Despite the last year of her life being completely out of whack — no club diving for three months, high school diving being sandwiched between…
Trevor Koch didn’t need to join the Scarsdale football team to understand how important the back-to-back games against White Plains and Mamaroneck were. Through soccer, basketball and lacrosse, Koch knows all too well the crosstown rivalries are intense.
Sophomore quarterbacks are an Edgemont tradition over the last 30 years or so. Those who played the position young went on to have bright futures.
Using four different lineups in a 3-1 Section 1 Division 1 semifinals win over No. 4 East Ramapo, the No. 1 Scarsdale boys volleyball team showed its depth in advancing to the finals against Suffern for the second straight year.
Two days after beating Mamaroneck, the Scarsdale football team found out about a positive COVID-19 case on the team on Monday, April 12. The Raiders are quarantined for 10 days and will be released Wednesday, April 21, giving them three days of practice before playing their final game of the…
In the final match of the 2019 season — the Section 1 finals — the Scarsdale boys volleyball team took its first-ever set against Suffern. Suffern then went on to win the next three to take the title. That little victory four years in the making was the spark the Raiders needed coming into t…
Late summer is when girl swimmers have usually taken some time off before getting back in the water for both high school and club swimming. With both club and high school in full swing now, finding that balance has been key.
Often in the spotlight as a pitcher for Edgemont varsity softball since eighth grade, senior Shivani Weber enjoyed the relative anonymity of being a member of the Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvington girls swim team.
The New York wrestling community is thankful for looser COVID-19 rules in Pennsylvania, which was the site of the privately run, not NYSPHSAA-affiliated unofficial state championships last weekend.
It may have been the second time Scarsdale and Edgemont girls volleyball were going head-to-head this season, but with Scarsdale bringing a different cohort this time around — the Panthers won 3-1 the first time — it was like an entirely different matchup. In a sort of rematch, the Raiders w…
In a football season with a six-week schedule, no playoffs and no guarantees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were two games that stood out clearly on Scarsdale’s final schedule — White Plains and Mamaroneck — in Weeks 3 and 4. Those two games are what the Raiders will truly measure their…
On the third play of the season, Edgemont senior Kirk Gialleonardo turned a surefire loss of yardage — a snap over his head — into a 30-yard gain after her recovered the football and did what he does best. Unfortunately for the playmaker, he broke his collarbone at the end of the play, closi…
Eddie Olivares is having flashbacks of 2017, when his now core senior class on varsity of Sammi Ackerman, Rachel Bortstein, Carly Faust and Emma Seifer was the driving force on his junior varsity team.
As the season goes on, dissecting the decision to have separate competing cohorts on one team has become fascinating to Scarsdale girls volleyball coach Ann Marie Nee. And seeing the boys team have to quarantine for 10 days made her even more confident with the decision to adapt during a sea…
The senior class owns seven school records — three relays, two diving and two individual swimming events — for Scarsdale girls swim and dive and although the records were set between their freshman and junior years, the team is just heating up through four meets this season. Coach Barney Fol…
When Edgemont swimmers Kate Hoesterey and Jordana Klein, both juniors, stopped swimming year-round last year, they knew they would still be back to compete for the Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvington girls swim team.
The defense was there, but so were the turnovers on offense. In a 14-0 loss to Suffern, which features West Point-bound Clevmer Lubin, the Scarsdale football team walked off the field with a sense of pride in knowing they were capable of the win.
Heading into the vacation with a 7-0 record and rival Suffern up next on Tuesday, April 6, the Scarsdale boys volleyball team was firing on all cylinders and looking forward to what they hope will be a preview of the Section 1 finals later this month. Then COVID-19 struck.
As if four two-way starters getting injured in the first game of the delayed, shortened season wasn’t a tough enough blow for the Edgemont football team, one day prior to their second game of the season a player reported testing positive for COVID-19, sending most of the team into a 10-day q…
Ryan Silberfein was just trying to help. And by doing so she made some history for Scarsdale High School varsity football.
While the COVID-19 pandemic recently passed the one-year mark earlier this month, Paul Lamonaca hit a milestone of his own this past Tuesday. For 31 straight weeks he’s released an episode of his lacrosse podcast, Low to High, on Spotify.
Scarsdale’s Dyakin brothers — freshman Alex and seventh-grader Victor — weren’t always top-notch gymnasts. Their skill, their attitude and their commitment have all come a long way, and so have they.
Learning from high-risk winter sports, the Scarsdale volleyball program went in a unique direction for the high-risk fall 2 season. The Raiders, hoping to avoid season-halting quarantines, combined the 26 potential varsity and varsity B players to make one large roster, then split the roster…
One year ago, Drew Hill decided to switch from soccer to volleyball, despite having little experience in his new sport outside of physical education class.
Twenty-seven teams competed safely at the Section 1 winter cheerleading championships. Scarsdale High School was not one of those teams. And, as of now, the girls will not compete in the current fall 2 season either.
Scarsdale football’s new look offense clicked and the defense put up a shutout. It was a near-perfect opening day for the Raiders with a home 25-0 win over Port Chester Saturday.
On the third play of Edgemont’s opening football game, returning senior quarterback Kirk Gialleonardo went down with a broken collarbone. His brother, sophomore backup quarterback Milan Gialleonardo, later went down with a concussion. Senior Anthony DeRosa Jr. a broken wrist, senior Owen Bur…
The pandemic has been tough for young athletes.
The defending Section 1 Division 1 runner-up Scarsdale boys volleyball team came out looking like absolute fire against East Ramapo on opening day Monday. And while it wasn’t a perfectly clean match, it was a great starting point as Scarsdale, despite graduating six key players, has reloaded…
With a couple of minutes remaining in their season, and facing an insurmountable lead against White Plains, the Scarsdale girls basketball players were on their feet in the bleachers cheering on their teammates, who were still giving their best effort in the Section 1 Southern Westchester Gr…
Since this year’s senior class of Scarsdale swimmers and diver joined the team as freshmen, they have been the heart and soul of the team, keeping the Raiders competitive within Section 1 and New York State. Danielle Eforo, Joy Jiang, Julia Kushnick, Megan Lee, Helena Leroy, Anya Pabby and M…
With five returning Section 1 finalists, including one defending champion, the Edgemont wrestling team entered the offseason last year with great hope. Of course, that was quickly derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, and with no interscholastic tournaments — and therefore no postseaso…
Not only was Stacey Wierl inspired by the girls who played successfully and positively on boys varsity ice hockey teams over the years, but she was inspired by those who didn’t. When she saw former female youth hockey players not continue with the sport she knew she had to find a way to keep…
For the first time in its seven-year history, Eastchester/Tuckahoe/Bronxville/Edgemont had a winning record. This year that 11-2 record included three playoff wins, including the Section 1 Southern Westchester Regional Final.
In a Section 1 wrestling first, the Scarsdale Raiders held an outdoor meet on Butler Field on Thursday, March 11. It was the first and last match of the team’s season.
When Maddie Seltzer was a Scarsdale High School freshman, she realized that if she didn’t join the gymnastics team there would be a piece of her life missing. Coming off the first of several stellar seasons as a diver, she surprised even her family by joining the team and it’s something she …
It was a great day to be a Scarsdale senior at the Section 1 Regional bowling tournament at Bowlerland. After completing a successful regular season in which the boys were league champs and the girls were a close second, it was one final chance to compete in a league that showed some parity …
With no giant slalom and atypical qualification criteria, the skiing postseason had a different look and feel to it, but the Scarsdale and Edgemont ski teams made the most of their opportunity to ski at leagues, and for those who advanced, sectionals.
The Scarsdale and Edgemont girls basketball teams met up for the first time in a decade last week. Both programs have changed tremendously since that time.
The Eastchester/Bronxville/Tuckahoe/Edgemont ice hockey team got one step closer to playing in its second championship game in a row, topping No. 7 New Rochelle 8-2 in the opening round of the Section 1 Southern Westchester regional quarterfinals on Wednesday March 10.
When Asher Krohn, now a Scarsdale sophomore, used to watch older brother Caleb play basketball for the Raiders, he didn’t quite understand the level and intensity involved in a varsity basketball. This year he learned first-hand.
With guidance changing often and without notice, athletic departments have been adapting on the fly all school year. After Westchester County and Section 1 changed guidance on spectators recently — two spectators per senior athlete at home and away games were permitted with school approval —…
As a 9-year-old, Reza Merchant thought it would be cool to play swords with friends every day. As a college freshman, he still thinks it’s cool.
Edgemont athletics isn’t messing around when it comes to high-risk sports at the high school. The Pantherdome and the San Marco Gymnasium, used mostly for basketball and wrestling, respectively, have become fortresses of precaution and safety.
The Section 1 Regionals Tournaments for boys and girls basketball and boys ice hockey will be held Wednesday, March 10 (quarterfinals), Thursday, March 11 (semifinals) and Saturday, March 13 (finals). Seeding will be held Tuesday, March 9.
In the most unique and challenging boys swim and dive season, Scarsdale senior Justin DiSanto and junior David Zoota managed to defy all odds to put together a combined six school records, four individual Section 1 titles and one Section 1 relay title in leading the Raiders to a runner-up finish.
Five multi-meets into the season and Edgemont wrestling coach Pete Jacobson couldn’t be happier given the circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic high-risk shortened and adapted winter season. After all, his wrestlers are getting the best experience possible, while staying as safe as possible.
Five of the six swims Edgemont senior Ben Paterson had at the virtual Section 1 boys swimming championships were exceptional. But by improving on the one less than stellar performance from the prelims to the finals, Paterson was able to graduate with a Section 1 title in the 400 freestyle re…
With the weaker part of the schedule behind them, the Eastchester/Tuckahoe/Bronxville/Edgemont ice hockey team looks forward to the challenging games coming up, with an eye on the Section 1 Southern Westchester Regional title.
On Thursday, March 4, as Scarsdale ice hockey coach James Synowiez was writing an email to parents about senior night, he found out he would have to change his message entirely. Due to players on Pelham testing positive during a quarantine following exposure to Suffern players who tested pos…
During Edgemont’s 0-5 stretch to open the season, senior Sam Feldman and junior Mike Ferrante proved to be a major force offensively for the boys basketball team. While that has continued over the last four games, other teams have been keying on the duo, making way for teammates to step up t…
