Rye Neck Girls’ Basketball Panthers’ Motto: Better Winning Through Chemistry
By Mitch Silver Knute Rockne would be proud. Shawn Lincoln, the veteran coach who’s returned to helm the Lady Panthers in 2017, followed his team off the floor at halftime of their home game against Solomon Schechter December 7, passing directly under the scoreboard that showed the game was tied at 10-all. While […]
Rye Country Day Boys’ Basketball Wildcats Move to 4-2 with Win over Berkeley Carroll
By Mitch Silver Behind the sharpshooting of junior swingman Billy O’Meara, who scored 22 points in just one half of the matchup against Berkeley Carroll of Brooklyn, Rye Country Day improved its December record with an easy 71-41 victory. Brett Robinson added 12, Allan Houston chipped in eight (also in just half a game), […]
Two Holy Child Athletes Commit to Division I Athletics
Holy Child recently celebrated two student-athletes, Caroline McGee and Alexa Lantin. McGee has signed a National Letter of Intent to row for the University of Michigan, and Alexa Lantin will swim for Boston College. Director of College Counseling JB Broda said, “Alexa and Caroline excelled by being positive, patient, persistent, and never giving up. […]
Rye High/Rye Country Day Wrestling Wildcats Top Garnets in Crosstown Rivalry Match
By Mitch Silver The great thing about a Rye High versus Rye Country Day wrestling match is, the two rivals leave everything on the mat. The not-so-great-thing? Neither team has a roster big enough to be able to put a wrestler out on that mat in every weight class. So, even though the […]
Rye High Hockey Garnets Outshoot the Bobcats, But Lose 7-5
By Melanie Cane The December 13 matchup between Rye High and Byram Hills began inauspiciously for the home team, with the Bobcats scoring a minute and a half into the game. But after the goal, Rye regrouped and dominated, getting off ten shots to the Bobcats’ two. The Garnets’ offense finally paid off when Will […]
Rye Country Day Girls’ Basketball Wildcats Fall to Greenwich High in Rye Rotary Tourney
By Melanie Cane What a difference a year makes. Last year, Rye Country Day School’s team won the Rye Rotary Girls’ Basketball Tournament and Wildcat Alana Jones was tournament MVP. This year, on December 16, they lost to Greenwich High School 50-43 in the first round of the tournament. The Wildcats struggled in the […]
Rye High Boys’ Basketball Garnets Beat Blind Brook, Win Their Own Cliff Clinton Classic
By Mitch Silver Three days after crushing Pleasantville by a score of 72-29 in the preliminary game of their annual Cliff Clinton tournament, Coach John Aguilar’s Rye Garnets faced off against the winner of the other prelim, the Blind Brook Trojans, in Draddy Gymnasium December 11. Blind Brook sent out four starting senior […]
Rye Neck Indoor Track As Panthers Run and Jump, Records Fall Left and Right
By Mitch Silver Hear that sound? It’s the noise records make when they shatter. Which explains all the sonic booms coming from Hornidge Road, home of the Rye Neck Indoor Track team. No sooner had the season kicked off with the aptly named Kick-Off Meet at the Armory December 10, than two Panther […]
Rye High Girls’ Basketball Garnets Earn Rye Rotary Crown
By Melanie Cane In the first round of the Rye Rotary Girls’ Basketball Tournament December 16, the Garnets faced off against East Ramapo, whose coach is longtime Rye resident Doug Carey. The Rye girls got off to a strong start, ending the first quarter up 17-3. Teaghan Flaherty scored seven of the 17 points. […]
The Young Americans
American Yacht Club junior racers captured a number of Junior Sailing Association awards this past season, including Class B 1st Place in the Beach Point Overnight Race on <Young America>: Pictured, rack row: Constantine Van der Voort, Eric Dowd, Nick Hein; front row, Lizzy Van der Voort, Clara Gallagher, Alexa Shea, and Maddie Plough with […]