sports for breaking news visit www.qns.com JANUARY 21, 2016 • times 47 LAGCC Lady Red Hawks continue hot streak, beat Queensborough 73-55 The Mets Sandlot Baseball League looks toward an exciting 2016 season By Anthony Giudice said John Guarneri, press manager divisions to the AABC tournament.” agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com for the MSBL. “Starting back in The Asopec 12u, Whitestone @A_GiudiceReport February 2015 with the MSBL Winter BlueJays 12u, and Middle Village As the calendar turns to a new Workouts, the Zucchi Brothers Razorbacks 13u teams all represented year, the board members of the Mets worked with many of the MSBL players the MSBL with their solid play and Sandlot Baseball League (MSBL) and did a great job preparing them sportsmanship in the tournament. looked back on a successful 2015 and for the year ahead.” The NYCE season continued with its look forward to an even better 2016. In April, the league started playing summer portion, which also saw the After spending December closing in playing official games in the start of a new 9/10u division. out the 2015 books and submitting New York City Elite (NYCE) Travel The LND Reds 10u and the Asopec 2016 requests for field permits, the League. 12u won their divisions while the MSBL is getting their players into the “After some rough weather during Bayside Little League Rebels 13/14u batting cages and starting to work on March and early April, we finally got team had the best winning percentage their baseball skills for the upcoming the teams on the field playing games,” in their division. baseball year. Guarneri said. “After the short spring Once the NYCE Travel League “As we look back to 2015, we do portion of the season was completed season was over, the MSBL started look back and smile at the all the fun in early June, we then sent the best to focus on the fall season. It was we had, and all of the learned lessons,” teams from the 11/12u and 13/14u time for the fourth season of the Whitestone Bayside Flushing (WBF) Fall League. The WBF Whitestone BlueJays, took home first place and the championship; the WBF Bayside Brewers finished in second place and the WBF Flushing BearCats were third. “Looking ahead to 2016, we do plan to start with the 2016 winter workout program, once again hosted by the Zucchi Brothers,” Guarneri said. “These workouts are open to all 12-13u players and will focus on hitting and strength building and conditioning.” For more information on the MSBL, visit their website at www. wbfbaseball.com. By Anthony Giudice agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com @A_GiudiceReport After two impressive 40-point victories over Kingsborough Community College (60-20) and Borough of Manhattan Community College (72-32), the LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC) Lady Red Hawks found a way to come from behind and defeat CUNY Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) rival Queensborough Community College by a score of 73-55 on Jan. 13. The Lady Red Hawks fell behind early, trailing Queensboorugh 30-26. After halftime LAGCC found their game and dominated in the third and fourth quarters, scoring 47 points in the two frames, while holding the Tigers to only 25. Sarah Edwards had a record night, passing Kristen Deer for the school record for free throws made in a career. Edwards sank five on the night to give her 89 over her two years at LAGCC, surpassing the previous mark of 85. Edwards also moved into second place on the all-time school scoring list, as her 13 points gave her 465 all-time to jump ahead of Emily Arias’ 460 points. Kailyn Richburg also set records during the game, smashing the school’s single-game steals record by recording 13, beating the previous record of eight. Richburg also added 14 points to her stat sheet and fell three assists shy of a triple-double. Briana Johnson led all Lady Red Hawks with 15 points. Marika Gordon dominated in the paint, registering 10 points and 18 rebounds, 12 of which were offensive rebounds. The Lady Red Hawks improve to 12-3 on the year and remain undefeated in the CUNYAC with an 8-0 record. The win also gives them a 10-1 Region XV record. Queensborough Community College 73-55 on Jan. 13. ORTHODONTICS WWW.GLENRIDGEORTHODONTIST.COM Est. 1976 FREE* Consultation and Exam WWW.GLENRIDGEORTHODONTIST.COM Medicaid Approved Diplomate, American Board of Orthodontics Vincent J. Bilello, D.D.S., ABO Diplomate, Specialists in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics 65-34 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY 11385 Most Insurance Accepted As Partial or Full Payment 1-718-381-2965 Photo by Brandon Charlton The LaGuardia Community College Lady Red Hawks defeated Photo courtesy of the Mets Sandlot Baseball League The Mets Sandlot Baseball League looks back on a great 2015 and a new start in 2016.
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