By Tom Pedulla– The Westchester County Center has been the site of heartbreak for the Dobbs Ferry boys’ basketball team. There was an agonizing last-minute postseason loss to Alexander Hamilton two years ago and a not-so-close defeat against Woodlands last yea... More »
By Tom Pedulla— It would seem safe to assume that Ardsley feels pressure in defending its state Class A girls’ basketball championship, especially after stellar Leah Burriss suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opening scrimmage. A snapshot from a recen... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Kaitlin Degnan understands the massive challenge she faces as the girls’ basketball coach at Irvington, describing predecessor Gina Maher as the “greatest act to follow.” Maher retired after 50 years as the winningest girls’ basketball coach in... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Beekman Avenue was already swarming with shoppers participating in the annual holiday Stroll when the parade of a dozen fire trucks ushered in the heroes of the season, the Sleepy Hollow High School varsity football team. The boys had just c... More »
By Tom Pedulla– The future looks to be incredibly bright for the combined Ardsley-Dobbs Ferry girls’ swimming team. Led by Ardsley junior Fiamma Cioffi, the 400-yard freestyle relay team dramatically slashed its time and advanced to the state championships wit... More »
By Tom Pedulla— In the end, Sleepy Hollow did not leave the JMA Wireless Dome at Syracuse University with the first state football championship in school history, bowing to high-powered Monroe 34-0 on Dec. 6 after a scoreless first half. In the end, the Horsem... More »
By Tom Pedulla— In the final minutes of Sleepy Hollow’s 42-20 victory against Glens Falls on Nov. 29 at Middletown High School in Middletown, chants of “Syr-a-cuse! Syr-a-cuse!” descended from the stands. It was a magical moment for a Sleepy Hollow program tha... More »
By Tom Pedulla– One win away. Sleepy Hollow is that close to playing for the ultimate football prize, the Class B state championship, after dispatching Saugerties 46-26 on Nov. 22 at Middletown High School in Middletown, N.Y. With Saugerties intent on stoppin... More »
By Tom Pedulla– After almost five decades of exasperating setbacks, Sleepy Hollow’s long-suffering football program is back on top. The Horsemen captured their first Section 1 crown since 1978 when they rode a second-half surge to upend Westlake 27-14 in the C... More »
By Tom Pedulla– Sleepy Hollow is one victory away from what was unthinkable for so long. After a decade of fumbles and foibles, the Horsemen are one victory away from the Section 1 Class B title after ousting defending champion Ardsley 42-26 Friday night in a ... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Sleepy Hollow players were as excited as they could be after thumping visiting Pleasantville 33-6 on Saturday night for the school’s first postseason victory since 2014. A few of them picked up a large Gatorade container and headed toward Antho... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Sleepy Hollow football fans cannot wait to see what’s next after the Horsemen ended a playoff drought that had endured since 2016 with an exclamation point. Sleepy Hollow will take a glistening 7-1 record into Saturday night’s 6 p.m. home game ... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Dobbs Ferry senior quarterback Jackson Kearns is enjoying a dream season in leading the high-flying Eagles to four victories in their first five games. He is shredding opposing defenses by air, passing for 734 yards and seven touchdowns. Using ... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Ardsley capitalized on its only true home game this season by rattling off 28 unanswered points in a 28-14 win against Valhalla on Friday night. The defending state Class B champions responded to the bright lights and the buzz created by the op... More »
By Tom Pedulla– Sleepy Hollow senior Brayden Richardson has long been viewed as an exceptional talent. Now, after injuries wiped out his last two seasons, he is finally proving it for the resurgent Horsemen. Richardson has often been close to unstoppable as Sl... More »
By Tom Pedulla– The hard work of Dobbs Ferry senior Anthony Ficarrotta paid off when he committed to play basketball at Division 2 St. Thomas Aquinas College in Orangeburg, N.Y. The 6-3, 184-pound guard, who became a 1,000-point scorer for the Eagles last sea... More »
By Tom Pedulla– Several teammates on the Dobbs Ferry football team for seventh and eighth graders tested Quinn Cronin by racing her before a recent practice at Gould Park. None came close to beating her. One boy tried so hard he stumbled and fell in the final ... More »
By Tom Pedulla— Sleepy Hollow coach Anthony Giuliano spoke throughout the preseason about the need to go punch for punch with the team’s most challenging opponents. The Horsemen did that for the opening half against Bronxville, but their inability to sustain t... More »
This story has been updated By Tom Pedulla– Irvington closed an extraordinary era in its history with the announcement that Gina Maher, the winningest girls’ basketball coach in New York State history with 814 victories, is retiring after 50 years. “It’s tim... More »
Five high school football teams, representing the five public school districts in The Hudson Independent’s rivertowns readership area, each hoping either to improve over or repeat their performances of a year ago. By Tom Pedulla– Ardsley Panthers Poised to De... More »
