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Students Barred From HS Playoff Game After Racial Taunts Targeting Northern Westchester Player
The student section for a Hudson Valley high school playoff game will be quiet for an upcoming semifinal matchup after there were reportedly racist taunts lobbied at student-athletes. During the quarterfinal matchup between Dutchess County-based Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie and the Ossining High School girls basketball team, there were reports of alleged racist comments made toward players, prompting a swift response from education officials in the region. In response, Our Lady of Lourdes Athletic Director Bill Kyle issued an alert to the community advising that they wil…
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Top Westchester HS Football Team Forfeits Opening Day Victory
Despite outscoring its opponent 41-0 in the opening game of the season last week, the New Rochelle varsity football team still lost. The three-time defending Section 1 champions easily took care of business on the field against the recently formed Yonkers Brave on Saturday, Sept. 1, but were forced to forfeit the game due to an ineligible player. In a statement posted on the football team’s Twitter page, New Rochelle football coach Lou DiRenzo said that the team was forced to forfeit the win because a particular player didn’t log enough practices before hitting the field and was therefore i…
Politics
High School Basketball Coach Drops Out Of Assembly Race
Saunders High School basketball coach and social studies teacher Anthony Nicodemo has ended his bid for a New York state Assembly seat. "This was not an easy decision, but one that had to be made," Nicodemo said on Twitter. "The experience was invaluable and I have no regrets." Nicodemo was seeking the 90th District Assembly seat vacated by Shelley Mayer of Yonkers after she won the state Senate seat vacated by County Executive George Latimer of Rye. Nicodemo explained, "We obtained over 600 signatures from voters in the 90th that were ruled invalid over t…
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HS Basketball Coach Throws Hat In Ring For Westchester Assembly Seat
"When an opportunity presents itself, we need to take it," Anthony Nicodemo, Saunders High School basketball coach and social studies teacher, said in announcing his candidacy for New York state Assembly.Nicodemo, an openly gay Democrat, is seeking the 90th District seat vacated by Shelley Mayer of Yonkers, who just won the state Senate seat vacated by County Executive George Latimer. "A chance to represent and fight for my community is something I could not pass on," Nicodemo said on Twitter. Nicodemo, who's been Saunders Trades and Technical High School's head boys bas…
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Latimer Hopes Section 1 Basketball Tourney Returns To County Center
The 2018 Section 1 boys and girls high school basketball tournament will not be held at the Westchester County Center in White Plains this year, breaking with tradition. County Executive George Latimer said he hopes to change that for 2019. Latimer said he met with officials from Section 1 and agreed to host another meeting in March to discuss returning the tournament to the County Center. "They felt they had reached a deadlock with the prior county administration, and we said, ‘Well, this is a new administration that’s willing to work with you,' " Latimer said at a press confere…
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