Shields Named First Team: Daily Sports Digest, Feb. 29, 2012

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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.- Senior forward Brittany Shields (Cold Spring, NY/Haldane) was named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team as selected by the 16 coaches of the NE-10. Shields currently leads the team with 17.6 points per game and 9.9 rebounds this season.

Shields ranks fourth in the NE-10 in scoring and third in rebounds, while placing tenth in field goal percentage as she is shooting 51.5% on the season. She was named to the NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll 11 times this season. Shields was previously named the NE-10 Rookie of the Year in 2008-09 and was an NE-10 Second Team selection last season.

The 5-10 forward started the first three games of the season with three consecutive double-doubles and finished the season with twelve overall. She is third in the conference in double-doubles, while tying for 17th in the nation in Division II.

Shields recently set a career-high of 17 rebounds against New Haven on February 4. She reached 1,000 career points in a victory over Adelphi on December 6 to become the 25th player to join the 1,000-career point club for Pace University.

She currently ranks 11th in Pace’s women’s basketball history with 749 rebounds and ranks ninth all-time in scoring with 1,303 points. She is seven points away from eighth place and trails seventh place by 12 points.

Boys Youth Hoops

Briarcliff continued its incredible season with a 50-34 win against White Plains Feb. 15 to improve to 13-1 in the Tri-County Basketball League's sixth grade A division.

Little League Registration

The Briarcliff Little League is accepting registration for its upcoming spring season.

For details, click on its website here.

Weekly Sports Poll

Major League Baseball lost a great earlier this month, former Met and Expo Gary Carter. 

Eleven years after he retired, Carter was elected into the baseball Hall of Fame and many consider him one of the best catchers of all time. 

But where do you think “Kid” ranks among the best New York back stops of all time?

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