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5/17/25: Wayne's Blankenberg opts for prep school

5/16/25: Section 2 hits La Salle with playoff ban

5/9/25: Three-Region Concept hits a speed bump

5/8/25: Girls basketball all-state team (AAA, AA, and A)

5/5/25: Previewing the quarterly NYSPHSAA meeting

5/5/25: Girls basketball all-state team (B, C, and D)

5/2/25: Ad hoc committee to pitch public vs. private plan

4/30/25: DA: Charges pending against Westhill athletes

4/27/25: Boys basketball all-state team (AAA, AA, and A)

4/26/25: Title-winning SWR coach Adrian Gilmore dies

4/25/25: Sports and politicians: Not a good mix

4/21/25: Boys basketball all-state team (B, C, and D)

4/16/25: Art and Linda Kranick resign at Saratoga

4/14/25: Sec. 5 coach may have set 2 marks with 1 win

4/12/25: Miles ties NYSPHSAA mark for baseball wins

4/5/25: Warrensburg/Lake George/Bolton picks Irion

4/4/25: NY's eight-man football surge is subsiding

3/29/25: Sec. 1 football schedule has coaches uneasy

3/28/25: Did a book cost longtime Sec. 3 coach his job?

3/26/25: Does flag football hurt other spring sports?

3/24/25: Fired Northville coach charged with harassment

3/22/25: Northville fires coach over post-game incident

3/19/25: L.I. parents bring racism concerns to board

3/14/25: NFHS Hall of Fame inducting St. Johnsville star

3/7/25: Battaglia set for 3rd tour of duty at Aquinas

3/7/25: Schedule of N.Y. boys basketball title games

3/6/25: Court OK's Zariel Macchia to run Saturday

3/5/25: Aquinas fires football coach after semifinal run

3/1/25: Newburgh dismisses Bianco as football coach

2/27/25: Court reinstates L.I. hoops star for sectionals

2/22/25: Distance star Macchia out of state meet

2/14/25: Remarkable efforts in WNY girls basketball

2/8/25: NYSPHSAA working way through 2 big topics

2/6/25: Three-Region Concept is on the fast track

2/1/25: Minisink Valley, John Glenn wrestlers prevail

1/31/25: 2024 girls basketball all-state team named

1/25/25: NYC, L.I. restore football all-star game

1/18/25: Colonie bowler's 890 series sets U.S. mark

1/16/25: Somers football likely to remain in Class A

1/15/25: All-state football: Classes AA and A

1/14/25: Harper steps down at Clymer/Sherman/Panama

1/10/25: Four L.I. districts still battling mascot rule

1/8/25: All-state football: Classes B, C, D and 8-man

12/20/24: Canastota's Laidlaw chalks up 900th win

12/17/24: William Floyd assistant dies in car crash

12/11/24: AD at Sec. 2 powerhouse will step down

12/9/24: Girls soccer all-state selections announced

12/8/24: Recapping the weekend NYSPHSAA football finals

12/7/24: Which mascots replaced Indians, Warriors?

12/6/24: Publics vs. privates issue resurfaces

12/5/24: NYSPHSAA makes rare mid-year class change

12/2/24: Short-handed Conn. team forfeits playoff game

12/1/24: Massapequa hockey player dies during game

11/27/24: Column: Crisis in Sec. 5 small-school football

11/24/24: PSAL cracks down, imposes hoops forfeits

11/22/24: Bayport-Blue Point football extends streaks

11/19/24: Some thoughts following the playoffs weekend

11/15/24: Plainedge football pulls off last-play win

11/8/24: Court restores Syracuse ITC to grid playoffs

11/6/24: West Islip girls soccer advances on PKs

11/5/24: Newburgh forfeits sectional football opener

11/2/24: Top-ranked 'D' football team's season over

10/31/24: Herricks' Walia wins state tennis singles title

10/28/24: S-WR senior making the grade in 2 sports

10/27/24: Copiague football ends its record losing streak

10/26/24: Herkimer gridders claw way back to .500

10/25/24: Girls lacrosse schedule proposal nixed

10/22/24: NYSPHSAA Exec Committee meeting preview

10/19/24: Albany CBA wins Sec. 2 football showdown

10/18/24: Baldwinsville cracks 'USAT' eSports rankings

10/16/24: Wisc. hits schools hard for paperwork glitch

10/14/24: Bethlehem girls, Macchia win Eastern States

10/13/24: Iona Prep slips past Hayes in 'AA" showdown

10/11/24: La. QB throws for 817 yards in overtime loss

10/10/24: Report: N.Y. girls to join transgender protest

10/7/24: More eight-man teams left stranded in Week 5

10/5/24: 18 ranked N.Y. football teams fall in Friday action

10/4/24: Longest U.S. football futility streak continues

10/3/24: Syracuse.com's twist on fantasy football

9/30/24: M-E edges Waverly in battle of No. 1 teams

9/27/24: Report: Sec. 3 athletes flock to NIL Club

9/25/24: Ex-Kellenberg QB sets off an NIL drama

9/23/24: NYSPHSAA warns about potential NIL isssue

9/21/24: South Park's Nunes shatters N.Y. rushing record

9/20/24: Storytelling in H.S. sports is alive and well

9/19/24: Longtime SWR coach Paul Koretzki, 84, dies

9/17/24: Western N.Y. teams embracing Guardian Caps

9/15/24: N.J. shows us N.Y. football has a ways to go

9/14/24: Another UPrep game, another fan incident

9/13/24: Ohio wrestles with aftermath of shootings

9/11/24: Mass. school forfeits over male opponent

9/10/24: Regents table vote on expanding mixed competition

9/9/24: Shot clock experiment will change lacrosse

9/7/24: Garden City sets L.I. football record

9/6/24: Lawsuit takes aim at N.C.'s NIL ban

9/5/24: New York's Week 0 football intrigue