Girls Basketball

Up until the final buzzer last Thursday afternoon, there were no surprises for Byram Hills girls’ basketball coach Tara Ryan, whose Bobcats were facing an opponent they had already seen twice since the start of February. But just as soon

By Andy Jacobs With a matchup against top-seeded Ursuline looming, the Fox Lane girls’ basketball team’s stay in the Section 1, Class AA playoffs doesn’t figure to last very long. But the Foxes are sure making the most of the

No.5 Hornets to Visit No.4 Indians in Class A Quarterfinals By Tony Pinciaro LAKELAND was facing a difficult situation when its leading scorer, Tyler Hormazabal, was sidelined with an injury in the second quarter of its Section 1 Class A

By Andy Jacobs More than a half dozen years have passed since a Westlake girls’ basketball team last earned a league championship. But last Thursday afternoon, the 2021-22 Wildcats put an end to the drought in the unlikeliest of ways.

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Despite its potential No.5 seed, PUTNAM VALLEY has officially become the team nobody in Class B wants to face after the visiting League III-E champion Tigers (12-7) stunned Class A WALTER PANAS, 55-52,

For a good portion of the first half last Wednesday afternoon, there was no hint at all that Caroline Barbalato was about to have her highest scoring game in a Briarcliff Bears uniform. The junior guard misfired on each of

By Tony Pinciaro A mid-week loss to fellow Class A school Pearl River dropped LAKELAND to 4-3 in its last seven games, after opening the season a perfect 10-0. Lakeland would not have time to be upset over the loss

By Andy Jacobs Playing its first game in nine days, the Westlake girls’ basketball team had to shake off a bit of rust on Friday afternoon. The Wildcats struggled mightily to put points on the board in the first half

By Tony Pinciaro Putnam Valley vs. Mahopac was one of the finest regular-season girls’ hoops games in Putnam County history last Thursday when the host Indians prevailed, 73-70, in a heavyweight slugfest. MAHOPAC swept three games last week – John

A couple of lengthy scoring droughts, serious foul trouble and a polished senior star on the floor for the opposing team proved to be too much for the White Plains girls’ basketball team to overcome last Wednesday evening. In a