soccer

State-Ranked (No.4) Tuskers Advance to 3rd NYS Final 4 in 6 Years By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays SOMERS has taken the Section 1 Class A soccer mantle and run with, taking three of the last Section 1 titles

By Andy Jacobs Head coach Joe Callagy had an inkling a day like this past Saturday might be in the cards for his Westlake boys’ soccer team a few years back when he started to see some of the things

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports editor @Directrays If every high school soccer game played across the globe was as riveting as last Saturday’s Section 1 Class A title game, the sport would explode in popularity. Second-seeded Somers (18-1) and fourth-seeded

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays YORKTOWN senior striker George Popovic, Section 1’s top scorer, knew from jump street that he had a stalker in the third-seeded Cornhuskers penalty kick win (4-2) over visiting No.6 BYRAM HILLS in the

By Tony Pinciaro Junior Ava Giudice came into the 2021 SOMERS’ girls’ varsity soccer season as a player on the rise. The midfielder was ready for a breakout season and Giudice has done just that. Giudice established herself as an

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays YORKTOWN’s George Popovic certainly drilled some of the biggest goals of the regular season last week, including last Tuesday’s OT stunner over visiting SOMERS when the state-ranked (No.13) Huskers (14-1-1) knocked off the

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Section 1 soccer is nothing to sneeze at anymore. After decades of mediocre fùtbol, the times they are a-changin’. A concerted effort by coaches across the section has witnessed a notable change in

By Tony Pinciaro As the 2021 girls’ varsity soccer season is winding down toward sectionals, LAKELAND is hitting its stride. The Hornets did not have time to take a breath last week with four games, but it did not affect

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Over the course of the last three-plus decades, Section 1 soccer teams from Northern Westchester and Putnam County have been hard-pressed to field one division one prospect, let alone the three would-be candidates

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays In the opening round of the Yorktown Tournament both HEN HUD and YORKTOWN needed extra time to advance to the finals, but when the two met in Saturday’s title tilt, it was the