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Quakers Knock off Wolf Pac, Put Valley By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays There wasn’t a whole lot of time between the holiday hoopla last Wednesday evening and the start of the Mahopac Holiday Hoops Tournament, which tipped off
Read MoreMahopac Settles for 2nd in Pac Tourney By Tony Pinciaro Every time FOX LANE takes the court, coach Kris Matts has a smile on his face, and it has nothing to do with the Foxes’ 5-1 record. “I am just
Read MoreBy Tony Pinciaro @Finch63 It was an opportunity that former PEEKSKILL basketball standout Nyrie Holliman could not pass up. Holliman, a five-year varsity player during her Red Devil career, was presented with the Peekskill modified girls’ basketball coaching position and
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays The first leg of a marathon stretch of Section 1 basketball is complete, and here’s just some of what we know as we head toward the holiday break. We reckoned Class AA is
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays When PUTNAM VALLEY first-year Coach J.D. Apostolico sat down for his pre-season interview, one could sense a stream of hope and optimism from the mild-mannered mentor who had been around the block a
Read MoreBy Tony Pinciaro @Finch63 WESTLAKE opened the season achieving a first in program history. The Wildcats began by beating Class AAA Mamaroneck, despite being an underdog, in a first-round game of the Godwin (Sleepy Hollow) Tournament. They followed it up
Read MoreYorktown Set to Reload in AA; New Coaches at PV, Hen Hud, Lakeland, Panas, Valhalla By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays There was a bonanza of Section 1 titles to be had in and about the Examiner region (Ex-area)
Read MoreState-Ranked (No.1) Tuskers Seal Deal in 51-27 Rout of Whitesboro By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Nobody needs to tell the state-ranked (co-No.1) Tuskers, or those within Tusker Nation, just how grand Coach Anthony DeMatteo’s Somers High football program
Read MoreBy Tony Pinciaro Neil Paulercio saw promise in the BRIARCLIFF/BYRAM HILLS/VALHALLA/WESTLAKE wrestling program when he started his freshman year. “We had the potential because Coach Joe and Coach Pete knew we had talented kids and we just needed to work,”
Read MorePV, Westlake, P’Ville to Challenge for Class A Title By Tony Pinciaro, For Examiner News @Finch63 The 2024 season was pretty electric in our neck of the EX-area woods, and 2025 is shaping up mightily the same; as the dream
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