Sports
By WHIT ANDERSON
March 23, 2023
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Despite facing multiple obstacles this winter, Mahopac Ski still managed to prevail and find individual and team success throughout this past winter season. “We had an overall great season given the challenges we faced weather wise,” said Coach Donald Markhoe. “As the ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Four members of the Mahopac Boys basketball team took home post-season honors after the recent season, which saw the Indians finish at 10-12. Senior guard Jake Couzens and junior forward Liam Scanlon were both named to the All-League team. Seniors guard Joey Koch and junior ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Under first-year coach Mairead Hynes, the Mahopac girls’ basketball team had one of its best seasons in recent memory, advancing in the playoffs to the Westchester County Center for the first time since 2014. The second-seeded Indians lost to No. 6 Walter Panas in the Class A ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. - On Friday, Mar. 3, the Section 1 gymnastics team got on the big bus and endured an arduous eight-hour ride to Buffalo. Among them were Mahopac's Kaitlyn Palange, Lia Graap and Lexi Castrataro. And quickly off to sleep afterward, two more hours of inactivity began the next day, ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Maybe it was because they were facing the No. 15 seed, maybe there were some nerves. But the No. 2 Mahopac High School girls basketball team didn’t come out with the fire Coach Mairead Hynes expected in last Saturday’s (2/18) Class A playoff opener vs. Somers. With the Tuskers ...
CARMEL, N.Y. - An impressive second-half comeback by the Mahopac boys basketball team helped the Indians send Saturday’s (2/11) regular-season finale at Ketcham into overtime. But Mahopac didn’t have enough firepower in the extra session, and ended up dropping a 63-59 decision to the Dutchess ...
ARLINGTON, N.Y. - The end of the season has arrived, and Mahopac wrestlers traveled to Arlington High School for a chance to go to the state tournament. One day in the books on Saturday, Feb. 11th, and five Indians are set to suit up on Sunday. Henry Ramirez logged five matches for a chance to ...
ARLINGTON, N.Y. - At Sectionals on Sunday, Feb. 12, Mahopac entered the morning with four shots to crown a sectional champ. They only came away with one, but all the boys made the town proud nonetheless. Nick Greco lost a heartbreaker in the semis, Charles Przymylski and Chris Morris fell in ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Hosted at the high school last Sunday (1/29), the 2023 Mahopac Wrestling Youth Tournament brought together the best of Section 1’s future varsity wrestlers to battle it out in the Mighty Might (2016-2018), Bantum (2014-2015), Intermediate (2012-2013), Novice (2010-2011), and ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y.--The Mahopac High School Varsity Cheer team are national champions. Greeted by classmates, parents, school officials--and with an escort from area police and fire departments--the team got a well-earned heroes’ welcome on Jan. 23 upon its return from the National Cheer Association ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - On Thursday, Jan. 19, the Indians had built a 26-3 lead after Chris Morris took a 7-0 decision at 152 pounds. So the rest of the way seemed a breeze at the high school. But the Sailors refused to run up the white flag, and after receiving a forfeit at 285, the score stood at 29-27.
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - ‘Pac Girls Basketball improved its season record to 9-3 (2–2 in league play) last Friday night (1/13) at home, rolling to a 50-42 victory over John Jay-East Fishkill in league play. The Indians controlled the first half, and built a 26-14 advantage by the break. “We played ...
HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y. - Just when the team needed a boost, the Mahopac High School boys basketball team came up with a couple of strong performances last week and picked up two wins. They prevailed, 69-57, Thursday night (1/12) at John Jay-East Fishkill in a league showdown, before pulling out a ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The Mahopac girls basketball team had a rough fourth quarter last Friday night (1/6) at home against RCK, and paid with a 50-43 loss to the Dutchess Indians. Mahopac bounced back Monday evening (1/9), however, cruising to a 73-37 victory over the Sailors of Hen Hud in the Jack ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Coming off one of the team’s best seasons in recent memory, this winter’s Mahopac High School girls’ basketball team returns three key starters and welcomes a new head coach. The Indians finished at 18-6 last year, losing in the Class A semifinal to top-seeded Tappan Zee, under ...
SHRUB OAK, N.Y. - Mahopac Boys Basketball opened its season Saturday, Dec. 3, at Lakeland High School, dropping a 70-60 decision to an athletic Hornets group. The Hornets led 19-13 after one, and 35-26 at halftime, with Joey Koch’s 19-point, four-rebound, three-steal effort leading the way for ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Eight Mahopac High School seniors have committed to play sports at the college level next year. The students announced their intention at a ceremony held on Wednesday, Nov. 9th, with a crowd of family members, friends and school officials in attendance. “My parents really pushed ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Mahopac High School’s boys' soccer team recently closed out a 9–10 season in which the Indians continued to grow, before winning an out-bracket playoff game, leading to a first-round loss to Lakeland. “I thought our season went really well,” Indians coach Chris Mulholland said.
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Nine Indians players took home post-season honors for the Mahopac High School football team, capping off a strong season that could have gone wrong early – with the team opening at 1-3 – but closed with a bang, as the Indians won four of their last five, with the one loss being a ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- Say goodbye to the "Indians" if the Mahopac Central School District wants to stay in compliance with the Dignity for All Students Act. New York State’s Dignity for All Students Act, which took effect in 2012, mandates a "safe and supportive environment free from discrimination, ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Four Indians brought home post-season honors for the Mahopac High School volleyball team, which recently closed out a strong season with a 13-6 record, and a playoff appearance. The Indians drew the No. 6 seed in the Class AA tournament, before ending the season with a close, ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Senior forward Piper Klammer was named league co-Player of the Year, and four other players took home honors for a Mahopac girls soccer team that reached the sectional quarterfinals – after missing the playoffs the prior season - and closed the fall with a 12-6 record. “We had ...
SCARSDALE, N.Y. - After beating the Raiders in two games at the recent Yorktown tournament, the Indians had a good feeling about last Tuesday’s (11/1) Class AA playoff quarterfinal at No. 3 Scarsdale. But the Raiders (13-4) came ready to play, and finished Mahopac’s season in a 3-1 decision, ...
WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. - Indians senior captain Brett Bergerson finished her four-year XC career in Saturday’s (11/5) Section 1 state qualifier at Bowdoin Park with a strong race, according to Coach Kelley Posch. “Although it was not a career personal best time, it was a season best and placed ...
HARRISON, N.Y. - A short-handed Mahopac High School football team went into Harrison last Friday night, Oct. 28, looking to knock off the 7-1 Huskies in a Class A playoff opener, and came close, before taking a 20–19 loss after the host scored in the final minutes. The win sent the Huskies to ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - After dropping the first game in last Friday’s (10/28) volleyball playoff opener between Mahopac and Clarkstown South, the No. 6 Indians roared back to take the next two, and eventually finished the No. 11 Vikings, 3–2 (20-25, 25-23, 25-11, 13-25, 15-13), in the first round of the ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Mahopac, one of the most sports-centric towns in the region, now has another sport for fans to cheer about. It’s called box lacrosse, and the Mahopac Water Panthers played their first home game at the Michael Geary Memorial Roller Hockey Rink on Route 6 on Wednesday, June ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Mahopac High School senior Anthony DeMatteo was named Con Edison’s Athlete of the Week for his Oct. 23 performance. Quarterback and captain of the team, DeMatteo earned the award for his performance against Walter Panas High School, said the Con Ed Panel of athletic directors and ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - The recent NYSED guidelines that suggested “high-risk” sports be either virtual, or not held, unless all participants are vaccinated was not well received by high school sports programs across the area that waited for further guidance from the NYSHSAA or Section 1—which never ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y.- Nicholas Leone is going as fast as he can. The 22-year-old Mahopac resident and Lakeland High School grad has had his eye on a career as a racecar driver since he was 2 years old. Now, his career as a professional driver is picking up speed. Coming from a “very Italian family,” ...