By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays Both Class A HORACE GREELEY and Class B LAKELAND were expecting so much more to their respective 2020 field hockey campaigns when the 2019 season had ended 13 months ago. Lakeland was coming off
Read MoreBy Noah Perkins Keith Wright stands 6 feet 8 inches tall, is approximately the weight of a large washing machine and makes his living exchanging elbows with men of similar proportions, in the pursuit of stuffing a ball through a
Read MoreThe New York State Public High School Athletic Association announced that all winter championships will be cancelled due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. State championships that are canceled include bowling, basketball, boys swimming & diving, competitive
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays There were some surprises on the Section 1 soccer circuit and then there were some of the usual suspects doing their thing in what was anything but a normal 2020 campaign. With the
Read MorePanthers Fall, 3-1, in South. Westchester Regional Final By Rob DiAntonio Examiner News Writer Pleasantville’s girls’ soccer team fell into an early hole and the top-seeded Panthers weren’t able dig out of it in a 3-1 loss to second-seeded Bronxville
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays There was a ton of heartache, some drama and mixed emotions behind the scenes for many Examiner-area girls’ soccer teams due to Coronavirus, including a co-championship situation between Mahopac and Somers in the Putnam-Northern
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Every soccer program mentioned in this piece, and others across the section, deserves a pat on the back for entertaining parents and fans while providing their respective clubs with unprecedented valor and courage
Read MoreHornets Nip Greeley, Fall at Mamaroneck in Clashes of Titans Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays In 2008, U.S. President Barack Obama had just won the first of two terms; NY Giant WR David Tyree’s improbable catch in Super Bowl 42 set up
Read MoreClass A Somers, Class B Pleasantville Hitting Stride Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays If you read this notebook regularly, you knew before anyone that Section 1 would opt against hosting sectional championships in all competitive fall sports due to coronavirus concerns. Instead,
Read MoreExaminer Sports Editor @DirectRays White Plains boys’ soccer is set to kick off a highly anticipated season with three games this week, including the mother of all challenges against league rival and defending Section 1 Class AA champion Ossining Thursday
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