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Two Westchester HS Football Players Nominated For 'Heart Of A Giant' Award
A pair of student-athletes in Westchester have been nominated for a prestigious award sponsored in part through the New York Giants. Football players in White Plains and Pelham have been nominated for the “Heart of a Giant” award, and now need their communities to vote them into the finals. Each week, 10 football players in the Tri-state area are nominated for voting, and their communities have 25 days to note them in. Six finalists and four honorable mention finalists will be named. Each of those will receive $1,000 for their school’s football program, with the winner receiving an addition…
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Harrison High School Names Alum As New Varsity Football Coach
The Harrison Central School District has officially named alumnus Jay Ciraco as the new coach of the Varsity Football team. The selection process included acquiring feedback from student-athletes, parents and other community members. The athletic director and the assistant athletic director also surveyed and held meetings with stakeholder groups such as varsity, junior varsity and modified football players, parents of student-athletes, members of the Harrison Husky Football Hall of Fame and other community members and alumni. From this feedback, the stakeholder groups helped define som…
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Former Fox Lane HS, College Football Player Nicolas De La Pava Dies At 23
Nicolas De La Pava, a football standout at the high school and collegiate levels who went on to start his own business in Northern Westchester, died on Tuesday, Aug. 7 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was 23. A North Salem resident, he was born in Tarrytown on June 6, 1995 to Mario De La Pava and Luz Myriam De La Pava. Nick attended Bedford Hills Elementary School and then Fox Lane High School, where he was a varsity football star. Upon graduating from Fox Lane, he attended the SUNY Cortland, where he was a tight end on the football team. He graduated from Cortland in…
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Popular Football/Lacrosse Coach Born In Hudson Valley Dies At 52
A popular area high school football and lacrosse coach and former Division I college standout died of a heart attack at his home Saturday afternoon. Jason Cooper, wide receivers coach at New Canaan High School, was 52. Cooper was a captain of Duke’s football team in 1987. For the past four years, Cooper served as an assistant coach for both the football and girls lacrosse programs at his alma mater, New Canaan High School. Prior to returning to his hometown, he worked in the finance field in Chicago. A tight end and defensive end, he was an All-FCIAC and All-State selection and team capta…
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Former Westchester Football Standout Signs With Baltimore Ravens
A former standout football standout from Westchester is taking his talents to the Baltimore Ravens. White Plains resident Da’Sean Downey, a former defensive end for the University of Massachusetts, has been picked up by the Ravens as an undrafted free agent following the NFL draft last month. Downey was named to the first-team Eastern College Athletic Conference squad after becoming a full-time starter as a senior. He logged 58 tackles, including 20 tackles for loss and six sacks, the second most tackles for a loss in program history. Downey played at Woodlands High School in Hartsdale bef…
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Ready For Next Level: Irvington HS Athletes Celebrate College Commitments
Some of Irvington’s finest athletes are set to take their talents to the next level after announcing their intentions to play ball in college next fall. Flanked by friends, family members, teammates and coaches during a ceremony this week, nine Irvington High School seniors announced their commitments to play sports at colleges across the country The nine athletes join fellow seniors Jena Bishop, who have already committed to playing lacrosse at Guilford College, as well as Zoe Maxwell, who will play soccer at Brown University, and Olivia Valdes, who will play lacrosse at Merrimack College…
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Yonkers Schools Announce Merged Football Teams For Upcoming Season
Although most sports fans’ eyes are glued to the hardwood as March Madness approaches, officials with the Yonkers School District have been busy finalizing the details of their two newly merged football teams. Yonkers Board of Education President Steve Lopez recently released the names of the new 2018-2019 Yonkers merged football teams: the “Brave” and the “Force,” names that “themselves project the fortitude, strength of character and determination of our students and community,” he said. The New York State Public High School Athletic Association Inc. (NYSPHSAA) Section I recently approved…