by Kevin Brown – The first two topics that come up when you review a football season are so very different nowadays from even just a few years ago. The first question is always, how are the numbers? Varsity Coach Jorge Veintimilla is enthusiastic about Sleepy... More »
by Tom Pedulla – The Hudson Independent offers its annual preview of the local high school football season: DOBBS FERRY The Eagles have no choice but to respond well to dramatic change. Joe Cox, who graduated from the school in 2002 and was an assistant to Ji... More »
by Kevin Brown – While many kids were enjoying August weekends at the beach or pool, the Sleepy Hollow Football Club, Blaze, traveled to Hershey, Pennsylvania to take on all comers in the Hershey Cup, U-13 Girls Soccer Division. Even though Blaze has already ... More »
by Tom Pedulla – Michael Gulino, who became the interim athletic director at Sleepy Hollow High School on July 1, is thinking big while admitting he has relatively little time to revive some of the school’s sagging sports programs. Gulino spoke of his desire ... More »
by Tom Pedulla – Call it the Dobbs Ferry difference. While other teams wore T-shirts showing they are part of the East Coast Panthers Summer League at Masters School, Dobbs Ferry sported uniform tops similar to what they will use next winter when they defend ... More »
by Tom Pedulla – They’re back. Shortstop Sean McCarthy, third baseman Alec Bjorkland, righthander Gavin Ryan and catcher Matthew Bischof are back for what may well be their final season together in forming the nucleus of Sleepy Hollow’s veteran travel team. T... More »
by Tom Pedulla – One thousand shots per day. That is the goal for Dimaunie Meredith, an aspiring Division 1 basketball player who recently signed with Westchester Community College after leading Dobbs Ferry High School to the Section 1 Class B title. The 6-4,... More »
by Tom Pedulla – When Joe Ryan recruits student-athletes for the track and field team at Manhattan College, he often searches for diamonds in the rough. He sure found one in Will Stallings of Sleepy Hollow. “If you have a fair amount of talent and you’ve got ... More »
by Tom Pedulla – When Dobbs Ferry High School boys’ basketball coach Scott Patrillo approached Zachary Holzman about becoming a team captain last year as a junior, it was the start of something big. Patrillo recognized in Holzman leadership abilities that wou... More »
by Barrett Seaman – Everyone knows that triathlons aren’t for sissies. The Ironman, the Big Enchilada of triathlons, demands a 2.4-mile swim followed by a 112-mile bicycle ride, rounding out with a full marathon run of 26.2 miles. You don’t do that for fun. T... More »
by Tom Pedulla – When Sleepy Hollow High School’s varsity recently hosted a well-attended softball clinic and pizza party for girls in grades three through six, it was arguably more significant than any game-winning hit the team will produce this season. Slee... More »
by Tom Pedulla – Mind games. Ace righthander Dana Van Buren loves to play them as she aims to lead Hackley’s softball team back to the Ivy League Championship game and win the title that proved elusive last year. To Van Buren, pitching is more about out-think... More »
