Articles and images chronicling local youth athletes
By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays When we were student athletes “back in the day” at Lakeland High School, my buddies and I inflamed an old acronym to death most mornings before homeroom when we trolled the Horace Greeley
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays It’s been a miserable start to spring in the northeast… cold, cloudy, wet and dank for the better part of April, but the show must go on. Stay with us as we bounce
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays T’was about 10 months or so ago when fourth-seeded PLEASANTVILLE sent No.5 PUTNAM VALLEY packing in the 2024 Section 1 Class B baseball quarterfinals. Behind an epic, game-tying, three-run home run from then-freshman
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Last spring, Section 1 went roaring like lions into the NYSPHSAA boys’ lacrosse tournaments in Classes A, B, C and D, but went out like lambs when the section was skunked in terms
Read MoreClass A State-Ranked (No.2) Bobcats Fall to No.3 Mt. Sinai; Glens Falls Repeats as Champs By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays When the Section 1 basketball season tipped off back in early December, 2024, Byram Hills boys’ Coach Ted
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Panas Panthers Tabbed Club Fit Girls’ Team of Season Led by Class AA All-NYS selections Cadence Nicholas, the leading scorer in Walter Panas basketball history (2,208 points), and Sofia Tavarez (1,496 points), number
Read MoreYorktown, Peekskill Bow in Semis; Put Valley Cheer Team 3rd at States By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays The highs and lows were inevitable when it came to this point of the winter basketball season for our Examiner-area clubs.
Read MorePanas, Mahopac Girls Will Square off in Class AA Final 4 By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays CLASS AA In a star-studded Examiner-area battle for a Final 4 berth, No.2 YORKTOWN held off No.7 HORACE GREELEY, 64-61, Thursday to
Read MoreYorktown, Peekskill, Greeley, Byram, Westlake Boys Moving on #CountyCenterBeckons By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays A wild week of first-round hoops action is the focus of Direct Rays this week, including Examiner-area boys’ and girls’ teams inching ever-so-close to
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays GRAPPLIN’ NOTES BYRAM HILLS junior Nick Fortugno is now a Section 1 wrestling legend after he secured his third Section 1 championship, doing so at 116 pounds this season, taking a 15-8 decision
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