1989 Softball Team

"New York State Champions"

The 1989 Girls Softball team achieved what no other team in Beacon High School has ever done. They won the New York State Softball Championship.

The team was led by the pitching of Krisanne Rokitowski and the hitting and defense of Cathy McCarthy and Kristin MacDonald.

In the softball team's quest for a State Championship, the team won 23 games and lost 3 and won a League Championship. In the Sectional tournament the team beat Ossining, Yorktown and East Chester before beating Our Lady of Lourdes 8-3 in the third game of the best two out three Championship Finals.

With a Sectional Championship under their belts the team went on to the Regional Finals, where they beat John S. Burke 6-4.

The State Championships were held at West Point. Beacon beat Mineola 4-3 in the semi- finals and then beat Chenango Falls 9-7 to become New York State Class B Softball Champions.