The Putnam Officials IABBO Board 161 is sponsoring its 3rd Annual Putnam Challenge on Saturday at Brewster High School. Here’s the schedule of games: Lincoln Hall vs. Mahopac, noon Haldane vs. Putnam Valley, 2 p.m. Croton-Harmon vs. Westlake, 4 p.m. Brewster vs. North Salem, 6 p.m. All off the proceeds… Read More →
Journal News columnist Rick Carpiniello had a great feature package in today’s paper on the Top 10s of the decade. You can read it by clicking here. Carpiniello listed his Top 10 athletes, programs and games of the decades in all sports. The notable football and basketball ones were obvious:... Read More →
Iona Prep won a heart-stopper in last night’s Slam Dunk final, beating Newburgh Free Academy 71-68 in overtime at the County Center. You can read my story here. Newburgh is the defending Class AA state champs and returned all five starters from a team that (miraculously) beat Mount Vernon in… Read More →
Follow the Kennedy-Gorton game live here:
We’ve finally arrived at the biggest game of the Slam Dunk tournament: Iona Prep vs. Peekskill. Yes, it’s only a semifinal in the tournament — and the winner will likely get beaten by Newburgh Free Academy in the final. But, as the filled seats prove, it’s the marquee matchup of… Read More →
You can watch today’s action live on lohud.com/vcsports1 by clicking here. For today’s games check the top post.
The first Slam Dunk championship was handed out last night. And it went to an unlikely recipient. North Rockland followed up its upset win of Long Island Lutheran by knocking off White Plains 59-43 in the final. The Red Raiders went on a 22-2 run from the final minutes of… Read More →
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Only two boys were played on Day 1 of the Slam Dunk Challenge at the Wetchester County Center. North Rockland and White Plains won, and will meet in tonight’s tournament final at 8 p.m. North Rockland got there with a stunning upset of Long Island Lutheran, as Rick Carpiniello reported…. Read More →
After two days off for Christmas, and my own personal six days of vacation, we finally get back to basketball action on Saturday with the Slam Dunk tournament. Part of the game schedule will be broadcast live here on lohud.com. You can access it here or click on lohud.com/vcsports1. Here’s… Read More →
It will be a very Merry Christmas for Michael Reyes. The Gorton senior basketball player learned last night that the state overturned Section 1’s ruling to prohibit Reyes from playing this season. Reyes, a 5-foot-8 point guard, was deemed ineligible because he violated transfer rules when leaving Yonkers last Spring… Read More →
My first day as a reporter at The Journal News was April 1, 1999 (seriously). I was a free-lance reporter the previous fall — just weeks after graduating from high school — and have covered a football game every fall Saturday, and been in 75-100 gyms each winter watching boys… Read More →
Somers senior football star Matt Deiana has been selected to participate in the Max Emfinger All-American Bowl on Jan. 2 in Austin, Texas. The first question, of course, is who is Max Emfinger? Well, through some research, he’s a national recruiting guru who hosts an annual all-star game. You can… Read More →
Valhalla basketball coach Dave Greiner confirmed today that standout point guard Dan Annunziata will miss six weeks with a broken left elbow. Annunziata, a 5-9 junior, landed hard when fouled in the first quarter of Tuesday’s win at Rye. He played the rest of the half despite the fact he… Read More →
I’m on vacation this week and won’t be around until the Slam Dunk on Saturday. It’s not a big week of games with the holidays coming, but here’s a spotlight on the next few days. Then, at the bottom, is a breakdown of how I think the Slam Dunk will… Read More →
