On March 12, due to concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic, the Stepinac basketball season ended abruptly without the Crusaders playing a game in the CHSAA Intersectional Playoffs. Nonetheless, … [Read more...]
Nobody Told Me There’d Be Days Like These, Strange Indeed
I didn’t always agree with Beatles legend John Lennon politically (maybe never!), but he often hit the ball out of the park: For these are “strange days indeed, most peculiar, mama.” As each day … [Read more...]
Another Briarcliff Season Ends With a Loss to the Bulldogs
A season that began with high hopes and then a long winning streak ended in major disappointment for the Briarcliff girls’ basketball team. Forced to compete with best player Alana Lombardi … [Read more...]
Valhalla’s Title Bid is Dashed by Top-Seeded Hastings
Sebastian Pacheco crouched in the corner of the court, near the Valhalla Vikings’ bench, with his head bowed in disappointment and tears in his eyes. Just moments earlier, he had slipped to the floor, … [Read more...]
Quakers End a Long Title Drought by Defeating Mt. Vernon
A 17-point fourth-quarter lead had been reduced to only eight in what seemed like the blink of an eye and suddenly the Horace Greeley Quakers needed someone to step up and stop the Mt. Vernon surge in … [Read more...]
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Wildcats Headed to County Center for First Time in Decades
By Rob DiAntonio Westlake basketball coach Chad Charney hadn’t even been born yet the last time the Wildcats made it to the semifinals at the Westchester County Center. Now, forty-two years since … [Read more...]
Fourth-Quarter Lead Disappears as Byram Hills Falls at Harrison
A 10-0 spurt to start the fourth quarter by the host Harrison Huskies turned out to be decisive in last Wednesday afternoon’s Section 1, Class A quarterfinal game against Byram Hills. The Bobcats’ … [Read more...]
Byram Hills Ousted in Class A Quarterfinals by the Pirates
Who could have known when Byram Hills guard Matteo Sinon drained a 3-point shot a minute and 15 seconds into Wednesday night’s Section 1, Class A quarterfinal playoff game that the Bobcats would never … [Read more...]
Falkenberg Leads Westlake Past the Bulldogs in Opening Round
By Rob DiAntonio It’s been four decades since Westlake’s boys’ basketball team reached the Section 1 semifinals at the Westchester County Center. Now, the Wildcats are one step … [Read more...]
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