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By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Our unlucky student athletes seem cursed these days. Just when we got back into a logjam of action last Thursday, Mother Nature blew us off course with a slew of cancellations on Friday,
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By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays We’ve all seen it on the news. Everybody with a platform is pushing renewed COVID-19 fears and concerns with the recent statewide spikes, and rightly so, to a certain extent, because it’s real,
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Lakeland Remains Unbeaten, Hormazabal Taking Game to Next Level By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays It’s one thing to be a skilled, gifted player on the court. It’s another thing to be an even better person off the court,
Read moreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays It was a light week of action, what with the holidays and the recent upticks in COVID-related issues around the NWE/Putnam region. Get on this HALDANE bandwagon before it fills up and there’s
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Panas Sends Message in Rout of Yorktown; Huskers Upend Hornets OSSINING junior F Dominique Bautista went from goat to hero at SOMERS’ 25th annual Michael DePaoli Memorial Tournament last Saturday night where his fourth-quarter technical foul with 6:03 remaining allowed
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Lakeland, Panas to Battle for League D; Mahopac, Brewster to Challenge in League C By Tony Pinciaro In 2020, PUTNAM VALLEY won the Section 1 Class B title and was primed for a run at a state title. However, the
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Local Ballers Take Aim at League, Sectional Titles By RayGallagher, Examiner Sport Editor @Directrays Football ran long in these parts in the fall of 2021, and the Examiner has some catching up to do when it comes to hoops. We
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History Made: Carmel Crowned Putnam’s 1st NYS Grid Champs Unbeaten Rams Crush Bennett Academy, 42-12, Romp Through State Tourney By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays SYRACUSE — Section 6 Class AA champion Buffalo Bennett had never seen anything like
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By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays SYRACUSE — Somers High grid Coach Anthony DeMatteo’s decision to go for two points and the victory in the waning moments of the NYSPHSAA Class A title game last Friday at the Carrier
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State-Ranked (No.9) Tuskers Topple Rye, 14-7, Seek 2nd NYS Title vs. CBA By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays MIDDLETOWN — When a Somers High football player conjures up a likeness akin to former All-NYS star WR Matt Pires (circa
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