SPORTS

Walter Panas junior Brigitte Burcescu (smiling above) secured MVP honors, slamming 29 kills and 20 blocks on her 16th birthday, surpassing 500 kills and snapping her sister Vivian’s school single-season kills record as Panas waltzed into the NYS Final 4

The Woodland Falcons emotional roller coaster of a season came to a screeching halt on Friday night at Mahopac High School losing in the Quarterfinals of the New York State Class C Tournament to the Section 9 Champion the O’Neill

On Saturday evening, at Stepinac High School, besides the sounds of the Doo-Wop music resonating from the auditorium, what was also very apparent was that the Crusaders football team had yet to play their CHSFL Playoff game, which was originally

A dynasty is born from collective, long-term will; the kind of resolve that festers year after year. On the Section 1 field hockey circuit, nobody pledges dominance quite like Lakeland High. Champions pay a great price and Coach Sharon Sarsen’s

The comparisons that started back in early August ended last Thursday night when Somers High clinched its second Section 1 football championship in 12 years, taking a one-sided 42-13 Class A triumph over visiting Sleepy Hollow and advancing into the

The 2012 Section 1 soccer season in this neck of the woods will be recalled as one of promise and hope. Haldane did the region justice by appearing in the Class C title game before falling, 2-1, to top-seeded Solomon

For one half of soccer game it looked like the magical and mystical season for the Good Counsel Cougars would live on to see another day, but Notre Dame of Staten Island had three unanswered goals during the second half

I was going to put Section 1’s latest shenanigans in the rear view mirror and forget it ever happened, seeing how this was an atypical week with Hurricane Sandy and all, but that wouldn’t be fair to the football players

In what was the play of the year for the Horsemen, Isaiah Sanjuan secured a deep pass from Lopez for the eventual game winner. It left a loud Brewster crowd silent. Ray Gallagher Photo His arms at a 90-degree angle

With the business of 300 wins put behind him in a 34-7 quarterfinal rout of Hen Hud, Somers High football Coach Tony DeMatteo is more concerned now with two additional milestones; his 10thSection 1 championship and his second NYS title.