SPORTS

Gioffre's Gents 12U team defeats Rosabella 4-2 for 2nd consecutive Major League title in a row

"Welcome, Port Chester and Rye Brook residents to the Port Chester Youth Baseball League Major League championship game between Gioffre's Gents and Rosabella Realty at Lyon Park," the announcer smoothly intoned.

Cuomo says low-risk sports can resume play Sept. 21

Play ball. In the fall. Maybe. 

10U Rebels lose, 11U Rebels win in GHVBL playoffs at Lyon Park

The merged Rye Brook/Port Chester 10U Travel Team (TT) went into the playoffs Tuesday at Lyon Park on a roll after playing hardball in beating the Elmsford Hardball TT 10-3 last Wednesday (8/12) at Rye Brook's Garibaldi Park.

Jimmy's Jazz and Gioffre's Gents lookin' good as PCYBL playoffs bow Saturday at Lyon Park

They're forever blowing bubbles, not with soap or gum, but in pro basketball, that means playing in a "bubble" in the so-called "Mickey Mouse" playoffs in Orlando with 16 National Basketball Association (NBA) teams and eight series getting underway this week at Disney World, all bubble-wrapped and all staying in …

PCYBL season heats up on Major, Minor League levels

Nobody ever really saw it coming.

'The Helmet Catch' and STEER inspire Hill to climb highest mountains in his future

It will always be called "The Helmet Catch." It changed rising Port Chester High School senior Rahsheek Hill's life.

Texas Tech comes callin' on hoops Special K with college scholarship offer for 8th grader

Ordinarily there wouldn't seem to be a link between Texas Tech (TT), one of the country's outstanding collegiate sports powerhouses, and Kayleigh Heckel one of the youngest Lady Rams ever to play varsity ball for Port Chester, the 8th grader called Special K hereabouts. But the link exists, the first …

PCYBL teams play an upbeat brand of ball as pros run into virus and storm problems

As July gives way to August, sports on both the pro and amateur level were hit by a double whammy, from the devastating in and out of tropical storm Isaias this past Tuesday (8/4) to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus.

From the Lady Rams to the CYO Hawks to the Port Chester Board of Education

It was a page right out of the Liberty playbook, and the Port Chester youth basketball coach took it because she has learned a lot from the pro basketball team's playbook during the nearly quarter of a century she has been watching the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Liberty play …

It took a Houdini-like escape for the Rebels to stay undefeated against Harlem Knights

The merged, league-leading Rye Brook/Port Chester Rebels 10U team remained undefeated after a doubleheader against the A-Division Harlem Knights this past Sunday (7/26), winning the first game 12-3 and coming away with an 8-8 tie in extra innings in the second game at Lyon Park. Relief pitcher JJ Sundheim had …

PCYBL season is off to smooth start while MLB is having virus-related problems

With waivers, lots of safety precautions ranging from wearing masks when not playing to social distancing and at least 12 coaches watching out for the young players, the Port Chester Youth Baseball League (PCYBL) has been able to do what Major League Baseball (MLB) couldn't—play ball, that is, without the …

Merged Rebels 10U team off to 7-0 start in unprecedented new PCYBL season

In unity there is strength in the time of the coronavirus, and the merged Rye Brook/Port Chester 10U Rebels flexed their collective age-group muscles last weekend.

Ups and downs of latest NYSPHSAA ruling delays fall sports opening date, negs titles

The immortal sports sage has spoken. So has the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) and its COVID-19 Task Force. And the news for the upcoming sports year isn't all that good because it involves a definite maybe start of the fall sports season, a potential condensed …