Sports columnist Marc Maturo’s official column Chargers brace for another playoff run in soccer The Dominican College men’s soccer team, coming off a tough 2-2 deadlock against nationally ranked Mercy College of Dobbs Ferry, again appears headed for the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) playoffs. The Orangeburg-based Chargers, now 4-4-1, are the defending CACC champs, […]
Mike Mannozzi and Katie Burnett strode to decisive victories at the USA Track & Field 30-Kilometer Racewalk Championships held Sunday, Sept. 15 at Rockland Lake State Park in Congers, N.Y. The race was coordinated by Dave McGovern, a former Congers resident and 1983 Clarkstown North graduate who is a nationally recognized racewalking coach and former […]
At a mid-September Haverstraw Town Board meeting, Supervisor Howard T. Phillips, Jr. and the board presented the 2013 North Rockland Girls Soccer State Champions with a plaque and certificates for their accomplishments. Their titles include: Girls Under 13 NY State Champions, National Premier League NY Division Girls Under 13 Champions and NPL National Semi-Finalists. Coach […]
Mets great Rusty Staub sits down with the Rockland County Times. In other news, Piazza to enter Mets Hall of Fame BY JOE RINI “Ya Gotta Believe!” still resonates with Mets fans forty years after Tug McGraw coined the phrase. While today it may be said more with a sigh and a shrug of the […]
Harvey avoids surgery for now BY JOE RINI With the championship drama concentrated at the Louis Armstrong Stadium side of Flushing this September, perhaps the skirmish between the Mets and Phillies for third place has about as much drama as two duelists who turn and fire water pistols at each other. Yet, much is at […]
Giants opener a flop BY CHAYIM TAUBER The Giants opened their 2013-2014 campaign in the most careless and disheartening of ways. Much like the football, this game slipped through the Giants fingers as they turned the ball over at an alarming rate, nullifying any momentum they managed to garner and stopping their offensive progression on […]