Articles and images chronicling local youth athletes
It’s time to unveil the winners of our winter Teams of the Season, generously sponsored by Club Fit. These teams have demonstrated exceptional dedication and teamwork throughout the season, embodying the spirit of excellence in sports. Congratulations to our winning
Read MoreBlue Devils Fall in Waning Seconds of NYS Finals By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays GLENS FALLS – They say the third time’s a charm, and two-time reigning Section 1 champion Haldane High was hoping that would be the
Read MorePanthers Fall in Class A Finals, Tigers Exit in Class B Semis By Tony Pinciaro WALTER PANAS players heard the whispers coming into the 2023-24 Varsity girls’ basketball season. The 2023 Section 1 and New York State Public High School
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays We’re going to make this short but sweet. Well, maybe a tad prickly. For much of the last 35 years, we’ve been harping in this space on the issue of the Catholic and
Read MoreSection 1 Champions Will Represent in NYSPHSAA Final 4’s By Tony Pinciaro There is literally five miles separating Walter Panas High School from Putnam Valley, but the two districts will travel about 115 miles north to Hudson Valley Community College
Read MorePeekskill, Byram Hills Bail in Regional Rounds By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Somehow, some way, Class C HALDANE High is one of the last two teams standing in Section 1, side by side with Class B Woodlands. The
Read MoreHaldane Wins Class C; White Plains Ousted in AAA Semis, Yorktown Nipped in AA Semis By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays It sure looked the same, it weighed the same, it glistened like always, but this particular gold ball
Read MoreWestlake, Hen Hud, Ossining Eliminated at County Center By Tony Pinciaro All-Section G Nai Torres and her PUTNAM VALLEY teammates came to a quick realization while watching the game film of their regular-season loss to Westlake. It was alarming and
Read MoreBy Tony Pinciaro Brooke Pfeiffer had a split second to make a decision and she did not hesitate. The WESTLAKE sophomore received a pass from Bella Pastilla along the baseline and with seven-tenths of a second remaining in the game,
Read MoreUnranked Byram Hills Upsets State-Ranked (No.1) Pelham, (No.19) Pawling En Route to 1st D-II Hockey Title It took a quarter century to do so but members of the third-seeded Byram Hills ice hockey club, unranked among NYS pollsters, pose with
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