SPORTS
Blind Brook girls’ basketball season kicks off with high hopes for the year
On the heels of an intense 2020-2021 season, Blind Brook girls’ basketball is back and stronger than ever. Last year’s season—harshly impacted by the restrictions implemented due to COVID-19 such as mask mandates and a lack of crowds—was ended after a shortened schedule, the team culminating with a 5-6 record.
Thanks for the memories Fall season tribute to the 12 best Port Chester student-athletes
Unless you are a turkey, Thanksgiving is a single day set aside for being grateful—and not just because being thankful is a good way to learn how to practice gratitude daily, a practice that can lead to longer-lasting benefits. Those benefits include a joyful remembrance of sporting things past—those local …
Co-captain Larry Lanni looks back on undefeated PCHS 1959 football season
The 2021 Port Chester High School football season has ended, but how many remember the team of 1959? For those who remember, it was a near perfect season. The teams of the 50’s were some of the best and were coached by one of the best, Ralph Friedgen. Coach Friedgen, …
Manny Martinez's promising hoop Rams hope to learn from best P.C. teams of past
Going into his fourth year as head coach of the Port Chester High School basketball Rams, noted educator Manny Martinez, a basketball lifer who made his hoops coaching reputation building the Blind Brook Lady Trojans into a regional power during his nearly two decades of coaching there, hopes this is …
Wrestling Rams back on the mat after COVID-19 KO
The wrestling Rams are back—and so is the Carlucci. With official practices for the winter scholastic sports season underway, Port Chester had 40 wrestlers out for the wrestling team's just concluding first week of practice, down from 70 in the past due to the lingering after- effects of the coronavirus. …
Madison Ostrowski signs letter of intent to play softball for Villanova University
It's official! Port Chester's most famous sister act will be reunited, albeit not at the high school but at a major college athletic powerhouse.
P.C. honors Louis Larizza Jr. with first hoops tournament
In what promises to be an inspirational winter scholastic sports season first, Port Chester will stage the first Louis (Louie) Larizza Jr. Invitational Basketball Tournament for Boys and Girls Dec. 8, 10 and 11 in the new high school gym. The high school jersey of the former late Ram great …
Football Rams lose post-season home finale
It ain't over until it's over and the Section One Class AA football post-season has almost come to an end—Carmel will play Arlington Saturday (11/13) for the sectional championship at Arlington—but the post-season ended for Port Chester last Friday (11/5) with a 46-24 home loss to Mount Vernon.
DelVecchio up for Heart of a Giant Award
Football Rams top lineman Anthony DelVecchio knows what a sense of loss feels like—and not just because his team finished with a 1-7 record.
Trojans’ inspiring football season ends with 15-6 loss to Irvington
After the Trojans’ loss to top team Tuckahoe, they looked to bounce back and end the season on a high note. In what was an emotional and hard-fought game, the Trojans fell to the Irvington Bulldogs 15-6.
Soccer Rams place five players on post-season All-Star teams
It didn't end the way the Port Chester soccer Rams wanted the season to end, but it was a very good year nonetheless. The Rams wound up as co-league champions, advanced to the second round of the one-and-done playoffs before losing in overtime and placed five players on the post-season …
Future of PCHS volleyball is looking up
Lady Ram volleyball continued its upward trajectory despite its downbeat loss to North Rockland in the first game of the one-and-done playoffs last Saturday (10/30) away. But simply making the playoffs represents a step up for the ever-improving Vballers. Especially since there is a strong nucleus of returning players—and the …
Lady Ram All-League soccer coach sums up his team's All-Star season
So long, it's been good to know you, and it may be a long time before the Port Chester girls’ varsity soccer team sees anything like you again because this year's league championship team graduates seven key senior players including their one-two-three scoring punch of Ashley Reyes, Andrea Flores and …
Lady Ram All-League soccer coach sums up his team's All-Star season
So long, it's been good to know you, and it may be a long time before the Port Chester girls’ varsity soccer team sees anything like you again because this year's league championship team graduates seven key senior players including their one-two-three scoring punch of Ashley Reyes, Andrea Flores and …
