After beating Pleasantville 63-31 on Friday night and then Blind Brook 56-45 on Saturday afternoon, Rye has once again won their opening tournament.
Sleepy Hollow managed to beat Pleasantville in the consolation game on Saturday by 10 points. Senior F Dan Williams (who’s averaging 25 points per game through Sleepy Hollow’s first five games this year) was named to the all tournament team.
Junior Guards Quinn Kelly and Matthew Tepedino (Rye) were also named to the all tournament team as well as Chris Bucci from Blind Brook. Kelly made three after three in both games, leading Rye in scoring. Tepedino scored around 12 in each game. But even when they were missing, Rye managed to hold it together. At the start of the game vs Blind Brook, Senior Guard Thomas Flaherty scored 11 of the team’s first 12 points to keep the game tied despite Kelly and Tepedino being shut out to start the game.
Led by Senior F Oziah Deloatch, Tappan Zee made the Section Finals last year before getting beat by a Julian McGarvey full court shot (photo via lohud.com)
Next week, Rye plays two of the three best teams in Class A — Tappan Zee and Horace Greeley. Tappan Zee beat Greeley last week 49-46 on three last second free throws from Senior Guard Aidan Cunney. Rye’s been good for a couple of years now, and these two games will be the first tests of the long season. Rye’s playing the hardest schedule in Class A this year, so it’s pretty unlikely that they can get that number one seed for the second year in a row, but once the playoffs come, watch out.
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