Though it was a challenge at the time, Scarsdale coach Jennifer Roane now knows how good she had it in the fall. Going from coaching tennis ou…
Ten and a half years, three titles and many successful programs later, Dan Walczewski said goodbye Wednesday, Jan. 6, to the Scarsdale Department of Parks and Recreation, the only place he’s ever worked. Next week he will take over as the assistant superintendent of recreation in Yorktown.
While the fall interscholastic athletic season was by no means easy, it had one major thing going for it: it was outdoors. Indoor spaces present a much different dynamic when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After 11 seasons, Scarsdale girls soccer coaches Mindy Genovese and Kiera Fox are still trying to win the big one on the field. There have been upsets, overtime games, seasons decided on penalty kicks and most recently their first appearance in a final, which, of course, went to overtime in …
Katie Feinstein may have spent her formative years as a three-sport standout at Edgemont High School, but it was coaching tennis the last nine years at her alma mater where she truly “grew up.” Not only did she learn a lot coaching tennis for nine years, but she changed careers, got married,…
It took until the final week of the season, but the Edgemont cross-country team finally left campus, competing in a dual meet at Scarsdale and the Section 1 Southern Westchester Large Schools regional race at Milton.
Since Tim Tyler became Scarsdale High School’s certified athletic trainer in the fall of 1999, the athletic department has increased its offerings to student-athletes and upgraded its indoor and outdoor facilities, including many years of rented lights and now permanent lights at Butler Fiel…
The Scarsdale boys soccer team may not have made the finals, but they sure played like finalists against the top Class AA team in Section 1.
The season that almost never happened turned into a most memorable one for the Scarsdale girls soccer team. For the first time since the spring of 2005, the Raiders found themselves in a championships game.
On Friday, Nov. 20, just 10 days before low- and moderate-risk interscholastic winter sports were scheduled to begin, Section 1 announced it was moving the state-approved Nov. 30 start date to Jan. 4, 2021. That’s the same date the New York State Public High School Athletic Association propo…
After a season racing locally in small-scale meets, Scarsdale took advantage of racing in the Section 1 Southern Westchester Large Schools regional championships as both teams took first place, earning section title plaques at Milton.
While tennis was one of the first sports allowed during New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s phased reopening in the spring, the inability to gather put the kibosh on the Scarsdale Summer Youth Tennis League season. This fall, however, tennis director Bob Harrison made sure to get kids playing…
The lights at Butler Field were glowing Friday evening. Nov. 6, and so were the faces of more than 200 flag football players.
In a time when athletics have often been canceled, postponed or face uncertainty, three Scarsdale athletes had much to celebrate Wednesday, Nov. 11, when they signed Letters of Intent to participate at the Division I level next school year as part of National Signing Day.
In a season where almost nothing went as planned, the Scarsdale field hockey team has a lot to take away from the fall of 2020. No. 1 is a sense of normalcy.
Coming into the Section 1 regional game having already tied and defeated Ardsley during the regular season, the Edgemont girls soccer team was hoping to win the season series and advance to the quarterfinals.
Aine Butler-Boyle watched the final game of her high school field hockey career on a livestream. Quarantined due to potential COVID-19 exposure, she wasn’t able to attend or play against North Salem, and with too many other teammates also out of commission, the Edgemont Panthers ended up not…
A David and Goliath reference seems appropriate here. If only…
Rematches and revenge. That’s what the Section 1 regional postseason is all about for the Scarsdale boys soccer team. Well, the quarterfinals and semifinals at least.
With Mount Vernon on the final day of the regular season, the Scarsdale girls soccer team knew it had one more hurdle to clear in their quest for an undefeated league championship season, and that was rival New Rochelle just one day earlier.
Not yet ready to say “uncle” when it comes to the possibility of high-risk winter sports basketball, ice hockey, wrestling and competitive cheerleading competing this winter, New York State Public High School Athletic Association Executive Director Robert Zayas announced Tuesday, Nov. 17, a …
After opting not to return for soccer his senior year after breaking his fibula last year, Shan Daniel was told that joining the Scarsdale cross-country team would be great for his track 800-meter training. Little did he — or anyone — know the sprinter would quickly make an impact as a dista…
The cross-country season has been both stressful and productive for the Edgemont Panthers.
The match that ended the Edgemont girls tennis season was certainly unique as junior Dani Friedman faced off against freshman Nishka Daga, a pair of teammates vying for third place in the Section 1 South Westchester Large Schools Regional singles tournament.
Though it wasn’t the finals of the New York State Championships, it sure felt that way to Scarsdale High School senior Zoe Tucker. Winning the Section 1 Southern Westchester Large Schools doubles tournament with sophomore teammate Natalie Hu was, in this COVID-19 season, the pinnacle of success.
Despite playing in a downpour Wednesday, the Scarsdale field hockey team played one of its best games of the season, winning 4-2 at home against Suffern.
With the Section 1 Southern Westchester Large Schools regional tournaments kicking off next week, the Scarsdale and Edgemont boys and girls soccer teams are showing they are ready for whatever teams they get seeded to face when brackets are released Sunday.
After consulting with “state officials,” New York State Public High School Athletic Association Executive Director Dr. Robert Zayas tweeted Monday that “low and moderate-risk winter sports” — bowling, gymnastics, indoor track and field, skiing and swimming and diving — will be “permitted to …
Having run cross-country and track since seventh grade, Scarsdale senior Alexa Doyle never imagined she’d have a season where she didn’t compete for her school.
After cancellations of matches and practices piled up due to COVID-19 contact tracing and rain, the Scarsdale girls tennis team returned to the courts Monday, Nov. 2, for the third time since the competitive season kicked off. Since it was only the third match to go with zero in-season pract…
Following a 4-0 loss to John Jay-Cross River and a 4-2 loss to Ardsley, the Edgemont boys soccer team had a better showing in each rematch, despite picking up losses Nos. 5 and 6 on the season.
Three penalty kicks in two games against Mamaroneck and Harrison have had an impact on the Scarsdale girls soccer team’s season, but the Raiders, through six games, remain undefeated at 4-0-2.
After going two days between their first and second games, the Scarsdale field hockey Raiders went nearly two weeks before game No. 3.
Daphne Ballas missed much of last fall due to an injury, so she’s making up for lost time as a senior.
On the heels of getting shut out four times in a row, the Edgemont field hockey team takes pride in playing a tight 1-0 game against Pearl River and improving from a 5-0 to a 2-0 loss to Ursuline.
After not scoring for about 95 minutes of play against Mamaroneck and going another almost 75 minutes scoreless against Blind Brook, the Scarsdale boys soccer team got exactly what it needed from an unexpected player.
Finally, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, Section 1 released its postseason plan. After rejecting full normal sectional tournaments as it seemed some schools did not want to travel too far from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the section went with “regional playoffs,” not to be confused with the reg…
Despite a 1-4-1 record midway through the season, the Edgemont girls soccer team has been competitive in its first year in Class A. With a win, a tie, two overtime games played and two losses in which they let up only three goals, the future is bright for a Panther team that has only three seniors.
The 2020 field hockey season has been nostalgic for Edgemont senior Mia Ripp.
Wednesday, Oct. 21, was a difficult day for the Scarsdale girls tennis team. They didn’t quite know how to react to winning 6 of the 7 matches against Fox Lane by scores 8-0.
Nishka Daga achieved something that doesn’t often happen during a high school tennis season: she defeated an opponent she had lost to earlier in the season.
The Scarsdale girls soccer team hopes the warm-up is over. The three wins they’ve had in their first four games were by a combined 17-0 score. They’re ready for another challenge like their 1-1 double overtime tie with New Rochelle.
It was bad enough Cooper Cohen was going to have to watch his senior season of boys soccer at Scarsdale High School from the sidelines after tearing his ACL in August — now he can’t even do that.
With an Ardsley runner on his tail, Edgemont junior Adam Abramowitz crossed the finish line of the first cross-country meet of the season. Mask drenched with and dripping sweat and completely out of breath, Abramowitz narrowly held off his opponent after the top four runners had crossed with…
Edgemont boys soccer’s official full-time introduction to Class A soccer — the Panthers have played against many A teams over the years — had mixed results despite two losses to open the season.
For a tennis program with a history of dominance — Scarsdale’s girls won 117 straight matches from 1990-2000 — the 2019 season was one for the records books. The Raiders were 15-0, going 76-1 in regular season matches; won the Section 1 Team championship, still a relatively new endeavor; and…
There’s nothing quite like facing Mamaroneck under the lights, even if the outcome is a 2-0 loss on the opening day of the season.
With five All-Section players graduating, including a top 16 New York State doubles team of Olga Lew-Kiedrowska and Ariella Zagorsky, the Edgemont girls tennis team certainly has a new look this year.
With 15 minutes left to play and trailing league rival New Rochelle 1-0, the Scarsdale girls soccer team pushed Emily Yacoub up from the back and shifted Riena Parente Ribeiro higher in order to increase the team’s chance of scoring.
While a junior varsity girls soccer game was being played at Blanford Field in Edgemont, the varsity team headed to Rye Neck to officially kick off the 2020 fall sports season Saturday afternoon.
