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Board of Ed members appoint Greeley coaches

August 20, 2010

At their August 10 work session, the board of ed approved the high school coaching appointments for the 2020-2011 school year.

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The Fall Recreation Program Brochure 2010 is Here!


August 20, 2010
by Wayne Bass

Registration for the Recreation Department’s Fall programs begins Monday, August 23rd, although start dates for various programs vary.  Check out our Fall online catalog for exciting offerings in art, drama, sports, dog obedience, fitness, dance.  Art lottery registrations will be accepted from Monday, August 23 - Friday, September 10.  Dance registrations will be processed first come, first served.

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Last Call: Sports physical form for student athletes due August 1

July 30, 2010
by Steve Young

The clock’s running out!  Yearly sports physical forms—due in the Athletic Office by August 1 for fall sports— are now available on-line.  The form, along with the “Mandatory Guidelines” letter, can be downloaded from the respective school’s nurse’s websites or from the Greeley Athletic Department’s website.

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Previous Articles & Letters to the Editor in Response to “New Football Game in Town”

Last updated on July 22, 2010

Editor’s Note: Below are the articles and letters that preceded today’s announcement of an organizational meeting for the “Chappaqua Youth Football Association.”  NCNOW.org’s original article, “New football game in town
,” appeared on April 9, 2010

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NEW: Parent-run youth football program approved by Rec Commission

Monday, July 19, 2010
by Susie Pender

Last Thursday night, July 15, the New Castle Recreation Commission promised a prompt answer as to whether the newly formed New Castle Youth Football Association (NCYFA) would be approved to run the youth football program in New Castle. (See “Rec Commission promises prompt answer on new parent-run youth football program,” July 16, 2010.)  And prompt they were.

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NEW: New Castle Youth Football Association makes its case to the Rec Commission on Thurs. July 15

After 55 years, taking Rec Football private

Monday, July 12, 2010
by Christine Yeres

This coming Thursday, July 15, the New Castle Youth Football Association (NCYFA) will go before the Recreation Commission to receive approval as the sanctioned organizing body for youth football in the Town of New Castle.

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NEW: New Castle Rec’s Summer Sport Camps


Monday, June 28, 2010

Check out summer softball, baseball, basketball, fun ball, football, lacrosse, and soccer camps around town.  Blacktop Basketball starts today, for its 20th year.

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Chappaqua Youth Soccer Club Weekly Roundup

June 25, 2010
by Coach Mary Whalen



U-11 Boys Chappaqua Cheetahs 3, Eastchester Hurricanes 0


The U11B Cheetahs came out on a scorcher of an afternoon against an undefeated but lightly manned Eastchester squad.

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Chappaqua’s AYSO travel teams, AYSO Extra, participate in Ossining tournament

June 25, 2010
by Tom Pile

Last Saturday was a glorious day for soccer, and five teams from Chappaqua AYSO’s travel program, AYSO Extra, made the most out of the day by participating in the Wiz of Oss tournament in Ossining. The traditional season-closing tournament was not quite as large as it has been in recent years, perhaps because coaches and parents remembered freezing all day in a cold rain in last fall’s Wiz of Oss.

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Letter to the Editor: Why not a parent-run Chappaqua Youth Football Association?

Monday, June 14, 2010
by Sandy Cherman

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Newly formed Chappaqua United Soccer Program

June 18, 2010
by Tom Pile

Chappaqua Youth Soccer Club and Chappaqua AYSO announce the formation of the Chappaqua Untied Soccer Program (CUSP) for the 2010-2011 season.

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Summer soccer training opportunities for AYSO

June 18, 2010
by Tom Pile

Chappaqua AYSO announces a new summer development program for ALL AYSO and AYSO EXTRA players. If you are registered for Fall 2010 AYSO play, you are eligible to join the camp, whether you are going to play on an Extra team or not.

YOU MUST BE REGISTERED FOR THE AYSO 2010-2011 SEASON TO PARTICIPATE.

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Pics of Sunday’s alum lacrosse game at competition field


Monday, June 18, 2010

Greeley grad Ned Bowen’s All Out Lacrosse Camp comes to New Castle July 6-9, for boys and girls ages 7 to 18, at Seven Bridges Middle School.  Bowen was in town this weekend for the Greeley Alumni Lacrosse game on the Competition Field yesterday.  See slide shows of the day in “Read more” and in Photo Gallery.

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TODAY: Calling all 8th and 9th Grade Football Players!


Coach Joe Kearns
June 14, 2010
by Joe Kearns

There will be a Freshmen/JV Football meeting for all students interested in playing football next season. This informational meeting is being held today, Monday, June 14th at 4:00 p.m. in the Physical Education Classroom of the Horace Greeley Gymnasium, straight down the hall from the main entrance, and will be clearly marked for those who don’t know the high school landscape just yet.

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Parents ask Rec Commission to be allowed to take youth football program private


June 4, 2010
by Christine Yeres

After the New Castle Recreation Commission informed Pete Zimmerman on May 6 (see “Rec Commission says Pete Zimmerman will coach, but dept says program will join USA Football,” NewCastleNOW.org, May 14, 2010), that he would be permitted to continue coaching youth football, a group of rec football parents met to discuss what the ideal youth football program would look like.

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Memorize it.  Use it.  It’s a great way to learn the latest, same-day changes.

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New Castle youth football registration begins for boys and girls in grades 4, 5 and 6


Alex Chin visits Pete Zimmerman for a fitting; more photos inside and in Photo Gallery
August 20, 2010
by Pete Zimmerman

The New Castle Youth Football Association announces the start of registration for our first season as a parent-run organization. All boys and girls in grades 4, 5 and 6 are eligible to play.  I want to start by thanking the community for their enormous support in helping us get started.

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Varsity football kick-off dinner


Monday, August 30, 2010
by Christine Yeres

The morning after Greeley’s varsity football team kick-off dinner, the team left for camp and will return Wednesday.

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What the school fields did for their summer vacation

Well, families?  Which field will it be?

In “Read more” see Joe Gramando’s short- and long-term field plans and slide show of field work
August 13, 2010
by Christine Yeres

Joe Gramando, Director of Facilities for the Chappaqua Central School District, is working to make his dream come true:  to give fields time-off to rest and recuperate. Fields B and C, the soccer-lacrosse game fields alongside the senior parking lot have been off-limits this summer and they look good and grassy.  They reopen August 23, but, says Gramando, in the district’s long-range plan, “The only way to really grow grass that will be strong enough to withstand our current usage is to have one field per year closed and rested for a full year.  If this doesn’t happen, the goal creases and centers for these fields will never have grass,” explained Gramando.  “We’ll need everybody’s cooperation to do that.” 

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Tennis, everyone? All five days!


Girls varsity tennis only, mornings, Wed, Aug. 25 to Tues, Aug. 31
August 20, 2010
by Christine Yeres

Pam Mitchell, secretary of the athletic department, says there’s been some confusion about the girls’ varsity tennis schedule.  Pre-season try-outs begin Wednesday, August 25 and continue for five days—Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday and Tuesday—ending on August 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. each day.  The courts are off-limits to all others during those times.

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New Castle Boys U-11 winners in WPBA Gold Division


August 20, 2010

The 2010 New Castle U11 Team won the summer playoffs in the Westchester-Putnam Baseball Association Gold Division.  The boys made it into the championship game for the second straight summer having to knock off the Number One seed each year to get there.

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The Quake win U12+ Boys WPBA Summer Championship


Monday, August 16, 2010
by David Factor

On Saturday evening August 14th, the New Castle Quake captured the Westchester-Putnam Baseball Association U12+ division championship with a thrilling come-from-behind 10-6 victory over Armonk.

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AYSO takes “Everyone Plays” to new heights


August 13, 2010
by Josh Lurie

I’m extremely excited to announce the start of an AYSO Very Important Players (VIP) soccer program in New Castle this fall!  The VIP program provides a quality soccer experience for children whose physical or mental disabilities make it difficult to successfully participate on mainstream teams.  My first experience of AYSO’s VIP opportunity was the fantastic program in Tarrytown.  I wanted to re-create that here in our town.

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“Organ Donors” win B-League Championship


Monday, August 9, 2010
by Dan Kadlec

The Organ Donors claimed their third consecutive championship in the New Castle men’s softball B league on Tuesday night, August 3. Emerging from the loser’s bracket, the Donors swept past the Water Buffaloes by scores of 2-1 and 3-2.

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“Without a Prayer” defeats “Eight Men Out” to win championship


Monday, August 9, 2010
by Jeremy Weinstein

Going into the C-League finals Monday evening August 2, Without A Prayer had to defeat Eight Men Out in order to force a winner-take-all championship game under the lights at the New Castle Recreation Field.  If Eight Men Out were to win the first of the possible two games, they would be crowned champions.

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Quaker Hill defends Softball Championship


Monday, August 9, 2010
by Susan Zangler

The Quaker Hill Softball Team defended its Division A Softball Championship by defeating the Chappaqua Dawgs 6-2 on Thursday night August 5 at the New Castle Recreation Field.

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Chappaqua Swimmers, Team Karen and David, “Swim Across America”


More photos in Photo Gallery and in “Read more…”
August 6, 2010
by Carrie Dillon

On Saturday, July 17, 20 members of Chappaqua Swim team participated in a “Swim Across America” event at the Orienta Beach Club in Mamaroneck.  Members of the team elected to swim either a one-mile or half-mile, to raise money and awareness for cancer research, prevention and treatment.

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Sign up quick—for Bball, Lax and Wrestling Camps

July 30, 2010

One-week “Five Star” Basketball begins today at 9:00 a.m. at Seven Bridges Middle School, Wrestling Camp with HGHS Varsity Coach Mike DeBellis begins Monday, August 2 at Seven Bridges, and “True Play Lacrosse Camp” starts Monday, August 2 at HGHS.  Sign up at the Rec Department.

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Rec Commission promises prompt answer on new parent-run youth football program


July 16, 2010
by Christine Yeres

Last night the New Castle Recreation Commission members heard New Castle Youth Football Association president James Nottingham make the case for changing the youth football program officially into a parent run organization rather than a rec department run program.  “It’s not a new football program, but a codified version of the old, parent-run program,” Nottingham told commission members. 

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Walk & talk? Walking & texting? Who’s sizing you up while you’re not paying attention

July 16, 2010
by Susie Pender

With twenty years of city living behind me before I moved to Chappaqua, I consider myself “street smart.” When I took a women’s self-defense class (too many years ago to admit to), the instructor touched on “awareness of your surroundings,” but the biggest distraction then was window-shopping.

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Rec Department offering skateboarding lessons on Saturdays this summer


July 9, 2010
by Susie Pender

The New Castle Recreation and Parks Department is offering six sessions of skateboarding lessons on Saturday mornings this summer, starting this Saturday, July 10 and running through August 14. The classes are limited to 10 students each; the fee is $100 for residents of New Castle, $120 for non-residents. Register in person at the Rec Department in town hall.

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