“Whelk-ome” to Long Island Sound
By Bill Lawyer Here in Rye we have some of the best public access to Long Island Sound beaches — from the rocky beach at Edith Read Sanctuary, through Playland’s beaches, all the way to the Rye Town Park beach at Dearborn Avenue. The Nor’easter storms that drenched us in March may have caused some […]
Love Among the Ruins
By Jana Seitz It’s hard to fully describe the thrill of finding the Garden of Eden right smack in the middle of Yonkers, you just have to trust me and go find it yourself. The man-made miracle of Samuel Untermyer awaits you, a classic Indo-Persian garden as soothing as a balm in Gilead. On a […]
The Hole Story and Nothing but the Hole Story
By Chris Cohan Pullquote: Like petulant, privileged progeny, if trees are never encouraged to spread their roots and venture forth, you may find yourself saddled with a permanent basement dweller. He wouldn’t talk. He held tough. Under a bare bulb, on a hard chair in a stuffy tool shed he just wouldn’t break. I […]
Panthers Post Key Victories in Season Opener
Rye Neck Track & Field By Mitch Silver Rye Neck’s first dual meet of the outdoor season April 4 saw the Panthers lose both the boys’ and girls’ team meets to rival Blind Brook while posting some strong individual performances. Two months after anchoring the school’s record-setting 4×400 meter relay team indoors, junior […]
Panthers Win the Wackiest Game They’ll Play This Year
Rye Neck Baseball By Mitch Silver Image this: it’s April 13, and you’re looking for your first win of the season against a struggling Mount Vernon baseball team. You started the game off slowly, falling behind by 2-0 at home. But you pulled even in the 5th, stealing your third, fourth, and fifth bases […]
Rye High and Rye Country Day Track Teams Excel at First Meet Back
By Melanie Cane On April 17, the first day back from spring break for the Garnets and the end of a long weekend for Rye Country Day School, the track teams from both schools competed in a dual meet at Rye High that also included Eastchester and Pelham. For all of the athletes, this was […]
Garnets Fall to Huskies, 5-2
Rye High Boys’ Tennis By Mitch Silver When Shane Killian of the Rye tennis team walked off the Harrison High courts an easy 6-0, 6-2 winner last Tuesday afternoon, it seemed a portent of things to come. “I’ve played him before,” the Garnet veteran said. “I know what he wants to do, and […]
Garnets Extend Win Streak by Thumping Fox Lane, 15-3
Rye High Boys’ Lacrosse By Mitch Silver Right before spring break, Rye High Boys’ Lacrosse played three crucial games in five days. Why crucial? Because losing the home opener 12-7 to Pleasantville at the end of March suggested a serious flaw in the team’s makeup: slow to non-existent starts. The Garnets had […]
Wildcats Show no Mercy to GA Gators
Rye Country Day Softball By Melanie Cane Rye Country Day pitcher Kristen Brown opened the April 13 matchup against Greenwich Academy by retiring their batters in order. And with lots of fine play by her teammates, the Wildcats had little trouble shutting out their cross-county rivals 14-0. In the bottom of the inning, Wildcat leadoff […]
Wildcats Drop a Heartbreaker to Canterbury, 12-11
Rye High Boys’ Lacrosse By Mitch Silver Right before spring break, Rye High Boys’ Lacrosse played three crucial games in five days. Why crucial? Because losing the home opener 12-7 to Pleasantville at the end of March suggested a serious flaw in the team’s makeup: slow to non-existent starts. The Garnets had come […]