitational
at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island; and on Saturday, Sept. 30, the
Fordham Prep XC Meet at Van Cortland Park.
Monsignor Scanlan High School’s Athletes at the Regis Invitational.
Courtesy Monsignor Scanlan High School
BRONX TIMES REPORTER,BTR SEPT. 24-30, 2021 45
BY GRACE CERINI
BANTAMS
On Sunday Sept.19, Side
Street tied the game with
Burns and Rodriguez. Sebastian
(#10) and Anthony
(#16) were the goalies and
did a great job blocking the
ball. Nicholas (#8) and Emma
(#2) showed amazing defense
blocking the other team from
scoring. Valentina (#6) and
Vincent (#5) supported their
team on offense throughout
the game. Jason (#9) scored
our fi rst goal. Side Street then
scored their second goal from
Sebastian with an assist from
Jason (#9) and John (#11).
Nicholas (#8) scored the team’s
third goal for the game.Charlie’s
Angels wins 7-3 against
Burns & Rodriguez. The dynamic
duo, Leila and Sabrina,
scored 2 goals each and Michael
scored 3 goals. Catherine,
by herself, defended
against the other players as
she blasted the ball down to
her teammates, stopping them
from scoring. Valentina with
a nice shot that just missed
the goal. Next time, Valentina!!
Veronica and Damianna
did an amazing job as
they took the ball and worked
their way up the fi eld while
passing to their teammates!
Olivia took charge of the ball
on offense and defense. She
was unstoppable. Our defenders
Luca, Dominick and our
goalie Johnny did an incredible
job protecting our goal.
What a game!!
Gary’s Super Cuts played
their fi rst two games this
weekend against Side Street
Sports 4-9 and Barino’s Market
2-7. They played great!
Ben Bariotti was a star forward
scoring all of the goals.
Fernando Barrigan was an all
star with many assists playing
all over the fi eld and never
tiring out. Katie Anderson
had her fi rst game on offense
and really stepped up. Hudson
Gonzalez did a great job with
all of the team penalty kicks.
Barino’s Market wins it’s
second straight game to start
the season 7-2 . Ghali Dahib
was on fi re scoring 4 goals
while Emanuele DiMaggio
had 2 of his own goals and
Sam Anastasiou scored 1 goal.
Logan Lozada and Isabella
Sanchez split halves in the
net. They both made saves to
help bring the win home.
Minors–Spot On faced
Bronxville Auto and it started
off as a “nail biter” as the
scored remained tied for most
of the fi rst half. In the second
half, Spot On found their
groove and took the win.
Nikolas Maldendo had 2 goals.
Ryan Tierney, Conor Guanieri
and Julianna Mosca had a
goal each. Vincent Andrisani,
Alex Beitanis, Aaron Piparo,
Alyssa Esposito were a force
from the mid fi eld position. Defensively,
Victor Rivera, Gabe
Deleon, Victoria Komonaj and
Hunter Fuerst kept them two
points. The fi nal was 5 – 2.
BOYS MAJORS
Saturday, Sept. 18, Global
Containers battled The
D’abbraccio Foundation. The
last time these two met it
ended in a defeat for Global. It
was an exciting match up as
the two traded goals the entire
game, only to come down
to the fi nal moments where
Global took the win. Frankie
Mosca had 1 goal and multiple
assists, Richie Guanieri
had 2 goals, and Jacob Smith
had an astonishing 4 goals.
Andrew Jones had a few assists
contributing to the offense.
Defense was held down
by Ryan Kiely, Chris Jones
and James Daddario. Multiple
saves from Goalie Anthony
Raneri secured the
Globals victory 7-5.Sunday,
Sept.19, Global Containers
faced P. Wynne Atty for the
fi rst time. Global was the
victor for this, and although
the scoreboard says 6 – 2, it
was a close game until late
in the second half. Andrew
Jones had a big game with
2 goals and an assist. Jacob
Smith and Richie Guanieri
each had a goal and an assist.
Frankie Mosca had 2 goals.
Ryan Kiely had 2 assists as
well as protecting the goal
at defense, along with Chris
Jones and Noah Perry who
only allowed 2 goals to get by.
Andrew Raneri had multiple
saves at goalie as well as contributing
to the offense in the
2nd half.
After winning their fi rst
game against Global Terminal,
the D’Abbraccio Foundation
had their fi rst loss
against them as well this
weekend. It was a very intense
and high scoring game.
While D’Abbraccio was short
a few players, Justin Barberan
& Giuseppe Mineiro
never gave up, playing tough
and scoring 2 goals each.
Jayden Lopez played a good
game at midfi eld, along with
Danny Lopez, who helped
cover all around positions
this week. William Schwartz
played tirelessly on both defense
and offense, scoring our
5th goal of the game. Edward
Vargas played goalkeeper in
the fi rst half, and helped control
the midfi eld during the
second half. Joseph Tucci
and Jason D’Agostino both
played hard at defense the
fi rst half, while splitting the
second half as goalkeeper.
GIRLS MAJORS
After a tough loss to Capital
Shield Insurance on Saturday,
Cardinal Spellman
came back on Sunday playing
a beautiful game. Kailey Siegmund
continued to shine her
brightest, scoring 4 goals to
ensure our fi rst win against
Brewskie’s. McKenna Delatorre
played an amazing game
at midfi eld helping out both
defensively and offensively,
also scoring her fi rst goal of
the season. Sofi a Miles played
a great game as goalkeeper,
only giving up 1 goal. Teagan
Connolly, Annie Jones, Izzy
Smith and Jadelyn Sanchez
all played a defensively tough
and hard game, not letting
their team down, even as half
of them played hurt. Angelina
Rodriguez continued to control
the midfi eld, assisting our
offense perfectly.
Capital Shield Insurance
wins their second game
against Cardinal Spellman
on Saturday 6-2. All the girls
played hard throughout the
game. Defensive players Daniella
Mosca, Emma Kurtovic,
Ayla Sanchez and Iliana Torres
worked together to keep
the shots on goal limited while
midfi elders Neomi Gonzalez,
Lillian Kavanagh and Mia
Lappe assisted in keeping the
ball up the fi eld during both
halves. Goals were scored by
Amber Kurtovic (2) , Danielle
Shack (2) and Daniella
Mosca(1). With Emily Negron
in the net making a great save
on a penalty kick.
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