Author: Andy Jacobs

No, there weren’t actually any punches thrown, but to Fox Lane girls’ basketball coach Kris Matts last Tuesday afternoon’s game at Horace Greeley High School was a bit like a boxing match. “We took their best punch, came back,” he

On a night when shooting percentages were low, scoring averages dipped and getting stops was all the rage, it was the Briarcliff Bears who earned the highest grades for defensive tenacity. Holding Westlake to a mere 10 points in the

With the final precious seconds ticking off the clock last Wednesday evening, Pace University’s Tyrone Cohen Jr. caught a pass from teammate Bryan Powell along the left sideline, took one dribble across the midcourt line and launched a nearly 40-foot

It’s very crowded at the top of Class A girls’ basketball in Section One this season and two of the teams with their sights set on a sectional title, Byram Hills and Rye, provided an early glimpse on Friday night

Not even the absence of his best player could prevent Briarcliff girls’ basketball coach Don Hamlin from reaching a lofty milestone last Tuesday afternoon. With leading scorer Alana Lombardi sidelined by a recent ankle injury, the Bears still managed to

A pair of 12-0 runs in the first half, one in the opening quarter and the other in the second, gave the Valhalla Vikings all the ammunition they would need to overwhelm Pleasantville in Friday night’s championship game of the

Fueled by four 3-pointers, the Westlake girls’ basketball team played its finest eight minutes of the season on Friday evening. The Wildcats outscored undefeated Briarcliff 16-8 in their dazzling third quarter and whittled a 10-point halftime deficit down to just

A barrage of goals from the Fox Lane hockey team early in the third period proved to be the difference on Sunday evening. Three in rapid succession broke open a game that had been tied after two periods and carried

Just when it was needed, the Byram Hills girls’ basketball team caught fire on Thursday afternoon. With a rapid array of 3-pointers, the Bobcats quickly overturned a nine-point third-quarter deficit and went on a big run that carried them to

It wasn’t the first time and likely won’t be the last that Fox Lane head coach Mike Tomassi banished his entire starting five to the bench the way he did a couple of minutes into the third quarter on Saturday