The finals in all three classes are on Thursday at John Jay.

Today, I sat down and gave my thoughts and analysis — and oh yeah, predictions, too.

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The seeds have held up, but that doesn’t mean Friday’s sectional semifinals will necessarily be predictable — at least some of them.

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With opening-round games set to start, I put together some thoughts:

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Now that we’ve had a little more time to take in the significance of Yorktown’s 13-10 win last night over John Jay, I put together a few thoughts.

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I put together some thoughts as we start the final full week of the regular season.

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It was a wild and wacky day in boys lacrosse.

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I talked about three games today: Brewster dealing North Rockland its first loss; Iona Prep beating another established and successful Section 1 program in Somers; and John Jay winning another big non-section test by beating 2007 Class C state finalist Corning East.

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Yorktown downed the No. 9-ranked team in the nation Chaminade 10-6 today and John Jay handled Somers 15-5 in a meeting of the teams that met last year in the Class B sectional final.

Here are some thoughts on those games and some other big ones played today.

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There were plenty of surprising results in boys lacrosse this past week.

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Here are some thoughts on Somers’ 11-4 season-opening win at Putnam Valley and Yorktown’s 15-5 setback to national power McDonogh in Maryland.

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Yorktown, which beat Shenendehowa by just three goals in last year’s season opener, easily handled the Plainsmen 16-3 today.

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We will be unveiling a redesign here at LoHud.com tomorrow, gang.

And I think you folks will like it. In addition to the sleek new look, it’s even more interactive. In fact, it will allow you to create a personal profile, blog and share photos.

Now, if you’re like me and don’t like to wait for things, [...]

Happy New Year, everybody.

There’s no doubt that 2007 was an eventful year in local sports in the Lower Hudson Valley.

It included the Empire State Games coming to Westchester for the first time in the event’s 30-year history as well as plenty of other memorable moments.

On Tuesday in The Journal News and LoHud.com, we will be [...]

Kevin Devaney Jr. and I sat down for our first look at the 2007-08 varsity boys basketball season.

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It was a busy weekend of state tournament with several teams from the Lower Hudson Valley winning championships. Two others — the Rye and Dobbs Ferry football teams — advanced to next Sunday’s championship games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.

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Kevin Devaney Jr. and take a look at this weekend’s state semifinal playoff games, the CHSFL finals on Sunday and Sunday’s Senior Bowl at Yorktown.

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The Section 1 Class AA championship will be decided on Saturday at Mahopac. That’s one of five games I preview (along with the state quarterfinal-round games involving Section 1.)

I also take a look back at the three DeMatteo bowl games, which produced some surprising scores.

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Kevin Devaney Jr. and I just sat down to break down the Class AA sectional final and all the state playoff games.

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What are you going to do with that extra hour you get tonight as a result of daylight savings time?

The answer for those of us at tonight’s New Rochelle-John Jay Class AA semifinal came with about eight minutes remaining in the third quarter.

Check out the video on the Huguenots; 28-19 win for an explanation:

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Kevin Devaney Jr. joined me just moments ago for a special Halloween edition of the Varsity Insider Podcast. We take a look back and ahead at the big playoff games leading into our “Varsity Central Playoff Extra” show that will air tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. on RNN. That’s Channel 19 and 6 in Westchester, [...]

Fox Lane’s ability to mix the run with its potent passing attack was the key as it beat Beacon 21-12 to advance to the Class A semifinals Tuesday against unbeaten Eastchester.

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I joined Kevin Devaney Jr. today for a special playoff edition of the Varsity Insider weekly HS football podcast. We take a look at all of this week’s Section 1 playoff games as well as the latest from the CHSFL.

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When you say Carmel-Mahopac, you’ve said it all.

In a nutshell, it’s the North version of Rye vs. Harrison.

But this year’s meeting was even bigger than ever with a playoff bid on the line.

And it was Carmel which pulled it out 19-12 to win the Bryan Higgins Memorial Trophy  for the ninth time in the last [...]

It may have been the Tuskers’ biggest win since 2003 when they ended the regular season with a 6-0 win at Harrison to earn a playoff bid.

Here’s more  on last night’s game, which earned the Tuskers sole possession of the League A-A title and a No. 1 seed in the Class A playoff which start [...]

Trivia question: Name the only Section 1 boys lacrosse program other than Yorktown to win a state title?

Answer: Mahopac in 1996.

And one of the stars of that team — Mike Haddeland — has been named the Indians’ new varsity coach. His younger brother, Dave, who also starred on the ‘96 squad, will serve as his [...]

Kevin Devaney Jr. joined me for the latest installment of the Varsity Insider weekly HS football podcast. We take a look at this weekend’s big league-title showdowns, playoff games and other big contests.

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The teams, who are now in the same league, met for the first time since last year’s Class AA sectional semifinal meeting. Here’s a report:

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It was a groundbreaking season for the University at Albany men’s lacrosse team this past spring. The Great Danes won a school-record 15 games, rose to as high as No. 2 during the regular season in the Division I rankings and beat eventual national champion Johns Hopkins and national semifinalist Delaware during the regular season. [...]

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Zach Badalucco, a three-sport standout at Brewster, has orally committed to attend Syracuse for lacrosse. Here’s more on that as well as John Jay goaltender Chris Latino’s decision to accept a scholarship offer from Binghamton.

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For the second year in a row, the Ossining and Somers football teams were involved in a dramatic, down-to-the-wire thriller.

And for the second straight year, Ossining pulled out the win — this time on a 71-yard touchdown pass from Justin Kreamer to Jesse Drinks with 1:50 remaining, followed by Drinks’ game-winning extra point as [...]

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Hey gang –
We have some more offseason boys lacrosse news. One of the most successful programs in the section, Somers, has hired a new coach and reshuffled its entire coaching staff at the same time.

John DeVito, an assistant at Somers the last three years and who spearheaded the drive to start varsity lax at [...]

Hi all –
I took a quick break today from high school football for an update on some offseason news involving varsity boys lacrosse and collegiate men’s lacrosse.

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It sure looks that way.

The Raiders picked up a big upset today by winning at Horace Greeley 28-21 today.

To put it in perspective, Scarsdale is not only coming off a 4-5 season in which it lost to the Quakers 30-0, but has not made a bowl appearance since 1990. Since that time, Greeley has made [...]