Westlake junior Tommy Hopkins has given his verbal commitment to UConn. The 6-foot-6, 298-pound lineman received his first BCS-level offer from UConn last Friday. More offers were anticipated for Hopkins, but coach Rich Hennessy said Hopkins felt it was the perfect fit. Here’s the full story behind Hopkins’ commitment: Like… Read More →
I recently reported that Westlake’s Tommy Hopkins had received his first Division I offer from Bucknell. The 6-foot-6, 285-pound lineman picked up his first offer from a BCS-level school on Friday. Hopkins earned a scholarship offer from UConn, which is one of several high-major programs that has shown interest in… Read More →
Ra’Shad James has decided to leave Iona. That had been a rumor during the season, that the White Plains grad was unhappy with his role with the Gaels. It appears there was some truth to it. The explosive James recently visited Northwood University in West Palm Beach, Fla., and it… Read More →
New Rochelle has booked a game for its open date and it should be a good one. The Huguenots will play at North Bergen High School on Saturday, Oct. 20th at 7 p.m. North Bergen won New Jersey’s North 1, Group 4 state championship in 2011. When reached by phone… Read More →
The Sullivan family has started a foundation to honor former Albertus Magnus star Dan Sullivan, who passed away on Oct. 31 of last year. The Dan Sullivan Foundation will host its first event on Saturday, May 5 at Albertus Magnus High School. Tickets to the event cost $100 and include… Read More →
Below is a tremendous resource for local basketball fans. It’s the complete list of 1,000-point scorers in Rockland County history. The list was no doubt sparked by this season’s assault on the local record books. Three of the county’s top 10 scorers of all-time will graduate in 2012, with Tyler… Read More →
Below is the revised Section 1 football schedule. Here are the list of changes: • Class AA: None • Class A: League 1 remains unchanged; League 2 had multiple changes, mostly just in the order of the schedule and home and away dates; a handful have different opponents • Kennedy… Read More →
According to an e-mail sent to Section 1’s athletic directors this morning by Jennifer Simmons, the football committee has found some issues in the Class A schedules. (UPDATE, 7:16 p.m.) The schedules were re-worked today. They are expected to be finalized and re-released to the schools tomorrow. (Hopefully, I will… Read More →
Below are the complete 2012 football schedules for every team in Section 1. A couple things to note while you scour through them: • The rivalry “non-league” game is noted in italics • “at” denotes road game for that team; all other games are home (UPDATED, 4/18, 9:12 p.m.: All… Read More →
Beginning in 2011, the Section 1 football committee created schedules based on preseason rankings of teams in each class. The rankings are created based off information culled from questionnaires filled out by teams in the offseason. The teams are then inserted into a scheduling matrix that produces their schedules. I’ll… Read More →
Roosevelt High School will host former star and NFL veteran Jimmy Kennedy at 11 a.m. tomorrow, April 19. Kennedy will return to his alma mater and meet with former teammates, coaches and teachers and talk to students about his experience as a football star. Afterward, the school will host a… Read More →
Quick update: The Section 1 football schedules are nearly complete. The committee hopes to finish the last few items and release the schedules tomorrow. The section’s athletic directors are scheduled to meet tomorrow but the meeting will not have an impact on the release of the schedule. The football schedule… Read More →
• Westlake’s Tommy Hopkins offered by Bucknell. The junior lineman is already among the most highly-recruited players in his class. He has made unofficial visits to more than 20 schools and has a series of camps scheduled for later this year, including UConn, UMass, Syracuse, Temple and Boston College. The… Read More →
The Journal News’ Westchester/Putnam all-star basketball team was released this morning. It celebrates the people responsible for a prolific 2011-12 that included state titles for Mount Vernon, Iona Prep, Tuckahoe and Rye Country Day and two new program scoring leaders in the town of Eastchester in Dave Solano and Sky… Read More →
The Journal News’ Rockland all-county basketball team was released this morning. It was an excellent season in Rockland. Two Section 1 champs. One state finalist. Two players who broke their program’s scoring record (Pat Peterson and Tyler Sayre). Three joined the top 10 all-time scoring list in the county (Mike… Read More →
