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Panthers Fall, 3-1, in South. Westchester Regional Final By Rob DiAntonio Examiner News Writer Pleasantville’s girls’ soccer team fell into an early hole and the top-seeded Panthers weren’t able dig out of it in a 3-1 loss to second-seeded Bronxville
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By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays There was a ton of heartache, some drama and mixed emotions behind the scenes for many Examiner-area girls’ soccer teams due to Coronavirus, including a co-championship situation between Mahopac and Somers in the Putnam-Northern
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No.2 Lakeland Wins Small School Tourney, Hornets Crowned for 13th-Straight Year By Rob DiAntonio & Ray Gallagher It’s not a state title, but it’ll do during a season filled with so much uncertainty and doubt. Top-seeded HORACE GREELEY, a state
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By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Every soccer program mentioned in this piece, and others across the section, deserves a pat on the back for entertaining parents and fans while providing their respective clubs with unprecedented valor and courage
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By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Somers High was besides itself upon Saturday’s 0-0 tie with visiting Mahopac in the Section 1 Putnam/Northern Westchester Large School Girls’ Soccer Regional Championship game. Mahopac, which was outshot 30-6 and hung on
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By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays HORACE GREELEY looked every part of the No.1 seed entering the Northern Westchester/Putnam Large School Regional Tournament last Saturday in its 5-0 win over host MAHOPAC, which procured the No.4 seed in the tournament,
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No.1 Carmel, No.2 Yorktown, No.3 Somers Set to Challenge for N.West/Put. Regional By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays Putting on the Byram Hills soccer uniform is akin to putting on a Yorktown lacrosse jersey, a Lakeland field hockey top or
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By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays Armed with four legit scorers, PLEASANTVILLE, the reigning NYS Class B champion, will enter the Southern Westchester Small School Regional Tournament as the No.1 seed this week. Panthers Amber Nanaj (7G, 3A, 10P), Izzy
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Hornets Nip Greeley, Fall at Mamaroneck in Clashes of Titans Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays In 2008, U.S. President Barack Obama had just won the first of two terms; NY Giant WR David Tyree’s improbable catch in Super Bowl 42 set up
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Class A Somers, Class B Pleasantville Hitting Stride Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays If you read this notebook regularly, you knew before anyone that Section 1 would opt against hosting sectional championships in all competitive fall sports due to coronavirus concerns. Instead,
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