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October 9, 2015 | Vol. 3, Number 39 | www.harrisonreview.com Harrison REVIEW T HE TASTE OF DEFEAT A Harrison player kicks the ball during an Oct. 1 showdown with Rye. The Huskies fell to the Garnets 4-1. For more, see page 19. Photo/Bobb Begun

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October 9, 2015 | Vol. 3, Number 39 | www.harrisonreview.com

Harrison REVIEWTHE

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DEFEATA Harrison player kicks the ball

during an Oct. 1 showdown with Rye. The Huskies fell to the Garnets 4-1.

For more, see page 19. Photo/Bobb Begun

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Westchester County Ex-ecutive Rob Astorino recently joined with New York Rangers alumni Dave Maloney and Ron Greschner, New York Knicks legend Allan Houston, Friends of Westchester County Parks and the Westchester County Parks Department at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla to announce a celebration for Westchester’s Winter Wonderland.

The event will include new features including all-inclusive pricing for admission, an ex-panded ice rink sponsored by the New York Rangers, additional rides and new entertainment, shopping and food attractions.

Doubling its size from last year, the 70-foot by 90-foot rink, which is the same size as the rink at Rockefeller Center in New York City, will be called “Rang-ersTown” as a nod to the Rang-ersTown Hockey House in front of Madison Square Garden.

“We are thrilled to announce this new partnership with the New York Rangers for Winter Wonderland, which we know

will grow to become an iconic event in Westchester,” Astorino said. “In addition to the expand-ed rink, the New York Rangers will bring an exciting fan ex-perience to our festive event by incorporating exciting fan expe-rience attractions for the entire family, including photo-ops with alumni, hockey sessions and fun prizes and giveaways.”

Westchester’s Winter Won-derland will take place at Ken-sico Dam Plaza in Valhalla, will open the Friday after Thanks-giving, Nov. 27, and will run through Sunday, Jan. 3. From Nov. 27 through Dec. 20, the event will be open on Fridays and Saturdays from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Sundays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Starting on Dec. 21, the program will be open weekdays and Sundays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

To add to the fan experience, the New York Rangers will pro-vide special perks each Friday, Saturday and Sunday night for guests to enjoy, including:

• Try Hockey for Free ses-sion: The Rangers will help open Westchester’s Winter Won-derland on Friday, Nov. 27, with a special Try Hockey for Free session, which will include ac-cess to free loaner equipment. Kids will receive a free Rangers hockey stick in addition to skat-ing with and meeting New York Rangers alumni.

• Photo opportunities: Guests will be able to take photographs on the New York Rangers Player Bench, framed by the six-foot “RangersTown” letters sign. Blueshirts United brand ambas-sadors will be on-site to greet at-tendees and help them take and share photos on their social me-dia pages. As skaters make their way to the rink, they will be able to stop and take a picture with their favorite Rangers’ life-size cutouts, which will flank the en-try to the ice.

• Appearances by current and former New York Rangers: For-mer Ranger greats will make weekly appearances to ice skate, take photos and sign autographs

Winter Wonderland preps for season

with guests, and current Rangers will appear on a select date to surprise attendees.

• Road Tour NYRv: The New York Rangers’ field marketing vehicle and mobile brand expe-rience will be on-site to provide fans with even more interactive attractions.

“We are delighted to be part-nering with the Friends of West-chester Parks to help put togeth-er this remarkable initiative for the community of Westchester,” said Janet Duch, senior vice president of marketing at MSG Sports. “The Rangers, Knicks, Liberty and of course the West-chester Knicks have strong ties to Westchester County and we look forward to continuing our growing relationship with the

community through events such as Westchester’s Winter Won-derland.”

Other new features to West-chester’s Winter Wonderland include the Santa experience, The Wonderland Express, Win-ter Hay Rides, a 24-foot Christ-mas tree with lights and a new candy cane forest lights at the entrance.

“Westchester’s Winter Won-derland helps families cre-ate a holiday tradition close to home,” said Joanne Fernandez, board chair for Friends of West-chester County Parks. “We are thrilled to be hosting our sec-ond annual winter event. This one-of-a-kind experience cel-ebrates the spirit of the season with holiday lights, amusement

rides, a shopping village, food, an ice skating rink and a memo-rable holiday experience for the entire family.”

The festive event will elec-trify the holiday season with hundreds of thousands of LED lights set to a one-hour-long con-tinuous show choreographed to holiday music, an outdoor recre-ational ice skating rink, boutique vendors, amusement rides and a heated indoor dining tent offer-ing a variety of local food trucks and a full bar.

Tickets for the event can be purchased by visiting winter-wonderland.com. Adult and child tickets cost $15 and are all-inclusive, except for food and vendor shopping, and children 5 and under are free. (Submitted)

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Boo at the Zoo, New York City’s go-to family-friendly Hal-loween destination, returns to the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo for five weekends in October, beginning on Satur-day, Oct. 3 and running through Sunday, Nov. 1. This year’s Boo at the Zoo activities are themed around animal behaviors and “Mystery and Mischief” of the world of wildlife.

All attractions and activities will embrace the spirit of the sea-son while highlighting wildlife and conservation. Annual favor-ites including the hay maze, gi-ant pumpkin carving demos, cos-tume parades, magic and more will return with some additional Halloween surprises. Jack O ‘Lantern Illumination, an eerie

walk-through experience spon-sored by Goosebumps, will take over the exhibits in the former World of Darkness building, cre-ating a one-of-a-kind illuminated Halloween display. Entertain-ment will include encore perfor-mances from Boo at the Zoo fa-vorite, magician David Levitan.

For the social media-savvy, the Bronx Zoo and Budget Trav-el will co-host an InstaMeet on Saturday, Oct. 3 and Sunday, Oct. 4 in honor of the 12th World Wide InstaMeet Weekend, a cel-ebration of Instagram’s diverse, global community and an oppor-tunity to meet other Instagram photographers in beautiful set-tings like the Bronx Zoo.

All Boo at the Zoo activities are included with the price of

general admission with the ex-ception of the Jack O’Lantern Illumination which is included with the Total Experience Ticket.

Visit bronxzoo.com/boo for a complete schedule of dates, per-formances and activities.

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekends from April to October from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and weekends from November to March from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Adult gen-eral admission is $16.95; chil-dren ages 3 to 12, $12.95; ad-mission for children under 3 is free; and admission for seniors ages 65 and older is $14.95. Parking is $16 for cars and $20 for buses. (Submitted)

Bronx Zoo gears up for a spooktacular season

By SARAh vARNeyStaff Writer

According to one local may-or, Westchester County officials have reneged on a February pledge to help Rye and Mama-roneck decrease the deer popula-tion by taking advantage of the current bow-hunting season.

In a Sept. 30 letter Rye City Mayor Joe Sack, a Republican, received from the county, Dep-uty County Executive Kevin Plunkett said the two municipal-ities must first submit their deer management strategies in order to gain help from the New York State Department of Environ-mental Conservation for either a cull or a bow-hunting operation. Because the municipalities have not done so, Plunkett added that the county cannot move ahead with any plan assisting Rye and Mamaroneck without an accept-able strategy in place.

Needless to say, Sack wasn’t happy with the county’s response.

“‘Screw you. Do it yourself,’ that’s what they told us, in ef-

County-sanctioned deer hunt offfect,” Sack told the Review this week. “They went back on their word.” Sack indicated that the City of Rye might pursue a strat-egy employing a private compa-ny to cull the deer.

In February, the mayors sent a joint letter to John Baker, Westchester County’s director of conservation, requesting per-mission to trigger a Deer Man-agement Assistance Plan using the DEC. Under this program, the DEC can put together a team of certified bowhunters that will hunt deer during certain hours on specific days. A recent count of area deer estimated 274 deer per quarter square mile, a num-ber that is believed to be grow-ing fast.

At a Sept. 25 deer forum in Mamaroneck, Sack expressed his frustration with the county’s delay in addressing the issue. Bowhunting season runs from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31.

But there’s more to it than simply requesting a deer inter-vention, according to Peter Tar-taglia, deputy commissioner of Westchester Parks, Recreation

and Conservation. Municipali-ties must convince neighboring cities and villages to support the decision.

Tartaglia stressed that any strategy that includes hunting will not work without regional partnerships in place. He add-ed that within the city limits, a DMAP proposal should include permission from areas neigh-boring county lands that would serve as hunting grounds.

The key is to create a region-al partnership in which all par-ties would participate in a hunt on the same days and times. If the program isn’t created with the assistance of regional part-ners, a hunt won’t work because the deer will simply cross into a safe parcel of land or even large yards.

Tartaglia said the county hopes to see a complete plan from the joint Rye-Mamaroneck group by Oct. 15 but neither mayor is interested in working on such a plan.

According to Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Norman Rosenblum, a Republican, the

village will head back to the drawing board.

“This [reply from the county] strengthens my opinion that we need to do this on the local lev-el. The main thing is not to stick our heads in the sand,” he said.

Rosenblum added that plans using sterilization and a hunt-ing program sponsored by pri-vate landowners would both be worth exploring further.

Without DEC involvement, deer hunting could only take

place on private property with licensed hunters. Sack indicat-ed that he would pursue a pri-vate solution with landowners in Rye.

CONTACT: [email protected]

After a recent deer forum in Mamaroneck, where elected officials expressed the desire to see a hunting program implemented to combat the deer population, Westchester County officials said they wouldn’t authorize such an idea without further strategy in place. Contributed photo

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What’s going on...no registration required.

Wiggle and Giggle The West Harrison library will be hosting

their monthly Wiggle and Giggle event with Dawny Dew on Tuesday, Oct. 13 from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for children ages six months to 6 years old, no registration required.

Fall wreathsThe West Harrison library will be hosting a

fall wreath craft session for adults on Friday, Oct. 16 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Supplies will be provided. Space is limited and registration is required. For more information or to register, call 948-2092.

Harrison RecreationColumbus Day celebration

Harrison Recreation will be hosting their 37th annual “It’s Great to Live in Harrison” Columbus Day Celebration from Saturday, Oct. 10 through Monday, Oct. 12. The cel-ebration will kick off with fireworks at the West Harrison Firehouse on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. There will be a police depart-ment open house at 650 North St. Police De-partment on Sunday, Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The celebration will end with a pa-rade and festival at Riis Park on Monday, Oct. 12 at 10 a.m. All events are free and open to the public.

Harrison library events Halloween Window Painting Contest Harrison Recreation will be hosting their an-

nual Halloween window painting contest in three categories: individual, family and team on Sunday, Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Business Dis-tricts. In the event of rain, the contest will be post-poned to Sunday, Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event is open to children from kinder-garten through grade 8, Harrison residents only. Participation fees are $10 per person, and checks can be made payable to the Town/Village of Har-rison. Registration ends on Friday, Oct. 9.

Junior Civil EngineeringBuilding a house to withstand the Big, Bad Wolf

is where the fun begins. This class is centered on exploring the concepts of building and construc-tion through hands-on exploration and design. Stu-dents explore the engineering behind skyscrapers, bridges, roads and more. Mondays through Nov. 23 for pre-K to grade two from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building, 218 Hal-stead Ave. Fee: $175 including supplies. To regis-ter, visit engineeringforkids.net/westchester.

Aerospace EngineeringStudents use the engineering design process to

design, create, test and refine a variety of flying machines. Mondays through Nov. 23 for grades three through eight from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Veteran Memorial Building, 218 Halstead Ave. Fee: $175 including supplies. To register, visit engineeringforkids.net/westchester.

Purchase CollegeVertigo Dance Company

Noa Wertheim and Adi Sha’al present their first professional collaboration, a short duet, “Ver-tigo,” on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. in Purchase College’s Performing Arts Center. “Vertigo” ex-plores the powerful connections that exist with-in society, art and the environment, and seeks to bring audiences closer through movement. Ticket prices range from $35 to $50. For more informa-tion or to purchase tickets, call 251-6200.

Orpheus Chamber OrchestraThe Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will per-

form a celebratory program of German roman-ticism, featuring award-winning soloists, cellist Jan Vogler and violinist Mira Wang, on Sunday, Oct. 11 at 3 p.m. in Purchase College’s Per-forming Arts Center. Ticket prices range from $50 to $85. For more information or to pur-chase tickets, call 251-6200.

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

The second season of The Chamber Music So-ciety of Lincoln Center’s residency will kick off with a concert celebrating the chamber music rep-ertoire on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. at Purchase College’s Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $50 per person. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 251-6200.

The Westchester PhilharmonicThe Westchester Philharmonic will kick off its

33rd season with a concert conducted by Jaime Laredo on Sunday, Oct. 18 at 3 p.m. at Purchase

College’s Performing Arts Center. Ticket prices range from $30 to $97. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 251-6200.

Scarsdale Medical GroupMeditation sessions

Scarsdale Medical Group will be holding a se-ries of hour-long meditation sessions joined by Dr. Catherine Isaac. The sessions will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 11 a.m. Dr. Isaac will be teaching a variety of meditation techniques and engaging participants in a dia-logue about mindful living. The events are open to people of all meditation levels. Fees are $30 per session with advanced registration or $35 at the door. For more information or to register, visit scarsdalemedical.com/meditation.

Manhattanville College

Lead with DistinctionManhattanville College will be holding a series

of workshops and networking events called “Lead with Distinction: Women’s Leadership Certificate Program” throughout the fall semester. The workshop “Lead from the Inside Out: Find the Fire that Lights the Way to Success” will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 28 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and the networking event “Bold Presentation Skills: Developing Executive Presence, Confidence and Influence” will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 28 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. For more information or to register for the events, visit community.mville.edu/msb.

“The Diary of Anne Frank”Manhattanville College will be producing a per-

formance of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” directed by Carol Fox Prescott, from Thursday, Oct. 15 through Saturday, Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. on the college site. Tickets are $5 for Manhattanville students and $10 for the general public. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 323-7175.

Literacy SymposiumManhattanville College’s School of Education,

in partnership with Jacob Burns Film Center, will be holding their second annual Literacy Sympo-sium focusing on the power of media in today’s classrooms, on Saturday, Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on the college site. The event will include en-gaging and interactive workshops designed to help teachers in grades Pre-K to 12 infuse media educa-tion, technology and visual literacy into their core-aligned classrooms. Tickets are $15 for Manhattan-ville students and $25 for the general public. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit sites.google.com/site/mvillesoeliteracysymposium/mville-soe-literacy-symposium.

Check out events and programs at harrison pl.org.

Hours for Richard E. Halperin Memorial Li-brary Building at 2 Bruce Ave.: Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Tuesdays, Thurs-days, Fridays and Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Sundays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Hours for West Harrison branch at 2 Madi-son St.: Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sat-urdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed on Sundays. Both libraries will be closed on Monday, Oct. 12 for Columbus Day.

Saturday Storytime and Craft

The West Harrison library will be hosting Saturday storytime and craft sessions with volunteers from Manhattanville College every Saturday at 10:30 a.m. for children ages 3 to 5,

Deadline for our What’s Going On section is every Thursday at noon. Though space is not guaranteed, we will do our best to accommodate your listing. Please send

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By JAmeS PeROStaff Writer

Honored, a little moved, and slightly freaked out: that’s how Manhola Dargis, the New York Times’ chief film critic and SUNY Purchase graduate, felt taking the stage at Purchase’s Performing Arts Center, where she and a distinguished troupe of panelists discussed the role of the modern critic.

“I’m trying to remember the last time I was actually on campus; I think I saw some plays here, and I think I saw Glenn Branca here,” she told the audience. “Anyway, I’m not going to take you down memory lane. What I’m going to do tonight is talk to three of the smartest people I know.”

The people to whom Dar-gis was referring were three fellow critics: Wesley Morris, staff writer at Grantland; Em-ily Nussbaum, television critic at The New Yorker; and Amy Taubin, contributing editor at the British Sight and Sound.

For the modestly-sized audi-ence, the objective of the Sept. 28

Panel discusses ‘crisis in criticism’lecture was to illuminate the role of the critic in today’s media land-scape. In the fashion of any good writer, they opted mostly to show rather than tell by meandering through topics ranging from the evolution of television to the rise of online comment sections, occa-sionally descending into spirited discussions about quality content in the world of film and TV— an occupational hazard for three of the country’s most prominent media critics.

One of the longest and most in-depth discussions of the night centered on what all four critics acknowledged was a growing “crisis in criticism,” the dynam-ics of which are affected by the very industries that critics cover.

“About ten years ago, there was a lot of discussion about a ‘crisis in criticism,’” Dargis said. “But you don’t hear that much anymore, because I think in a lot ways we started to realize that the crisis was not so much in criticism, but that the crisis was really in journalism.”

The panelists explained that with the rapid decline in print

journalism and therefore wide-spread layoffs, establishment jobs—like the ones occupied by Nussbaum and the like—are in-creasingly harder to come by.

Nussbaum, referring to an interview for Rookie magazine in which she outlined the rather grim prospects of rising to a job like hers one day, was only in-terrupted by a brief interjection from Dargis who took a min-ute to veer the coversation clear of gloom.

“How are we [not] bumming you out?” Dargis said to an au-dience rife with journalism stu-dents. “I am so sorry.”

Inversely, while critic jobs—at least ones that pay a proper salary—dwindle, the amount of movies and television shows re-leased continue to barrel through the roof.

“Now, the New York Film Festival had 3,000 features apply for 26 slots, most of them being first-time features,” Taubin said. “At the same time, where there are fewer and fewer places to write cultural criticism where you can get paid, the amount of

stuff being made has gone up tenfold.”

Dargis, who during the early 2000s was the chief critic for the L.A. Times, told the audience that during her tenure at the L.A. Times there were approximately 1,200 employees, and now there are just 600.

Newsrooms around the coun-try have gone through a similar shift. According to CNN Money, the New York Times’ headcount had shrunk by half between 2009 and 2014, and Dargis said, at least in regard to cuts at L.A. Times crit-ics were often the first to go.

This cut in employment and spike in the amount of films and television shows being re-

leased—the latter of which can be summed by a 1,000 percent increase in scripted shows for cable since 1999, according to Variety—has led to an unavoid-able blind spot in coverage.

“Fifteen years ago there were about 400 movies [that] opened up in New York City,” Dargis said, adding that fellow chief critic at The New York Times, A.O. Scott, started keeping track. “A couple years ago, the number climbed to 600, and then 700, and then it was 800. I mean, ev-ery year it was another hundred movies…Last year it was 1,000.”

Dargis went on to explain that because of the influx coupled with the decline in staff, The

New York Times, which had tra-ditionally reviewed every movie opening up in New York, had to begin capping.

For both the publications and the critics themselves, these new dynamics are a problem that re-mains to be solved.

“You want people to see mov-ies that don’t have $200 million budgets. You want people to see movies that don’t have wall-to-wall commercials. You want people to see something besides a Michael Bay movie,” Dargis said. “How are people supposed to make choices when there are so many choices?”

CONTACT: [email protected]

Some of the country’s most prolific media critics took the stage at Purchase College to discuss the role of today’s modern critic. From left, Manhola Dargis, Wesley Morris, Emily Nussbaum and Amy Taubin.Photo/James Pero

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hounds take to harbor Island Park

WCBS FM 101.1’s Scott Shannon hosts the Hounds on the Sound event in Mamaroneck. Photos/Bobby Begun

At the obstacle course, Cookie jumps over a hurdle. Hounds on the Sound was being held as a fundraiser in Mamaroneck’s Harbor Island Park.

With a goal of raising enough money to help support various rescue agencies, the event turned out to be a great day.

Radio DJ Scott Shannon cuts the ribbon to kick off the Hounds of the Sound Walk.

Chandler, a grand marshal of the event, is excited to accept his medallion.

An obstacle course was available to check out each dog’s agility and endurance.

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2015 Preview

On Saturday, Oct. 10, the Harrison and Rye football teams take to the gridiron for the latest installment of the long-running rivalry game. Check inside for a preview of “The Game.” Photo/Bobby Begun

Saturday Oct.10

11 a.m.Harrison High SchoolMcGillicuddy Stadium

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By mIKe SmIThSports Editor

There’s an old adage in sports that says when it comes to ri-valry games, you can throw a team’s record right out of the window. While it might not al-ways ring true, there is a certain wisdom to it.

On Oct. 10, the Harrison Hus-kies head into their annual show-down with Rye, hoping that re-cent history won’t account for much as they look to hand the Garnets their first loss of the 2015 season.

It’s been something of an up-and-down season so far for the 3-2 Huskies. They’ve shown flashes of brilliance, including a 47-7 win over Pelham on Oct. 3, but they’ve also been dealt some hard-luck losses, like an over-time defeat at the hands of Pearl River.

If they can topple the Garnets on Saturday, however, it would be difficult to qualify this season as anything other than a success.

No use in predictions

On Oct. 10, the Harrison Huskies and the Rye Garnets will square off in their annual rivalry game. Sports Editor Mike Smith believes that when it comes to handicapping the game, all bets are off. Photo/Bobby Begun

When I started on the job in 2007, I remember speak-ing to Rye standout Kyle Ram-alho, who put the Harrison-Rye game—long thought of as the premier rivalry game in New York—into perspective.

The hard-running Ramalho told me that when graduates came back to visit Rye High School, it didn’t matter if the current group of Garnets had won a state title; the only thing anyone cared about was if they’d beaten Harrison.

Obviously, one game doesn’t make or break the season for the select few who take to the grid-iron each weekend. But when you see how invested each town is in the game’s outcome, it’s readily apparent that this game means more than just a simple mark in the win column.

The pomp, the pageantry and the community pride on display during “The Game” far surpass-es anything else in local athlet-ics. Even if both squads were 0-5 heading into this week’s match-

up, there would still be thou-sands of fans eager to descend upon McGillicuddy Stadium to cheer on their respective teams.

With so much emotion in the air, it’s no surprise that both teams routinely raise their games when they line up across the field from each other. It’s a true big game atmosphere, something that these players—even if they play at the next lev-el—are unlikely to ever experi-ence again.

Will Rye recapture their of-fensive mojo and roll over their hosts on Saturday? Have the Huskies found their stride af-ter pummeling the Pelicans last week?

That’s the great thing about “The Game,” you really never know.

The only prediction I feel comfortable enough to make is that it’s going to be one heck of a turnout.

Follow Mike on Twitter @LiveMike_Sports

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October 9, 2015 • The hARRISON RevIew • 9winners OF “THe game”Y e a r w i n n e r s c O r e Y e a r w i n n e r s c O r e

1929 harrison 13 - 7 1955 Rye 18 - 14

1930 harrison 16 - 0 1956 harrison 20 - 8

1931 harrison 7 - 0 1957 Rye 7 - 0

1932 harrison 7 - 0 1958 harrison 7 - 0

1933 Rye 12 - 7 1959 harrison 7 - 0

1934 – 36 Games suspended 1960 harrison 27 - 20

1937 harrison 6 - 0 1961 harrison 20 - 3

1938 Tie 12 - 12 1962 harrison 16 - 14

1939 Rye 7 - 0 1963 harrison 35 - 15

1940 harrison 18 - 0 1964 harrison 13 - 0

1941 harrison 20 - 7 1965 harrison 19 - 0

1942 Rye 39 - 0 1966 Rye 24 - 6

1943 Rye 9 - 0 1967 Rye 30 - 9

1944 Rye 28 - 0 1968 Rye 7 - 0

1945 Rye 16 - 0 1969 Rye 15 - 12

1946 harrison 13 - 6 1970 harrison 6 - 0

1947 harrison 20 - 7 1971 Rye 33 - 13

1948 Tie 12 - 12 1972 Rye 22 - 0

1949 harrison 27 - 6 1973 harrison 16 - 8

1950 harrison 40 - 6 1974 harrison 6 - 0

1951 Rye 13 - 7 1975 harrison 24 - 7

1952 Rye 6 - 0 1976 harrison 10 - 6

1953 Rye 38 - 0 1977 harrison 28 - 12

1954 Rye 45 - 0 1978 harrison 29 - 13

Y e a r w i n n e r s c O r e Y e a r w i n n e r s c O r e

1979 harrison 13 - 12 1996 Rye 7 - 0

1980 Rye 26 - 7 1997 harrison 28 - 0

1981 Rye 39 - 0 1998 harrison 42 - 7

1982 Rye 26 - 13 1999 harrison 48 - 7

1983 Rye 20 - 0 2000 Rye 39 - 12

1984 harrison 13 - 7 2001 harrison 28 - 7

1985 Rye 41 - 7 2002* harrison 31 - 7

1986 Rye 27 - 7 2002** harrison 35 - 15

1987 harrison 20 - 0 2003* Rye 21 - 7

1988 harrison 27 - 0 2003** Rye 22 - 15

1989 harrison 27 - 0 2004 Not Scheduled

1990 Rye 13 - 6 2005 Rye 14 - 0

1991 harrison 31 - 0 2006 Rye 19 - 18

1992 Tie 0 - 0 2007 Rye 27 - 7

1993 harrison 6 - 0 2008 Rye 28 - 3

1994 Rye 3 - 0 2009 Rye 21 - 7

1995 harrison 2 - 0 2010 Rye 21 -20

2011 Rye 17-7

2012 harrison 21-0

2013 Rye 8-2

2014 Rye 24-13

* Regular season, ** Sectional Playoff Semifinal

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Game at a GlanceRye GaRnets RosteR

Coach: Dino GarrHaRRIson HUsKIes RosteR

Coach: Dom Zanot# Name PositioN

2 Alec Miranda WR/DB

3 Mat Bruno QB/LB

5 Tyler Reno WR/DB

7 Jack Breitenbach WR/DB

10 Tim Hale WR/DB

11 Aidan Lavelle WR/DB

12 TJ Lavelle QB/DB

20 James Jardine TE/LB

21 Jack McSweeney WR/DB

22 Will Hynson WR/DB

24 Dom Guarnieri WR/DB

25 Bert Oberlander WR/DB

30 Jamie Clark RB/LB

32 Giorgi Kapanadze WR/DB

33 Brendan Fox WR/DB

35 Jackson Pollard WR/DB

41 Paul Devlin TE/DL

42 Drake Turcotte TE/LB

44 Chris Petersen WR/DB

48 Chase Pratt RB/LB

50 Dylan Fisher OL/DL

51 Cameron Kramer OL/DL

52 Will Gladstone OL/DL

55 Will Steel OL/DL

60 Jahill Ricketts OL/DL

61 Jack Goldstein OL/LB

64 Dusty Mion OL/DL

70 Patrick Hull OL/DL

72 Ian George OL/DL

75 Miles Giordano OL/DL

76 Jesse Minor OL/DL

77 Shane Concavage OL/DL

81 Brett Egan WR/LB

84 Santi Mascolo TE/LB

88 Chris Kovacs WR/DB

Chase Pratt drags a Somers defender into the end zone for a score. Pratt has been a force on both sides of the ball this year.

TJ Lavelle throws a pass in the Garnets’ season opener on Sept. 5. Photos/Mike Smith

Michael Nannariello eludes a tackler against Eastchester early in the season. Nannariello is hoping to lead Harrison to victory against the Garnets.

Offense

Coming into the season, many people wondered how the Garnets’ offense would fare after losing a heap of key seniors to graduation. And through five games, they’ve proven that they are still one of the most explosive teams in the section. The Garnets have gotten good play from both TJ Lavelle and Mat Bruno under center, and feature a versatile group of backs and receivers led by the likes of Chase Pratt, Santi Mascolo and Brett Egan. In their first four contests, the Garnets have av-eraged 33 points per game, but their Oct. 2 showdown with Lourdes proved a differ-

ent beast entirely. In a rain-soaked game, the Gar-

nets used Pratt as a workhorse as they grinded their way to a 13-7 win. Pratt finished with 27 car-ries on the evening, amassing 128 yards.

Harrison, on the other hand, seems to finally be hitting its stride on the offensive end. After being shut down in the second half of a Week 1 loss to Eastchester, the Huskies have hung big num-bers on the scoreboard, culminat-ing in a 47-7 win over Pelham on Oct. 2. Michael Nannariello has emerged as a solid quarterback this year and Zach Evans, who had a touchdown grab against the Peli-cans, has become one of his favor-ite targets. Jack Witte has proved that he has the ability to break big plays as well.

Defense

For as good as Rye’s offense has been, the Garnets have made their bones this year as a defensive-ly-minded team. They’ve gotten good play from a line anchored by Patrick Hull, and have no shortage of defensive playmakers, including Bruno and Pratt. Rye’s best game perhaps was against Yorktown, in which they held standout run-ning back Nick Santavicca to just 44 yards. Twice this season, the Garnet defense has held the opposition to single-digits in points and they will look to do it again on Oct. 10.

Harrison’s defense has found itself in some shootouts this season, so they should be well test-ed for the pressure that comes with “The Game.” After seeing a late lead evaporate against Pearl River in Week 3, the Hus-kies bounced back on Oct. 2 when they held Pelham to just 7 points. Although Rye may not throw the ball as much as it has in years past, the Huskies should be prepared to cover receivers downfield. They have had some experience with elite receivers this year and did a solid job holding Eastchester wideout Andrew Schultz in check in their season opener. Zach Evans, who matched up with the big receiver for much of the game, only allowed Schultz to make two catches on the day.

# Name PositioN

2 Jared Silber RB/DB

3 Jake DiFalco SE/DB

4 A.J. Lovallo RB/LB

6 Kerby Jean-Charles RB/DB

7 Michael Nannariello QB/DB

11 Anthony Tiso SE/DB

17 Jake Ullerick RB/DE

18 Thomas Gresham QB/DB

19 Antonio Correia SE/DE

20 Nahuel Aguirre RB/DB

21 Lucca Siqueira RB/LB

22 Jack Witte RB/QB/DB

23 Zach Evans RB/DB

24 Matt Rossi RB/DB

26 Doug Dorado RB/LB

29 James Puglise SE/DB

30 Kyle Stalteri RB/LB

34 Paul Guimaraes RB/DE

45 Austin Evans RB/DE

50 Anthony Forgione OL/DE

52 Justin Ferraro OL/DL

53 Connor Gates OL/LB

54 Eddie Cacsire OL/DL

55 Chris Viscogliosi OL/DE

56 Michael Bajramoski OL/DL

58 Sonny LoFranco OL/LB

60 Jordan Salem OL/DL

62 Robert Palmieri OL/DL

63 Andrew Hirsh OL/DE

64 Chris Gunderson OL/LB

65 Robert Donohue OL/LB

66 Alex Fameli OL/DL

68 Harry Witte OL/DL

70 Derrick Infante OL/DE

72 Sebastian Prado OL/DL

74 Zef Djurasevic OL/DL

75 Julius Toplak OL/DL

81 Stephen Windisch SE/DB

88 Michael Maida SE/DB

89 AJ Magee SE/DB

Antonio Correia fights off a tackler on Sept. 4. Photos/Bobby Begun

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Graduating from the school of hard knocks

Partygoers at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice nib-bled on spinach puffs and sipped their wine one Sunday night. Men in suits chatted with ladies in cocktail dresses. The presi-dent of the college, Jeremy Tra-vis, took to the podium, thanked them for attending, and said he had just one word to describe their goal: wimpy.

What?! The entire room erupted in

cheers. “Yes!” Time to dream bigger. Dream huge! Dream of getting even more human beings out of their prison cells and back to glorious, everyday life—just like them.

This was the graduation gala for JustLeadershipUSA, a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching formerly-incarcerated people the leadership skills they need to change America’s love affair with prison. The group’s official goal is “half by 2030” (#halfby2030), which refers to cutting the prison population by 50 percent in the next 15 years. That’s the goal President Travis declared wimpy.

We may not think of our-selves as a vindictive country, but consider his point: even get-ting us back to the incarceration rate of 1972—hardly ancient history—would require an 80 percent reduction in the number of Americans in prison today. That’s how overboard we’ve gone when it comes to putting people in prison cells.

The 19 JustLeadershipUSA fellows who’d just finished the year-long course had been cho-sen out of 117 applicants nation-wide—all former prisoners—on

the basis of the good they’d been doing since being released.

Ronald Simpson-Bey spent 27 years behind bars in Michi-gan until his sentence was re-versed for “prosecutorial mis-conduct,” including using inad-missible evidence and false tes-timony against him. Long story short, he was one of four people involved in an armed robbery. Two testified against him and got out after two years, and one is still serving time.

Once released, he started a letter-writing campaign to long-term prisoners to help them ad-just a little better if and when they got out. But even while in prison, Simpson-Bey had been a leader. He raised $5,000 for the Special Olympics. He stud-ied law and helped other pris-oners with their appeals. And every year, he held a Kwanzaa ceremony, and gave a copy of the book that changed his life—”Visions for Black Men” by Na’im Akbar—to the youngest prisoner present.

Many of those young men are still in touch with him, along with eight prisoners he helped get out—all on mistrials. But when I ask, “What’s the best thing you ever did?” none of those are it.

The best thing began on Fa-ther’s Day in 2001. Simpson-Bey’s only son, Ronald Jr., 21, called the prison that morning to say he was coming by to celebrate.

The day got later and later—no son.

At last, Simpson-Bey was called to the phone. Ronald Jr. had been shot. He was dead.

The murderer was a boy of 14. Simpson-Bey knew exactly what would happen to him if the boy were tried as an adult and found guilty of pre-meditated murder: life in prison without parole.

From his cell, he begged for the boy to be tried as a juvenile.

The young man served seven years and is now out—and still in touch with Simpson-Bey.

It’s no surprise Simpson-Bey was chosen for the JustLeader-shipUSA program, because the organization believes that long sentences, “three strikes,” and the war on drugs are all squan-dering the human potential of en-tire generations.

Glenn E. Martin, the group’s founder and president, spent six years in New York state prisons himself, and insists that “those closest to the problem are clos-est to the solution.” That’s why the other fellows included Bill Cobb, a Philadelphia man who lost job after job because of his record, now fighting for the employment rights of ex-offenders; and Khalil Cum-berbach, a young man from Queens who spent most of his 20s in prison. Now he’s 33, a dad, and employed at the Le-gal Action Center helping oth-ers with criminal histories turn their lives around.

The lesson Cumberbach learned through JustLeadershipUSA is one that I came home and told my own son: “Understand that every-thing you do has consequences, and these can be good or bad.” The armed robbery Cumberbach committed could have had good consequences—easy money, no issues—but more likely, bad consequences.

Which there were.At the party, the consequenc-

es of the fellowship were easy to see: family members crying for joy. Donors dabbing their eyes. A college president urging them to dream even bigger.

And not a wimp in the house.

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Discovering yourself and what’s office-appropriate

Dear Tonia:I am 25 and haven’t figured

out which direction to take in my life, so I decided to go to another country like Thailand or Vietnam and teach English for six months. There are some great English as a Second Lan-guage, ESL, programs I found out about and I feel that I’ll be able to grow and evolve from an experience like this.

My mom is really upset that I am going abroad because she feels it’s not safe, but realistical-ly, it’s not safe anywhere, really. Lots of people my age are going. I love my mom and don’t want to upset her or make her feel bad, but I’m going. How do I con-vince her that I’ll be okay?

B.S., Rye

Dear B.S.:Your question hits a sensitive

spot for me, as my son did the exact same thing. Of course your mom is worried, just like any mother would be. Tell her what you are thinking and feeling, and what you hope to get out of the experience. Assure her that you will Skype or FaceTime her of-ten so she can see that you’re OK, and invite her to come visit you halfway through your stay. Then hug and kiss her, and tell her that everything is going to be alright.

This is a great opportunity for you to find out more about your-self, what will make you happy, what you are passionate about and what your purpose in life is. It seems like you have a good head on your shoulders and that you do have a direction. Follow your heart.

It’s hard for mothers to let go of their children. You will better understand this if you choose to have children. Good parents give their children roots and wings: roots to know where home is, and wings to fly off and practice what has been taught to them.

Oh, and by the way, it turned out to be an amazing experience for my son. Priceless.

Dear Tonia:What’s too sexy for the office?F.V., Larchmont

Dear F.V.:Many people today are inap-

propriately dressed for work. I see outfits some women wear, and can’t help wondering what they wear to go clubbing if that’s what they wear for work.

Stretch for the ceiling. If your belly shows, don’t wear it. Cleavage: if it’s too close to your face, it’s infinitely distract-ing. Not only are the men look-ing, but so are the women and they are not as impressed. Legs are the most powerful and saf-est way to suggest sexy without overdoing it. The most flattering and appropriate length is some-where between an inch or two

above the knee. If you go short-er, wear a lower heel. A sexy pair of high heels make your legs look long and thin. Shoes are a great way to play with col-or and style.

There’s nothing sexier than a confident women who ob-viously takes care of herself. Charm and beauty gets noticed. A classy, smart woman radiates strength, gets recognized and is remembered.

Dear Tonia:I have dry, scaly elbows that

look terrible so I always wear long sleeves. I’ve tried creams but nothing seems to work. I would like to be able to wear short sleeves. Any suggestions?

P.G., Mamaroneck

Dear P.G.:Your elbows will look and

feel better after a few treatments with this regimen: mix baking soda and lemon juice to make an abrasive paste. Then rub the paste onto your elbows for a soothing, smoothing and exfo-liating treatment. Continue the process for a few days. If your elbows are calloused, try a cal-lous remover.

Tonia Tagliaferro is a fashion stylist. For questions and advice, you can contact her at [email protected].

And for more information, visit artofdressing.net.

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live MiKeMike Smith

Postseason baseball—espe-cially when one’s team is out of contention—can acquaint a man with strange bedfellows. Maybe that can account for why I spent my Tuesday night watching the Yankees’ Wild Card game in a Red Sox bar with a bunch of Phillies fans.

But I have to admit, watching the Bombers end their season on a three-hit performance with a room full of rabid anti-fans didn’t give me the sort of rush I was looking for. In fact, I kind of found myself feeling bad for the Yankees.

Well, almost. As you may have gleaned

from previous columns, I hate the Yankees. But watching Tues-day’s game, seeing the few Yan-kees fans in attendance cringe and groan each time A-Rod

Looking for a villainchased a ball out of the zone, I couldn’t help but feel at least a twinge of sympathy.

Part of it stems from the fact that this 2015 team wasn’t your typical Yankees squad. Big money and free agents? Jacoby Ellsbury and his $150 million were on the bench for much of the night.

Instead, the lineup was filled with promising newcomers like Rob Refsnyder and Greg Bird. But as well as these new play-ers—especially Bird—acquitted themselves during the season, seeing them flailing at sharp offer-ings from Dallas Keuchel all night was a definite letdown, especially for fans like me who hoped to see a little more firepower from a club that has lived and died by the longball this season.

Now don’t get me wrong. These Astros, especially when

Keuchel is on the mound, are an intriguing bunch. With guys like Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve and

“El Oso Blanco” Evan Gattis out there, they’ve got enough per-sonality—and lumber—to hold anyone’s interest for a long post-season run. But in the days lead-ing up to the game, my father, a Mets fan who loathes the Yan-kees, brought up a good point. He was hoping for a Yankee win on Tuesday for one reason: the longer the Yankees stuck around in the playoffs, the longer he’d have a team to root against.

A quick look at the teams left standing doesn’t offer much in the way of pure villains. Sure, the Cardinals are essentially the Yankees of the National League, but the Pirates? The Cubs? The Rangers? It’s tough to find a rea-son to root against these squads.

That is, unless they’re playing the Mets.

Then I’m sure I’ll find a reason.

Follow Mike on Twitter @LiveMike_Sports

With the Yankees officially out of the 2015 postseason, Sports Editor Mike Smith is looking for another team to root against. Photo courtesy MLB.com

Wait! What? Yep, according to a recent blog post from Exam-iner.com, “Nearly 20 percent of Common App members won’t require personal statements next year.”

But before you get your hopes up, members of high school graduating class of 2016—yes, this fall—should know about changes to the essay guidelines on the Common Application.

Most of the changes have more to do with damage control than making students’ lives eas-ier. The Common App is still at-tempting to recover from the de-bacle it created when it ditched its previous format three years ago for the current, still hope-lessly lame one.

That’s when the essay ceased to be uploadable. Also gone: the short “describe a significant activity” essay that was quite a nice way to breathe life into the Common App’s claustrophobic activity grid.

The problem was, for more than 500 colleges, the Common Application had become their only application. Now, without warning, it had become a deeply flawed cartel. Colleges began to head for the exits in search of the more user-friendly applications of competitors.

That was when the Common Application began to notice all the newly desirable public uni-versities that did not require their applicants to write an es-say. This year finds the Common App’s formerly iron-clad bylaws replaced by a welcome mat to hundreds of colleges with laxer standards.

As a result, the Common App’s dues-paying membership has swelled to more than 600, mostly comprised of regional public universities, who never did require an essay.

However, if you are aiming at attending a highly selective col-lege, trust me, your schools will

continue to require you to write not just one “touchy-feely” main essay, but several—that is, if you can find them buried in its still hopelessly confusing three-part format.

Some other changes to the es-say include:

• New essay prompts.• Unlimited essay edits: this

means students can tailor their essay to each college.

• Print preview any time.• A writing dashboard to help

you track down its many buried extra essays.

Still, some things never change, like knowing that “op-tional” on a college application means write that essay anyway. All the more reason to sign up for a free consultation with Max-ene Fabe Mulford of Uniquely U, College Essay Consultants, now in its 18th ivy-covered year. For more information, visit uuessay.com or email [email protected]. (Submitted)

Uniquely U says it’s ‘optional’ college essay season

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Boys Soccer10/1 Rye d.Harrison 4-1After knocking off Byram

Hills, the top-ranked team in New York state, the Garnets came into Thursday’s rivalry game with enough focus and tenacity to beat the Huskies 4-1 and earn their sixth win of the season.

Bernardo Hammes had two as-sists in the win, and Leo Gomes, Will Colwell, Tommy Gates and Andrew Graham all found the net for the Garnets. According to first-year Garnet coach Sal Curella, Rye’s balanced offense has been its calling card so far this year.

“I think it’s been the main rea-son for our success,” Curella said. “Every game, we have different goal scorers, and the depth we have with our starters and our re-serves has been a big part of creat-ing such a successful team.”

With rain throughout, Curel-la said, Rye had to approach its game against the Huskies a bit differently than usual. However, the more conservative strategy did little to curtail the surging Garnet offense.

“We generally like to build out of the backfield, but it was so rainy that we tried to limit our

touches back there,” Curella said. “We tried to just get the ball out to our midfielders and we needed to play just a little bit simple on the back end.”

10/5 Pelham d.Harrison 6-2Pelham’s offensive outburst

proved too much for the Hus-kies to overcome on Mon-

day, as Harrison fell to the Pelicans 6-2. Sam Teller scored three goals for Pelham and teammate Davis Allen had four assists in the Peli-cans’ win.

The Huskies hope to get back on track on Oct. 7 when they take on league foe East-chester. The Eagles are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss to Rye.

Harrison Roundup

Bernardo Hammes boots the ball on Oct. 1 against Harrison. Hammes had two assists against the Huskies in Rye’s 4-1 win.

Griffin Cocari makes a play on the ball off the foot of a Harrison player. Photos/Bobby Begun

Harrison and Rye players battle for the ball. The Garnets are currently 6-2 on the season. Leo Gomes goes after a loose ball against Harrison. Gomes scored a goal in the Rye win.

Football10/2 Harrison d.Pelham 47-7Quarterback Mike Nannari-

ello and running back Zach Ev-ans both shined as the Huskies put together their most com-plete game of the season to beat the Pelicans by 40. Nannariello and Evans both ran for scores in the first half and Nannariello

found the senior running back for a touchdown pass as well.

At 3-2 on the season, the Huskies are gearing up for their Oct. 10 rivalry game against un-defeated Rye.

Girls Soccer10/2 Harrison d.Port Chester 3-0Harrison got three goals

from three different players and kept Port Chester off of the score sheet for a perfect 3-0 win.

Cara Traficante, Kayla Hy-mowitz and Julia DiRusso all netted goals for the Huskies and Traficante also assisted on one score. Cailyn Burgos made five saves to preserve the shutout.

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