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Softball: White Plains ace Alexis Tighe headlines the 2024 Westchester/Putnam All Stars
Westchester/Putnam softball this year saw some history and many upperclassmen step into the spotlight for their teams. It was a freshman, who after a stellar season last year, took her game to another level. 2024 lohud Westchester/Putnam Softball Player of the Year ...
Lilly Whaling: Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year
Lilly Whaling didn’t need any more accolades to prove she is one of the best athletes in New York state, but she received another anyway: LoHud’s girls lacrosse Player of the Year. Whaling, who is committed to Cornell University to continue her academic and athletic journey, capped off...
Softball: Albertus Magnus ace Teagan Dwyer headlines 2024 lohud Rockland All-County team
Rockland softball showed dominance with three Section 1 titles, one regional title and a NYSPHSAA final four appearance. Upperclassmen took things to another level this season and one helped her team do things for the first time in program history. 2024 lohud Rockland Softball Player of the Year ...
Track & Field Set to Take Center Stage; Renegades Set Record
I’ll be the first to admit track and field gets shortchanged when it comes to Examiner Media coverage. Our shortcomings on this front are recognized, and short of making excuses, we’ll simply say track and field, unfortunately, doesn’t quite move the needle the way other team sports do. The travel to winter indoor settings like the Armory in New York City is loathsome and regurgitating results can be a tedious endeavor. But we are apologetic and will attempt to do more, especially next spring.
Mercy Athletics Moment #8: Softball Qualifies for ECC Championship for Fourth Straight Year
DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (July 5, 2024) – For the ninth year, Mercy University Athletics will recap the year by counting down the Top-10 most memorable moments of the 2023-24 season, with all 10 sports represented. Mercy University Athletics will release a Top-10 moment, as chosen by the athletics staff,...
Kent Gardens, Tuckahoe stand 4-0 and atop NVSL swim divisions
With comfortable home victories the morning of July 6, the Tuckahoe Tigers and Kent Gardens Dolphins each improved to 4-0 to clinch at least a share of their division championships in the Northern Virginia Swimming League 2024 summer season. The teams can win the titles outright and finish 5-0 by...
Greenwich Point One-Mile Swim Set for July 13
The 35th Annual One Mile Swim at Tod’s Point will be held on Saturday, July 13. The event is sponsored by The Greenwich Swim Committee and the YMCA of Greenwich. All proceeds from the One Mile Swim event will go toward supporting the YMCA of Greenwich’s Swim School Scholarship Fund, helping to provide swim school instruction and critical water safety skills to local children. Last year, the event raised $2,500 after all race expenses for the YMCA of Greenwich.
Tarrytown’s Jonathan Oakes Wins State Junior Championship
Tarrytown’s Jonathan Oakes has done it again. Last year, Tom ewrote in The Hudson Independent that Oakes, was “on a course for greatness” after he won a major sectional tournament in Mamaroneck and qualified for the Boys Junior PGA championship at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Palos Park, Ill.
start training for the Greenburgh diaper dash--September 1
A chance for our future athletes to win their first competition!. It’s not the summer Olympics. But, children under two should start training for the 2nd annual Greenburgh diaper dash. Who knows? Some of the participants could eventually become members of the United States Olympics team. The event is...
NY Boulders Take Two of Three from Florence Y’Alls in Weekend Home Stand
The New York Boulders faced the Florence Y’alls in a weekend series at Clover Stadium in Pomona. The Boulders won Friday’s game, 16-5. They won Saturday, 10-8. In yesterday’s game, with bases loaded the Boulders down 3-0 in the third, catcher Peyton Isaacson came to the plate with one out…
Greenwich Croquet Club Makes its Home in Bruce Park
Last weekend the Greenwich Croquet Club hosted the 34th Greenwich Invitational 6-Wicket Croquet Tournament on the club’s croquet courts in Bruce Park. The players, some are up for the summer from homes in Florida where the sport is popular, dressed in white, though club president Bill Miller joked that he was partial to his gray Crocs.
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