Sports
Pearl River Sports: Track Wins League Titles, Murphy Reaches Milestone
Pearl River junior forward Kevin Murphy piled up five points in the Pirates' 8-1 over New Rochelle Saturday at Sport-O-Rama, good enough to fly past the career 100 point mark.
Murphy now has 16 goals and 13 assists this season for 27 points and 102 points in his career. The Pirates' top line continues to rack up points. Junior Max McGee is second on the team with 25 points on 14 goals and 11 assists. Senior Pat Burns scored four goals Saturday, matching his total from the team's first eight games.
Pearl River will play North Rockland 5:15 p.m. today at Sport-O-Rama.
Pearl River Wins League 4B Winter Track and Field Titles
Pearl River swept the boys and girls team championships League 4B Winter Track and Field Championships Sunday at the New Balance Armory in New York City.
Kelly Hayes (1,000 meter run and 1,500 meter run) and Kayla Clohessy (55 meter dash, long jump) each won two individual league titles for the Pearl River girls, who won their 30th consecutive winter track league title.
Ethan Dowie won the long jump and triple jump for the boys, who needed every point to edge out Tappan Zee, 115-113. For more details including individual results, read this report on Patch.
More Weekend Results
- Wrestling: Pearl River's John Muldoon finished third at 132 pounds in the Eastern States Wrestling Classic Saturday at SUNY Sullivan.
Monday, Jan. 13
- Girls basketball: Pearl River at Suffern, 4:15 p.m.
- Ice hockey: Pearl River vs. North Rockland at Sport-O-Rama, 5:15 p.m.
- Boys basketball: Pearl River at Harrison, 6:15 p.m.
- No varsity events scheduled
- Boys basketball: Nyack at Pearl River, 4:15 p.m.
- Girls basketball: Pearl River at Nyack, 4:15 p.m.
- Bowling: Pearl River vs. Nanuet at New City Lanes, 3:30 p.m.
- Girls track: Milrose Games Trials at the Armory in New York City, 5 p.m.
- Bowling: Pearl River vs. Tappan Zee at Hi-Tor Lanes, 3:30 p.m.
- Wrestling: Nanuet at Pearl River (Battle for the Belt), 6 p.m.
- Boys basketball: Pearl River at Nanuet, 5:45 p.m.
- Girls basketball: Nanuet at Pearl River, 5:45 p.m.
- Wrestling: Pearl River competes in Edgemont Tournament, 9 a.m.
- Ice hockey: Pearl River vs. Yorktown at Sport-O-Rama, 8:30 p.m.
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