Monday, October 31, 2016

Western Mass Sports Ramblings



Pope Francis High Baseball
2016 Fall League Champions

Congratulations to the Pope Francis 2016 Varsity Baseball Champions in the Fall League. They beat Minnechaug 1-0 in the Final.

Great start for former Cathedral hockey player, Matt Foley, in his first game for Yale University. They were ranked 17th in the nation in the pre-season poll for D1 Men's Ice Hockey. Matt had an assist and had 4 shots on goal as a defensive player. I always say, take the shot ! They beat Sacred Heart 4-1. Also congratulations to my grandson, Dominic Blad's UMass Boston Hockey Team for an impressive 5-1 win over Curry College. Matt and Dominic were teammates for 4 years at Cathedral High. UMass Boston went to the Frozen Four last year in Lake Placid and were ranked 3rd and 4th in the nation in pre-season D3 Hockey polls. UMass Boston's next game will be against UMass Dartmouth where Tanner and Kyle Zacharewicz play. Tanner is a senior, Kyle a junior....the brothers are from Ludlow, MA.

Good local game this Thursday. Holy Cross will be playing American International College at the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, MA at 7:00 PM. Former Cathedral players, Peter Crinella, now a sophomore at Holy Cross and Senior Captain Austin Orszulak will be playing for AIC.  I have what I call "adopted Western Mass players" and Billy Vizzo at AIC is one of them. He is a freshman and I hope to see him play. Image News Service will be covering the game. Hope to see you there for some good D1 Hockey right in Springfield!

Tyler Kelleher from Longmeadow, MA is off to a good start for UNH  Hockey. He has 4 goals and 5 assists in only 6 games...pretty impressive. He had an assist in a recent UNH 4-1 win over UMass, Amherst. Another "adopted" player that I follow is freshman Brendan van Riemsdyk for UNH. He also had an assist against UMass and has 3 assists so far for UNH.

Hope to see you at the Holy Cross vs. AIC game Thursday !

Alfredo DiLascia
Image News Service



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