Rye Neck Fall Sports Preview
By Mitch Silver <<Cross-Country>> The Rye Neck harriers — including lone female runner Anna Boswelle (center) — pose with Coach Myla Allen, left, and her short-but-very-demanding assistant before their first meet. Myla Allen welcomed team captains Mitchell O’Brien and Genki Ono and co-captain Brendan Tuohy — along with fellow seniors Raymond Rivituso, and James Lord — […]
Rye High School Girls’ Fall Previews
By Melanie Cane <<Field Hockey>> Captains Lotje Rogaar and Lainie Agosta You cannot talk about the prospects of Rye High’s Field Hockey team without thinking about Lakeland. For the past eight years, Lakeland has beaten the Garnets in the Section final. Each season, Rye’s goal is to beat Lakeland. This year is no […]
Rye High School Boys’ Fall Sports Previews
By Mitch Silver <<Football>> Garnet seniors, from left: Billy Chabot, Andy Bach, A.J. Thompson, Owen Hull, and Peter Chabot. Senior Chase Bekkerus was rehabbing a hamstring and missed the group picture. Coaching Staff: Head Coach Dino Garr, 34th year; New Assistant Coaches: Joel Jenson (line), Jonathan Sable (receivers & linebackers), Sean Zemlyak (QBs & secondary). […]
Rye Country Day School Boys’ Fall Sports Preview
By Mitch Silver <<Football>> Wildcat seniors are ready for the new season. Back row, from left: Jackson Broidwolf, Troy Kesselmark, Colin Duncan, Jack Curry, and Christo Sullivan. Front row, from left: John Golden, Tyler Block, Richard Antoine, Jack Birchenough. Absent: Maxwell Smith. Coaching Staff: Head Coach John Calandros; Assistants Charles Ogbonna, Dan Hannon, Andy Lopez. […]
Holy Child Fall Sports Previews
By Melanie Cane <<Field Hockey>> Assistant Coach Charlotte Tierney, Captains Julia Howe and Molly Mackie, and Head Coach Alex Bean The new Holy Child field hockey coaches, Alex Bean and Charlotte Tierney have big shoes to fill. They replaced Barb Lorys and Cheryl O’Shea, who coached the team for 13 years. While a student at […]
Cross-Country Previews
By Melanie Cane <<Rye High School>> The RHS Cross-Country team warming up on the track in the rain. While Rye High School superstar Natalie Weiner moved to Bronxville over the summer and two female and three male runners graduated, all the other runners on the team have returned. And the Boys’ team added 17 […]
Rye/Rye Neck/Blind Brook Girls’ Swimming & Diving
Coaching Staff: Head Coach Shannon Bolger, 16 years; Assistant Coach Brinn McGuire, 1st year; Dive Coach Melanie Dilascio, 4th year. Last Season’s Results: “We had a 7-1 record in dual meets. The team placed 2nd at our Divisional meet and sent several girls to our Sectional meet, where we placed 14th.” Returning Swimmers: “We are […]
Tufts Names Joe Raho Head Coach of Men’s and Women’s Squash
Joe Raho, the assistant squash coach at Brown University since 2014, has been hired as the next head coach of the Tufts University men’s and women’s squash programs. “I am very excited to welcome Joe to Tufts to lead our men’s and women’s squash teams,” said Director of Athletics John Morris. “He embodies everything we […]
Rye Rec Adult Softball Adopted a New Swing This Year
By Melanie Cane Rye Recreation Softball underwent an overhaul for the 2017 Season. For the first time in over a decade, the Adult Men’s League was split into two, not three divisions. The A, B, and C division format was replaced with the American and National leagues, mimicking Major League Baseball. The Men’s League boasted 19 […]
Athlete in the News: Alex Raynor
<<Alex Raynor>> has been named one of the captains of Denison University’s varsity football team. The 2014 Rye High School graduate, who played all four years for the Garnets under Coach Dino Garr, is a third year starter for Denison. Last year, Denison tied for second in the NCAC and was nationally ranked for the first time […]