RCC Sports Hall of Fame to enshrine four new members at Platzl Brauhuas in Pomona A baseball-starring brother tandem, elite soccer player and basketball standout highlight this year’s class of inductees into the Rockland Community College Sports Hall of Fame, announced by the RCC Athletic Department. The ninth annual induction gala is now set for […]
BY JAMIE KEMPTON The proud history of Nyack High School athletics was celebrated during the school’s inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame ceremonies, held in October at the Clubhouse at Patriot Hills in Stony Point. The first class of inductees featured nine athletes, one coach and three community service recipients, all of whom also participated in […]
Former Clarkstown North standout Dave McGovern qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 50K racewalk in a last-chance qualifying event held December 20 at Rockland Lake State Park. In doing so, McGovern became the only man ever to qualify to compete in eight consecutive U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials. He broke a […]
It is Hall of Fame time again, and this time the incoming class will showcase Suffern High School’s all-time leading athletes, coaches and administrators. The Suffern ceremony is scheduled on Saturday, Dec. 19, during halftime of the finals of the Rich Bosco Memorial Boys Varsity Basketball Tournament at Suffern HS. The game is set to […]
BY MARC MATURO Optimist, thy name is Kevin Metcalf – apparently for good reason. The veteran girls basketball coach at North Rockland High School realizes it won’t be a simple task to surpass last year’s sparking 17-4 record, but he envisions another solid season despite the key loss of injured junior guard Naya Rivera of […]
Ex-Dutchmen Take Men’s, Women’s Crowns; Monroe-Woodbury Team Champ BY JAMIE KEMPTON The homecoming known as the Bill Markiewicz Memorial Rockland Alumni Cross Country Run re-enacted its 33rd annual encore at Bear Mountain on Nov. 28, uniting local harriers spanning more than six decades in an autumn ritual as timeless as the changing of the foliage […]