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Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays The Lakeland High field hockey program is the fine wine of Section 1 sports: It just gets better over time. Winners of the last 11 Section 1 Class B titles (20 overall) and owners of 13
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@Directrays The 2019 Section 1 girls’ soccer season was historic at places like Class B Pleasantville, which won its first NYSPHSAA championship, Class C Haldane, which fell in the state semifinals, Class AA Mahopac, which fell one win shy of
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Ossining, White Plains to Challenge in AA; Pleasantville, Briarcliff to Continue Class B Rivalry Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays As one of the only shows in town this fall, Section 1 soccer players and coaches are set to take flight on
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Cops 9U, 12U Crowns Yorktown Spartans Crowned 11U Champs, Briarcliff Falls in 16U Finals Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays Young Max Grodio has never had a more tense moment in his nine years on earth. The bases were juiced, his Somers Red Storm
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Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays A couple of hard-nosed 10U Greater Hudson Valley Baseball League teams got after each other last week when the host Putnam Valley Miners (11-4) avenged a previous loss to the mighty New Castle Mustangs (13-6) by posting
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Mahopac Slugger Mascoll Leads 12U Indians to 15-5 Win over Byram Hills; 10U Yorktown, PV Miners do Battle By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays There’s a mutual respect brewing between the 10U Greater Hudson Valley Baseball League A-Division rivals Putnam
Read MoreExaminer Sports Editor@Directrays Greater Hudson Valley Baseball League (GHVBL) action is beginning to heat up on diamonds across the Hudson Valley. The Mahopac Indians (16U) won their B-Division season-opener at Crane Field last Thursday in a 12-2 win over Mount
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By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays Here we go again with the mixing of sports and politics. These guys, many of whom have never tossed a pigskin, just can’t stick to their own lane. State Sen. Peter Harckham (D-Lewisboro) can
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays The rumor around the GHVBL 11U B-Division circuit is that Putnam Valley Blue is good enough to play in the A-Division, and some teams, including the visiting Byram Hills Bobcats might concur with that
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays Taking a deep dive into the 11U Greater Hudson Valley Baseball League, or any baseball for that matter, was a long time coming. A pair of games from the B-Division revealed a couple of
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