Maroon & White celebrated Scarsdale's fall athletes on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
Joy Jiang achieved something that hadn’t been done at Scarsdale since 2000. The junior won two individual Section 1 swimming titles, the first Raider since Bridget O’Connor to do so.
Daniel Asher didn’t want to end his high school cross-country career at the Section 1 Class A championship meet. With his team expected to be in the top five, but likely a longshot to beat North Rockland, the senior pushed himself as hard as he could to qualify for the New York State Championships.
The fall of 2019 was a season of firsts for the fourth-year Scarsdale boys volleyball program. The Raiders beat a team from Rockland County for the first time, had a winning record for the first time, won a postseason game for the first time, played in the Section 1 finals for the first time…
Maddie Seltzer doesn’t have much of a poker face when it comes to diving. When she exits the water you can tell how she felt about the way she entered it.
Some tennis players have a rap for bad attitudes and on-court shenanigans, often unable to find the joy in the sport. The four girls who represented Scarsdale and Edgemont at the New York State doubles tennis championships last weekend are just the opposite. Win or lose, they found a way to …
Last Tuesday, the Scarsdale cross-country team had its league meet at Van Cortlandt Park, where the boys were trying to defend their title and the girls were looking to beat Ursuline.
Potential finalists get knocked out in the first round of the Section 1 soccer playoffs every year. This year was no exception.
Taking 23 players on varsity this year was no accident for girls soccer coaches Mindy Genovese and Kiera Fox. Having graduated 11 players last year and knowing nine more would be on their way out after this season, Scarsdale didn’t want to be left with an inexperienced program going forward.
Last fall the Scarsdale boys cross-country team was dominant, winning six meets, including leagues and counties, but just falling one point short behind Arlington at sectionals. While this year’s team, having graduated five top 10 runners, wasn’t quite the same force, the Raiders won back-to…
In three games against Mamaroneck last fall, the Scarsdale field hockey team was outscored 6-0, falling 3-0 and 1-0 in the regular season and 2-0 in the Section 1 Class A semifinals.
A 6-0 lead and a 6-6 halftime score was everything the Scarsdale football team could have hoped for in the quarterfinals of the Section 1 Class AA tournament at Spring Valley last Friday night.
Over the first three years of the Scarsdale boys volleyball team’s existence, the Raiders won four matches and lost in sectionals each year. This fall was different.
Edgemont swimmers making states is no longer a novelty. It hasn’t been for years. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy or happens over night.
The Scarsdale boys volleyball team was able to turn around what seemed a gloomy week for the team into ending on a positive note. The Raiders lost to Eastchester to begin the stretch in a tough match, had two matches postponed and rebounded from their setback with a strong, united win agains…
It took two years to replace Sydney Vleck, but Megan Lee, Anya Pabby and Joy Jiang now have a fourth leg for their elite relays. Fellow junior Danielle Eforo joined the fold and for the second time in three years, the Scarsdale girls swim and dive team is sending all three relays to states.
Haley Matusz tried field hockey when she was in middle school. For two weeks. She immediately went back to ice hockey because there was too much conditioning.
This past weekend, the Scarsdale cross-country team raced at the Section 1 Coaches Invitational at Bowdoin Park. Bowdoin is a very important course because it is where the state qualifier and Federation meets take place later this season, and this was Scarsdale’s last chance to race there in…
The Scarsdale football team could think of no better way to make the Section 1 Class AA tournament than to beat rival Mamaroneck in the final week of the regular season.
Coming off back-to-back overtime losses, the back-to-back 7-0 wins that followed for the Scarsdale girls soccer team offered a boost heading into postseason.
Maddie Seltzer made history Wednesday night. Twice.
One of two things can happen when the Scarsdale girls volleyball team plays in the New England-centric VolleyHall Classic or Tournament of Champions each year.
Between the Section 1 Conference I and III tournaments and the first day of the Section 1 tournament on Wednesday, there’s been a lot of excitement for Scarsdale and Edgemont.
If you’re going to score one goal all regular season, score the goal that Roman Tirabassi scored.
Josh Strassberg has one chance to get it right for the Scarsdale boys soccer team. This is the senior’s first — and only — year on varsity and he knows what’s at stake for him and his team.
Andie Novenstein sent the ball to Liz Scarcella. Scarcella passed to Sophie Carroll. Carroll whacked the ball into the board of the goal at Scarsdale High School. With 3:02 left in the game, the three seniors gave the Raiders a 1-0 lead over rival Mamaroneck.
After a 76-1 regular season match record and a pair of sweeps in the first two rounds of the Section 1 team tournament, the Scarsdale girls tennis team was finally challenged by Harrison and Byram Hills in the semifinals and finals, respectively. On Sunday, the Raiders won the final two roun…
This past week has been a tempestuous one for the Scarsdale boys volleyball team. What started as a promising week with a challenging win against Clarkstown South turned into a tough, but competitive set of losses to Suffern and Clarkstown North.
Scarsdale’s cross-country invitational is right in the middle of the season, serving as the perfect fitness check for the host and other teams because the course at Croton Point Park is flat.
Julia Strong may not be a hashtag (#JuliaStrong), but her name very well could be as the term is often used to denote someone or something that has or vows to overcome adversity.
It was getting late in a tight game. The Scarsdale girls soccer team was up 2-1 on league rival Ursuline. With a 3-7 record, the Raiders couldn’t let the game slip away.
Of the 77 possible points the Scarsdale girls tennis team could have amassed over its 11 matches this season, the Raiders won 76. For coach Jennifer Roane, that was an unprecedented feat for the undefeated league champs who are seeded No. 1 in the Section 1 team tournament.
The scrappy Scarsdale boys volleyball team is off to its best start in the four-year history of the program. After going winless in 2016, winning three matches the next year and just one last year, the Raiders are above .500 with a 3-2 record, having defeated three different teams thus far t…
Last weekend, the Scarsdale cross-country team split up to go to two different meets, with the boys varsity team electing to go to Bowdoin Park, while everyone else raced at White Plains.
With the exception of a camp in seventh grade, Scarsdale junior Victoria Wilson didn’t officially pick up a field hockey stick until the summer before sophomore year. A year after learning on the job with the junior varsity team, Wilson is a key starting defender for the Raiders on varsity.
For the first time this season, the Scarsdale football team walked onto the field and did what it set out to do: dominate from the beginning.
Based on last season’s success, the Scarsdale girls swim and dive team is in the top division this fall and the two-time Section 1 runner-up team is being pushed like never before by the other elite teams with a 2-2 record, losing only to teams that have multiple schools.
The difference between the Scarsdale girls soccer team’s 3-1 loss to New Rochelle and 2-1 loss to Mamaroneck wasn’t just the score. According to coach Mindy Genovese it was the “heart.”
Last weekend, Scarsdale cross-country coaches Rich Clark and Doug Rose took the top eight boys and girls upstate to Plattsburgh to compete on the course that will serve as host for the New York State championships. This was the only overnight trip of the season, so it was a very exciting — t…
Sept. 11 through Sept. 24 was a rollercoaster ride for the Scarsdale boys volleyball team. Following the team’s first-ever win against a Rockland County team — the Raiders topped Clarkstown South 3-1 — Scarsdale fell 3-0 to Clarkstown North and 3-0 to Suffern before coming away with a wild v…
Alfie Mrijaj joined the Scarsdale boys soccer team late and missed the first four games. In the three games he has played since becoming eligible, the Raiders went from 1-3-1 to 3-3-2 with wins over White Plains and Horace Greeley and a draw with New Rochelle.
After being rained out against Horace Mann the last two years, the Scarsdale girls tennis team finally got to face off against one of the best competitors they see each fall. While the Raiders improved to 8-0 with a win, Horace Mann did something no other team had done against Scarsdale this…
Falling in the finals of its home tournament to Mahopac last fall was disappointing for the Scarsdale girls volleyball team. With a senior-heavy team this year, losing in the finals to Eastchester was just dreadful.
Last weekend, the Scarsdale cross-country team opened up the season at the Warwick Valley Wave Mania X-C Invitational.
Sophia Caione waited her turn. Now the senior is averaging nearly eight saves per game for the Scarsdale girls soccer team.
With realignment taking White Plains and Scarsdale out of the same league, there was only one regular season shot for the two teams to play each other in boys soccer this fall. Coming in with a 1-3-1 record, Scarsdale knew it needed a big win to turn its season around.
It finally happened. The Scarsdale boys volleyball team, in its fourth year of existence, won a complete match against a team from Rockland County. Only able to defeat Eastchester four times over the past two years, the Raiders opened up this season with a historic win.
A large rock sits outside the tennis courts at Scarsdale High School with a plaque commemorating the girls tennis team’s decade-long dominance within Section 1, a 117-match winning streak that stretched from 1990-2000.
Last year the Scarsdale football team was losing games in the second half. This year the Raiders are winning them.
Despite competing in a meet that doesn’t actually count for anything, the Scarsdale girls swim and dive team sure set the tone for the season.
