Under the lights with a big crowd on a Friday night was an exciting atmosphere for a soccer game as the Dobbs Ferry girls’ varsity team hosted Irvington, but it was the visitors who enjoyed a special night on Sept. 23 as Bulldogs went home with a 4-0 victory.

After the record Dobbs Ferry had last year, the Eagles knew that every opponent this year would be coming in fired up to play the defending champions. That comes with the territory when you finish a regular season undefeated and go into the state tournament before suffering your first and on…

Both teams were anticipating an exciting showdown under the lights as the Dobbs Ferry boys’ varsity soccer team readied to host Irvington on Friday, Sept. 23.

Hastings pulled out a 1-0 victory over Irvington on Sept. 17, which was a first for Hastings’ current players.

It was a showdown between two defending Section 1 champions, both coming in with an undefeated record, as Tuckahoe visited Dobbs Ferry on Saturday, Sept. 17.

A tennis match can take a long time. With limited courts available, players for the first set of matches to be finished before the others can take to the court to complete a full match.

The match started more than an hour late due to a delayed bus traveling from Cold Spring, but that didn’t dim the enthusiasm for Hastings as the Yellow Jackets hosted Haldane’s Blue Devils on Sept. 15.

Heading toward the finish line after running 3 miles, Irvington’s Lulu Forte had a smile on her face, and Irvington coach Chris Barry knew exactly what that meant.

When Arielle Rodriguez took over the head varsity field hockey job at Irvington this fall, she knew she was facing a tough task.

With new starters at every position, a young Ardsley football team took the field for its season opener and quickly fell into a 7-0 hole against visiting Briarcliff/Hamilton.

On one side of the court there was a legend, and on the other side of the court was a rookie, a former student of the legend returning to take on her mentor in her first-ever match as a varsity head coach.

Last year was a great season for the Irvington boys’ varsity soccer team as the Bulldogs advanced to the Section 1 championship game and finished with a 16-2 overall record.

Both teams, looking to turn it around for a strong season, showed positive signs as the Ardsley Panthers visited Dobbs Ferry’s Eagles on Friday, Sept. 2, for the season opener for both teams.

It sure felt like summer — a hot humid day — and in terms of football it looked like summer, with two teams still working on the details, opening the season with an official game before Labor Day.

The bar is always set high for the Dobbs Ferry football program. Last year the Eagles won another Section 1 title, reached the state semifinals, and ended the season with an 11-1 record.

It could have been a long summer for the swim team based at Hastings’ Chemka Pool, as the ravages of tropical storm Ida last September left the team in dry dock.

Three Rivertowns athletes in Ardsley’s Justin Wachen and Justin Paley, and Irvington’s C.J. Steinberg, helped the Westchester boys’ basketball team to a gold medal at the JCC Maccabi Games, which took from place from July 31 -Aug. 5 in San Diego, Calif.

For summer league action it’s not necessarily about winning as much as getting ready for the season, but when local rivals meet up on the basketball court it’s evident that everyone wants to win.

On a hot day, the Rye Garnets warmed up in the second quarter to defeat Irvington 29-24 in the championship game of the O’Hara Summer League. It was Rye’s second straight league title as they also defeated the Bulldogs in the finals last summer.

A daunting task faced the 17-and-under Patriots FC girls’ soccer team when they traveled to Charleston, W.Va., at the end of June for the regional tournament of the U.S. Youth Soccer tournament.

It was a beautiful day to watch the sunset along the Hudson River, a perfect night for some summer basketball on the court at Scenic Hudson Park in Irvington as the girls’ playoffs for the O’Hara Summer League got underway on Tuesday, July 26.

It’s all part of the plan, a process to get ready for the winter season. That’s the approach the Hastings boys’ basketball program takes when competing in the O’Hara Summer League at Irvington.

The Greenburgh Swim Team fell to host Wykagyl Country Club of New Rochelle in a close meet, 209-198, on Tuesday, July 19.

After posting a 6-15 record and enduring a first-round playoff exit in the 2021-22 season, the only direction Irvington could go was up under head coach Dave Boykin.

It was a tale of two halves for the Irvington girls’ basketball team competing against Rye in O’Hara League summer action Tuesday, July 12.

Irvington midfielder Ethan Pakola had a standout senior season, reaching the 100-career-goal milestone on his way to earning all-section honors.

Irvington High School girls’ basketball coach Gina Maher handed off the first pitch to Riley Chevrier before the second game of a doubleheader between the New York Boulders and Ottawa Titans at Clover Stadium in Rockland County on Saturday, July 2. Chevrier, née Harrington, played for Maher …

Irvington’s Hannah Tuckett, a recent graduate, was named all-section honorable mention for her efforts during the 2022 season.

Irvington’s Liam Lyons, a recent graduate, competed at the East Coast Championships in Edison, N.J., on Saturday, June 25. Lyons ran in the 1-mile race, finishing 11th out of 16 competitors in a clocking of 4:26.98.

Hastings’ baseball team had a slow start to the season but caught fire down the stretch, winning seven out of its final 10 games to close out the regular season. The ninth-seeded Yellow Jackets fell to No. 8 Croton-Harmon 6-3 in the opening round of the Class B sectionals.

Dobbs Ferry freshman catcher Maysin Kannapin was selected as an all-section player and named the League 3-B Player of the Year.

Myles Hogan wanted to make the most of his final state meet. 

Irvington’s Lucas Turano, Miles Demarest, and Liam Lyons, along with Ardsley’s Caitlin Maher, qualified in Division 2 for the track and field state championship meet on June 10-11 at Cicero-North Syracuse High School.

The Mercy College men’s lacrosse team made history this past season, becoming the college’s first team to reach a national championship game.

Dobbs Ferry senior Olivia Deakins made the cut for day two of the Section 1 sectionals after shooting an 83 at Spook Rock in Suffern on Monday, May 23. She was in 13th after the first day, where a golfer needs to shoot a 91 or better to advance.

Irvington’s Miles Demarest knew he was going to have a busy day at the Section 1 Class C Track and Field Championships on Thursday, May 26, at Valhalla High School.

Ardsley competed in the Class B sectionals on Saturday, May 28 at Hendrick Hudson High School. The meet, which was suspended more than halfway through due to heavy rain, was completed the next day.

Over a six-game stretch to end the regular season, a six-goal loss to Rye Neck was the one blemish on Irvington’s record. The Bulldogs were looking for some redemption once the playoffs arrived.

Ninth-seeded Dobbs Ferry recorded a first-round playoff win over Rye Neck but fell to top-seeded Bronxville 20-2 in the Section 1 Class D quarterfinals on Thursday, May 19.

Leading 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning, fifth-seeded and visiting Hastings was in position to advance against fourth-seeded Westlake in the Section 1 Class B quarterfinals.

Irvington’s boys’ tennis team made a run to the semifinals in the Section 1 Division 2 tournament where the fourth-seeded Bulldogs fell to top-seeded Byram Hills 4-0 at Harrison High School on Tuesday, May 24.

The four Rivertowns teams competed in the Westchester County Championship meet and came away with some notable results on May 20 at Horace Greeley and May 21 at John Jay-Cross River.

No. 12-seeded Ardsley lost to fifth-seeded Byram Hills 20-6 on the road in the first round of the Section 1 Class C playoffs on Tuesday, May 17.

It wasn’t the ending any of the Rivertowns teams was looking for as Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, and Irvington all suffered first-round playoff defeats in the Class B sectionals. 

No. 9-seeded Dobbs Ferry rallied to defeat No. 8 Rye Neck 13-11 on the road in the opening round of the Section 1 Class D playoffs on Tuesday, May 17.

It’s been a rollercoaster season for Ardsley, but coach Noreen Degnan believes that the Panthers’ grueling schedule has prepared them for the Class A sectionals.

Ardsley’s boys’ track and field team won the League 2C championship on May 10, cruising to victory with 155 team points in the six-team field. Eastchester was second with 92 points and Byram Hills was third.