Dave Greiner

@lohudsports Do you mean Cameron Young ? SMH wake up !

Cameron Thomas, former Westchester resident, wins Players Championship lohud.com/picture-galler…

@KDJmedia1 @NYSPHSAA @NFHSNetwork @CarlePlaceFrogs The walk call earlier and that call...smh

Brace yourself. Here’s the final sequence of Carle Place’s stunning win over Woodlands in the @NYSPHSAA Class B Regional Final. Carle Place star Ryan Leary drills the 3, is fouled and makes the game-winning free throw with 4.4 seconds. Via @NFHSNetwork @CarlePlaceFrogs

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

@PVilleAthletics @pvilleboysball @KDJmedia1 @MrPalumboPHS Bravo Kev, and may God bless the Piccone family. …I think there is more there,to be shared, and you are the man to share it because you are living it. There is best seller in you.

Strong message from @KDJmedia1 and love that our guy Coach Bonura was a part of it. 🙏🏻🏀💪🏻

@CoachHPrice Amen, Coach 👊

When I was hired to coach varsity basketball at just 26 years old I thought I was God's gift to basketball. You couldn't tell me anything. I knew it all. Well, heading into Christmas break in my first season I was 0-9. And I realized quickly how little I knew. My players were getting suspended. My offense was messy. My emotions were all over the place. I dreaded people asking me how it was going. Quite frankly my team was awful and I had no control. I quickly felt like maybe coaching wasn't my thing. After I got done throwing a pitty party for myself, I hit the reset button. I started asking others for help. I read more books. I hired assistants. Every week I'd text or call another coach and pick his or her brain. Turns out, you're much better off with others in your corner than standing alone with your chest out. Shocking. I know. But as coaches it's what we default to. "My stuff is the best." "I don't need to adjust." "I don't have time to read." "It's the kids not my system." So when I finally won, the emotion that overtook me was gratitude. I was thankful for every person that poured into me when I didn't deserve it. I was thankful to God for giving me a platform that I didn't think would ever happen. I found myself extra grateful for every little thing that I had disregarded beforehand. My advice to young coaches entering the field...Acknowledge that you don't have all the answers and that you need help. Find a good staff. Ask for a mentor. Read. Watch extra film. Success starts with humility.

@krup4290 @BBGreatMoments 2 exceptions

@krup4290 @BBGreatMoments Wrong

What would you be thinking in this moment? 🤔

@Ian_OConnor I did the same thing, came home from basketball practice set an alarm and took a nap.

As a kid in 1980, I had to avoid the radio and all news reports for hours to watch the Miracle on Ice on tape delay. Imagine trying to explain tape delay to a kid today.

"It was just the best moment of my life," said 9-year-old Madelyn. The four-time open-heart surgery survivor said she was left speechless after this moment with Tiger Woods. Madelyn later framed the glove at her house, signed by the same athlete she had written a book report on one year prior. And yes, she made it to Augusta too. "I've been living my best life ... I tell my story to make people feel happy."

Today, we will dedicate our account to players wearing a “wrong” jersey To start - Bob Gibson wearing a Braves jersey

@KDJmedia1 Congratulations Declan ! Declan become the 5th Panther to reach 1,000 points. 1976 Paul Bohlander, 1992 Otis Hill, 2002 Kyl Jones and 2017 Michael Manley

Declan Bruder hits a free throw for his 21st point of the game - and the 1,000th of his career for Pleasantville. Panthers lead is up to 45-25 with under 2 min left 3Q.

@MrCappiello Ardsley is losing a GREAT coach, and an outstanding role model for their student-athletes.

To all the section 1 teams competing this week, good luck! Unfortunately this will be my final post from this account. Below (if you have time lol) I have posted my goodbye to coaching.

@SNY_Mets “Nearly” taking someone deep, is not news, guys, are we going to report that Lindor scratched his head with his left hand when he gets his cast off?

Luis Robert Jr. nearly took Sean Manaea deep today in live BP

@StevenACohen2 @Mets The Seaver family has set up an auction on Heritage ot Tom Seaver's awards and posessions, please consider purchasing his 1969 World Series Ring, and have it forever on display at Citi Field...thank you

@GreeleyHoops Congratulations Coach Santos and the JV Quakers...AMAZING SEASON!!

Congratulations to Coach Santos and the JV squad on completing an UNDEFEATED 20-0 season!

@spidadmitchell @TheRealCocoJ She was AMAZING!! Congratulations to Coco

BIG AS THE SUPERBOWL💛 @TheRealCocoJ

@RefObserver17 Sorry I didn’t, just reacted to the Fox post👊🏻

@CoachDLG515 Did you read anything I said above?

This particular call was - unequivocally- correct. The second replay confirms this. Trips the offense player and contact with reach in. Easy to miss on first look, but an excellent and correct. Keep in mind, officials calling this in real-time without slow motion and replays.

@RJD_Photos @SecOneAthletics Rob, I have seen both, articles from 1983 and the banner all say 2,057, the NYSSWA web page “Road to Glenn’s Falls” has Todd for 2,055 on the state’s all time scoring list, either way @AnthonyFic22 is going to get to 2,058

Some confusion over the correct number for the Section 1 boys basketball scoring record. Some say 2,055, some 2,057. This banner is in the Peekskill HS gym. Can anyone confirm? @SecOneAthletics