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By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays & Rob DiAntonio @RJD_Photos And when we blinked, the regular season was over. Just like that, the playoffs were upon us in this five-week COVID-19 abbreviated season. The Section 1 regional tournament seeds
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Quartet Among Expected Challengers for Upcoming Regional Playoffs; Don’t Sleep on Lakeland By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays & Rob DiAntonio @RJD_Photos Let the playoff speculation begin. With the release of its regional postseason breakdown last Monday, Section 1
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By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays & Rob DiAntonio @RJD_Photos The COVID-19 abbreviated regular season is over. An eight-team post season is upon the Examiner-area teams who comprise the Putnam-Northern Westchester regional playoff grouping, including Mahopac, BYSNS, Cortlandt, Mount
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By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays & Rob DiAntonio @RJD_Photos Class AA MAHOPAC is looking like the team to beat when it comes to a Conference I-II League B title, which Coach Chuck Scozzafava’s undefeated Indians have essentially sewn
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Mahopac, Yorktown Split; Haldane Shredding Foes; Lakeland Nips Panas; Hen Hud Strong By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays & Rob DiAntonio @RJD_Photos It was beginning to look like the league title chases were shaping up as a one-horse race
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By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays & Rob DiAntonio @RJD_Photos HORACE GREELEY (2-2-1) earned a monumental victory over John Jay-Cross River with a 5-4 win on Sunday evening at Brewster Ice Arena. “It’s definitely a big confidence boost,” Greeley
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By Rob DiAntonio The BYSNS started off the ice-hockey season with an 8-7 statement win over visiting WHITE PLAINS on their senior night on Sunday at Brewster Ice Arena. Jonathan Graham netted the go-ahead goal for the Herd with 2:37
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Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays & Ron DiAntonio @RJD_Photos There are certain girls’ hoops teams in the Examiner region who will have to settle for regional titles in a year when, if not for COVID-19, they should be eying nothing less
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Panas Nips Lakeland, Mahopac Sweeps Carmel, Briarcliff Clips Pleasantville; Haldane Handles PV Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays & Rob DiAntonio @RJD_Photos Thankfully, the schedule makers wasted no time. It was virtually rivalry week as we embarked upon the local Section 1
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COVID be Damned: Slapshots, Wristers & Checks ‘Bout to Drop 2021 Ice Hockey Preview Edition RAY GALLAGHER/ANDY JACOBS/ROB DIANTONIO PHOTOS Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays & Rob Diantonio @RJD_Photos Ice time is always tough to come by for Section 1 hockey
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