Author: Andy Jacobs

By Andy Jacobs If the past is indeed prologue, then the rivalry between the Briarcliff and Irvington girls’ basketball teams has become as predictable as death and taxes, the phases of the moon and the cycle of the tides. The

Up until the final buzzer last Thursday afternoon, there were no surprises for Byram Hills girls’ basketball coach Tara Ryan, whose Bobcats were facing an opponent they had already seen twice since the start of February. But just as soon

By Andy Jacobs With a matchup against top-seeded Ursuline looming, the Fox Lane girls’ basketball team’s stay in the Section 1, Class AA playoffs doesn’t figure to last very long. But the Foxes are sure making the most of the

By Andy Jacobs More than a half dozen years have passed since a Westlake girls’ basketball team last earned a league championship. But last Thursday afternoon, the 2021-22 Wildcats put an end to the drought in the unlikeliest of ways.

For a good portion of the first half last Wednesday afternoon, there was no hint at all that Caroline Barbalato was about to have her highest scoring game in a Briarcliff Bears uniform. The junior guard misfired on each of

By Andy Jacobs Playing its first game in nine days, the Westlake girls’ basketball team had to shake off a bit of rust on Friday afternoon. The Wildcats struggled mightily to put points on the board in the first half