Rye High School’s football team and coaches huddled with Mayor Josh Cohn, State Sen. Shelley Mayer and State Assemblyman Steve Otis (front row, far left) at a Board of Education meeting on Dec. 19 in recognition of their first state championship since 2008. The student-athletes received Rye Recognition of Excellence Awards from the school board and government proclamations from the mayor and senator. They’re also due a proclamation from Otis once it’s read on the State Assembly floor in Albany. The Garnets beat Maine-Endwell High School, a south-central New York football powerhouse, by a score of 28-7 in the Dec. 3 championship game.
