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9/12/25: Girls hoops wins leader Maher retires

9/11/25: 'Players to watch' lists? Thanks but no

9/10/25: Newsday jumping into New York City coverage

9/9/25: The new recuiting landscape is complicated

9/8/25: Iona Prep vs. Somers is worthy of encores

9/6/25: Section 11 loses another football team

9/4/25: Newspaper rolls out H.S. fantasy football

9/2/25: 2025 all-state boys lacrosse team released

8/29/25: Section 2 reduces La Salle's playoff ban

8/26/25: Will Brown to coach Green Tech basketball

8/22/25: 14-year-old Syosset girl lands NIL deal

8/16/25: 2025 all-state girls lacrosse team released

8/12/25: 2025 all-state baseball team released

8/9/25: Section 3 soccer standoff resolved for now

7/31/25: Central Committee annual meeting recap

7/29/25: Comparing NY's ticket prices with other states

Blogs from 2019-20 school year

5/27: Football gets approval to add a game

4/29: Officials turning focus toward the fall

4/23: Boys all-state basketball (large schools)

4/22: Westhill hoops star dies in crash

4/16: Boys all-state basketball (small schools)

4/8: LuHi girls coach Slater steps down

3/24: NYSPHSAA ends winter sports season

3/18: Davis, Poole capture BCANY honors

3/18: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

3/13: Dutchess Co. teams idle until April 30

3/12: A day unlike any other in H.S. sports

3/11: Coronavirus hits hockey, hoops plans

3/10: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

3/8: First major coronavirus disruption

3/8: State hockey, swimming, track recaps

3/4: St. Joe's gives up CHSAA hockey berth

3/3: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

3/1: Diakomihalis wins 5th state wretling title

3/1: New Hartford star tops gymnastics meet

2/25: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

2/23: LuHi boys outlast Albany Academy

2/20: Wrestling at-large berths announced

2/19: Retired hoops chairman Higgins dies

2/18: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

2/17: Another Lufkin brother reaches 2,000

2/11: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

2/7: L.I. girls team ineligible for playoffs

2/6: Tuohy posts Gatorade national three-peat

2/5: Sec. 6 league may require tie-breaker

2/3: NYSPHSAA may add 8th football game

2/4: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

2/2: Pasqualetti sets pole vault record

2/1: Haskell shatters Sec. 6 record

2/1: Dual-meet wrestling meet roundup

1/30: Fields set for state wrestling duals

1/28: Ex-Webster coach O'Rourke Jr. dies

1/28: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

1/26: Dual-meet wrestling field takes shape

1/25: Kearney girls edge Class A No. 1

1/23: Sec. 8 may expand rule on blowouts

1/21: St. Joe's hockey rallies past Canisius

1/21: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

1/20: Brentwood boys roar past Baldwin

1/18: L.I. soph approaching 2,000 points

1/17: Pushback intensifies against Sec. 6

1/15: All-state football team (large schools)

1/14: ECIC rejects Buffalo football request

1/14: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

1/13: Canisius hockey ties St. Joe's 2-2

1/12: Carmel's Duke wows at Eastern States

1/11: Davenport coach registers 700th win

1/10: Sec. 3 coaches nearing milestones

1/9: Stepinac's Griffin has sprained knee

1/8: All-state football team (small schools)

1/7: Big change for Sec. 6 football

1/7: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

1/6: Holy Trinity star makes 14 3-pointers

1/5: No. 1 LuHi routs No. 4 St. Raymond

12/31: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

12/30: Retired McQuaid coach Bradley dies

12/28: Back-to-back buzzer-beating wins

12/24: NFHS will promote Saranac Lake video

12/24: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

12/22: North Rockland's Tuohy picks N.C. St.

12/19: Football star McGee leaves N.Y. again

12/17: Weekly NYC boys basketball recap

12/16: Can we top a 5-OT CHSAA game? Yup.

12/13: All-state cross country teams

12/11: DiRienzo resigning at New Rochelle

12/8: Saratoga, Tuohy triumph at NXN

12/6: Catching up on recent high school news

12/6: Weekly New York City football recap

12/2: Chenango Forks wins 6th state final

12/1: New Rochelle 'D" dominates McQuaid

12/1: F-M qualifies both squads for NXN

11/30: Three repeat in state football finals

11/28: Gloversville drops girls basketball

11/26: No resolution to DiRienzo situation

11/26: Weekly New York City football recap

11/25: Dr. fired in mixed-competition dust-up

11/24: Canisius wins CHSAA football final

11/24: Swimming, volleyball and XC recaps

11/23: Moriah, C/S/P set up 'D' rematch

11/22: Skeet Whitlow's coaching column

11/22: Sayville's Cheshire sets L.I. TD record

11/19: Assorted N.Y. high school sports notes

11/19: Weekly New York City football recap

11/18: NYSPHSAA soccer finals recap

11/17: Moriah rides walk-off pick 6 to semis

11/17: Rauber nabs 4th cross country title

11/17: Lansing boys one win from three-peat

11/16: Red-hot Canandaigua in semifinals

11/14: Investigation sidelines New Ro coach

11/11: Weekly New York City football recap

11/8: Sec. 5 revokes newspapers' credentials

11/7: Cain blasts Salazar, Oregon Project

11/6: Haldane girls win states opener on PKs

11/5: Mercy senior wins state singles title

11/4: Frewsburg girls win marathon shootout

11/4: Weekly New York City football recap

11/2: Auburn rallies big, wins in two OTs

11/1: McQuaid advances; M-W pulls title sweep

10/31: Niskayuna girls edge Shen in overtime

10/30: Big win gets L.I. coach suspended

10/29: Orchard Park boys knock out Clarence

10/28: Weekly New York City football recap

10/27: Ex-champ Andreach back to tennis states

10/27: MacArthur ends Garden City win streak

10/27: Column: Coaching insights & strategies

10/26: Carthage's Fombo scores 6 TDs in win

10/25: Liverpool upsets F-M in boys soccer

10/24: Ex-CBA star Paulus will coach Niagara

10/22: 2 out of Sec. 1 tourney over violation

10/21: Weekly New York City football recap

10/20: Retired baseball coach Southworth dies

10/20: Garden City ties L.I. streak record

10/19: Eastridge outguns Greece Arcadia 70-50

10/18: Middletown may have to forfeit 4 games

10/17: Section 5, hoops refs locked in dispute

10/17: Grand Island's league streak ends

10/16: DeLyser sets U.S. career goals mark

10/15: Pearl River player dies in accident

10/14: Weekly New York City football recap

10/13: F-M girls win again at Manhattan Inv'l

10/13: 50-yard FG lifts Burke Catholic to win

10/12: DeLyser 3 goals from national record

10/12: Orchard Park rallies past Lancaster

10/12: Recap of the NYSPHSAA meeting

10/11: Bethlehem girls storm back to win

10/9: NYSPHSAA quarterly meeting preview

10/8: Ossining boys beat No. 1 Mamaroneck

10/7: Some good recent reads about runners

10/7: Weekly New York City football recap

10/6: Tuohy shatters Great American record

10/6: Sayville, Floyd pull out dramatic wins

10/5: Canton swimmers push win streak to 100

10/5: Expected showdowns become blowouts

10/4: Sec. 1 hoops return to WCC is official

10/3: Clarence volleyball adds to big week

10/1: A busy day for New York coaching news

9/30: Column: Coaching insights & strategies

9/30: N. Rockland girls edge Albertus Magnus

9/30: Weekly New York City football recap

9/29: Iona Prep edges Arch. Stepinac 36-35

9/29: Jericho knocks off PSAL soccer power

9/28: S'westen coach Caulcrick stepping down

9/28: 4-0 final score in Sec. 3 football game

9/27: Pembroke football improves to 2-0

9/26: Niagara Wheatfield golf streak ended

9/25: Moriah swimmers end 18-year dry spell

9/24: Will. East pulls the plug on season

9/23: Kellenberg rallies past Moore Catholic

9/23: Weekly New York City football recap

9/22: Mendon XC star torches state course

9/22: Card. Hayes impressive in CHSFL win

9/21: Cornwall turns back Marlboro 28-21

9/20: Arlington soccer snaps M-W streak

9/20: Media has gotten McGee story wrong

9/19: Albany CBA, Nisky battle to soccer tie

9/18: Millbrook gridders will sit idle again

9/17: New site picked for boys state golf

9/16: Weekly New York City football recap

9/15: Harrison pulls off double-OT victory

9/14: Five arrests after fights in Rochester

9/14: Spencerport upsets Victor in football

9/13: Fowler stadium project finally underway

9/12: Report: Alkins' H.S. transcript altered

9/11: September recruiting action heats up

9/10: Delaney steps down at Watertown IHC

9/9: NYSPHSAA participation data recap

9/9: Weekly PSAL/CHSFL football update

9/8: DQs knock top 6 runners off podium

9/8: McQuaid hangs on to upend Aquinas

9/7: Lancaster rolls to open 100th season

9/6: S-WR sidelines its football coach

9/4: Curious hole in new concussion law

9/2: Ohio football player head-butts referee

8/30: Corcoran picks Murphy for girls hoops

8/27: Rensselaer is latest to drop football

8/23: S. Sen./Romulus drops varsity football

8/22: Maple Grove opting for 8-man football

8/21: Glitch keeps Ketcham athletes off field

8/17: Policy derails hockey coach's return

8/17: 'Amazing Racers' an interesting read


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