Back to School-And Back to Football for Yonkers Brave and Force
Students in the Yonkers Public Schools come back to school on Tuesday September 3xx. But some YPS student-athletes are already hard at work preparing for the 2nd season for YPS’s two football teams;...
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By Dan Murphy I always enjoy reading emails from Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner because they are always filled with interesting news, and usually a new and interesting take on something happening in...
View ArticleWasting Taxpayer Dollars: Millions Missing at Memorial Field
Dirty Little Secret Remains By Dan Murphy Ernie Davis, Clinton Young, Richard Thomas and Andre Wallace. These four democrats have presided over the City of Mt. Vernon as mayor and all four have also...
View ArticleYonkers Force & Brave Lose First Football Games of Year
By Phil Foley The Yonkers high school football season got off to a slow start Sept. 6. Both the Yonkers Force and the Yonkers Brave lost their first games of the 2019 season. The Force traveled to...
View ArticleMayor’s Cup Goes Down to the Wire
On Sept. 7, what has become and end of summer tradition, the Yonkers Mayor’s Cup Regatta was held at Yonkers Paddling and Rowing Club. This event is the third in the annual Glickman Cup Challenge,...
View ArticleIona Prep Student Raises $1K for Athletes with Special Needs
Yonkers resident and Iona Prep High School honors student James Chirico has raised $1,000 for hockey players with special needs through a used hockey equipment drive he created. Throughout the entirety...
View ArticleYonkers Girls HS Swim Team Off to a Great Start
The Yonkers combined girls’ swim team won its first meet of the season Sept. 6 at Peekskill, with a score of 89-69. The girls won all 11 events and never trailed from the start. The team has a roster...
View Article94th Yonkers Marathon To Take Off on Oct. 20
The City of Yonkers Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation will host the 94th running of the Yonkers Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 20. The day will also include a half-marathon and 5K, all...
View ArticleYonkers Brave Out-Duel Yonkers Force 14-8
B Phil Foley Yonkers High School football really shined Oct. 4 at the Roosevelt H.S. field. With a sold-out crowd, the Brave won the game on a last-minute touchdown by Cordei Gardner on a TD run....
View ArticleYonkers Lady Swimmers Off to a Great Start
The Yonkers combined girls’ varsity swim team is halfway through the season and the team boasts a 5-1 record. “Since the beginning of the season, the girls have improved immensely – from their times to...
View ArticleYonkers H.S. Football Season Ends on High Note
By Phil Foley The Yonkers football season ended last week with the Force winning and the Brave taking a loss. The Force defeated Mamaroneck High School 43-6. In this game, Coach Dan DeMatteo’s crew put...
View ArticleRotary Funds Rehab of B-Ball Court to Help Yonkers Youth
In Yonkers, a new basketball court four years in the making is providing valuable life lessons to the community’s kids – and adults. The Rotary Club of Yonkers-East Yonkers and its members, one in...
View ArticleColby Frias is Yonkers Rising’s Player of the Year
By Phil Foley On Dec. 4 at Gorton High School in front of the student body, Colby Frias was awarded the Yonkers Rising Player of the Year Award. Colby, a three-year starting quarterback for the Force,...
View ArticlePalisade Prep Boys Win City Basketball Tourney
By Phil Foley Congrats to Palisades Prep boys’ basketball coach Sean Stahn and his team on winning this year’s Yonkers City High School Championship. On Dec. 7 at Saunders High School, the team...
View ArticleYonkers on the Move 2019 Reaches Nearly 45,000 Miles
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano announced a 44.957 city-wide mile count at a Yonkers On the Move recognition event last month. The YOM WALK 20 Challenge and active life style program’s mile goal of 30,000...
View ArticleYonkers High School Hoops 2020
By Phil Foley The Palisades Prep High School Boys Basketball Team is having a great start to its season. The team hosted Clarkstown South on Friday December 20th and won 65-58. Nokio Kennedy had 21...
View ArticleCSEE Middle School Boys’ Hoops Undefeated
The Charter School of Educational Excellence in Yonkers’ Owls middle school boys’ basketball team is currently 14-0. The team recently competed in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Tournament hosted by...
View ArticleStepinac Hoops Star Named McDonald’s All-American
R.J. Davis of Archbishop Stepinac High School will join the ranks of high school basketball’s elite legacy as part of the prestigious 2020 McDonald’s All-American Boys’ East Team in Houston on April 1....
View ArticleYonkers Celebrates Women in Sports
National Girls & Women in Sports Day 2020 Chances are you’ve already seen the results of girls being involved in sports and physical activity without fully recognizing what you are witnessing. Case...
View ArticleA $25 Million Plan For Memorial Field
A Good Start for Mayor Patterson-Howard By Dan Murphy County Executive George Latimer has presented a realistic and viable plan to rebuild Memorial Field in Mt. Vernon. Last week, Latimer – a Mt....
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