By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays T’was about 10 months or so ago when fourth-seeded PLEASANTVILLE sent No.5 PUTNAM VALLEY packing in the 2024 Section 1 Class B baseball quarterfinals. Behind an epic, game-tying, three-run home run from then-freshman
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Last spring, Section 1 went roaring like lions into the NYSPHSAA boys’ lacrosse tournaments in Classes A, B, C and D, but went out like lambs when the section was skunked in terms
Read MoreClass A State-Ranked (No.2) Bobcats Fall to No.3 Mt. Sinai; Glens Falls Repeats as Champs By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays When the Section 1 basketball season tipped off back in early December, 2024, Byram Hills boys’ Coach Ted
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Panas Panthers Tabbed Club Fit Girls’ Team of Season Led by Class AA All-NYS selections Cadence Nicholas, the leading scorer in Walter Panas basketball history (2,208 points), and Sofia Tavarez (1,496 points), number
Read MoreYorktown, Peekskill Bow in Semis; Put Valley Cheer Team 3rd at States By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays The highs and lows were inevitable when it came to this point of the winter basketball season for our Examiner-area clubs.
Read MorePanas, Mahopac Girls Will Square off in Class AA Final 4 By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays CLASS AA In a star-studded Examiner-area battle for a Final 4 berth, No.2 YORKTOWN held off No.7 HORACE GREELEY, 64-61, Thursday to
Read MoreYorktown, Peekskill, Greeley, Byram, Westlake Boys Moving on #CountyCenterBeckons By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays A wild week of first-round hoops action is the focus of Direct Rays this week, including Examiner-area boys’ and girls’ teams inching ever-so-close to
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays GRAPPLIN’ NOTES BYRAM HILLS junior Nick Fortugno is now a Section 1 wrestling legend after he secured his third Section 1 championship, doing so at 116 pounds this season, taking a 15-8 decision
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays D-II Grappling Sectionals While it was Nanuet that snagged its third straight Section I Division II wrestling championship behind five individual champions, several Examiner-area teams and grapplers found their way to the podium
Read MorePanas Girls a Shoo-In; Ossining, Westlake, Mahopac, Yorktown in Hunt By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Welcome to our first step into an all-digital sports format, following the announcement of the end of a 17-plus-year run of Examiner print
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