By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays When PUTNAM VALLEY first-year Coach J.D. Apostolico sat down for his pre-season interview, one could sense a stream of hope and optimism from the mild-mannered mentor who had been around the block a
Read MoreBy Tony Pinciaro @Finch63 WESTLAKE opened the season achieving a first in program history. The Wildcats began by beating Class AAA Mamaroneck, despite being an underdog, in a first-round game of the Godwin (Sleepy Hollow) Tournament. They followed it up
Read MoreYorktown Set to Reload in AA; New Coaches at PV, Hen Hud, Lakeland, Panas, Valhalla By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays There was a bonanza of Section 1 titles to be had in and about the Examiner region (Ex-area)
Read MoreState-Ranked (No.1) Tuskers Seal Deal in 51-27 Rout of Whitesboro By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Nobody needs to tell the state-ranked (co-No.1) Tuskers, or those within Tusker Nation, just how grand Coach Anthony DeMatteo’s Somers High football program
Read MoreBy Tony Pinciaro Neil Paulercio saw promise in the BRIARCLIFF/BYRAM HILLS/VALHALLA/WESTLAKE wrestling program when he started his freshman year. “We had the potential because Coach Joe and Coach Pete knew we had talented kids and we just needed to work,”
Read MorePV, Westlake, P’Ville to Challenge for Class A Title By Tony Pinciaro, For Examiner News @Finch63 The 2024 season was pretty electric in our neck of the EX-area woods, and 2025 is shaping up mightily the same; as the dream
Read MoreSomers Football: Bidding for a three-peat as NYSPHSAA champions this coming week at the JMA Dome in Syracuse, Coach Anthony DeMatteo’s state-ranked (co-No.1) Tuskers (13-0) have already provided the region with a glimpse of what the section’s No.1 grid program
Read MoreState-Ranked No.1 Class A Tuskers Poised for Rematch vs. No.4 Section 4 Champ Whitesboro By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Oops, they’ve done it again! Excuse our played-out Britney Spears-style entrance, but facts are facts. Somers High is brokering an
Read MoreState-Ranked (No.4) Vikings Fall to No.5 Schuylerville, 24-7 By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Unforced errors, dead ball fouls and crucial penalties were just part of what plagued Section 1 champion VALHALLA (11-1), ranked No.4 in NYS, in its
Read MoreVikings to Challenge No.7 Schuylerville for Berth in State Finals By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Plagued by an otherwise slow start, state-ranked (No.6) Section 1 champion VALHALLA looked like it was going through the motions for much of
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