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Eric Paschall earned Section 1’s biggest award as a junior. On Thursday, he claimed one of the state’s biggest prizes as well. The Dobbs Ferry junior was selected as the Class B state player of the year when the New York State Sportswriters Association revealed its all-state teams on Thursday.... Read More →

Former Mount Vernon star Jabarie Hinds ended his second brush with recruitment quickly. After making just two visits since being granted his release from West Viriginia earlier this month, the 5-foot-11 guard picked UMass over St. Joe’s. Hinds transferred after two seasons as a starter at West Virginia. He visited... Read More →

Here’s Dan’s story about former Nyack basketball coach Gary Gray’s induction into the Rockland Sports Hall of Fame: When Gary Gray was named the Nyack boys basketball coach in 1981 he wanted to bring honor to not only the players on the team, but the entire village of Nyack. “That... Read More →

The NFL Draft begins tonight at Radio City Music Hall and continues Friday and Saturday. Although there are no Jimmy Kennedys or Devin McCourtys slated to go early, two local players have put themselves in position to get picked this weekend. And it wasn’t easy. Our friend Dan did a... Read More →

Here’s my story on Iona landing Rutgers transfer Mike Poole, including a note on the Gaels still being in contention for Jabarie Hinds: Iona men’s basketball has built a reputation as a second home for tri-state area transfers in search of a fresh start. That bond between the program and... Read More →

The Middletown Times Herald-Record reported today that the Rockland County schools will not leave Section 1 for Section 9. My colleague Mike Zacchio is working on a story about the decision. The Times Herald-Record said the schools opted to stay by a vote of 6-5. Tappan Zee AD Liam Frawley... Read More →

Here’s my story catching up with former Clarkstown North star Keith Bulluck, who will be inducted into the Rockland Sports Hall of Fame next weekend: Reading textbooks and writing papers might seem like relatively mundane activities for an NFL star, but Keith Bulluck doesn’t share that view. When he retired... Read More →

In a bit of a surprise, Stepinac basketball coach Tim Philp resigned today after 10 seasons, including nine as the head varsity coach. He cited wanting to spend more time with his family. He has a 2-year-old daughter and his wife is due with their second child in July. “It’s... Read More →

The Journal News and LoHud.com handed out its top prizes of the 2012-13 basketball season today. It was a season dominated in large part by guard play and two of the best came away with our top honors. • Stepinac senior Josh James was named the Westchester/Putnam player of the... Read More →

NEW YORK Josh James can’t remember the name of the building. Somewhere in Las Vegas. Somewhere clearly bigger than Fordham and obviously Stepinac, too. Of course, all three three gyms would probably fit comfortably inside downtown Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. James, a 6-foot-1 guard, was there Saturday night, representing Stepinac at... Read More →