SPORTS

On a night when shooting percentages were low, scoring averages dipped and getting stops was all the rage, it was the Briarcliff Bears who earned the highest grades for defensive tenacity. Holding Westlake to a mere 10 points in the

On Thursday, Feb. 6, White Plains High School could not contend with Horace Greeley High School’s frontcourt presence of senior Chris Melis and sophomore Nick Townsend. The Quakers inside duo combined for 49 points and 28 rebounds to beat the

  By Rob DiAntonio White Plains girls basketball coach Benji Carter gave his eighth-grader Sequoia Layne some advice at practice one day. “I’ve been challenging her,” Carter said. “Also, I think with our weight room, she’s been buying in. I

With the final precious seconds ticking off the clock last Wednesday evening, Pace University’s Tyrone Cohen Jr. caught a pass from teammate Bryan Powell along the left sideline, took one dribble across the midcourt line and launched a nearly 40-foot

It’s very crowded at the top of Class A girls’ basketball in Section One this season and two of the teams with their sights set on a sectional title, Byram Hills and Rye, provided an early glimpse on Friday night

Not even the absence of his best player could prevent Briarcliff girls’ basketball coach Don Hamlin from reaching a lofty milestone last Tuesday afternoon. With leading scorer Alana Lombardi sidelined by a recent ankle injury, the Bears still managed to

A pair of 12-0 runs in the first half, one in the opening quarter and the other in the second, gave the Valhalla Vikings all the ammunition they would need to overwhelm Pleasantville in Friday night’s championship game of the

Fueled by four 3-pointers, the Westlake girls’ basketball team played its finest eight minutes of the season on Friday evening. The Wildcats outscored undefeated Briarcliff 16-8 in their dazzling third quarter and whittled a 10-point halftime deficit down to just