By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays After a couple of early-season losses to some good clubs, MAHOPAC was reeling at 1-3 out of the gate. Knowing their own athleticism, toughness and capabilities would eventually add up to wins, Coach
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Our unlucky student athletes seem cursed these days. Just when we got back into a logjam of action last Thursday, Mother Nature blew us off course with a slew of cancellations on Friday,
Read MoreReeling from three consecutive losses to conclude the 2021 portion of their schedule, The Briarcliff Bears took the court on Thursday afternoon determined to get back to winning ways. Using a big run in each of the first three quarters,
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays It was a light week of action, what with the holidays and the recent upticks in COVID-related issues around the NWE/Putnam region. Get on this HALDANE bandwagon before it fills up and there’s
Read MoreIt’s anyone’s guess how loud it might have been inside the Horace Greeley gymnasium on Friday night if students had been allowed to witness what turned into a high-scoring rivalry battle between the host Quakers and the Byram Hills Bobcats.
Read MorePanas Sends Message in Rout of Yorktown; Huskers Upend Hornets OSSINING junior F Dominique Bautista went from goat to hero at SOMERS’ 25th annual Michael DePaoli Memorial Tournament last Saturday night where his fourth-quarter technical foul with 6:03 remaining allowed
Read MoreA disastrous second quarter for the Briarcliff boys’ basketball team quickly turned what had been a competitive first eight minutes in Saturday’s matinee against the visiting Fox Lane Foxes into a complete rout. Outscoring the Bears 21-4 in the
Read MoreLocal Ballers Take Aim at League, Sectional Titles By RayGallagher, Examiner Sport Editor @Directrays Football ran long in these parts in the fall of 2021, and the Examiner has some catching up to do when it comes to hoops. We
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays & Rob DiAntonio @RJD_Photos The championships for Examiner-area teams were inevitable, given the number of local teams representing in the culminating regional events in this abbreviated 2021 boys’ hoops campaign, which concluded on
Read MoreQuartet Among Expected Challengers for Upcoming Regional Playoffs; Don’t Sleep on Lakeland By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays & Rob DiAntonio @RJD_Photos Let the playoff speculation begin. With the release of its regional postseason breakdown last Monday, Section 1
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