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March 6, 2020 | Vol. 7, Number 60 | www.eastchesterreview.com
Coronavirus breaches Westchester
JP Rosabella makes a save against Suffern in the Division 1 finals on March 1. Rosabella had 53 stops in a losing effort. Photos/Mike Smith
Eagles fall in title game ICE HOCKEY
DIVISION 1
CHAMPIONSHIP
SUFFERN 5 ETBE 1 BREWSTER ICE ARENA
3/1/20
Game Notes: • JP Rosabella made 53 saves for ETBE • Tom McCarren scored 3 goals for Suffern • ETBE finished the season at 11-12 By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor A terrific Cinderella story came to an end on Sunday, as the Eastchester/Tuckahoe/Bronxville/ Edgemont hockey team lost to a juggernaut Suffern squad 5-1 in the Section I finals. But despite falling short of a Div. 1 championship, the Eagles’ run to the title
game demonstrated the importance of peaking at the right time and set the groundwork for what could be a bright future for the ETBE program. The Eagles finished the regular season with a record of 8-11, earning a No. 11 seed in the Div. 1 tourney. ETBE head coach Steve Forzaglia felt his team’s record did not reflect its talent level, however, and the Eagles proved him right, scoring playoff upsets against Lakeland-Panas, Scarsdale and Mamaroneck to advance to the finals. “I knew coming into the year that we had a good returning team and a lot of the freshmen we had came around quicker than I had hoped,” Forzaglia said. “And once you get to the postseason, a lot of times it depends on your seed. Once we were able to get past that first game, we sort of got on a roll.” The Eagles’ resurgence was tied to the play of junior netminder JP Rosabella, who dazzled in
the postseason, particularly in the team’s semifinal and championship contests. Rosabella authored a 37-save shutout against Mamaroneck on Feb. 27, before turning in a remarkable performance in a losing effort on March 1 in which he turned away 53 shots in the team’s 5-1 loss. “JP is always competitive, he doesn’t like it when he gets scored on even in practice, so I wasn’t entirely surprised to see the way he played down the stretch,” Forzaglia said. “But he was making some saves that I’ll still have to go back and watch on video because I’m not entirely sure how he made them right now.” Even Rosabella’s brilliance couldn’t propel the Eagles past Suffern, however, as the top-seeded team in New York State was ultimately able to overcome the hot goaltender. “You come into the game hearing about how good they are, the best team in the state, so you know
they are going to have firepower,” Forzaglia said. “But we felt Mamaroneck was that good and Scarsdale was that good, so if we could stay with them, we could have a shot.” Tom McCarren led the way for the Mounties with a hat trick. Now, with the season over, Forzaglia and the Eagles will look toward next winter as they try to replicate their late-season playoff run. With most of the team returning—including Rosabella—the head coach believes that ETBE has the pieces in place for another successful season. “I think they saw what it takes to be successful in the playoffs, and hopefully we can find that style of play a little bit earlier next year,” he said. “But I want them to understand that this doesn’t just happen every year and this year there were something like 20 other teams who would have done anything to get where we were.” CONTACT: sports@hometwn.com
A New Rochelle man has been confirmed as being positive for the second case of the novel coronavirus in New York State, and also the first known case in Westchester County. The man, who is in his 50s, is now hospitalized in Manhattan after first being transported by a neighbor to New York-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville. The man, identified as an attorney who works in Manhattan, has an underlying respiratory illness, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and is in critical condition.He recently traveled to Miami, but no direct connection to China or any country on the virus watch list has been established, making it an apparent case of “community spread” COVID-19, Cuomo said. “That kind of spreading is inevitable,” Cuomo said at a March 3 press conference. The Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy school in Riverdale, where one of the New Rochelle man’s children attends, is closed on Wednesday, Cuomo said. “There may be some more schools that voluntarily close as they determine if children may have exposed other children,” Cuomo said. And on March 3, at the direction of the state, county Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler directed that Young Israel in New Rochelle halt all services immediately and for the foreseeable future due to potential COVID-19
exposure connected to the man who tested positive today. Additionally, congregants of the temple who attended services on Feb. 22, and a funeral and a bat mitzvah at the temple on Feb. 23 must self-quarantine until at the very earliest March 8. Those who do not self-quarantine will be mandated to by the county Department of Health to do so. The novel virus’ first confirmed case in the state was reported on Sunday, March 1, by a 39-year-old Manhattan woman who is employed as a healthcare worker. The woman contracted the virus while traveling abroad in Iran, and is currently isolated in her home, along with her husband. “Her symptoms are mild,” Cuomo said. Her condition is not life-threatening and she has self-quarantined at her Manhattan home since returning from Iran, authorities said. Cuomo noted that about 80 percent of those who contract the novel coronavirus will self-resolve. “They may not even know they had the illness,” Cuomo said. “There is no reason for undue anxiety—the general risk remains low in New York. We are diligently managing this situation and will continue to provide information as it becomes available,” Cuomo added. (Submitted) FOR MORE see page 3
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