As far as tune-ups for the upcoming Westchester County wrestling championships on Saturday (1/19) at 9 a.m. in Yonkers, the Port Chester Rams have gone pretty far to get ready in the past week and a half. They upset Ossining at home, lost to White Plains away and watched two of their best grapplers get beat in the prestigious Eastern State Championships in the Catskills.

After a positive start to the new year, the Rye Town/Harrison Titans returned to Playland Ice Casino on Monday, Jan. 14 to take on the New Rochelle Huguenots. The Titans were fired up from their last win which bolstered their confidence and aggressive play. The long hours of pre-season work and training were immediately visible.

Rams varsity basketball is about as good as it gets in Port Chester when the wondrous North Carolina junior prep school transfer Shamel (Mel) Jones is on the court.

The Blind Brook girls’ varsity basketball team has been having a tough time finishing at the end of games. They seem to consistently find their stride in the second half and even dominate toward the end of the game. However, the recurring theme is “too little, too late.” The Lady Trojans’ results aren’t exactly where Coach Jack Adler expected to see them thus far, but nonetheless, the girls are playing extremely hard and showing great improvement one game after another.

With the season nearing the halfway mark, the Blind Brook boys’ varsity basketball team is positioned comfortably at an impressive 7-3. After a narrow championship loss to John Jay at the annual Pelham tournament, the boys tightened up with consecutive wins over North Salem and then demolished Edgemont at home. They have won six of their last seven games after beginning the season 1-2.

For the first time in Port Chester indoor Track & Field history, five Rams and Lady Rams won individual titles in the Section 1 League 1-D Championships Sunday, Jan. 13 in New York City. Both teams also won an impressive number of silver and bronze medals on an individual and relays basis in that meet. And several more runners ran and jumped their way to high level finishes in a prestigious championship meet against all comers a few days later in Rockland County.

Just call him Aquaman, the Port Chester swimming version of the Disney movie superhero.

The Rye Town/Harrison Titans 2019 hockey league play has officially begun. After playing in a couple of early season tournaments in which they went toe-to-toe with top teams from all over New York State, the Titans tied up their skates and took to the ice for their first game of the regular season.

In a battle of All-State wrestlers, Port Chester's lightweight ace Ivan Garcia, the top-ranked wrestler in his 120-pound weight class in Westchester, lost a close match to Marco Vespa of Monroe-Woodbury, the top-ranked wrestler in that weight class in New York State, in the finals of the prestigious 55th annual Shoreline Classic in New Rochelle last Friday and Saturday (1/4/5).

The Blind Brook Lady Trojans had a tough game against Briarcliff High School before winter break on Wednesday, Dec. 19. Then promptly after their return, they faced Westlake High School on Monday, Jan. 7. The game against Briarcliff was not Blind Brook’s best showing. The Trojans were dominated by the very talented Bears. After some time to rest and practice, the Lady Trojans returned ready to head into the solid second half of their season, starting with Westlake. Westlake proved a much better game than Briarcliff yet in the end, the Trojans would fall just short of victory.