SPORTS
The sky is the limit for STEER's Skylar Sams
Lights, camera, action! The director in the television studio starts giving the countdown, 10, nine, eight, and when the count comes down to one, there is a deep intake of breath in the interviewer's chair and Port Chester High School rising freshman Skylar Sams lobs a softball "marshmallow" at her …
20U Pirates hit by shutouts, rain, coronavirus but looking to get back on track in the GHVBL
Nobody ever said it was going to be easy—and it hasn't, but it already has been a lot better than it was last year when they won only two games all season long as the Saw Pit Cardinals.
P.C. 12U Pirates have a memorable tourney at Cal Ripken Myrtle Beach Experience in S.C.
It was the stuff that a young baseball player's dreams are made of. It was a chance for a summer getaway to play a week's worth of baseball against some of the nation's best similar age group teams.
Batting averages, All-Star selections and camp help Lady Rams gain respect in softball circles
When they announced the All-Star teams the other day, the Yankees led the American League with six selections, the Mets had four and the Port Chester Lady Rams had two in Madison (Madi) Ostrowski and Kayleigh Heckel—but even when Port Chester was respected in the naming of stars selected in …
Rams Rising baseball 'one-run loss bandits' getting their act together in new HS league
The returning Rams baseball team's mounting losses in a new off-season summer Rising High School Players baseball league are all part of a season's seasoning process—and those losses will make them better varsity players when the games start for real next spring, according to head coach Sean Burke.
New winning outlook goes beyond name change for reincarnated Rams 20U alumni Pirates
In their first reincarnation last year, the Rams alumni reunion baseball team won just two games during their inaugural 20-game season playing under the name of the Saw Pit Cardinals.
12U PCYBL Pirates endure ups, downs in Cal Ripken Tourney in Myrtle Beach
They were trying to do what only one age group baseball team in Port Chester history has ever done before.
Writer takes a heartfelt walk down memory lane provoked by a meditation on the PCHS graduation
Just in time for the 4th of July weekend, a strange thing happened to me—seven decades worth of accumulated high school memories started exploding in my mind like long-simmering fireworks, dying Roman candles.
PCYBL Pirates 20U alumni reunion team beats Connecticut's Kent White Sox at PCHS
In the end, the ultra-competitive Division 1 College World Series (CWS) came down to eight teams—Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Texas, Arkansas, Stanford, Mississippi and Auburn.
Rising High School League Rams learning while losing 2 of 3 games
The Rising High School League 16-game summer baseball season has only just begun, and it has already been a rollercoaster ride for the young Port Chester Rams.
A thanks for the memories sports top 10 list in a challenging, adversity-filled school year
The Port Chester High School graduation has come and gone, but the memories linger of a very special scholastic sports year because of the way the ongoing pandemic challenged lives and yet the local student-athletes endured, adapted and even thrived in the face of challenges that led to amazing accomplishments …
Student-athletes take $13K bite out of big Apple after completing STEER Technical Literacy program
It's the educational equivalent of hitting a home run, scoring the winning basket, kicking in a pivotal goal, finishing first in a major race. And each heady score was worth more than $1,000.
The hellos & goodbyes that take Rams baseball to better and more competitive small ball place
Give him an inch and he will take the varsity Rams baseball program miles away in his quest to make his players better. Rams baseball coach Sean Burke has been named League Coach of the Year for the past two years.
Softball ABCs learning curve on agenda for P.C. Rec camp with Coach M, BK
The cost of athletic excellence doesn't come cheap when you need to build a foundation from the ground up. But how does $200 for one week or $375 for two weeks of training excellence sound?
