I spent a fair amount of time this afternoon at Iona Prep. What more can I say than the Gaels have the best talent in the area? Well, what I saw today was a lot like what I saw at least year’s Iona Prep scrimmage with New Canaan. The talent… Read More →
This post isn’t going to make me a popular guy among area football coaches. But it’s something I’ve thought a lot about over the past few weeks, I feel quite strongly about, and is something that Section 1 and the state need to ask themselves: Have offseason workouts in football… Read More →
Close your eyes for a moment and imagine what would happen in you had 5,000 high school-aged kids from an inner-city environment and could assemble one football team. It wouldn’t be a matter of winning a state championship, but how many. It’s a discussion just about every athlete in Yonkers… Read More →
When I was at Spring Valley practice this afternoon, I stood on the sidelines behind new coach Andew Delva and watched the first-team offense. I couldn’t help but notice the t-shirt Delva was wearing, which said across the back: “Spring Valley UNDEFEATED 9-0.” Below the bold lettering was the game-by-game… Read More →
Made a quick stop this afternoon over at Clarkstown North, which was finishing up practice before heading upstate for the week for camp. The Rams have promising numbers. According to coach Joe Trongone, there are over 80 kids in the program’s three levels. There’s not a huge senior class, either,... Read More →
Nyack coach John Castellano and I played a little game when I visited camp this morning. Slightly giddy, he walked me over to one of the groups going through a one-on-one tackling drill and made a challenge: “I want you to watch these guys,” he said, “And tell me when… Read More →
I have a bunch of assignments to work on today, so I won’t be making many stops at football camps this afternoon. This morning, I did stop at Tuckahoe, home of the reigning Class D champs. The Tigers are a team many write-off each season. They’re already in the Class… Read More →
There must be a theme building around camps I’m visiting this afternoon. When I showed up at Gorton, coach Dan DeMatteo threw up both hands and made a proclamation. “This has to be the most stressful day of my coaching career,” DeMatteo said. The reason? He, too, is waiting for… Read More →
I made two trips this afternoon to Roosevelt. The first time, the team was on break and there was nobody out on the field. The second time, the team was practicing… and it still looked like nobody was out on the field. Numbers are a slight issue for Roosevelt this… Read More →
One of the team’s that really intrigues me this preseason is Edgemont. Rye is out of Class B, leaving the championship up for grabs. Pleasantville, Nanuet and Sleepy Hollow are firmly in the mix based on talent. And I’m a firm believer that all success in high school goes through… Read More →
We’ve added a few more highlight films to our site on Lohud.com, which you access here. We’re up to 28. The latest editions were David Jung, a 280-pound lineman at Edgemont, and Gabe Ostrow, a fullback at Nanuet. We’ll be accepting highlight tapes from all high school players during the… Read More →
I made a quick stop this afternoon at Westlake, the team that reached the Class C championship last year but is being bumped back up to Class B this season. The Wildcats were a mere footnote to history last fall. They were the team that upended Croton in the regular… Read More →
My first stop this afternoon was up in Chappaqua where I watched a few minutes of practice at Horace Greeley. The Quakers are interesting team to me. They’re always in the mix, whether it’s in Class A or a few years ago when they reached the Class AA semifinals with… Read More →
In Saturday’s edition of The Journal News, Rick Carpiniello wrote a column about how Dobbs Ferry plans to reestablish itself as the elite team in Class C. I had an article two weeks ago about Albertus Magnus’ plan to contend for the title. Carp had a report from Hastings on… Read More →
During my stop yesterday at Mount Vernon yesterday, I ran into basketball coach Bob Cimmino. He had some not-so-surpring news about star point guard Jabarie Hinds. The 6-foot rising junior has been inundated with scholarship offers this summer, most recently from Wake Forest, Louisville, South Carolina, Virginia and St. John’s…. Read More →
