By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays If smoke and mirrors work this good, perhaps every manager would go the same route as CARMEL boss Joe Hackert, who joked that trickery or deceit (aka “smoke and mirrors”) was his most
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Close lacrosse games are won and lost in the fourth quarter and so far so good for YORKTOWN. Coach Tim Schurr’s Cornhuskers (2-1) outscored MAHOPAC and SOMERS by a combined 7-1 count in
Read MoreYouth Movement Ahead of Schedule at Somers By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Wow! Class D BRIARCLIFF has already knocked off the Section 1 Class A and Class B favorites, Mamaroneck and Rye, respectively. Oh, and reigning Class A
Read More2022 N.West/Putnam Baseball Preview Reigning Class AA Champ Carmel Set to Turn over New Leaf By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays WALTER PANAS has never hoisted a Section 1 baseball title plaque. Coach Anthony Fata’s Panthers came awfully close
Read MoreN.West./Putnam Lax Teams Will be Challenged Throughout Section 1 in 2022 By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Nobody in their right mind could have predicted three-straight Section 1 championship losses for seven-time NYS and 40-time Section 1 champion YORKTOWN
Read MoreState-Ranked (No.4) Tigers Fall, 61-39, to Top-Ranked Indians in Final 4 By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays TROY – When it rains it pours and when the deluge finally stopped, two-time reigning Section 1 champion Putnam Valley was fully
Read MoreTigers Advance to 1st NYS Final 4 vs. Waterloo’s 39-Game Streak; DeChent Sets Career Scoring Mark By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Locust Valley’s size didn’t matter, its Long Island-record 54-straight wins hardly mattered. All that mattered was Section
Read MoreState-Ranked No.15 Tigers to Face Section 9 Champ Red Hook in State Tourney By Tony Pinciaro & Ray Gallagher PUTNAM VALLEY faced a daunting path toward a possible Section 1 Class B Girls’ Basketball Championship. The Tigers were seeded fifth
Read MoreMahopac Falls to TZ in Class A Semis By Tony Pinciaro & Ray Gallagher WALTER PANAS may not have come home with the Section 1 Class A Girls’ Basketball Championship, but the Panthers stamped themselves a sectional favorite going into
Read MoreLocal Communities Treated Beyond Expectations By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Host Yorktown High School, like it often has, outdid itself in last weekend’s Section 1 basketball championships where portions of Dutchess, Rockland, Putnam and Westchester counties were exposed
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