Hail Honorable Women and Humor
Hail Honorable Women and Humor Supporters of the Rye Youth Council filled the large dining room at Shenorock Shore Club for their annual spring benefit luncheon May 4. Glasses were raised for Susan McGovern, this year’s Community Honoree, for her immeasurable contributions to the Rye Youth Council for over a decade, as well as […]
Ed Matthews, Master-in-the-Making
By Georgetta L. Morque A visit to the home of Ed and Beth Matthews typically starts with a tour of the backyard garden. Depending upon the season, one will find a variety of edibles, such as juicy tomatoes, large cucumbers, kale, carrots, fingerling potatoes, peas, robust garlic, and prize-worthy pumpkins, as well as light and […]
A Charmed Life
By Kathleen Durkee “Our garden has been home to countless fairy houses, neighborhood games of manhunt, nesting birds and bunnies, lizard and goldfish graves, and huge winter igloos.” Honestly, I wasn’t even pregnant at the time, but I remember feeling overcome with waves of nausea as my husband broke the news that we were being […]
Garnets Are New York State Champs, Again.
Rye High Rowing By Mitch Silver The Garnets Rowing team, under Coach Stan Nelson, traveled to Saratoga Springs two weekends ago to compete in the State Championships on Saratoga Lake. One boat in particular, the Men’s Lightweight 4 with coxswain, would be defending the title they won in 2016. It’s no small […]
Panthers Top Rival Trojans in Extra-Inning Playoff Thriller
Rye Neck Baseball By Mitch Silver It was post-season baseball played in pre-season weather. Less than 24 hours after a pair of 90°-plus days brought summer to Westchester, the thermometer registered half that at game time Saturday morning between 11th-seeded Rye Neck and their 6th-seeded rivals, Blind Brook. The 8-11 Panthers were clear […]
After Winning League Title With Dramatic Comeback, Garnets Top Pelham in Section Semifinal
RHS Girls’ Lacrosse By Melanie Cane Rye High seniors Haley Nemsick and Amanda Hartzell with their families and Coach Dennis Hurlie On May 10, before what was supposed to be the Garnets’ last home game of the regular season, Rye High Lacrosse Coach Dennis Hurlie recognized co-captains Amanda Hartzell and Hailey Nemsick. “Last year we […]
End of a Season – RHS Lacrosse
It was not to be. After a season spent either losing big leads or surmounting them, Coach Steve Lennon’s men found a team they couldn’t come back on: John Jay of Cross River. The third-seeded Indians—generally considered to be the No. 1A to No. 1 Yorktown in Section One lacrosse—came into the game at […]
Wildcats Flourish in Their First Spring Season
Rye Country Day Girls’ Tennis By Melanie Cane In its first year as a spring sport and therefore in the FAA league, the Rye Country Day Girls’ Tennis team finished the season with a 10-4 record. In their last regular match, May 12, they beat King 5-2. All of the doubles teams won 6-0, 6-0. […]
RCDS Baseball
Rye Country Day Head Coach Ryan Quinn probably summed it up best: “It was a crazy few days.” His top-seeded Wildcat baseball team was down 2-1 in the 7th inning against Hamden Hall in the semifinals of the Fairchester Athletic Association post-season tournament. “Owen Coady threw a brilliant 6 1/3 innings before we were able […]
Garnet Rower John Dailey Named May’s Lions Club Winner
By Mitch Silver A lot of things have to come together for a Rye High student-athlete to win a New York State championship in sports. If you’re a quarterback, the whole football team has to be good enough to make it to the Carrier Dome and win a couple of games there. Same, of course, […]