This was — without a doubt — the greatest single season in the history of Scarsdale High School athletics. What we saw is unprecedented. They’…
At first she was tearing up. And then she was smiling. It didn’t take Scarsdale senior MaryJane Callahan long to put into perspective the magnitude of the situation.
Under perfect circumstances the Scarsdale boys volleyball team would have won the Section 1 title for a third straight year and competed at states for a third straight year, perhaps improving with each appearance. COVID-19 and no state tournament when the Raiders won in the fall 2 of 2020-21…
After narrowly missing the cut for the New York State championships in the Section 1 preliminaries, the Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvington girls swim team had one more shot at qualifying for the big meet. They did not throw away their shot.
The stars finally aligned for the Scarsdale boys soccer team. Not the ones in the sky, the ones on the field. On Sunday, Nov. 13, the Raiders brought home the first-ever New York State team title for any boys sport in school history.
When coach Vinny Modafferi convinced the Scarsdale girls cross-country team to strive to win the Section 1 Class A championship last fall, it was a bit of a reach goal. Taking fourth place, however, made it a realistic goal for 2022.
The 2022 Scarsdale boys soccer team will play one more game this season — the New York State finals today, Sunday, Nov. 13, at 5:30 p.m. against McQuaid Jesuit. The Raiders punched their ticket with a 2-0 win over Cicero-North Syracuse the previous day.
Following a 38-0 loss to Carmel in the Section 1 Class AA quarterfinals, the Scarsdale football team ended the season with a 26-21 loss to Suffern on Thursday, Nov. 3. The Raiders finished the season 4-5, losing three games by narrow margins.
2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022 — North Rockland once again got the best of Scarsdale girls volleyball in the Section 1 Class AA tournament, the first two times in the quarterfinals, the next two in semifinals.
Before the 2021 season even started, the Scarsdale boys volleyball team had its ticket punched to states. However, a late-season injury to the best player in Section 1, senior Santiago Gomez, derailed the juggernaut and the Raiders lost to Suffern in the sectional semifinals.
Though the Raiders were mostly in control of the game, Bethlehem had one last ditch effort to tie the game and send it to overtime in the final minute of the New York State regional final on Sunday, Nov. 6.
Continuing to show off a deep array of weapons, the Scarsdale boys soccer team improved to 19-0 with a 4-2 win over Corning in the New York State regional final. The Raiders advanced to the final four this weekend.
Athletic success runs in the family for the four multi-sport Franco sisters from Scarsdale. It all started in the fall of 2016 when Sophia, then a freshman, was part of the varsity field hockey team’s Section 1 champion/New York State finalist team. It continued with Olivia, who graduated la…
Despite all of the success of her program both historically and recently, Scarsdale tennis coach Jennifer Roane was shocked to learn her team is on a 62-match winning streak dating back to the final match of the 2018 season. The last time Scarsdale lost was 4-3 to Rye on Oct. 1, 2018.
The hardware keeps coming for the Scarsdale athletics program this fall. The girls tennis team repeated as New York State Division I team champions, the field hockey and boys soccer teams won the regional titles, the boys volleyball team won its second Section 1 Division I title and the girl…
This letter to the village board is published at the writer’s request.
After reading Bob Harrison’s letter [“New grassroots group forming to assess pool project,” Oct. 21], I am left wondering whether he and I were, in fact, at the same village work session on Sept. 28, as I feel that his letter misrepresents the presentations and village board response and doe…
The Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvington girls swim team made a statement at the League 1 Championships last weekend. After a 1-8 record in the top division, SHEDI leap-frogged White Plains, Fox Lane and Ursuline to take sixth of 10 teams.
Despite being one of the most competitive teams in Section 1 each year, the Scarsdale girls soccer team played in its first full fall Section 1 tournament finals in school history since soccer moved from spring in 2005. Though the Raiders fell short with a 3-0 win as Arlington won its sixth …
Prior to winning the second Section 1 girls volleyball title in school history in 2015, making the semifinals was the annual goal for Scarsdale. Since then, the Raiders have been back to the semifinals twice, in 2018 and 2022, itching at another finals appearance.
Edgemont girls soccer began the season with a 4-1 loss to Irvington and ended the season with a 3-1 loss to Irvington. What happened in between was historic.
In what was one of the most clutch performances in school history, Scarsdale senior Maddie Greco helped the Raiders topple the Mamaroneck field hockey dynasty by scoring three goals — one down 1-0, one down 2-1 and the third in overtime — as the Raiders avenged last year’s 1-0 finals loss wi…
With a 4-2 win over John Jay-East Fishkill and a 1-0 win over New Rochelle, Scarsdale undoubtedly earned its fourth Section 1 boys soccer title in school history last week in dramatic fashion.
The final scores speak for themselves: Carmel 38, Scarsdale 0 and Panas 49, Edgemont 6. That’s the way the playoffs ended for the local teams, for Scarsdale in the opening round of the Section 1 Class AA tournament, for Edgemont in the semifinals of the independent league bracket.
Based on the competition, a top four finish at the girls cross-country Westchester County Championship race would have Scarsdale coach Vinny Modafferi happy. A second-place finish had him beaming.
In one of the most competitive opening round matches at the New York State doubles tennis tournament, Brighton prevailed against Scarsdale in what was a tough draw for both teams.
After losing in the Section 1 finals last fall, the Scarsdale field hockey and boys soccer teams went back to the finals and won. It was the first title for field hockey since 2016, the first for boys soccer since 2010.
Like last year, the Scarsdale girls tennis team was not challenged much in the first two rounds of the New York State Division I team tournament. With a 7-0 win over Ithaca and a 4-0 win over Monroe-Woodbury, the Raiders will head back to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens…
After a tie on opening day and a win in its fourth game of the season, the Edgemont field hockey team thought it was onto something. Then a six-game losing streak happened. That, however, was followed by the season’s saving grace — a three-game winning streak and four-game scoring streak tha…
Edgemont’s game plan fell apart quickly. Merely 28 seconds into the team’s Section 1 Class B opening round boys soccer game against No. 6 Byram Hills, the No. 11 Panthers were down 1-0.
Trailing 1-0 in the Section 1 Class B semifinals was unfamiliar territory for the Edgemont girls soccer team. Not only had the program not been in the semifinals since 2005, but in 16 previous games the team had only allowed 14 goals and had 10 shutouts, not often facing a deficit.
The Scarsdale girls cross-country team rocked the course at Bowdoin during the Section 1 Coaches Invitational on Oct. 22, placing fifth of 37 scoring teams: Northport 104, Bronxville 144, North Rockland 180, Somers 206, Scarsdale 242.
The Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvington girls swim team finished the regular season 1-8 in the top division with an 87-81 loss to Fox Lane, a tight 87-83 loss to Ursuline and a 97-84 loss to Suffern.
Playoffs are win or go home. Port Chester took that to the next level in the independent football league quarterfinals at Edgemont when, with 1:25 left in the game and trailing 21-20, the Rams went for a two-point conversion. All of a sudden it was score or go home.
Junior Ivy Boockvar spent the Section 1 Class AA quarterfinals with her foot in a boot on the sideline cheering her Scarsdale teammates to victory Monday, Oct. 24. Two days later she was heading the ball into the goal off a corner kick from senior Molly Klein to send the Raiders to the final…
Bryant Wu. Daniel Enrique Cisneros Lacruz. Henry Rifkin. Remember those names. They’re the unsung heroes who helped save the Scarsdale boys soccer team’s season on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Though it didn’t happen as quickly as they would have liked, the Scarsdale girls field hockey team put two goals in against Arlington at the end of the first half en route to a 3-0 win in the Section 1 Class A field hockey quarterfinals.
Everything for the Edgemont cross-country team is about approach, whether it’s to workouts, races, personal growth, community, returning for track and field or going on to another sport. The coaches have brought the new approach and the athletes have bought in.
With an 11-0 record in Section 1, mostly against the newbie programs, and a win at the Clarkstown Tournament, the Scarsdale boys volleyball Raiders are as ready for sectionals as they’re going to be with five more matches left to play.
Being well conditioned, versatile and team-oriented has served the Edgemont football team well this fall. The Panthers are 4-2 heading into the independent league playoffs this weekend.
With junior Nishka Daga made the Section 1 round of 16, while Brinda Roy and Olivia Jee fought hard in their freshman appearance in the singles tournament. The Edgemont trio made an impressive showing that will bode well in the future.
The Scarsdale girls cross-country team won the League 1B Championship meet at Harbor Island Park on Oct. 18. The Raiders scored 35 points, New Rochelle 42, Ursuline 49, Mamaroneck 113.
With a 16-0 record, a second straight Section 1 team title and sending three singles players and three doubles teams to the Section 1 quarterfinals, Scarsdale girls tennis proved once again to be the most dominant force in the area. Now the team, along with the doubles team of senior Maya Cu…
Senior night is a celebration, when parents or guardians get to walk arm in arm with their student-athletes to commemorate not just the end of one chapter, but the start of another. The Scarsdale varsity football team had to find an alternate way to honor one of the members of the Class of 2023.
Even before the 1972 football season started, Coach Ron Bouchier told the Scarsdale Inquirer, “This could be my best team ever.” Two months later he knew for sure that he was right, even though, unlike the 1969 team, the 1972 team did not go undefeated. Instead they rebounded from a loss to …
It’s officially championship season for the Scarsdale cross-country team, beginning with leagues on Oct. 18. The boys expect to improve upon last year’s results, while the girls are out to win every race they run.
Early playoff exits have haunted the Scarsdale girls volleyball team, including some on Halloween. This year they are determined not to let that happen.
Despite some mid-season adversity, the Scarsdale field hockey team remains one of the best in Section 1. The Raiders, who were finalists last year, will have this year’s upcoming postseason to prove it.
It’s been a while since all four Scarsdale and Edgemont soccer teams were competitive at the same time. All of them have high hopes for sectionals and with good reason.
It’s not often where in five games through the football season a team has been part of four competitive games decided by nine points or fewer. When you’re 2-2 in those games, 3-2 overall, all you can think about is how you could be a perfect 5-0.
With a narrow win over Tappan Zee, the Scarsdale girls swim team improved to 4-2 with what coach Barney Foltman called “a collective effort.”
