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Carmel Cruises; Yorktown Remains Unbeaten; Westlake Survives Tuckahoe; Haldane Booming By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays And just like that we are at the halfway point of the 2023 Section 1 grid season, rain be damned. While the weather

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays The Sirius stars were out in force during this past Friday Night Lights. We know a dawg star when we see one, shining brighter than anything else in the sky at that particular

Westlake Christens New Field with Victory; P’Ville, Somers Roll on By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Football games are won in the trenches and that is where state-ranked (No.13) Class A  YORKTOWN took it to No.9 MAHOPAC in the

Mahopac Mauls Harrison; Pleasantville Bounces Byram; Somers Back on Track; PV Improves to 2-0 By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Week 2 presents a loaded slate of local action this Thursday, including a Class A Mahopac at Yorktown showdown

Carmel, Somers, P’Ville Enticed by Three-Peat Possibilities By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays What we are witnessing in places like Class AA Carmel, Class A Somers and Class B Pleasantville are modern-day marvels; things that don’t often happen on

Tuskers Cap Perfect Season, Crush Union-Endicott, 58-21 By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Section 1 champion Somers was the searing hot knife. Section 4 champion Union-Endicott was the butter, and the state-ranked (No.1) Tuskers (13-0) cut through the fourth-ranked

Picart’s 4thQ TD Called Back; Maine-Endwell Repeats as State Champs, 26-25 By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Just like it did last year, Pleasantville will have to endure another 365 days with similar agony, the harrowing pain of losing

Tusker Duo Strike for 3 TDs, Fitz Chucks 5, Somers Rolls to Dome in Search of 2nd NYS Title By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays MIDDLETOWN – The connection between Somers QB Matt Fitzsimons and RB Ravi Dass Jr.

State-Ranked No.3 Panthers Set up Rematch with No.1 Maine-Endwell for NYS Class B Title By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays, & Andy Jacobs Section 2 champion Ravena/Coeymans/Selkirk’s plan going into Saturday’s NYSPHSAA Class B semifinal was for anybody but

Reigning NYS Champ Carmel Ousted in OT; Westlake Denied by O’Neill By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays, and Andy Jacobs Football is the fabric that weaves our communities together each and every fall. Win, lose or draw, very few