DUMONT TOURNAMENT
Sat, July 10:  Paramus (14) vs West Nyack (0)
Tough opening round loss for the West Nyack 8 yr. old All-Stars in the Manning tournament in Dumont, N.J. against a very good Paramus squad. The game was a pitchers duel up to the top of the fifth inning. Strong starting pitching performance by Michael Iodice who kept the A's to one run over three innings. Paramus scored three runs in the top of the fourth to take a 4-0 lead. Paramus then blew the game open with a ten run fifth inning to put the game out of reach.
         There were some silver linings for West Nyack, despite the score. James Spiegel led off the bottom of the first with a triple to the gap in right center. Strong defensive plays in the field by Nick Gorglione, Troy Clement, And Brian Burke. James Spiegel kept West Nyack in a position to win through the forth inning. In the end, Paramus' strong pitching kept West Nyack off the scoreboard to clinch the first round victory 14-0. 

Sun, July 11:  New City (9)  vs  West Nyack (8) 
     A great effort by the West Nyack 8 year old All-Star’s today at the Manning Baseball Tournament in Dumont NJ.  The boys in the white and brown uni’s came ready to play and gave New City all they could handle. West Nyack had a strong pitching effort from Brian Burke, Paxton Meyers, and James Spiegel. The three combined to hold New City to just 5 hits and record 8 strike outs for the game! The pitchers were backed up by  strong team defensive play, totaling 10 defensive put outs. The solid outfield hustling play of Nick Gorglione, James Davis, Troy Clement, and Jack Fitzpatrick kept New City from advancing on balls hit to the outfield. The infield was anchored Ryan Giordano, James Spiegel, and Michael Iodice. Gritty utility play contributed by Brandon Duffy, Alan Concepcion, and Michael Davis.

     On the offensive side of the ball West Nyack had a good day at the plate, totaling 10 hits and 4 walks. Michael Iodice led the way going 3 for 3. Ryan Giordano and Brian Burke each were 2 for 3. James Spiegel, Paxton Meyers, and Brandon Duffy each contributed a clutch singles to the cause. The team was down 4- 0 going into the bottom of the fourth inning. The team’s bats came to life, posting a strong 5 run, 6 hit rally to take the lead—5-4. New City came back with a 4 run rally in their half of the 5th to take the lead back 9-5. That was the score going into the bottom of the sixth, West Nyack’s last licks. The entire line-up strapped on their gold helmets and dug in for a come back.  The first 2 batters of the inning worked deep counts before going down swinging.  A clutch 2 out single by Brian Burke was followed by a BB to Paxton Meyers. Both runners moved up on a past ball. Michael Iodice followed with a 2  RBI single, which was followed by another RBI single by Ryan Giordano. Making the score 9-8. Giordano steals second on a straight up steal, putting the tying run in scoring position. Michael Davis stepped into the box looking to tie the game. Davis put a good swing on a pitch, but a nice catch by the New City second basemen ended West Nyack’s 2-out, comeback attempt. The loss was West Nyack’s second of the Manning tournament and eliminated them from the tournament.

ROCKLAND COUNTY 8 YR-OLD TOURNAMENT IN SUFFERN
 

Fri, July 16, 7:30pm:  Nanuet (1)  vs West Nyack (16)
The West Nyack 8 year-old All-Stars opened pool play of the Vincent Crotty Memorial Tournament, held in Suffern N.Y., in spectacular fashion on Friday July 16 against Nanuet. West Nyack took an early 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back, cruising to a 16-1 final score. The team got a terrefic starting pitching effort from James Spiegel. Spiegel threw 2 2/3 innings of shut-out baseball. Spiegel faced 9 batters, allowing 3 singles, while striking out 4 and allowing 0 walks. Spiegel was supported by some excellent team defense as well. Nanuet led off the top of the 1st inning with back-to-back singles. However, the defense recorded an awesome out when the lead runner turned to far off of third base and got caught in a rundown. The play, scored 9-3-2-5-2 (Fitzpatrick-Giordano-Meyers-Burke-Meyers), stopped an early rally by Nanuet and set the tone for the rest of the game. Catcher Paxton Meyers and 3B Brian Burke would hook up again in the top of the second to record another timely defensive out.  The lead off hitter for Nanuet got on base with a single, he then advanced to 2nd on a passed ball. The runner was out, caught stealing, when Meyers threw down to third and Burke put the tag on the sliding runner. Spiegel then struck out the next two batters to end the inning. Nick Gorglione came on to pitch in the bottom of the third inning, recording the final out on just three pitches. Gorglione would pitch the 4th and 5th innings, giving up one run on a walk and back-to-back singles. He then settled into a nice groove, recording 5 strikeouts and a ground out over the last two innings to seal the win.
     The offense for West Nyack was on fire up and down the line-up for the game. Brian Burke led the way going 3 for 4 (2B, 2 1B, 3 RBI) including a bases loaded double in the 4th inning that cleared the bases. James Spiegel was 3 for 3 (2B, 2 1B's with 2 RBI), Paxton Meyers (2 1B, 2 RBI) were also clutch hitters. The line-up of 11 had contributions from everyone: 10 different players with at least 1 RBI, 10 different players scored, every batter safely reached base at least once, and there were 5 RBI's from the bottom four hitters. The rest of the line-up included: Michael Iodice, Ryan Giordano, Michael Davis, Brandon Duffy, Alan Concepcion, Nick Gorglione, James Davis, and Jack Fitzpatrick.  

Sat, July 17, 1:00pm:  Haverstraw (6)  vs  West Nyack (7)
 It was a quick turn around for the 8 year olds from West Nyack. After a late Friday night victory in their first game, the 8's were back out on the field by 1 pm for their second game of pool play at the Vincent Crotty Memorial Tournament in Suffern, N.Y. to square off aganist a tough squad from Haverstraw. The temperature was already well into the nineties at game time and the team would be playing with the minimum of 10 players- no subs for the game. It was a close, back and forth game the entire way. West Nyack starting pitcher Michael Iodice had a solid effort, going 2 1/3 before being lifted because of his pitch count. Iodice struck out the first two batters of the game. Haverstraw was then able to string together a walk and three straight singles to plate 3 runs. West Nyack came back in the bottom of the first scoring four runs to take the lead. Nick Gorglione, Brandon Duffy, and Brian Burke started off the game by reaching base safely to load the bases. Clutch hitting by Michael Iodice(to help his own cause), 1B Ryan Giordano, and Michael Davis sparked the rally. 
     Iodice then struck out the next 5 batters he faced, in order(finishing with a total of 7 K's). Haverstraw rallied again in the top of the 3rd inning, scoring 2 quick runs. Brandon Duffy came on in relief later in the 3rd inning to face a bases loaded, one out jam. Duffy did well by limiting the damage to 1 more run, while recording 2 K's. Haverstraw led 6-3 going into the bottom of the third. With one out for West Nyack Iodice, Giordano, and M. Davis again sparked a rally by all singling to load the bases. Alan Concepcion came to the plate and delivered what would be the game winning hit by driving a shot to between 1st and 2nd base. The hit would clear the bases and Concepcion advanced all the way to third on the ensuing overthrows by Haverstraw. West Nyack now led 7-6. 
     Duffy pitched well, retiring the side in order in the fourth and then starting the fifth. Haverstraw threatned again in the top of the fifth, loading the bases on 2 BB's and 1 HBP. West Nyack brought in Brian Burke to face the bases loaded, one-out jam. Burke struck out the two batters he faced to end the threat and the game.

Tues, July 20, 1:00pm:  1st Round Playoff's  (single elimination)
Thur, July 22, 5:30 or 7:30:  2nd Round Playoff's  (if we do well)
Sat, July 24, 3:00pm:  Championship Game  (if we do really well)