Here’s the weekly podcast, recorded late Thursday:

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We talked about Pelham-Rye, Pelham-Suffern, Rye Town/Harrison-Mamaroneck and Iona Prep-Fordham Prep, among other things.

Some pretty interesting results last night. Mike Daley made 41 saves as Brewster gave White Plains its toughest league test of the season, leading 3-2 after two periods before falling 4-3. Matt Altieri scored the winner from Phil Sigona with 2:54 left. Eric Perlowitz scored four times for Mount Pleasant, who got a much needed win and knocked Clarkstown South out of the playoffs (see my previous post for that breakdown). Brett Novick scored four times asRye Town/Harrison took care of Pawling 8-5, and Ossining won its sixth in a row, beating New Rochelle 4-3 in on a goal by Steven Faiella goal 2:30 into overtime.

Today’s notebooks are about Ossining’s incredible turnaround (Ossining makes playoffs after slow start), Rye Country Day’s big win (Upset win keeps RCDS in contention)
and how Chris McIndoe is the latest in a long line of outstanding Clarkstown North goalies (McIndoe maintains North legacy). Of course, they also include the latest power rankings, and I will do an extended top 10 before lunch.

I thought this was the hardest week of the season, so I’d love to see other people give it a try before I post mine. Here’s one example: Team A beats Team B twice. Team B beats Team C twice. Team C just beat Team A. Where do you rank Team A, Team B and Team C?

For those who prefer audio to words, local sports editor Joe Lombardi and I put together another podcast for your enjoyment.

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Local sports editor Joe Lombardi and I recorded our first podcast of the season today. You can listen to it by clicking here:
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We talked about the different paths of last year’s state final four teams, Suffern and Rye; Rye Town/Harrison’s emergence; Rye Country Day’s interesting week; and three big holiday tournaments after Christmas.

And you can also see me give my player and team of the week tomorrow on RNN’s NewsCenter Now, which is broadcast between 5-7 p.m. It will also be online, and I will post that link when it becomes available. That’s right, an early Christmas and late Chanukah present (for my mom, anyway)—you can read, see and hear me!

I will be at Suffern-Pelham tonight, and I will be posting period-by-period updates above the comments section. After seeing last night’s North-RTH game (here’s my story) it makes me appreciate Suffern and Pelham even more.

The Rams were 13-1 in League 1 last year, and this year other teams are playing their back-up goalies against them. And that’s nothing against North. It seems almost every other program has similar ups and downs, which is the nature of high school sports. But Suffern and Pelham are in the mix every single year. Incredible.

First period: I might not believe it if I wasn’t here. Pelham is leading 2-0 and outshooting Suffern 13-2. Andrew Emerson and Victor Dzenis have the goals, both assisted my Marc Flory.

Second period: Everything is back to normal in Suffern-land. The Mounties outshot Pelham 22-4 and lead 3-2. Zac Hiller has a goal and two assists, all in the last five minutes. The first two goals, from Hiller and Salt, were on the power play. Kevin Norwin’s wrister through traffic with 1:02 left gave Suffern the lead.

Final: Suffern added two more (Matt Ruthberg and Hiller unassisted) to win 5-2. Hiller finished with two goals and two assists, and the Mounties were 3 for 4 on the power play. Great start by the Pelicans, even bigger response by Suffern.