Wrap Up Wheatley baseball reaches county fnal

BY MICHAEL J. LEWIS

The Wheatley baseball team was hoping to defend its class B county title this spring.

But after an outstanding regular season, the ffth-seeded Wildcats ran into some hot Seaford pitching and saw its year end.

Wheatley was shut out twice, 6-0 and 1-0 in the Class B championship series in mid-May.

Still, it was a fne season for the Wildcats, led by Oswego State-signee shortstop Dylan Rosenberg (.477 average, 25 runs scored), and Adelphi-bound catcher Brian McCleary (.358 average, 16 RBIs).

In Class AA, Port Washington enjoyed a strong season, going 15-7, but slumped toward the end of the season and was beaten in two straight playof games by Oceanside, 10-0 and 10-2.

In Class A, 15th-seeded Manhasset was eliminated in two games, while 11th-seeded Mineola topped 14th-seed Roslyn in the frst round before falling to No. 3 South Side in the second round.

BY MICHAEL J. LEWIS

The Mineola girls bowling team winning counties, and a North Shore male bowler throwing a perfect 300 were the highlights of the winter bowling season in the area.

Mineola repeated as county champs behind the strong eforts of Michaela Paolumbo, who had the second-highest average in the county this season at 192.5, and No. 2 Kelsey Morrison, a junior who averaged 168 for the year.

The Mustangs fnished 88 pins ahead of second-place MacArthur and advanced to the state championships for the second year in a row, and this season Mineola placed 8th at the state championships in Syracuse.

On the boys side of the lanes, there were a few standout performers.

In Division II, Joseph Dolezal of The Wheat- ley School averaged 214.61 pins during the regular season and won the Nassau individual championship. At the states, Dolezal fnished 20th overall, and the junior can still improve for next season.

Chaminade junior Daniel Tufano also had a fantastic year, taking second place at the CHSAA individual championships, rolling a high game of 264 at the event to fnish as runner-up.

But for the best single performance of the season, respect must be given to North Shore bowler Matt Nochowitz.

On Jan. 18 at Bowlero Lanes in Mineola, the senior rolled twelve consecutive strikes to record his frst-ever perfect game.

In a match against Carle Place, Nochowitz achieved the 300 in the second game of the day, and was mobbed by his teammates after the fnal strike.