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Remembering Joe Sorrentino, the Young Athlete Who Inspired the Game
YORKTOWN, N.Y. — The 42nd annual Sorrentino Memorial Baseball Game was played on Friday, May 3, when the Lakeland Hornets took on the Yorktown Huskers to honor, and remember Joseph Sorrentino Jr. who played baseball, football, and basketball for Yorktown High School. On Dec. 12, 1981, tragedy struck for the Sorrentino family and the Yorktown community when Joseph Jr. passed away just one month shy of his 17th birthday. Joe collapsed unexpectedly because of a heart arrhythmia while at a friend’s house. Lisa Statler, Joe's sister, and a beloved teacher at Crompond School, explained that, although there was no...
Girls lacrosse: No. 1 Nyack strikes early but is given a game before beating Yorktown 10-7
YORKTOWN — When you're down 6-1 at the end of one quarter of play to a team that's beating its opponents by an average of nine-and-a-half goals a game, things don't look good. Even if your goalie made two very good saves right before the horn to keep it...
Jeff Monken: The Army Head Coach’s Salary, Career Record, Age & Resume
After Army hired Jeff Monken as the team’s head football coach, he helped turn the Black Knights’ program around. Army suffered two losing seasons at the beginning of Monken’s tenure, which started in 2014. But since then, the Black Knights have made five bowl games in eight years. And during that stretch, Army has won at least a share of the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy five times, including 2023.
Rams and Lady Rams T&F team race against time, look good in the Somers Lions Club Invitational
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Lakeland Wins Sorrentino Cup In Extras
YORKTOWN, N.Y. — No local baseball game brings out more emotion than the annual Sorrentino Cup contest between Lakeland and Yorktown, and its 42nd edition on May 3 was no different. For the third straight season, the contest was decided by one run in a frenzied atmosphere, with an RBI single by Ramzi Done in the top of the 13th inning giving Lakeland an exhilarating 1-0 victory over the Huskers under the lights at Granite Knolls Park.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Done drove in Alex Mautone from second base after Mautone reached on a...
Somers School District Breaks Ground for New Tennis Courts
SOMERS, N.Y. - Somers is getting ready to serve up six new tennis courts that are destined to become a big source of Tusker pride. Approved by school district voters two years ago, the $1.4 million capital project broke ground at the high school on Thursday, May 2, and is expected to be complete by this fall, according to Athletics Director Marc Hattem.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Work on the school district’s new softball and baseball fields -- also located at the high school on Primrose Street (Route 139) -- will begin this summer. At...
A double-overtime win against Rye lifts Yorktown in the lohud boys lacrosse rankings
There are several improving teams waiting to make a move into the top 10 and this is the right time of year to be making noticeable strides. Lakeland/Panas is stringing wins together in Class B. Scarsdale is again making noise in Class A. The stakes are getting higher. We're getting...
Somers Softball Stays Together in Win Over Brewster
SOMERS, N.Y. - After losing a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the fifth, Somers got a runner on second with two outs in top of the seventh. Unfortunately, Ellie Walsh’s routine grounder to the right side looked like the Tuskers would have to face the Brewster hammer in the bottom of the inning. But while the Bears may have taken the out for granted, the batter didn’t. “You've got to keep your head down and run through,” Walsh said, and after Caitlin Fitts’ grounder was not handled at third, Somers had the lead run on the way...
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