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By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays
By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays We had hoped to start this version of Direct Rays with the goodness on our local diamonds and lax greens where our student athletes are showboating their talents up and down the Section
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Panas’ Evangelista: “We Didn’t Come Here for Participation Trophies” By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Business is a booming for Section 1 girls’ and boys’ basketball teams after storming off with six NYSPHSAA title appearances and a pair of
Read moreMy state-of-the-art foosball table has sat in our basement for the better part of the last 15 years, dusty and rusty, waiting for the rods to be rolled, if even by the most disorderly “spinner,” something frowned upon nearly as
Read moreBefore most of you knew who he was, or all he would eventually stand for during his epic time on Earth, Mahopac’s Dan Callahan granted me an interview his senior year at Lakeland High back in the wee ‘90s. I
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By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays There are just so many things to look forward to as the 2022 fall high school preps begin their ascension from pre-season to league, sectional and state titles. Let’s bounce around a bit
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By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays I love to know in advance what’s coming down the pike, so to speak. I love to follow the ambitions of young athletes as they take aim at championships before they reach high
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By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Dini Tabbed Husker Girls’ Hoop Coach; Hynes, Nappi Land Hoops, Hardball Gigs at ’Pac We told you a couple of weeks ago to keep a watchful eye on @Directrays Twitter feed, as some
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By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Lots and lots of moving parts this time of year for Section 1 athletic directors. In the days ahead, we’re going to hear about some major changes at Mahopac, Somers and Yorktown, where
Read moreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays We saw what you went through, Class of 2022. We saw what it did to you. We witnessed the hell COVID put you through during your sophomore and junior years; sitting alone in
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In the United Kingdom and Ireland they call the Big Dipper the Plough, the large asterism consisting of seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Major. In Section 1 soccer we call Fordham-bound Somers soccer star Daniel D’Ippolito the Big Dipper
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