Kate Anderson only competed for the Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvington girls swim team for two years — as a freshman in 2019 and a seni…
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Scarsdale girls tennis finished the regular season 13-0 with a 6-1 win over Mamaroneck on Oct. 7. In singles, Natalie Hu won 8-1, Giana Marks 8-0, Katherine Kendall 8-0. In doubles, Maya Cukierman and Emma Ha won 8-1, Kay Cottrell and Campbell Alin 8-0, Natasha Pereira and Emily Hyman 8-5. J…
After a tie, a win, and three goals scored in their first four games, the Edgemont field hockey team thought it was onto something. However, five shutout losses in a row, three of them being by five goals or more, have been frustrating after the promising start.
Despite five straight sweeps and a 1-9 record, the Edgemont volleyball team continues to play in close, competitive matches and sets.
One size does not fit all for the Edgemont cross-country team, so the coaching staff approaches each runner to meet them not only where they are, but where they’re going based on factors such as what grade they’re in and if they’re training for other sports or seasons.
At the Brewster Bear Classic at Brewster on Oct. 1, the Scarsdale girls cross-country team took fourth of 13 teams with 94 points behind Pleasantville (69), James I. O’Neill (73) and Somers (83) in Varsity II.
Off to a 6-3 start, Edgemont girls soccer finds itself in a position it hasn’t seen in several years. The Panthers have already matched their combined win total for the last two years — 2-11-4 in 2021, 4-7-1 in 2020 — won six games for the first time since 2018 (6-10-1) and are looking for t…
It took a year, but Edgemont junior Henry Brinberg finally found redemption.
Down three key swimmers, the Sleepy Hollow/Hastings/Edgemont/Irvington girls swimmers knew the odds were not in their favor, but they came away with an 89-80 win over John Jay-Cross River on Sept. 22 at Marymount.
At the Fred Gressler Invitational at White Plains High School on Sept. 24, Rachel Rakower led Scarsdale cross-country, finishing second to Eastchester’s Ava Pennachio, 20:06.3-21:12.8. Alexandra Simon crossed just after Rakower. Sophia Garcia was fifth in 21:39.4, Eva Gibney seventh in 21:52…
After a tight loss in the opening week, the Edgemont football team has dominated to improve to 2-1. The latest was a 42-0 won over Hastings in which Peter Ellinikos and Milan Gialleonardo combined for 357 yards on the ground on Friday night for homecoming.
With four starting underclassmen, the Edgemont volleyball team is not only building for the future, but on the cusp of becoming a contender this year. Despite a 1-4 record, in their last two matches they took a set, falling 3-1 to Brewster and North Salem.
Going back to last fall, the Edgemont girls tennis team has lost five times to Byram Hills. Twice they got swept 7-0 in the 2021 regular season, but lost only 3-2 to Byram in the Section 1 Division 2 team finals. Early this season, Edgemont took three matches off Byram Hills in back-to-back …
At the Suffern Invite at Bear Mountain on Sept. 17, the Scarsdale girls cross-country team took second in Division C to Haddam Killingworth 52-54.
Through 20 games, the Scarsdale Raiders have 20 wins between field hockey, football, boys soccer, girls soccer, girls swim and dive, girls tennis, boys volleyball and girls volleyball. In addition, the girls cross-country team won the Somers Invitational, the girls tennis team won the Half H…
Even after starting the season 0-2-1, the Edgemont field hockey team felt it was making progress and headed in the right direction. After all, the Panthers had an opening day scoreless shutout and put the ball in the cage in each of the next two games, which were losses.
With Nikki Rosee stepping away from coaching last spring and this fall, Nathalee Young was elevated from assistant coach to head coach for Edgemont girls track and field and girls cross-country. Though it took a while, many are finally catching on that the boys head coach, Camisha McKenzie, …
The Inquirer offers a close look at all of Edgemont’s varsity teams for the upcoming season.
The Scarsdale girls volleyball team kicked off the season with a 3-0 (25-12, 25-15, 25-17) win over John Jay-East Fishkill on Aug. 30. Gali Brass (seven kills), Annika Fuehrer (six), Serena Li (five), Ellena Amidor (four), Isabelle Goldban (three) and Karina Cheng (two) led the attack. Cheng…
Editor’s note: Daniel Bench is a rising senior at Edgemont High School and an intern with The Scarsdale Inquirer. He competed at the New Balance Nationals in the triple jump last weekend at the University of Pennsylvania.
One look around the stadium at Franklin Field on the University of Pennsylvania campus and Edgemont junior Connor Fisher knew what he had to do.
For a pair of local track and field stars, this was their time to shine on the big stage competing against the best in the state on June 10 and 11 at the New York State track and field championship meet at Cicero-North Syracuse High School.
He never tried it until the winter season, never competed in the event until this spring season, and now he is on his way to the New York State track and field championships in Syracuse.
A thrilling win at home in the playoffs most of the time gives teams a ton of confidence. The Edgemont Panthers, heading into a road playoff game, were definitely riding high with confidence heading into their matchup against the top seed Pearl River. However, Pearl River showed exactly why …
Shorthanded and overmatched, the nine Edgemont softball freshmen and sophomores didn’t seem fazed as the No. 12 seed heading to play No. 5 Hastings on the road in the opening round of the Section 1 Class B tournament on a rainy Friday, May 20.
From less than a handful of qualifiers for the Section 1 Class B Championships to an entourage, the Edgemont track and field team has made great strides from last spring to this spring.
From being hospitalized in March to running personal best times all spring, senior Connor Gerraughty went from a major scare to a major threat for Edgemont track and field.
Edgemont girls golf coach Mitch Shapiro could not have scripted the team’s season more perfectly. The Panthers had a winning record and sent a pair of golfers to the Section 1 championships.
The road to the Section 1 finals wasn’t easy for the Edgemont boys tennis team, and neither was the ride home afterward. After a pair of 3-2 wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals, the Panthers lost 3-2 to Byram Hills, which they had split with 4-3 and 4-3 in sharing the league title this spring.
When Peter Riverso made sectionals for the Edgemont boys golf team in 2017, little did coach George DiChiara know he wouldn’t have a golfer back to that level for five seasons. Junior Ben Tran finally broke that trend this spring, and fell one stroke shy of becoming the first player since Do…
Despite limping around the court for two hours in the Section 1 finals, Scarsdale senior Jason Shuler nearly forced a third set against defending and 2022 champion Emil Grantcharov of New Rochelle, falling 6-2, 7-6 (3).
For the Edgemont Panthers girls lacrosse team, they couldn’t have asked for a better season. Fresh off of winning their first league title in nearly 20 years, which saw sophomore star midfielder Illiana Dimopolous score her 100th career goal, the Panthers were riding high heading into the fi…
The Edgemont and Scarsdale softball teams both qualified for sectionals in Class B and AA, respectively.
In the fourth quarter with time running out in a playoff game with the score all tied up, it all comes down to who will make the big plays to win the game, and there were a lot of big plays made by a lot of players for Edgemont as the Panthers hosted Nanuet in the first round of the Section …
The Edgemont track and field coaches are rebuilding their program the old-fashioned way: by recruiting. If you’re an athlete who is not playing a sport in the winter or the spring, you’re probably on their radar.
It was a very physical game. Sticks were checked, players were shoved down and both teams showed frustration trying to score on offense. But in the end, the Edgemont Panthers came out on top, defeating the Dobbs Ferry Eagles 12-10, in a very hard fought game Tuesday, May 10.
