This Jonny McGhee situation has finally gotten to me. I’m fleeing the country. OK, well that’s not really true. But I am going tonight to Italy for 14 days. I’m leaving tonight, flying into Rome and spending the trip touring the Amalfi Coast. It will be my first trip to… Read More →
The great Neil Kerr of the Syracuse Post-Standard reported this week that the New York State Football Coaches Association is exploring a possible Upstate vs. Downstate All-Star Football Game for next season. Click here to read the story. As you know, the annual “Governors Bowl” between New York and New… Read More →
As I detailed in an article in today’s Journal News, Lewis Edney is settling in as the new quarterback at New Rochelle. Nope, Jonny McGhee hasn’t come back to the team and, according to the coaches and players, it doesn’t seem like he’s going to. I’ve said it before and… Read More →
Football camps across the Lower Hudson Valley, led by Champions Camp at New Rochelle, are set to begin in a few weeks. There’s also exactly three weeks to the first official day of practice on Aug. 21. Sounds like a good time to examine the top teams in the area…. Read More →
Our site dedicated to football highlight films has officially been launched! You can view the site, lohud.com/recruitvideos, by clicking this link. Right now, we have 12 players posted and expected it will grow rapidly. Most of them are direct links to YouTube pages with the videos. On there you can… Read More →
If you have a football highlight film, we’d love to post it LoHud.com. We’re gathering a library of videos and creating a web site dedicated to it. Please, either email me the link at kdevaney@lohud.com or you can mail me a DVD copy: Kevin Devaney 1 Gannett Drive White Plains… Read More →
Exactly two months from today is the first Saturday of the high school football season. We all know what’s going on on Opening Night with Rye hosting Ossining and Iona Prep playing Bergen Catholic at Giants Stadium. Well, I decided this morning to take a gander at the entire Week… Read More →
The other day at Iona Prep I ran into Ryan O’Neil, who is entering his sophomore season as quarterback at Lafayette. I figured I’d balance it out a little by catching you up on a basketball star from the area. I spoke yesterday with former Blessed Sacrament standout Curtis Dennis,... Read More →
Also in today’s Journal News, I caught up with Tommy Pizzurro, the lineman who transfered from Iona Prep to St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale for his senior season. Pizzurro started on a National Championship team at Aquinas and has turned himself into a blue chip prospect. After a prep… Read More →
Several items worth checking out in today’s Journal News or on LoHud.com. The All-Star and All-County teams for the spring season have been released. For the Westchester/Putnam sports, click here. To see the Rockland County teams, click here. Although it’s not football or basketball, athletes from those sports were represented… Read More →
I stopped by Iona Prep today to work on a story (it will be in Friday’s Journal News) and spotted a few guys throwing a football around on the field. Based purely on the mechanics and arm strength, these clearly weren’t just any guys. When I walked down the hill,... Read More →
Calling all football recruits! We want your highlight films. Based on the response we got from the highlight reels of Devonte Brailsford and Reuben Frank, we’ve decided to set up an entire site dedicated to the recruiting films of players from the Lower Hudson Valley. I’ve gathered a couple of… Read More →
Two things I want to make you aware of over the next week: First, Journal News columnist Rick Carpiniello will be hosting a New York Rangers chat on Lohud.com on Thursday at 1 p.m. Yes, I’m aware it’s not high school football or basketball. But if you’re a Rangers fan,... Read More →
I got back last night after a great trip down to North Carolina. After an hour or so of rummaging through the comments section of the blog, there was something I needed to pass along. In case you missed it, check out Devonte Brailsford’s highlight tape on ESPN.com by clicking… Read More →
I’m down in North Carolina this week – visiting friends and celebrating my 29th (gasp) birthday, which was yesterday. But I wanted to mention that Poughkeepsie coach Ken Barger emailed me to say Poughkeepsie football star Reuben Frank has committed to play at UConn. Frank, a defensive end, will be a senior… Read More →
