SPORTS

Thanks for the memories salute to student-athletes of COVID class of 2021

As the world turns, the scholastic sports season follows its predictable cyclical variations, out goes the senior class of 2021, in comes the next senior class of student-athletes—except what happened this year was unpredictable because  it was almost like no other due to the pandemic.  

Sawpit Cardinals get wings clipped, lose 3 games in a row after fast start

They were too hot not to cool down, and when they inevitably did, their bats went cold leaving the fledgling Sawpit Cardinals 18-U team looking for answers after losing three straight games in the past week following a fast start in the Greater Hudson Valley Baseball League (GHVBL).

Five GHVL All-Star honorees had seasons to remember

The Little O has done it again.

The story behind the latest team photos hung on the Port Chester 'Wall of Fame'

They call it the Wall of Fame. That is the name of the glass case-enclosed showcases that line the Port Chester High School hallway/foyer area outside the old gymnasium.

Play ball: Sawpit Cardinals smash hit as a new 18-U baseball GHVBL team

They were aged out of the restricted age-group teams playing in the Port Chester Youth Baseball League. But they refused to be retired. 

Westchester umps give Rams the Clemens Award for sportsmanship in a Port Chester baseball first

The baseball Rams must be doing something right because more than 250 Westchester baseball umpires can't be wrong. 

Blind Brook High School celebrates the next class of collegiate athletes

Playing a sport in high school is no small task. One has to try out to make the team. There are no participation trophies, and you can’t just sign up to play.

Names behind Port Chester's awards for top graduating student athletes

It was a blast from the past embodied in the nomenclature of the near, the far, the not-so-distant and the soon-to-become names associated with Port Chester's storied, gloried, athletic past. Their names will now always be linked together as part of the outstanding student athlete awards announced in the related …

11 best Ram and Lady Ram student-athletes announced during a virtual filmed ceremony

As the top 500 American Track and Field athletes gathered last weekend (6/18-20) for the Olympic trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., approximately half that number of Port Chester senior student-athletes hit the finish line of their respective high school sports careers after running the equivalent of their final …

First ever official Port Chester LAX program off and running under coach Paul Santavicca

What is happening in Port Chester right now recalls the baseball movie line from "Field of Dreams" that states: "If you build it, they will come."

Ex-Ram boys of summer start 18U baseball team reuniting to play as Sawpit Cardinals in HVBL

The play's the thing for the aging ex-Ram baseball playing boys of summer, far from being in their ruin. They are still in their prime and looking for a ground-breaking way to get back on the field. 

Rams and Lady Rams baseball and softball teams place 8 players as post-season All-Star selections

The Port Chester baseball and softball season has come and gone, but the memories linger on like stars in the late-night sky just before dawn with both Rams and Lady Rams teams getting All-Star post-season breaks with eight stellar players being named to either the All-Section or All-League teams for …

Tigre races to personal and school records at Section 1 AA championships in Arlington

It is a feeling the good ones start to understand on their way towards aspiring to greatness—the almost out-of-body experience that comes in athletic moments when the reaching for the sublime mysteriously takes place, the in-the-zone experience takes over, coming from nobody ever really knows where, and all of a …

Girls’ lacrosse season comes to a close

The Blind Brook girls’ varsity lacrosse team played a close game against Edgemont on Wednesday, June 2. The Trojans lost 10-9 in their last game of the regular season. 

Blind Brook boys’ lacrosse has first-ever winning season

The Blind Brook boys’ varsity lacrosse team had their first-ever winning season with a final record of 6-5. Their success resulted in the Trojans hosting their first-ever home playoff game on Monday, June 7 against an equally talented Haldane team.