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Might Carmel Reinstate Legendary Grid Coach Cayea?

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 Ray Gallagher 1693 Views Carmel Central School District, NYSPHSAA 5 min read

High-Risk Sports Green-Lit by Cuomo, Student Athletes Await Local Decisions All any professional ever wants to do is give an honest day’s work and, in the end, go out on their own, dignified terms. Twenty-five years tenured, after feeling slighted

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Lax Community Rises for Injured Bocklet; #Time2Advocate Gaining Steam on NYS Sports Circuit

January 12, 2021January 11, 2021 Ray Gallagher 1303 Views Sports 6 min read

#Time2Advocate Gaining Steam on NYS Sports Circuit For a variety of reasons, lacrosse is more like family than most sports, so make no mistake: Laxers are there for each other, especially when the chips are down. There is genetic royalty

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It’s High Time We Stand Up, Champion for Student Athletes

January 5, 2021January 6, 2021 Ray Gallagher 1841 Views Sports 6 min read

By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays The buzz word being used by Section 1 football coaches during the 2021 spring phase of the coronavirus pandemic is “Advocate”. Mahopac High football Coach Dominick DeMatteo has been a strong proponent of

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2020 Top Moments & Leaders of the Pack

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 Ray Gallagher 1091 Views 10 min read

By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays It was an unconscionable year, a year most of us would rather put in the rear-view mirror and never see again. That said, our local athletes lifted the lid on some of the

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Fingers Crossed for High-Risk Sports

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 Ray Gallagher 1650 Views 7 min read

What I wouldn’t give to be at a high school basketball game right now in any gym in Section 1, or up at the Brewster Ice Arena. And what I wouldn’t give for NYS Gov. Merry-Andrew Cuomo to make an

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Local Communities Mourn Passing of Beloved Figures

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 Ray Gallagher 2266 Views 4 min read

The hits just keep coming… one after another, after another, and they have been devastating on a local, national and global scale on account of this ceaseless coronavirus pandemic. This 2020 can’t end quick enough; for student athletes, their parents,

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Section 1 Should Reconsider, Allow Mom, Pop on Visiting Campuses

October 13, 2020October 15, 2020 Ray Gallagher 733 Views 4 min read

So it was over 30 years ago when, as a budding cub reporter (Ha!) at the now defunct North County News, I coined the acronym A.B.G., which stood for #AnybodyButGreeley (pre hashtags), which I now regret due to my malfeasance

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Embracing the “New Normal” Without Actually Embracing

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 Ray Gallagher 433 Views 4 min read

The Section 1 fall sports campaign, which is set to open up on Oct. 10, is going to be a chilly 33- to 34-day run for the initial league titles before climaxing with a frosty two-week run for the sectional

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High School Sports Unfortunately Low on the Totem Pole

September 8, 2020 Ray Gallagher 1217 Views 4 min read

@Directrays Another week, another postponement within the 11-member New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA). Now, folks in Section 1 are awaiting a Sept. 29 start date for low-risk sports like soccer (as if!), field hockey, cross country

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Holding out Hope for Low-Risk Sports Might Be Futile

September 1, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 1130 Views 6 min read

Every time King Cuomo discusses sports and/or athletics, I feel like we’re taking advice from a guy who thinks he can inbound a basketball to himself, a guy that lacks some of the basic instincts regarding competitive sports.  For instance,

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