NYSSWA: Tom Doherty's Rockland County Weekly Dandy Dozen

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Editor's note: NYSSWA member Tom Doherty compiles a weekly list of the top 12 teams in Rockland County, regardless of sport, size or sex. Here is the final list for the Fall 2010 sports season:

1.) North Rockland Girls Cross Country
Coach Brian Diglio
Record: 8-1 (Final 2009 ranking: #3)

5th Place in FEDERATION Meet Championships

3rd Place in STATE AA Meet losing only to the NATION's #1 Fayetteville-Manlius & # 3 Saratoga Springs

NYSSWA Ranking of #3 in STATE Class AA Poll

Section One Class AA Champions

Rockland County Meet Champions

Undefeated League Champions

2.) Pearl River Girls Cross Country
Coach Dan Doherty-Record: 9-0 (#4)

9th Place in FEDERATION Meet Championships

2nd Place in STATE Class B Championships

NYSSWA Ranking of #2 in STATE Class B Poll

Section One Class B Champions

Undefeated in Rockland Dual Meets

3rd Place in Rockland County Championship Meet

Undefeated League Meet & Dual Meet Champions

3.) North Rockland Girls Soccer
Coach Jen Czumak-Record: 20-3-0 (#10)

NYSSWA/NYSSCOGS Ranking of #4 in STATE FINAL Class AA Poll

STATE Tournament Final Four

STATE Regional Class AA Champions

Section One, Class AA Champions

Undefeated in Rockland County

Undefeated League Champions

4.) North Rockland Boys Cross Country
Coach Barry Baloga-Record: 9-0 (#1)

8th Place in FEDERATION Championships

NYSSWA Ranking of #8 in STATE Class AA Poll

2nd Place in Section One, Class AA Championships

Rockland County Champions

Undefeated in Rockland Dual Meets

Undefeated League Champions

5.) Pearl River Boys Cross Country
Coach Mike Kiernan-Record: 7-2 (Hon. Men.)

5th Place in STATE Class B Championships

NYSSWA Ranking of #5 in STATE Class B Poll

Section One Class B Championships

2nd place in Rockland County Championships

Undefeated League & Dual Meet Champions 6.) Tappan Zee Girls Cross Country
Coach Pat Driscoll-Record: 7-2 (#5)

6th Place in STATE Class A Championships

NYSSWA Ranking of #9 in STATE Class A Poll

Section One Class A Champions

2nd Place in Rockland County Championships

2nd Place in League Championships

7.) Suffern Girls Swimming & Diving
Coach Kirk Skoglund-Record: 8-0 (H.M.)

2nd Place in Section One Championships

Rockland County Champions

Undefeated League Champions

8.) Suffern Girls Tennis
Coach Bobbi Kim-Record: 13-0 (Not Ranked)

Undefeated in Rockland County

Undefeated League Champions

9.) Suffern Boys Volleyball
Coach Kim Cleary-Record: 11-1 (H.M.)

STATE Tournament Final Four

STATE Regional Class AA Champions

Section One Class AA Champions

Undefeated League Champions

10.) Nanuet Girls Cross Country
Coach Sheri Dempsey-Record: 6-3 (H.M.)
NYSSWA Ranking of #2 in STATE Class B Poll

2nd Place in Section One, Class B Championships

4th Place in Rockland County Championships

3rd Place in League Championships

11.) Suffern Girls Volleyball
Coach Sean Barnes-Record: 15-6 (#6)

Section One, Class AA Championship Game Finalist

2nd Place in League Standings

12.) North Rock Girls Volleyball
Coach Colete Pawlyk-Jurman-Record: 14-2 (HM)

Section One Playoffs, Class AA Semi-Finalist

League Champions

HONORABLE MENTION (ALPHABETICAL):
Clarkstown Girls Swimming
Coach John Edwards-Record: 6-1 (Not Ranked)

5th Place in Section One Championships

2nd Place in Rockland County Championships

2nd Place in League Standings

Clarkstown North Football
Coach Joe Trongone-Record: 6-3 (Not Ranked)

NYSSWA Honorable Mention Selection in STATE FINAL Class AA Poll

Section One Playoffs, Class AA Semi-Finalist

Undefeated League Champions
Clarkstown South Girls Soccer
Coach Tom Rolston-Record: 13-6 (Not Ranked)

Section One Playoffs, Class AA Semi-Finalist

2nd Place in League Standings
North Rockland Boys Soccer
Coach Pete McGovern-Record: 13-4 (H.M.)

Section One Playoffs, Class AA Quarter-Finalist

League Champions
Nyack Football
Coach John Castellano-Record: 6-3) (Not Ranked)

NYSSWA Honorable Mention Selection in STATE FINAL Class A Poll

Section One Playoffs, Class A Quarter-Finalist

Co-League Champions Pearl River Girls Soccer
Co-Coaches D. Gillule & L. Linehan-Record: 12-5-1 (N.R.)

Section One Playoffs, Class A Quarter-Finalist

League Champions
Suffern Boys Cross Country
Coach Joe Biddy-Record: 8-1 (#12)

NYSSWA Ranking of #25 in STATE Class AA Poll

3rd Place in Section Class AA Championships

3rd Place in Rockland County Championships

2nd Place in League Standings
Suffern Girls Field Hockey
Coach Bernadette Gannon-Record: 13-4-1 (#8)

Section One Playoffs, Class A Semi-Finalist

Undefeated League Champions

TOP 3 TEAMS IN EACH SPORT

FOOTBALL:
#1-Clarkstown North-Coach Joe Trongone
#2-Nyack-Coach John Castellano
#3-North Rockland-Coach Joe Casarella

BOYS SOCCER
#1-North Rockland-Coach Pete McGovern
#2-Ramapo-Coach Tom Heim
#3-Spring Valley-Coach Ryan Marcus

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
#1-North Rockland-Coach Barry Baloga
#2-Pearl River-Coach Mike Kiernan
#3-Suffern-Coach Joe Biddy

BOYS VOLLEYBALL
#1-Suffern-Coach Kim Cleary
#2-Clarkstown South-Coach Shelley Harrigan
#3-Clarkstown North-Coach Kerry Sullivan

FIELD HOCKEY
#1-Suffern-Coach Bernadette Gannon
#2-Nyack-Coach Cheryl Eglin
#3-Clarkstown South--Coach Jordan Turner

GIRLS SOCCER
#1-North Rockland-Coach Jennifer Czumak
#2-Clarkstown South-Coach Tom Rolston
3-Pearl River--Co-Coaches Diana Gillule & Lisa Linehan

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
#1-North Rockland-Coach Brian Diglio
#2-Pearl River-Coach Dan Doherty
#3-Tappan Zee-Coach Pat Driscoll

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
#1-Suffern-Coach Sean Barnes
#2-North Rockland-Coach Colete Pawlyk-Jurman
#3-Clarkstown North-Coach Ann Metz

GIRLS SWIMMING
#1-Suffern-Coach Kirk Skoglund
#2-Clarkstown-Coach John Edwards
#3-Tappan Zee-Coach Ray Gaffney

GIRLS TENNIS
#1-Suffern-Coach Bobbi Kim
#2-Clarkstown North-Coach Alan Schwartz

CRITERIA:
We will attempt to rate the teams on the following:
1. Weekly National Rankings by such services as ESPN Rise
2. Rely heavily on the NYSSWA Weekly Polls
3. Utilize the MSG Varsity rankings
4. Use the Journal News rankings, standings and scores
5. Use the Rockland Sports News summaries and scores
6. We can only go on the info that coaches report to both the Journal News & Rockland Sports News!

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