Kevin Langtry

End of the CYO season and career but proud of our St John the Evangelist team and what we accomplished this year and along the way. Westchester/Putnam CYO Basketball 2026 A Division 8th Boys Repeat Champs 2026 CYO NY Downstate Champs 2026 NY Archdiocese State Runner-Up. Thanks to my coaches @KjKoch1 @KevL79 coach Katz A few of my highlights from the playoffs…

@KDJmedia1 No words. Thanks for sharing this amazing story and perspective you uniquely had in it.

In all my years of broadcasting, I'd never gotten emotional on air until tonight. It was impossible to hold back the tears. Jack Piccione of Tappan Zee lost his father suddenly last Sept. 1. Matthew Piccione died of a heart attack minutes after playing pickleball with friends. He was 51. Over the last three years, I got to know Matthew Piccione fairly well. One day back in 2023, he asked coach George Gaine for my number so he could call me just to say thank you for calling out Jack's contributions during Tappan Zee's championship run. Jack was a role player who averaged maybe 5 points a game as a freshman. But he started and never came off the court. "I know he doesn't score a lot of points," Matthew Piccione said. "But you are one of the only people who appreciates what he does for the team." Matthew Piccione kept a very low profile at games and reinforced in his son to be the emodiment of all the things that make Tappan Zee basketball different than any other program in the state. Play unselfish. Defend. Be coachable. Defend. Draw charges. Pass. Sacrifice for your teammates. And, of course, defend some more. Nobody in the history of Tappan Zee basketball since I have been covering has ever played that role better than Jack Piccione. He's the best best defensive player in the program and is on an elite level of players I've been around in Section 1. When Matthew died in September, I worried about Jack. I wondered what his senior season might be like. The person most responsible for instilling and reinforcing the values that made Jack great was now tragically gone. Tonight, Jack Piccione scored 5 points in the Section 1 Championship game. FIVE. Yet not only did his team because of his performance, I had the honor of handing him the MVP Trophy to prove it. In the final 90 seconds of the game, I shared the story of Matthew Piccione and his passing. You will hear the emotion in my voice. It's genuine, not because of any relationship I had with him. You just can't be a sports parent and not relate to loving your child and always wanting what's best for them. Because here's what I am going to tell you. And I really want all parents to read this and remember it: Your kids' youth - not just athletics, but all of it - is short and it's precious. You don't get this time back when it's over. It goes way too quick. And some don't even get to see it to the end. You have a choice: You can spend this period of their lives stressing about how many points they score, what awards or accolades they receive, begging people to vote in the online poll for Player of the Week, emailing the coach and complaining about playing time or lamenting the number of shots they get in a game. Go ahead. You can make all of that important for yourself and your child. Trust me, you won't be alone in doing so. Or you can do what Matthew Piccione did. Sit in the stands and enjoy watching your children compete. Teach them that it's team above all else, stress what it means to sacrifice and ensure them that, when you do those things and have success, the feeling of hanging a banner will far exceed any of the personal accolades think are important. And, sadly, God might choose that you won't be around to see it all anyway. Matthew didn't get to give his son a hug after he won tonight. And Jack didn't get to see the pride in his father's face. Think about that. If you are a parent, try to put your child in Jack's shoes. If God forbid your child was confronted with the same tragedy, you'd want them looking back on this sacred period of their lives the way Jack will forever recall them with his dad. Tonight was complete validation for Jack Piccione and all of the things his father always told him. Jack scored 5 points and won the MVP on his way to becoming the most decorated basketball player in Tappan Zee history. Nobody has ever won more in a TZ uniform than the most unselfish player they've ever had. He wouldn't trade his career with anyone, either. Take a moment to listen to myself and Pleasantville coach Nick Bonura from tonight's @SportsEngine broadcast of @TZeeAthletics @TZhoops

So proud of you and the boys! What a game!

2025 Season Defensive Plays hudl.com/v/2TZvfy

2025 Season Offensive Plays hudl.com/video/3/166846…

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Mahopac and Queensbury of Section 2 are scoreless after one quarter. Both teams struggling to move the chains. Pac about to punt for the third time.

@DirectRays @SecOneAthletics @MahopacBaseball @foxlanebaseball @Nick_Mas7 Great shots!!

In 1 of all-time great @SecOneAthletics baseball finals in my 35+ years covering @MahopacBaseball beat @foxlanebaseball 1-0: slew of close plays @ plate, all-out pitcher's duel won by @Nick_Mas7, scoreless till it wasn't in 7th, rematch tomoro #WinnerTakesAll best of luck to both

The Mahopac Modified Boys finished their season with a record of 9-1. Some great basketball was played and hopefully some great friendships were made. I’m proud of our team’s ability to grind and get better. The future of Mahopac basketball is looking bright!

@CoachLyons05 Thanks for a great season coach!

@FrankScapp Nice to meet you today. You almost found me. Hopefully one of the spaces work for you.

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@KDJmedia1 Great idea! True relics

Saturday morning CYO. One day, I’m going to make a book of the most “CYO-est gyms” in America. This one, Holy Name in Croton, will be featured. IHM in Scarsdale will be in it, too.

@KDJmedia1 @MahopacFB Better believe it with THIS group. These boys grind and win across multiple sports! Don’t sleep on em. @Zacklangtry

The Taconic Youth Football League has been a strong indicator of future success in Section 1. Here are your 2023 champions: 9u: Somers 10u: Somers 11u: Mahopac 12u: Somers 13u: Somers @SomersFootball @MahopacFB

Congratulations to the 11U Mahopac Indians winning the TYFC Championship 20-14 over the Southern Dutchess Patriots on the last play of the game. An amazing game by both teams !

Go PAC @Zacklangtry @PacFootballMSA

GREAT to see OUR ⁦@PacFootballMSA⁩ 11U preparing ⁦@MahopacSchools⁩ Stadium Turf today! BIG GAME for Coach Gangemi’s team ⁦@WestPoint_USMA⁩ for Championship tomorrow!!! #LGP ⁦@Mahopac_AD⁩

Great 1st day win for @NortheastNTIS Stripes 11U 15-9! Good looking group of ball players. @Zacklangtry with 3 run shot too 👊 @USABaseballNTIS

@DirectRays @alextavarez23 @PanasBasketball @_lakelandbball Great shot!

Panas G @alextavarez23 hit a ton of BIG shots 2nite en route to game-high 32 points in unranked @PanasBasketball 70-60 win over NYS No.7 @_lakelandbball but none bigger than this 3-point buzzer beater to end 3rdQ of prestigious Giglio Games final, which Panas swept (varsity).

ATTENTION MAHOPAC!!! @joeykoch22 21 carries, 319 yards & 6 TDS… SIX!!! (Also, had one called back) WE know what to do… Vote, Vote, VOTE!!! #POTW @MahopacSchools @Mahopac_AD @MahopacManiacs @PACSportsMedia @MahopacHoops @MahopacBaseball @PacFootballMSA

And that’s a wrap… ⁦@PacFootballMSA⁩ 10U defeats Somers 14-0 to earn ⁦@TaconicYFC⁩ Championship!!! Let’s… GO… PAC!!! #FutureIsBright #OURPAC ⁦@MahopacSchools⁩ ⁦@Mahopac_AD⁩ ⁦@DirectRays⁩