Author: Andy Jacobs

For a little while on Saturday afternoon, it sure seemed as though the Pleasantville Panthers possessed what it would take to bring down the top-ranked football team in the state. The Panthers’ sophomore star, Daniel Picart, had already found his

The way Pleasantville football head coach Tony Becerra figured it back then, anyone bold enough just eight months ago to predict his team had big things in store for the upcoming 2021 season probably should have had his sanity questioned.

Just in case anyone was thinking the 2021 season hasn’t been memorable enough for the Pleasantville football team, the Panthers went out on Saturday afternoon and provided their fans with a finish they won’t soon forget. John McCarthy’s 25-yard field

By Andy Jacobs The dynamic duo of Brian Dann and Robert Sanzo proved to be too much of an obstacle for the Valhalla football team in Saturday afternoon’s Section 1, Class C championship game. On a rainy, windswept day at

By Andy Jacobs With the football in Daniel Picart’s hands, opposing teams are quickly discovering the Pleasantville Panthers have no trouble saving their best for last. For the second week in a row, the sophomore sensation took command of a

By Andy Jacobs In an instant, the dream of a sectional championship turned into a nightmare for the Byram Hills football team on Saturday afternoon. Quarterback Ryan Frondi lofted a 25-yard touchdown pass into the waiting arms of James Moran

  A pair of fourth-quarter touchdown runs by Daniel Picart lifted the Pleasantville football team to a come-from-behind 24-14 victory over Ardsley in a Section 1, Class B semifinal playoff game at a chilly but filled-to-capacity Parkway Field on Friday