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.
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.
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.
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.
The season didn’t play out exactly how first-year head coach James Pape envisioned it, but Edgemont’s football team was able to conclude the campaign with a dominant win. And with the majority of the Panthers’ team returning next season, there is reason to be optimistic about the future.
The Independent League playoffs offer a road to redemption for Edgemont’s football team.
Milan Gialleonardo was so excited and overcome by the moment that he couldn’t even remember who Edgemont would be playing in its next game. After all, the Panthers had just delivered new head coach James Pape his first win in a 51-7 Week 2 thrashing of visiting Irvington on Sept. 18 under th…
Coming out of quarantine with two days to prepare for the season finale, it was a bumpy ride for the Scarsdale football team last week as opponents were being decided Wednesday night and then Tappan Zee was trying to switch the game. On top of that, the Raiders were without four two-way star…
Will Shah made a 95-yard pick six, two sacks, a 40-yard reception, a 52-yard punt and a 35-yard field goal in a 16-12 Edgemont football win over Hastings. That’s a heck of a day for any player, let alone a sophomore soccer player who had never played football prior to this season.
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.
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…
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…
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…
With 1:20 left on the clock and Briarcliff/Hamilton on the Edgemont/Keio 3-yard line in a 22-all game, Edgemont coach Brendan Connolly made the easiest call of his coaching career. “Let them score,” he told his defense.
After suffering its first loss of the season in week 7, the Edgemont football team defeated Haldane 22-16 last weekend to improve to 7-1. It was a nice bounce back win for the Panthers before their bowl game against Briarcliff on Saturday.
In what has been another successful season in the independent league, the Edgemont football team suffered their first loss of the season last Saturday at Tuckahoe.
It’s hard to believe the Edgemont High School football team, rooted in a winning tradition from the late 1990s into the early 2000s, had not won a league title since 2006. On Friday, that drought ended.
The Edgemont football team defeated Irvington on the road Saturday to improve to 4-0 for the first time in over a decade. The Panthers were led by junior Kirk Gialleonardo’s 4 touchdowns — two passing, two rushing — and two interceptions, junior Jake Rosen’s touchdown and 119 receiving yards…
A second-week bye couldn’t stop Edgemont’s momentum. The Panthers football team has now taken down Croton-Harmon in the opening week and Briarcliff and Hastings on back-to-back weekends following the week without a game.
In the first game of the 2019 football season, Edgemont took down Croton-Harmon on the road, 26-14. The Panthers were led by Ryan Gordon’s three touchdowns, Kirk Gialleonardo’s two touchdowns and Dexter Seeley’s monster defensive effort.
For the past two seasons, the Edgemont football team, struggling with numbers and often hit hard by graduation, joined forces with Keio Academy, a school for Japanese students located on the campus of Manhattanville College. While Keio’s numbers haven’t been overwhelming the Panthers and Uni…
Editor’s note: While Brendan Connolly did in fact take over for his father, the school district ended up allowing Brian Connolly to remain on staff as an assistant this fall.
Football players Noah Glantz and Frankie Sayegh responded to their post-surgery senior football seasons the same way — by having their best performances and earning All-State honors.
