It’s completely understandable that high school athletes whose sports were determined to be too risky to be played this fall are frustrated. For the past six months, their lives have been upended with mostly deficient remote learning. So many other
Read MoreAfter sitting on the sidelines for six months, area high school athletes rallied outside the County Center in White Plains Sunday morning to try to convince state officials to reconsider their decision to postpone their seasons until spring. Chanting “Let them
Read More@Directrays Another week, another postponement within the 11-member New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA). Now, folks in Section 1 are awaiting a Sept. 29 start date for low-risk sports like soccer (as if!), field hockey, cross country
Read MoreBy Sarah Bonanno County Executive Rob Astorino announced the formation Monday of the Westchester County Concussion Task Force to help high schools address the public health concern of sports-related concussions. Headed by Dr. Mark Herceg, the county’s commissioner of Community
Read MoreSchools are out on summer break for a couple months and there is finally some time to relax and reflect over the last nine months of accomplishments of so many student athletes. From the 2011-2012 high school season I have
Read MoreEight Mahopac High School seniors have committed to play sports at the college level next year. Jake Degnan, Mike Rettberg, Emma Morretta, Lauren Beberman, Marie Camastro, Maya O’Keefe, Maddie Orsini, and Riley Massett all announced their intentions last month at
Read MoreAs two more cases of the United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 were confirmed in Westchester County last week, the Department of Health in conjunction with local school districts are determining if high-risk athletics can resume next month. Last Friday, Gov.
Read MoreYorktown High School was recently awarded the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Safe Sports School Award for its athletics program. The award promotes safety and recognizes secondary schools that provide safe environments for student athletes. The award also reinforces the importance
Read MoreBy Sara Dunn If the Carmel Central School District is to keep spending within the confines dictated by the new state-imposed tax levy cap, all freshman and junior varsity sports programs at Carmel High School will be shuttered for the
Read MoreFox Lane, Put Valley Suffer Heartbreak in Baseball Championship Setbacks By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays And then there was one! What began as a weekend with three Examiner-area teams – Somers boys’ lax and Fox Lane and Put
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