Well, now that I'm officially spoken for it's time for the new wife and I to go on our honeymoon. We're headed out tomorrow morning so I wanted to let everyone know they won't be hearing from me for about two weeks.

If you have any questions, concerns, breaking news, etc., Jake is your guy. You [...]

Every high school season the good folks at The Journal News make a tough decision. We decide who wins the coveted athlete of the season award in Westchester/Putnam and in Rockland.Alex Myers and I sat down and discussed the candidates on both sides of the river this spring. It's always a hotly debated subject, so [...]

Many of you have debated how the 2008 Hudson Valley club compares to last year's silver-medalist, a team that nearly ripped through the tournament unbeaten before it ran out of pitching in the gold-medal game vs. Long Island. The '07 club was perhaps the best Hudson Valley has ever produced. Sure it didn't win gold, [...]

Steve Greller of Dutchess CC (formerly of Lourdes) is back as the head coach of Hudson Valley, which ripped through round-robin play unbeaten last year before falling to Long Island in the gold-medal game. Three players return from that team, but Greller and his staff picked some of the best players in the area to [...]

So we had a few names missing from the original all-section list, but it is finally 100 percent complete. You can read the list in its entirety here.

I also finally have all the league honors in. So here's a peek at those:

League I-A
Coach of the year: Joe Mazzella, Mount Vernon
MVP: Matt McGovern, Mamaroneck
Pitcher of the [...]

The catholic schools choose their all-league players much differently than the publics. Each coach votes on the top 10 players citywide, then certain players are selected. This year there were eight in the group, including six from the Bronx-Westchester division.

Here are the guys who were picked. The top three were all-Archdiocesan, the last five were [...]

In case you were wondering if the Chappy prom went off as scheduled, it did…and Mamaroneck coach Mike Chiapparelli set a new standard for formalwear.

I won't try to describe the ensamble because I don't know if words do it proper justice. Luckily, the above image shot by photographer Rory Glaeseman captured it nicely.

Let's just say [...]

I pose the question to the right because it's a fun question. Obviously, there were many players who had great seasons, but my question is who had the best.

I've listed the credentials next to each player's name. There are many factors involved: stats, competition, performance in the clutch.

Please vote in the poll, then, if you'd [...]

The Journal News will announce its Westchester/Putnam all-star team and its Rockland all-county team early next month. I, of course, will be honeymooning in the Caribbean, so you'll have to send all criticisms to my Inbox. In the meantime, I finally have the all-section picks as given out by Section 1.

Sorry for the delay. There [...]

The Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin wrote a story this morning saying the public-school state baseball final four will remain in the Binghamton area through 2010. As you can read in the story here, final-four play started there in 2003. The city's bid ran uncontested this year.

I have to say, I've thoroughly enjoyed covering games in [...]