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
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreBy 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.
Read MoreWestlake 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
Read MoreLocal 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
Read MoreBy Andy Jacobs With a pair of one-point victories in their previous two sectional playoff games, including a remarkable fourth-quarter comeback in the semifinals, the Briarcliff Bears appeared to have destiny on their side. But on Saturday evening at Yorktown
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays It had been five years since Haldane High had savored the sweetness of championship valor; its last title coming at the tail end of the Blue Devils most sustained run in school history
Read MoreBy Andy Jacobs Trailing by 10 points with less than three minutes remaining against undefeated North Rockland last Wednesday evening, the Fox Lane basketball team seemed all but finished. But then a pair of old-fashioned 3-point plays, first by Justin
Read MoreAfter losing to Briarcliff twice in 10 days back in January, the Valhalla Vikings arrived in Bear territory on Friday afternoon hoping the third time would be the charm. And it nearly was. It took Jayden Larregue’s coast-to-coast foray down
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