Articles and images chronicling local youth athletes
By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays On Jan. 12, Croton-Harmon High will honor the memory of beloved Section 1 sports fanatic Steve “Iggy” Aguado, who, to know him, was to love him. Before his untimely passing last year, Iggy’s
Read MoreBy Tony Pinciaro Once the 2023 Section 1 Division I Dual-Meet Championship brackets were released, top-seeded YORKTOWN focused on the opening two matches. A Yorktown and Mahopac victories in the first two rounds would set up a quarterfinal-round match. This
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays So, at this point, after resonating victories over Mount Vernon last week and FOX LANE Friday, it’s fair to assume YORKTOWN is poised to make some noise along the Section 1 circuit, particularly
Read MoreBy Tony Pinciaro A loss to Tuckahoe in the second game of the season angered CROTON and it made the Tigers focus on improving their approach. “We had just come off a big win over Valhalla and we were feeling
Read MoreBy Tony Pinciaro One week into the 2023-24 Section 1 girls’ varsity basketball season and reigning NYS Class A champion WALTER PANAS is showing that it is determined and focused to make it consecutive sectional titles and then some. The
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays When YORKTOWN, which returns just about everyone from a Class A Final 4 team, opened its Class AA season with an opening-day loss to Class A LAKELAND, also a Final 4 team but
Read MoreTusker QB Sullivan to MVP RB Palazzolo Click Eary, Often By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays It was 1996 when Section 3’s Whitesboro made its last NYSPHSAA finals appearance, and Section 1 champ Somers made damn sure to remind
Read MoreResilient Rams Fight to Finish, Fall 31-14 to CBA Syracuse By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays They never felt sorry for themselves, never hung their heads despite the unfortunate hand they were dealt on the final day of an
Read More2023 Runner-Up Mahopac Hungry to Reclaim its Past Greatness By Tony Pinciaro MAHOPAC enters the 2023-24 Varsity wrestling season as a hungry team. Last year, coach Steve Tornambe’s team had an excellent season, but runner-up finishes in the Section 1
Read MoreRyan Sykes of Greeley boys cross country and Jess Beck of Pleasantville girls soccer are our male and female Athletes of the Season for fall of 2023. A total of 18 male finalists and 21 female finalists were nominated by
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