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Ray has 33 years experience covering and photographing local sports in Westchester and Putnam counties, including everything from Little League/Travel Baseball to varsity high school prep sports and collegiate coverage. He has been a sports editor at Examiner Media since its inception in 2007. Visit Ray's author bio page for more details. Also read Ray’s archived work here and his Direct Rays column here.
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
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By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays MAHOPAC – The rain held off for Friday morning’s Class D championship but the Class A final was played amidst a steady rain at Mahopac High where two blowouts prevailed, but the sun
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State-Ranked (No.4) Blue Devils Upset No.1 Avon, No.3 Maple Hill to Claim 1st NYS Title By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays History is special when you make it, and there’s a group of young men at Haldane High who
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Mahopac’s Koch Scorched Earth, Runs for 6 TDs, 319 yards in Record-Setting Effort By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays It was business as usual for the state-ranked powers that be upon the Section 1 grid circuit. No.4 Class AA
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Briarcliff Falls to Lourdes on PKs in NYSPHSAA Opening Round By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays YORKTOWN HEIGHTS – And then there was one: HALDANE is the last Examiner-area soccer team standing after Coach Ahmed Dwidar’s state-ranked (No.5) Blue
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By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Unless you consider No.A2-seed Arlington’s 40-29 Class AA win over B3 New Rochelle an upset of some sort, the only real monkey wrench of the opening round of the Section 1 grid playoffs
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By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays The sprawling campus of Lakeland High played host to the Section 1 soccer championships last Sunday and the action was fast and furious. As always, Lakeland Coach Tim Hourahan, his staff, and A.D.
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Class C Westlake Rumbles Past Valhalla; Class A Mahopac, Brewster Win & In By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays The second season has officially begun and the reigning champs in Class AA, A and B have secured the top
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No.4 Lakeland Solves No.13 Mahopac; Class B Briarcliff, Byram, Valhalla Move on By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays To be completely honest, most folks in the know on the Section 1 soccer circuit consider the quality of play and
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By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays The regular season is a thing of the past, the seeds are essentially set as we speak and the second season begins this week with four top seeds and somewhat crystal clear favorites:
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