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Somers, NY
Your Community
Westchester HS Football Standout Earns Prestigious Honor
An area high school football standout has earned a prestigious award for his work on the field and in the classroom. Kevin Coleman, who plays both ways as a running back and cornerback for Pelham High School, was named as one of 81 members of the National Football Foundation (NFF) and College Hall of Fame’s inaugural “Team of Distinction.” Criteria to make the team included academic achievement, athletic accolades and community involvement. Each chapter of the NFF is limited to one honoree, “distinguishing them as the top scholar-athlete from all the high schools covered by the chapter.” …
Lyndhurst, NJ
Your Community
Weather Postpones Lyndhurst Special Needs Super Bowl
Thanks to a unique bond between Lyndhurst High School's football players and an appreciative group of teens, the area's only Special Needs Super Bowl kicks off on Oct. 22. The LHS varsity coaches will face members of the Special Angels recreation program in their second annual flag football game at the high school, with the varsity players guiding their young charges. The game was originally scheduled for Monday, but weather forced organizers to reschedule. Deborah Wertalik, president of the 13-year-old Special Angels program, promises an unforgettable event. “The coaches will play, and t…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Your Community
Dads Take Traditional Walk To Hasbrouck Heights HS Football Game -- 19.7 Miles Away
An educated guess told Ron Kistner that a quick stop lay ahead for him and buddy Bob Salerno more than halfway through a personal-record 19.7-mile walk to the Hasbrouck Heights/Butler high school football game in Butler on Friday. “Two middle-aged guys,” Kistner told Daily Voice. “Sooner or later, nature’s gonna call.” Kistner, a Hasbrouck Heights councilman and Allendale DPW director of operations, began walking to his son’s road games in 2011. Salerno, a Lodi police lieutenant, has joined him on several jaunts -- or treks, depending on your perspective. Their boys are out of school, th…
Paterson, NJ
Your Community
Rival Wayne Football Coaches Suspended
Two football coaches from rival Wayne high schools have been suspended due to a game that ended with an altercation Sept. 7, NorthJersey.com reports. Wayne Hills head coach Wayne Demikoff told his players he was suspended from this week's practices and this Friday's game at West Milford, while Wayne Valley head coach Roger Kotlarz declined to name the coach that was suspended but did confirm suspension, the article says. Kotlarz said the highly-anticipated game is a "very special" event -- which made the altercation even more disappointing, NorthJersey.com says. Details from the…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Your Community
Westchester HS Football Standout Nominated For USA Football Heart Of A Giant Award
A trio of Hudson Valley high school varsity football standouts have been nominated by their coaches for a prestigious award that is sponsored in part through the New York Giants. High School seniors Eric Genua (Suffern Senior High School in Rockland), Harry Ravitz (Pelham Memorial High School in Westchester) and Frank Wise (Pine Bush High School in Orange County) have been nominated for the “Heart of a Giant” award, and now will seek their communities’ assistance to help them become finalists. The “Heart of a Giant” award is “based on an athlete’s demonstration of commitment, dedication, wi…
Paterson, NJ
Your Community
Racial Social Media Posts Cause More Conflict Between North Jersey School Admins, Reports Say
A string of social media posts dripping with racial slurs that postponed a football game in Passaic County last week is causing even more tension between the schools' superintendents. “'Watch these kennedy [expletives] get they [expletive] whooped [sic] …,'" was part of the social media post that pushed Friday evening's game between Paterson's JFK Knights against the Clifton Mustangs to Saturday, NorthJersey.com reports. Paterson Superintendent Eileen Shafer on Monday issued a press release saying the N-word was used against Kennedy players and that an official working the game told a…
Yonkers, NY
Your Community
Yonkers Schools Merged Football Teams Debut
Football fans in Yonkers are getting excited as the newly merged Yonkers Police and Fire Departments football teams have kicked off their inaugural season as schools open. Earlier this year, Yonkers Board of Education President Steve Lopez 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. Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano was on hand at Saunders High School last week to kick off the inaugural season of the newly formed varsit…
Stamford, CT
Obituaries
Funeral Set For Ex-Stamford HS Football Player Killed Under I-95 Overpass
A funeral has been scheduled for the 18-year-old former high school football standout who was gunned down on Thursday, May 31 by an unknown person under the I-95 overpass. Antonio Shai Robinson was born on Sept. 4, 1999, in Stamford, to Antonio A. Robinson and Ulonda Michelle Warren, Robinson was was just weeks away from graduating from Stamford Academy. His family has said he was killed while walking to an area basketball court to play a game with a friend. Robinson was a free safety for the Stamford High School Knights for several years ending in 2017, and a co-captain for the team. His…
