Author: Ray Gallagher

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Midterms and weather played a little havoc on last week’s Section 1 boys’ hoops schedule, but there were plenty of big games played with just two weeks remaining in the regular season of

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Four Examiner-area Class A teams, including No.7 Lakeland, No.15 Somers, No.20 Walter Panas and No.29 Fox Lane, plus a pair of Class B teams – No.12 Valhalla and No.26 Briarcliff – and No.8

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Friday night within ‘The Hive’ at Lakeland was supposed to be epic, and it was for about a half. Host LAKELAND and SOMERS have but one gold ball between them (Somers, 1992), but

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays We saw a few monkey wrenches tossed into the Section 1 hoops circuit last week, none bigger than the one OSSINING threw at state-ranked No.25 WHITE PLAINS along the Class AA circuit. White

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays It was a light week of action due to the holidays, but Putnam County supremacy was clearly on the line at the Mahopac Holiday Tournament last week when the Class A host Indians

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays The circle of competitive Class B squads in Section 1 has widened over the last two weeks. VALHALLA, ranked No.10 in NYS at 4-0, is being bandied about as the team to beat.

Westlake Crowned Kings at Croton Tourney; Stepinac, Fox Lane Shine Down South By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays It appears as though most of Westchester is chock-full-of hoops goodness this winter, and places like Lakeland (5-1) and Walter Panas

Local Ballers Hope to Hoop it Up, Hit Hardwood Running By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directtrays Basketball takes a back seat only to football when it comes to school spirit and the bravado expressed by student bodies and fans