By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays It finally felt like spring for good portions of last week, except, of course, the weekend of April 26/27, which cancelled a good portion of baseball/softball action in the Examiner region. The warm
Read MoreBy 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 MorePanas, Fox Lane Edged in Finals; Mahopac, P’Ville Edged in Semis By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays PURCHASE – Charismatic Ronald Reagan was restoring order as a legendary president, and Raiders of the Lost Ark was all the rave
Read MoreClass A Panas Socks Byram Hills; Hen Hud Moves on to Quarters By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays We’ve been saying ad nauseam in this space for weeks now – actually three-plus decades – that baseball, on any given
Read MorePac’s DeBrocky Fires No-Hitter; Panas Making Moves By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays League titles were passed out to many of the Examiner-area locals last week, including Class B Putnam Valley (League III-D), Class A Walter Panas (League I-C),Class
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays And down the stretch they come! With league titles on the line and just one week left before Section 1 playoffs start, Class AAA is looking more and more like another potential battle between
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Here are some of the things that are tough to ignore about the Section 1 baseball circuit at the midway point of the 2024 campaign: First and foremost Class AA is stacked with
Read MoreCroton Crushing it in Class B; Lakeland, Panas Split Series By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays While it hasn’t exactly felt like baseball weather this spring, things are bound to start heating up, and the long-range forecast is shaping
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