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Andy is a sports editor at Examiner Media, covering seven high schools in the mid-Westchester region with a notebook and camera. He began there in the fall of 2007 following 15 years as a candid photographer for the largest school picture company in the tri-state area. Read more of Andy's full bio here. Read Andy's archived work here.
By Andy Jacobs A surprising late-season run brought the Westlake baseball team to the brink of a Section One championship. But something even more unexpected in the sectional finals brought a crushing end to the Wildcats’ title quest. A catcher’s
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The Briarcliff boys’ lacrosse team only had to wait two and a half weeks to completely erase the bitter memory of its most disappointing game of the 2022 season — an overtime loss to Bronxville near the end of the
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By Andy Jacobs No one has to tell Briarcliff head coach Al Meola about the significance of any victory over Yorktown, easily the most successful team in Section One lacrosse history. “For me, I grew up in Lakeland, I was
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By Andy Jacobs It sure was an up-and-down day for the Fox Lane softball team at the Hendrick Hudson Blue White Softball Tournament. Just a little while after trouncing Putnam Valley in the opening round on Saturday, the Foxes wound
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For the second time in less than a week, the Byram Hills boys’ lacrosse team found itself on the losing end of a nail-biting finish early Saturday afternoon. Despite four goals from Michael Oronzio and two apiece by Benny Rakower
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By Andy Jacobs It’s hard to say whether it was Bobby Chicoine’s bat or his throwing arm that made a bigger impression last Tuesday. The Byram Hills senior standout pitched six scoreless innings, striking out 14 Hendrick Hudson batters and
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By 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
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By Andy Jacobs A dream season for the Westlake girls’ basketball team ended with a nightmare. Just one win away from reaching the Section 1, Class B championship game, the Wildcats arrived at Irvington High School last Thursday afternoon and
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By 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
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After 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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