Eleventh-seeded Dobbs Ferry found itself trailing by just four goals at halftime but #6-seed North Salem pulled away in the second half to defeat the Eagles 17-6 in the opening round of the Section 1 Class D playoffs on Tuesday, May 16.

The sun was shining, but the conditions were rough with a gusting wind as the Section 1 boys’ golf tournament got underway for the first round on Monday, May 15, at Waccabuc Golf Club in Lewisboro.

An early morning turned into a late night on the tennis courts at Harrison High School for the start of the Section 1 championship tournament, and the goal for every player was to make it to the next day as the tournament opened on Saturday, May 13.

For Irvington track and field athletes it’s always a special day to compete on the home track for the Doc Rasbeck Relays.

Ardsley softball coach Noreen Degnan always has high expectations for her team, and this year the Panthers have lived up to those expectations and maintain high hopes for a big finish.

One look at the scores and you can see how much of a merry-go-round it has been for the local high school baseball teams when they square off against their Rivertowns rivals.

The Irvington girls’ varsity lacrosse team hosted Dobbs Ferry for a good cause as part of the Lax for Lupus Day, Saturday, May 6, sponsored by Irvington lacrosse.

It was a picture-perfect day and local teams posted some notable results on the track at the Joe Wynne Somers Lions Club Invitational, which took place the weekend of May 5-6.

For three quarters it looked like Dobbs Ferry was in control, but the fourth quarter belonged to Irvington.

Contests between Rivertowns rivals can always thrill, and that was certainly the case when Dobbs Ferry hosted Irvington for a varsity softball game on Wednesday, May 3.

You can watch high school lacrosse for decades and never see a shutout, and that tells you what Hastings boys’ varsity goalie Gael Bazan and his defense in front of him was able to accomplish as the Yellow Jackets recorded a 4-0 victory over Ardsley on Wednesday, April 26.

After Hastings watched Irvington celebrate a walk-off victory on the baseball diamond two weeks ago, Yellow Jackets senior Sal DiLeo was determined to turn the tables on the Bulldogs.

It’s not how you start, but how you finish. And luckily for the Irvington girls’ varsity lacrosse team it was a strong finish to erase a slow start for a happy ending and a 16-8 victory at home on Friday, April 28, over Putnam Valley.

Heading into the bottom of the seventh all tied up at 9-9, Dobbs Ferry junior captain Sofia Fucci felt good about her team’s chances as the Eagles hosted Yonkers Montessori Academy on Monday, May 1.

Baseball is a game of opportunities, and the team that makes the most of the opportunities usually comes out on top.

In terms of excitement, this game provided thrills on both sides, one big goal after another, but in the end it’s all about the final score and the last goal of the game made the difference as host Croton-Harmon was celebrating while the Irvington boys’ varsity lacrosse team came home with t…

Sometimes a tough schedule is just what’s needed to get ready for league competition and the postseason. It only makes for a better team.

Ardsley’s senior captain walked off the field carrying a big championship trophy and her MVP trophy, but she was the first to declare that the trophies were not what this day was all about.

Both teams knew what to expect when Ardsley hosted Irvington on the tennis courts at Veterans Park in Greenburgh last Friday, April 21.

When you have a pitching staff that includes a seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grader, along with a sophomore as the varsity veteran, then you know you have a young team competing on the varsity softball level.

Trailing by two runs in the bottom of the seventh, Irvington kept battling one pitch at a time. And one pitch was all Irvington’s Massimo Ferrari was looking for, a fastball to drive. He got it, and he drove it, drilled to the gap in left center, and the Bulldogs were able to rush the field …

It came down to the final seconds in two games for the Dobbs Ferry boys’ varsity lacrosse team, but in the end it was a pair of tough losses as the Eagles fell to Ossining and North Salem on back-to-back games at home.

It was back-to-back games at home for the Ardsley girls’ varsity lacrosse team with two exciting finishes.

It came down to the final match as Dobbs Ferry hosted Irvington on the tennis courts Tuesday, April 11, at Springhurst Elementary School.

Though schools were closed last week for the spring break, local baseball teams kept busy.

Dobbs Ferry girls’ varsity lacrosse players put on a display to warm a  coach’s heart, working together as a team on Tuesday, April 11, when they hosted Keio Academy.

It was a packed gym, and the crowd was loud in its enthusiasm for the hometown team on the basketball court.

Both teams were swinging the bats as Ardsley squared off against Lakeland in a wild one on the baseball diamond on March 29.

Two games in three days, both of them decided by one goal, one a thrilling victory and the other a tough defeat.

Last year, the Irvington girls’ varsity lacrosse team saw its season come to an end in the first round of the playoffs with a loss to North Salem, so the Bulldogs were fired up to face the Tigers in a rematch March 30.

Hastings needed a spark, and got one in a big way.

Possession is the name of the game in lacrosse, and Dobbs Ferry had plenty of it in a 10-1 blowout win over visiting Ardsley in the season opener for both teams on Monday, March 27 at Springhurst Elementary School.

Last year it was a slow start on the diamond for Hastings, but the Yellow Jackets rebounded to finish strong, and this spring a lot of veterans return to give varsity baseball coach Dom Cecere reason for optimism.

Eleven different girls scored for Irvington as the Bulldogs defeated Hastings on Monday, March 27. In a driving rain, the Bulldogs recorded the 14-1 win to start the season as well as a week filled with three games in four days.

It was a big season on the diamond for the Hastings varsity softball team last spring as the Yellow Jackets won a playoff game and finished at 14-7 overall.

All season long three Rivertowns swimmers have been among the athletes on the combined team of AHEDI (Ardsley, Hastings, Edgemont, Dobbs Ferry, and Irvington) contributing to success in the pool.

It was another day they will never forget, to remind them once again of the historic accomplishment they achieved together on the field.

A year ago, Ludovica Corte had no idea what the New York State High School ski championships were like. And local high school skiers in Section 1 had no idea who Corte was.

The big lights and the big stage did not seem to intimidate the Greenburgh-North Castle Knights as they took the court for the Section 1 Class D championship game on Saturday, March 4, against The Children’s Village (CV).

When you get to the County Center, you can throw out the records and what happened in the past. Anything can happen if a team comes out on fire.

Nobody gave them much of a chance, coming into the Westchester County Center to take on the top-seeded defending Class B champions from Putnam Valley, but the Ardsley girls’ varsity basketball team was out to make a statement.

Another weekend and another track meet in New York City at the Armory Indoor Track complex in Manhattan for local track and field athletes who competed in the Section 1 state qualifier meet on Feb. 23.

Three local boys’ high school teams from the Rivertowns area entered the quarterfinals of the Section 1 Class B tournament on Tuesday, Feb.  21, with hopes of advancing to the dance at the Westchester County Center.

Every team knows what is at stake this time of year: you win or you go home. And you win a couple of times and you advance to the Westchester County Center. That’s the goal for all local basketball teams playing in the Section 1 tournament.

As the third seed in the Section 1 Division 1 ice hockey tournament, the Rivertowns Legends understand what it takes to win games, and know that each opponent will be giving them their best shot in the playoffs.