🇺🇸Father of 2, lover of 1. Athletic Coord/Crew Chief Town of Put Valley; Sports Editor
@ExaminerMedia
; Owner Picture That;
#Conservative
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So there are very few reasons for me to miss a Murphy Cup lax game between 2 of my all-time favorite sports programs
@Yorktownlax
&
@lplacrosse18
but I hope they can give me a pass for being by my son's side for his mound debut
#WillMakeItUptoThem
but this was important to me
BREAKING: Pending BOE approval the Yorktown baseball program has landed a monster fish in former MLB pro CJ Riefenhauser. The Mahopac grad is a grand slam for Husker A.D.
@YCSD_Athletics
oh, boy! I'm getting some really sad news out of Somers. I don't have details but have confirmed that Asst. Football Coach Dom Narcisco has passed away. This was one of the nicest guys you'd want to meet
#ICantEven
My heart goes out to his family & his
@SomersFootball
family
The CHS varsity football team all donated money to buy Caleb, a member of the team, a varsity letterman’s jacket. Today they presented it to him in class in front of his classmates, teachers, staff and family. This is what it’s all about!!!
#Carmel6Cs
Took him 24 years but my friend
@panas_baseball
Coach Anthony Fata finally gets to hoist hardware after 7-0 Class A title win over John Jay CR today at Purchase College where sophomore P Nick DiMaso twirled a gem. Congrats
#PhatBoy
Putnam Valley senior
@dshillingford3
is going to follow in his brother Rahhim's footsteps & play college football at D-I Bryant University, congrats my man
@PVAthletics1
Very exciting news today! Congratulations to our very own
@lakelandfh
Head Coach, Sharon Sarsen, on being announced as an inductee into the Class of 2020
@NYSPHSAA
Hall of Fame! To say this is well deserved is an understatement. Truly a remarkable achievement!
@highroader
BREAKING: Hiring from within
@MahopacSchools
&
@Mahopac_AD
will name former Indian multi-sport athlete Mairead Hynes as next girls' hoops coach, replacing venerable Chuck Scozzafava. Hynes family is Mahopac royalty when it comes 2 student athletes so the internal move makes sense
Every year, the
@CarmelRams
just get it; I will take that notion to the grave with me, god willing... respect our flag, our nation, our process, each other. The spirit of America🇺🇸 is alive & well within the youth Putnam County, NY
#MuchHope
Age Kam📷
Met a lot of special coaches in my 31+ years on Section 1 sports circuit & this guy is right there atop the list, great man, too... CONGRATS to
@CarmelRams
Grid
@coachcayea
on 150 career wins; what is a rout of rival Mahopac.
Lest we not forget just how classy
@Yorktownlax
is; even in face of unbearbale defeat senior Jamison Embury extends congratulatory hand. Tough to watch these kids lose, knowing full well what they put in. 2019 awaits!
BREAKING:
@Yorktown_Sports
varsity Grid coach Coach Mike Rescigno has resigned after 15 incredible years. Needs to spend more time with family
#Understandable
more to follow
Breaking:
@FordhamPrep
RHP/OF Aidan Curry of Ossining just inked deal with
@MLB
@Rangers
org. At 6-5 180 with 88 MPH heater Curry fulfills his lifelong dream with some help from former
@PanasBaseball
stud now pitching coach Mike Anderson congrats to all
Breaking: Pending BOE approval former asst coach Pantelis Ypsilantis will be next Head Football Coach of
@Yorktown_Sports
, per
@YCSD_Athletics
. He has been part of 4 Section 1 Finals & Section 1 Championship. All Asst coaches will be returning including Jeff Cerar & Rob Capelli.
BREAKING
#BigTimeNews
outta
@MahopacSchools
the I's need be dotted & T's be crossed but former Pelham A.D. Stephen Luciana is next Indian AD. He takes over July 1 for legendary AD
@miele_frank
. Luciana lives in Carmel, wife is a Pac grad they are
#Vested
in community
#GreatHire
BREAKING: Welcome back former Indian captain Jon Bota (circa 2011) as new
@MahopacSchools
boys varsity lax coach. Bota has been building his resume under Tim Weir as Putnam Valley asst. coach. He & Pac Asst Coach
@Haddeland11
should make great team
@BoysMsa
Bill Casey is 1st manager in
@lakeland_sports
grand history to win back-2-back Section 1 titles after 5-4 Class A title win over feisty
@NyackHSAthletic
today & he can thank this kid, winning P Evan Berta, for much of that
Saw
@TuskerAthletics
AD Roman 'Romain' Catalino today for 1 of last times b4 he retires in June & turns
#RomanEmpire
over to AD-in-waiting Marc Hattem. He was/is one of the good ones
#OldSchoolAD
& will be missed. Congrats on your retirement, old friend, Somers has prospered
BREAKING:
@CarmelRams
grid
@coachcayea
just informed his players in a teary-eyed meeting that for reasons related to his health & wellness he will step down as
@Carmelschools
head grid coach. Cayea's sidekick OL/DL Coach Jim Donahoe goes with him. They go out like ELWAY
#OnTop
The two best athletes on field last night IMO - Dylan Smith & Keith Boyer - combined for 4 TDs & 450 yards in
@Yorktown_Sports
30-12 win over
@SomersFootball
Somers. Man did
@House55Mike
have his Huskers ready. Shame on me for not hyping YTown enuf
#TheyBalledOut
Scott Dahlke
#MuskyScott
of Yorktown Heights (NY), an avid fisherman & lax coach with Yorktown, landed this 57 inch, 60 lb
#LunkerMusky
Muskellunge, said to be 7 pounds shy of world record (1957), Sunday in St. Lawrence River
@ExaminerMedia
This is the brotherhood football breeds; a genuine love for brothers in arms, Francesco Gioffre and Johnny Crecco.
@SomersFootball
was all class in defeat at
@NYSPHSAA
title loss to CBA. Bet I'm back at 'Cuse in a hurry with this program reloading.
Tonight a model family, a community &
@pv_ball
hoops program swell with pride as
@dshillingford3
scores 1000th career point b4 those that truly relish a family that means so much to Putnam Valley &
@PVAthletics1
#HonoredToShareInIt
& PV got the 54-36 W vs North Salem
And with this powerful and one move to the hoop
@pv_ball
senior F
@dshillingford3
becomes the second boys player in program history to score his 1000 point
@PVAthletics1
joining Ryan Basso
This is TOWN over RIVALRY, this is everything Carmel vs Mahopac represents, this is
#PutnamCounty
's finest representing on many levels, including
#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
, this is what I'm on Twitter for, not the divisive BS spewed hellaciously, though I do represent
#TheRight
BREAKING:
@kennedylacrosse
coach Nick Savastano is stepping down to spend time watching his boys, both excellent high school prospects at Jay, while bro Vinny will remain & take reins of CHSAA powerhouse program the Savs have built last decade. Best wishes to really good guy
BREAKING: Right now
@MahopacSchools
BOE is announcing
@TMcMahon23
as its boys' varsity basketball coach
#Congrats
. As a bonus Steven Tornambe is named wrestling coach, 2 great hires. NEXT UP:
#BoysLaxCoach
& this is a pressing issue that needs immediate addressing
Thank u to all 2020-21
@SecOneAthletics
athletes & those prior for making my 32nd year on circuit sheer joy, minus COVID. Gonna wind it down tad next few weeks & catch my breath but championship week is on newsstands 2moro
#TonsOfCoverage
16 pages, grab a stack, won't u
@NYSPHSAA
a 7th-grader from
@CarmelSchools
PJ Duke just won the 99-pound NYS wrestling title, becoming the only 7th-grader to ever win a D-I state title by tech fall, to finish 45-0. Can u imagine what this kid can do over the next 5 years
#SixStateTitles
anyone ever heard of that?
Known her since she was a baby, so congrats
@kelli_venezia
on your 1000th point, joining YOUR
@Coach_KDini
as
@PVAthletics1
only ladies to do so. My shot of the milestone isn't as good as yours was, but here it is, beating a double-team to get it done
#HappyTeammatesToo
And here's the shot nobody saw (in person).
@PvVarsity
junior
@arianna_stock
u deserved same packed gym/fanfare all 1,000-point scorers get but WE know how U handle life & this is just a tiny blip in grand scheme of your career/life ahead of you
#CongratsKiddo
#CoronavirusSucks
Whatever
@coachcayea
's future holds, I'm not sure I've ever felt better to see a coach pass off
@NYSPHSAA
tourney title plaque to his
@CarmelRams
captains than this one. Football is everything now
@Carmelschools
& its community. You've been
#CayeaO
'd! That is all.
BREAKING: Legendary former Cornhusker Tim Schurr is the new
@Yorktownlax
coach. Rob Doerr will remain on staff. Assuming Jeremy Guski will come with T.S. as
@johnjaylacrosse
begins to reassemble its staff with Schurr gone
Maybe
@miele_frank
can concur but this 2-1 Sect1 Class AA semifinal win over 3-time reigning champ Arlington has to be biggest win in
@pacgirlssoccer
history cuz they finally going to da' ship after Marissa McCarney's game-winning header off gorgeous
@haileyypereira
corner
While the
@SomersFootball
coaches enjoy a celebratory post-game cocktail or two at the Barnwood Grill, here's proof that one of them can still get up there with the kids.
We all knew that reigning NYS Class AA champ
@CarmelRams
would win today, and they did beat Mt. Vernon 43-6 with 36 unanswered points, but I showed up merely for the great spectacle that has become a time-honored
@CarmelCrazies_
tradition
#RedWhiteBlue
#OldGlory
It's official,
@MahopacFB
will move down to Class A next season so I'm already looking ahead to the drama of a
@SomersFootball
vs Mahopac DeMatteo game
#DadVsSon
schedule makers do your thing
Former record-setting
@Yorktown_Sports
RB Nick Santavicca still doing work: 32 carries, 200 yards, 2 TDs in Bridgewater State's 30-29 win over Buffalo State.
As I was saying about this
@shannonbeckerr
#TheGoat
just fired 1-0 10-inning Section 1 Class AA title win over North Rockland for
@MahopacSoftball
1st ever
@SecOneAthletics
softball crown. Saw 3 incredible local hurlers fire 22 combined IP today & allowed just 1 dang run
I can only hope the children pick up what I'm putting down in my
@ExaminerMedia
headlines these days. That day will come when I'm out of touch so I often cling to the 90s when my mullet ruled & I had carte blanche to be me
#HeyMacarena
If u thought AJ Green had big Fantasy football game for Bengals yesterday (3 1st half TDs), try Yorktown TE Naim Sinanaj on for size: 6-4 220 lb. TE hauled in 4 1st half TDs from QB Tommy Weaver & his Huskers are up 28-13 over Hen Hud with 10 mins left
#SickConnection
Don't care what anyone says u have to feel EXTRA good for
@panas_softball
after its 7-3 defeat of
@LHSsoftball2019
as 10th-seeded
@PanasSports
stuns rival &unbeaten top seed
@lakeland_sports
(No.4 NYS) for first sectional championship in program history under coach Dale Chappelle
Sitting down to do my NYS Section 1 local field hockey previews this week.
@lakelandfh
Coach Sharon Sarsen
@highroader
has lost just 73 times in 38 years (going 659-73-40). Less than 2 losses per season for 13-time NYS champs. Dwell on that for a second.
This is what separates
@SomersFootball
from rest of
@SecOneAthletics
Class A gridders; Tuskers practice things others only dream about. Look at this Hail Mary back-tap for TD from Mac Sullivan to Tyler Ostrander in 38-6 playoff win over
@BCSD_Athletics
Even their
#GatoradeBaths
are spectacular! Congrats
@CarmelRams
@coachcayea
on 1st Section 1 Class AA title since 1998 after beating
@AHSAdmiral_Al
38-14. 'Twas a cold night indeed but few coaches I've ever covered deserved that bath more.
BREAKING:
@MahopacSchools
has named Frank Miele as its interim Athletic Director, replacing John Augusta. Miele will be there for the full school year & looks to re-brand the
#MahopacWay
until the district determines its future athletic path.
My boy
@Brettmakar
with another near 200 yd 1TD game propels
@Yorktown_Sports
2 NYS GRID title game. Those R measurable factors.Add in heart & u have 1 of N.West/Put Sect1's greatest athletes since RColsey
@UncleRickyBeast
Dave Fleming Elton Brand Tom Cottrell
#FloorIsOpen4Debate
HolyMoly
@MahopacLax1
follows up 8-7 win over
@Yorktownlax
with a 13-10 win over
@NYSPHSAA
ranked No.2 Class B Nisky today! Indians,yeah, INDIANS are on a roll