Sept. 12, 2025: Irvington legend Maher reveals she is stepping down

   Leading off today: The winningest girls high school basketball coach in state history has announced her departure from the sport after half a century on the bench at Section 1 power Irvington.

   Gina Maher informed her team on Thursday that she is retiring after 814 wins, 18 sectional championships and six NYSPHSAA titles. Kevin Devaney Jr. broke the news on Friday.

   "Fifty years is enough," Maher said. "I am ready. And we are fortunate to have two wonderful people ready to take over the program in B.J. Constantine and Kaitlin Degnan. It's time."

   Maher said she will remain in her roles coaching girls tennis and Unified basketball.

The word legend is often thrown around the wrong way. Not the case when it comes to Gina Maher. An absolute legend in high school athletics and role model to so many young women. https://t.co/jVRuycB691

— Anthony Nicodemo(he/him/his)???????????? (@coachNicodemo) September 12, 2025

Catching up on some snapped streaks

   Some lengthy winning streaks have come to an end in the past week:

    • Monica Clavijo scored in the 55th minute for North Babylon in a 1-0 victory vs. Ward Melville on Tuesday, snapping Long Island's longest girls soccer unbeaten streak at 64 games. The three-time defending NYSPHSAA champions last lost on Oct. 30, 2021.

    • Arthur Xu defeated Edward Chang at first singles, 21-15, 21-18, to help Great Neck South to a 5-2 win over Jericho in Section 8 boys badminton on Wednesday. The outcome ended Jericho's 70-match winning streak.

    • Queensbury dropped its first Foothills Council girls tennis match since 2018 as Scotia-Glenville pulled out a 4-3 victory on Thursday. Queensbury had won 73 consecutive league matches.

Offers piling up for former Fonda-Fultonville QB

    Former Fonda-Fultonville quarterback Keegan Croucher just picked up another high-profile scholarship offer, this time from first-year North Carolina coach Bill Belichick, The Times-Union reported.

    Croucher, a QB in the class of 2027 who now attends Cheshire Academy in Connecticut, previously landed offers from a host of big-name schools including Georgia, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, and UCLA.

    Croucher starred for Fonda-Fultonville in 2023, throwing for 2,934 yards and 31 touchdowns as a freshman with the NYSPHSAA Class C runners-up. He transferred to Cheshire Academy and passed for 2,052 yards and 20 touchdowns last fall.