Todd Sliss Communications Inc. The Raider/Panther Reporter. Award-winning writer/editor for 25 years on a broad range of topics. Formerly Scarsdale Inquirer.
My last project before moving to news/features for
@ScarsInquirer
is the fall sports preview. It's been a great ride for 22 years & I welcome the next challenge, though you still might be able to catch me on the sidelines for
@Ders_Faithful
&
@edgmntathletics
throughout the year.
Andrew Lehrman stick save and 10 seconds later Baldwin hits Diamond for the
@Ders_Faithful
game winner. 8-7. And the fans jumped the fence. Not surprisingly. Hell of a game by both teams.
Devastated to say I was laid off from
@ScarsInquirer
Monday. Spent my entire adulthood covering Scarsdale/Edgemont in a variety of ways. So many memorable stories/people/events the last 24 years. It saddens me to think about the stories I won't be telling this week and beyond.
The
@Ders_Faithful
girls tennis team wins 1st ever
@NYSPHSAA
team title. Singles sweeps and tied 3-3 with Syosset it comes down to underclassmen Natasha Pereira and Kay Cottrell at 4th dubs.
David Wright with an incredible, never-before-heard story about Jacob deGrom’s intensity.
Ends with, “Not only does he want to beat you, but he wants to embarrass you.”
I implore you to watch this full episode with The Captain:
The
@Ders_Faithful
girls lacrosse team is tied with White Plains 4-4 at the half, but the girls are fighting a bigger battle off the field as they raise money in honor of Mrs. Mehlman, who battled breast cancer over a 10-year span. It's Pink Game and Senior Day.
Senior Maddie Seltzer smashed her own
@Ders_Faithful
record of 510 with a 589.47 in an 11-dive meet tonight. Section 1 record (only score at sectional championships counts) is 533.45. According to , she would be the state record holder, besting the 561.80.
Chessy Greenwald, an
@Ders_Faithful
senior girls lacrosse player, scored her 100th career goal vs. Albertus Magnus last week. She scored once in the loss, then rebounded to score 6 in each of the next two victories. Right time of the season to turn on the jets for sure.
Carlos Rodriguez 3 from just past mid court with time left to win at buzzer for
@Ders_Faithful
63 to 61 over Ossining. 23 years I haven't seen anything like that from a Scarsdale player. He carried the team today as a sophomore. That's probably 2nd to Bosco at the County center.
It was an honor to share the touching, heartbreaking, uplifting story of the Mehlman family last year. To have it recognized by the New York Press Association in a general not sports-specific feature story category was a nice reminder yesterday.
@Ders_Faithful
@ScarsdaleRaider
The
@Scarsdalelax
team wins 19-7 over Kingston in the subregional, the program's first state game and first state win ever. They play Shen in Albany Saturday at 12:30.
@Ders_Faithful
Thrilled to partner with
@SHSMandW
last week to present newsletter/e-newspaper covering
@Ders_Faithful
@ScarsdaleRaider
. Let us know what you think. Would you be willing to subscribe/donate to keep it going? Advertise? Want to see for
@edgmntathletics
?
Senior Dean Mancini was 5-1 in the Section 1 Division 1 championship tournament and placed 3rd for
@Ders_Faithful
. His 2nd All-Section season. Remarkable.
A lot of words, a lot of photos, but this was fun to put together. I have worked at
@ScarsInquirer
for exactly 20 years. My entire adult/professional lives covering
@Ders_Faithful
&
@edgmntathletics
. I could have gone on forever here in this look back.
My then-3-year-old son and I after dropping off a stack of
@ScarsInquirer
papers for the
@ScarsdalePuck
@Ders_Faithful
team to read on the way up to Utica 5 years ago today. 4 pages of hockey for the players and coaches to digest on the ride. I believe
@dropin55
took the photo.
After 20+ years hidden in the old
@ScarsdaleRaider
athletic office, Hilary Howard Heieck's retired
@Ders_Faithful
jersey is finally on public display between old/new gyms. After she graduated from
@DukeWBB
, Hilary was subject of 1st story I wrote for
@ScarsInquirer
in fall '99.
@jeffpearlman
It's difficult to give that stuff away. (Says the man with dozens of boxes of cards from the 1980s in his basement that his wife would like to see gone years ago.)
So I just rechecked my notes and YES, this did happen. Down 9-4 with 13:30 left in the game. And the 6-0 run didn't start until 9:28 left to play. So many layers to this one — will be fun to write. It all started with sophomore Anders Burrows stepping up early...
A pair of clutch defensive rebounds and 2 FTs by Daniel Hoey gives
@ScarsdaleBHoops
a big 49-46 win over New Rochelle. Couldn't resist a Friday night game. What can I say?
Move over Alec Hufnagel ('01), there's a new
@Ders_Faithful
@Scarsdalelax
king in town w/ 210 goals (Hufnagel 183) & 297 points (284) 12 games into senior year. Andrew Bernstein is 3 points shy of 300 and his 10-2 team plays tomorrow at home vs. WP. Pic credit:
@jonathan_thaler
These three have played softball together for THIRTEEN years from Edgewood Elementary School in kindergarten to their senior year on
@Ders_Faithful
@DersSoftball
varsity with travel in-between. Check out Carroll, Jamesley & Vetrone then and now in
@ScarsInquirer
tomorrow.
12 years ago today I became a dad. 3 months later I began working from home. Cutey w/ the chubby cheeks I used to bring to
@Ders_Faithful
&
@edgmntathletics
, feed baby food to at halftime & push around town is nearly a teen. My longtime readers ask about him often. Nice feeling.
It's hard to believe I am wrapping up my 20th school year covering
@Ders_Faithful
&
@edgmntathletics
athletes for
@ScarsInquirer
. Can't say I ever saw that coming, but it's been a great ride so far. That said, I'm excited for summer.
Excited to have our first real
@ScarsInquirer
sports section since March. 3 pages of action on newstands and in your mailbox now. Here's a sample for
@Ders_Faithful
@RaidersGirlsFut
. Stories will be posted throughout the day and weekend.
Kayla Maroney scored her 1,000th career point for
@Ders_Faithful
tonight in a 65-57 win over Mount Vernon. Maroney, a senior, scored 32 points to lead the team to victory.
I am overwhelmed at the support given to me &
@ScarsInquirer
over the past 24 hours. If there is to be any future for the paper & the time is now. If you have ideas and/or significant funding options please contact Deborah at dwhite
@scarsdalenews
.com ASAP.
Lizey Mehlman will become the 3rd sister to participate in college athletics as she signed her Letter of Intent on National Signing Day yesterday. She'll head to Stanford to play lacrosse.
@Ders_Faithful
@ScarsdaleHS
@ScarsdaleRaider
Due to lack of historic connection to indigenous peoples,
@ScarsdaleRaider
@ScarsdaleHS
will be permitted by NYSED to keep the name Raiders, schools Superintendent Dr. Drew Patrick said earlier this week. Another big spring season win for the
@Ders_Faithful
.
Next time you see local media covering a game or stopping by for a feature — or just to chat — remember we cherish what we do. I'll bet many started out like me wanting to cover pros. It's not that we aren't capable, but somewhere along the way we fell in love with the HS scene.
Scarsdale’s
@St_Nick97
captured 1 of 7 qualifying spots up for grabs at today’s U.S. Open local qualifier at Whippoorwill Club in Armonk. He shot a 2-under-par 69 to move one step closer to teeing it up in the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in June.
@Ders_Faithful
@ScarsdaleEdu
I'm stunned, but not surprised by tonight's game.
@E2TBhockey
didn't have full roster until playoffs, which cost them wins in close games and in seeding, &
@ScarsdalePuck
struggled to put things together this season. Both teams: tremendous upside for future w/ combined 5 seniors.
Jason Shuler didn't walk away with any championships this spring, but he is one of the most well-respected players in the state. I had a nice time walking around the
@usta
BJKNTC and discussing his career with him.
@Ders_Faithful
A tourney win for
@Ders_Faithful
64 to 38 over Iona Prep B. All-Tournamet to Asher Krohn and Dylan Manin and MVP to Carlos Rodriguez. Hunter Miller earns the Miska Alanka Award as a senior leader.
Top takeaways from the Billy Murphy Town Hall: 1) At least two families had an issue with Murphy, not just one and 2) Parents are forming a committee to have
@Ders_Faithful
@ScarsdaleRaider
athletic director Ray Pappalardi removed.
The
@Ders_Faithful
officially have a new ice hockey coach. It's going to be former JV coach & current head varsity lacrosse coach
@CoachSyno
. James Synowiez is the guy the Raiders wanted all along. Time to rebuild Jim Mancuso's legacy after 2 years of mayhem.
Why do media companies feel they can cut out their heart & soul and succeed going forward?
@KDJ_N12Varsity
is an important presence and always did it with class. You can tell based on the reactions of his competitors. That speaks volumes.
After 11 straight best of 5 losses to Ardsley, including 4 in 5 sets,
@Scarsdale_Vball
wins 22-25, 25-11, 14-25, 25-23, 26-24. Izzy Goldban was on fire at the net in the 5th to help seal the deal.
@Ders_Faithful
@RJD_Photos
Took this photo in 2017 as the Raiders went for No. 4. 1979, 1988, 1992. Will this be the year for
@ScarsdaleRaider
@Ders_Faithful
@jamelio1230
? Find out tonight at the county center beginning at 7:15.
In addition to breaking the news about the new
@Ders_Faithful
ice hockey coach this morning, there's more... Mike Tracy is retiring after 30 years coaching 4 sports at his alma mater,
@edgmntathletics
, including the last 18 as girls hoops coach. A BIG presence for many years.
Several
@edgmntathletics
parents waited outside the gym for coach Larry Giustiniani to finish his interview with
@ScarsInquirer
. They gave him a round of applause and thanked him for the work he did with their daughters.
41 teams competed at New Balance Nationals in the Emerging Elite 1,600 SMR relay today.
@Ders_Faithful
Sierra Donovan, Yurami Van Eer, Sam Jahrmarkt & Annabel Jacobs finished 37th in 4:28.36.
@sportwritertodd
@Ders_Faithful
Congrats to Girls SMR Relay team competing today at New Balance Nationals! Sierra Donovan, Yurami Van Eer, Sam Jahrmarkt, Annabel Jacobs
With 4 individual records in 3 meets so far this season, including 1 each yesterday and today,
@Ders_Faithful
senior Justin DiSanto is rewriting the
@ScarsdaleRaider
boys swimming record books. He came into the season with one relay record to his credit.
A very patient young man waited legitimately the entire
@BKCyclones
game to meet
@Mets
legend
@20Hojo
, who was as gracious as ever. Thanks, Hojo! (We did see you play for the
@nyboulders
several years ago!)
Several
@Ders_Faithful
players were unthrilled with what went down tonight. They were put in a position of purposely committing penalties (albeit "harmless" in nature) so their coach could make a point to the officials.