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Host Yorktown Shines Bright as Gold Ball Venue for Section 1

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 Ray Gallagher 194 Views 5 min read

Local 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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It’s Better to Have Limped Than Not Walked at All

January 3, 2022January 5, 2022 Ray Gallagher 226 Views 6 min read

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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Stabbing Incident Puts Friday Night Lights on Hot Seat

September 20, 2021September 21, 2021 Ray Gallagher 2322 Views 2 min read

If you haven’t noticed, there’s been a trickle-down effect to all the wicked divisiveness within our country these days. Even our kids are feeling it. Folks everywhere, it seems, are just hating on one another, and the in-fighting is out

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Sports Remain a Unifying Force for Young, Old

September 13, 2021September 14, 2021 Ray Gallagher 1939 Views 3 min read

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor, @Directrays Ever since I was five, sports has always been a great unifier, something that brought my dad and I together… even during those tough early years I thought we’d never survive #LoveYouPop. When

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Play Ball! 2021 Fall Season Set to Get Underway

August 24, 2021August 25, 2021 Ray Gallagher 1965 Views 4 min read

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports  Editor @Directrays So, it looks like local school districts are going to let our kids play ball – at least for now. A week after rendering some distressing guidance regarding COVID-19 and the Delta variant

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Scouts are People too #RespectThem, #RelishYourRole

August 16, 2021August 20, 2021 Ray Gallagher 1025 Views 5 min read

Let’s Hope Section 1 Admins Back our Student-Athletes By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays There were so many things about high school, Lakeland High, in particular, that were so cool back in the day, yet there were some things

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GHVBL Championships Tugged on All Emotions

August 9, 2021August 12, 2021 Ray Gallagher 1547 Views 3 min read

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays There were screams of joy and moans of agony coming from every direction. Angst, euphoria and intensity filled the air in and around Rogers Park in Danbury where more than 80 teams, from

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Apologies if I Ruffled Feathers a Few Weeks Back

August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 Ray Gallagher 2110 Views 2 min read

By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Okay, so I got enough emails and texts last week to confirm that I might have ticked off some local baseball coaches/parents for some of the sweeping “generalizations” I might have made before

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Lakeland Summer Leagues Serving Vital Purpose for Area Youth

July 19, 2021July 21, 2021 Ray Gallagher 1807 Views 6 min read

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Folks in our neck of the woods have no idea how fortunate they are to have people like Lakeland educators/coaches Sharon Sarsen and Tim Hourahan providing a summer outlet for field hockey preps

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Yorktown Laxers Lead Academic All-American Parade

July 6, 2021July 7, 2021 Ray Gallagher 1955 Views 3 min read

Huskers Beck, Embury, Andrews Named, Six Other Locals Make Grade By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays The mythical Yorktown High School boys’ lacrosse program has been under some scrutiny since the Cornhuskers lost their third-straight Section 1 title game

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