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Rockland track: Grandmother helps grandson & others medal, North Rockland county team champs
WEST NYACK — After landing a jump Thursday during the Rockland County track and field championships, Theo Lodge looked across the runway at his grandmother. But it wasn't for simple family support. Betsy Evans was, of course, rooting for her 18-year-old grandson, an Albertus Magnus High senior. But she...
Scottie Scheffler was ‘shaking for like an hour’ after arrest
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Chaos ensued at the PGA Championship on a bizarre morning Friday with Scottie Scheffler arrested while trying to drive into the entrance of Valhalla Golf Club to prepare for his second round. Then, hours after Scheffler was handcuffed, taken to Louisville Metro Corrections to be charged, processed and released, the No. 1 ranked player in the world went out and shot a stunning 5-under-par 66 to stand just two shots out of the lead t 9-under par for the tournament. “I feel like my head is still spinning,’’ Scheffler said after his round. “I can’t really explain what happened this morning....
61-year-old says long course at PGA reminds him of when he was a kid hitting 3-wood into every green
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tracy Phillips hit what he thought was a pretty good drive on the par-4 17th hole at Valhalla. It traveled 240 yards and didn’t make it to the start of the fairway. Such is life when you are 61 and playing in the PGA...
PGA rainstorm could help Valhalla bite back after Schauffele’s record start
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — There’s rain in the forecast and lots of low numbers on the scoreboard. Could Friday at the PGA Championship be remembered as the day Valhalla bit back?. Even if it does, is there any stopping Xander Schauffele?. The 30-year-old Californian took advantage of calm,...
Getting into Valhalla during the PGA isn’t easy on a good day. Then came a perfectly imperfect storm
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Will Zalatoris urged his parents Richard and Catherine to stay home this weekend and not follow him around at the PGA Championship. It’s not worth the trouble, Zalatoris told them. The headaches involved in getting in and around Valhalla Golf Club were simply too great.
Softball: Predictions, preview for Bergen County Tournament semifinals
The semifinals of the Bergen County softball tournament will be held Saturday (weather permitting) at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex. Here, we break down both games and make our picks. (1) IHA vs. (5) Indian Hills, noon. How they got here: IHA took down Saddle Brook and Holy Angels by identical...
Track: Highlights from the 2024 Bergen County Boys Track Championships
OLD TAPPAN -- In a year where the traditional Bergen County boys powers maintained or regained their hold on the Gene Littler Bergen County groups championships, Waldwick made it's return. Ridgewood easily captured its fourth straight A division title and seventh in eight years with a 150 1/4-84 defeat of Hackensack, while Demarest rolled to its seventh consecutive B title by a near record margin, 189-94 over Old Tappan. Hasbrouck Heights claimed its third straight C title...
Yorktown Grad Huff Returns as Head Soccer Coach
YORKTOWN, N.Y.—Justin Huff is coming home. After three seasons as an assistant coach at Somers–where he helped the Tuskers to the 2021 New York State Class A title–the Yorktown High School grad is returning to his alma mater to lead the varsity soccer program.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Huff replaces Zoran Milojevic, who left to become the associate head men’s soccer Coach at Lehman College in the Bronx back in January. Milojevic coached the Huskers the last three campaigns, including 2022, when Yorktown won the Section 1 Class A title, the third sectional title...
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