The Journal News has learned that Suffern field hockey coach Bernadette Gannon is being replaced after 19 seasons. Update: Gannon sent a letter to The Journal News regarding her replacement as coach. Below are excerpts from that letter: “I was humbled to see how many players, parents, family and coaches… Read More →
Wednesday began the signing period for football, soccer, field hockey, cross country, and track and field athletes that runs to April 1 for football and Aug. 1 for the rest. Members of the four-time regining Class B state champion Lakeland Hornets are shown above. (In the first row from right… Read More →
‘2012 Olympians Melissa Gonzalez (Lakeland ‘07) and Shannon Taylor will be putting on the ‘Stars and Stripes Field Hockey Clinic’ at the House of Sports in Ardsley on Sunday, Dec. 30 from 2-6 p.m. The clinic is open to players in grades 8-12. If you would like more information on… Read More →
Player of the Year – Suffern’s Kaila Cahoon Kaila Cahoon can’t recall exactly how she makes all of her saves. Bernadette Gannon, her coach on the Suffern field hockey team, doesn’t know either. The multitude of standing blocks, tumbles and diving saves that Cahoon made — 100 during her senior… Read More →
Player of the Year – Lakeland’s Gianna Bensaia: Many high school coaches try to find ways to get maximum effort from their players. Lakeland field hockey coach Sharon Sarsen doesn’t have that problem. In fact, getting her players to tone down their personal workouts takes precedence. So which Hornet needed… Read More →
In Wednesday’s print edition of The Journal News, the Player of the Year features for each county will be published. In both editions, there will be a Player of the Year story, First and Second Teams, honorable mentions and Coach of the Year awards. For purposes of full disclosure, suggestions… Read More →
Thanks to Clarkstown South coach Jordan Turner for sending this my way about South’s recent alumni game… “StartFragment->About six months ago a former player and I, Eileen O’Neil (South ‘06) met to discuss how we could build up an alumni group for Clarkstown South field hockey. We figured we should… Read More →
CICERO - None of the Lakeland Hornets seemed content — until after Sunday’s game. From the seniors already committed to playing in college to the first-year players that could have easily basked in their program’s success, everyone was motivated. The team’s hunger and ambition culminated in a 6-0 drubbing of Section… Read More →
With a 6-0 win over Section 5’s Pittsford Sutherland, the Lakeland field hockey team captured its fourth consecutive Class B state final and seventh overall. Lakeland is now second on the NYSPHSAA all-time list for field hockey titles behind eight-time winner Marathon. Before this streak of four straight titles began… Read More →
The matchup between Lakeland and Section 5’s Pittsford Sutherland gets underway at 2 p.m. this afternoon. Pittsford Sutherland beat Miller Place 2-0 yesterday in the other Class B semifinal. Lakeland enters the game at 21-1 and has outscored its opponents by more than 100 goals this season. A win today… Read More →