Sometimes mental toughness is every bit as essential to a football team as its physical strength. Case in point, the Kennedy Knights. more

The Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy gymnasium is a rather intimidating venue for opponents to enter. more

It was shortly after the Bronx Science girls soccer team had just put the wraps on its 1-0 victory over McKee in the second round of the Public School Athletic League playoffs that head coach Annie Eckstein turned her focus to the Wolverines’ mega quarterfinal matchup with No. 2 seed Francis Lewis. more

It had been nearly two full months since the Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy girls soccer team had last tasted defeat. That setback came on Sept. 12 in a 4-3 loss to Truman. more

It was shaping up to be quite a memorable time at Lehman last week. more

The Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy girls soccer team had two very important pieces of business to attend to last week. First, the Lady Tigers needed to knock off Clinton in their regular-season finale to wrap up the Bronx B North Division title. Second, once the Public School Athletic League playoffs commenced, they needed to find a way to post a victory in their postseason opener and advance past the first round for the first time in several seasons. more

The Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy girls volleyball team had just closed out its first set over Lehman in typical dominating fashion. But head coach John Reingold was not exactly pleased with his Lady Tigers’ performance. more

The bus ride from Long Island home was not the joy-filled road trip Riverdale was hoping for last weekend. The Falcons, enjoying a football revival this year after several down seasons, made the trip out east to take on an undefeated Long Island Lutheran team the Falcons played just three weeks prior. In that first meeting, the Falcons ended up throwing the biggest scare of the season at the Crusaders, losing a narrow one-point decision. more

No one was exactly sure what was going to unfold last week when the Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy girls volleyball team made the short trek over to Bronx Science for the first-ever league game between the two Bronx powers. more

It was several hours before the Kennedy Knights were scheduled to host Susan Wagner in a key Public School Athletic League football game last Saturday when Kennedy head coach Alex Vega heard his phone buzz. It was a message from his junior running back, Emmanuel Nkwocha. more