He did it again—and he isn't done yet because he is determined to do what no other Track & Field (T&F) athlete in Port Chester history has ever done before with inches and feet to go as his pre-graduation chances dwindle down to a precious few.
It was going, going, almost gone time, a prelude to the high school graduation yet to come, for nine of Port Chester's most-gifted senior student-athletes, the unsung, behind-the-scenes players as well as the better known.
Give Ram senior All-Star football quarterback and All-League Track & Field long jump champion Colin Taylor an inch and he'll take it a mile and then some while making Port Chester history along the way.
Just an hour apart and at diversely varying locations, the best of the best Port Chester and Blind Brook student-athletes will be honored Wednesday (5/31) for excellence on and off the playing fields as well as in the classroom.
Will Jaffee traveled to Somers on Thursday, May 18 to run in the county track & field championships. Jaffee, a sophomore, has had a historic season thus far, and he went into the championships looking to continue to represent Blind Brook in the 100-meter dash.
Port Chester's senior All-Star quarterback Colin Taylor lost the Westchester County long jump championship Monday (5/22) at Lakeland by slightly more than two inches to Iona Prep's Justin Hargraves who soared 21:5.2 to Taylor's 21:3.6.
It was scary, out of the blue, totally unexpected. One day it was all sunshine, white clouds and blue skies, the next it was inexplicably all gone, grim. There was nothing to see, no world to be seen, a total loss of vision.
The road to victory is paved in challenge. The Trojans have faced adversity before, but as their journey dwindles down, they are faced with the pressure and aspirations of a championship.
After a season of ups and downs for the Blind Brook softball team, there is plenty to both look back on and forward to. Despite a slow start, the Trojans finally began to find themselves in the latter half of the season with late wins.