Everything inside Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy’s bandbox gym had you convinced a Tigers’ victory was only seconds away. Kai Parris, the Tigers’ stellar senior scoring machine, had just completed a three-point play with 7.7 seconds remaining in the game. The scoreboard read 56-55 in favor of RKA over IN-Tech Academy. And the decibel level inside the gym was hitting jet engine levels. more

Before the 2019-20 basketball season even began, Will Cushing knew it might be an uphill fight to secure a playoff bid. His Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy girls basketball team was a little lacking in veteran leadership with just three seniors on his roster. So surely there would be challenges along the way. more

Johnny Mathis was looking for silver linings. The long-time Kennedy head basketball coach first touched on the health of key players Gregory Genross and Emmanuel Nkwocha, a pair of football players-turned-hoopsters for the Knights. more

Jackie Harari’s schedule the past 11 months has been a rather full one. Her daily itinerary has for much of the past year included her usual heavy workload at school, as well as major knee surgery and countless hours of grueling rehab. What it didn’t include was any basketball — her injury from last February sidelined Harari for almost an entire calendar year. more

Nicole Price doesn’t have a lot of free time on her hands these days. When she’s not teaching English at IN-Tech Academy, she’s rushing to monitor study hall for the boys basketball team. Once study hall is completed, it’s off to the gym for the daily two-plus hours of practice. more

Kai Parris remembers the tortured existence he endured last season. Then a junior for the Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy boys basketball team, Parris had big plans to carry the Tigers on his back on a deep run into the Public School Athletic League postseason. more

Lucy Del Deo has accomplished a lot in her three seasons at Bronx Science. She arrived as a freshman and helped the Wolverines claim the Bronx A South Division championship, blossomed as a sophomore when Science fell just a game shy of winning back-to-back division titles, and is currently a veteran leader on a Wolverines team that has started the season 5-0 and owns a share of first place in the division. more

Through the first two weeks of the 2019-20 Public School Athletic League basketball season, the Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy boys basketball team had the look of a legitimate title contender. We’re not just talking division title here, but the entire PSAL B Division. more

Sarang West remembered the feeling last year when Clinton came into Bronx Science’s gym and exited with a one-point win. It didn’t sit well with West then, so this time around, she made sure she reminded her Wolverines’ teammates of that stinging loss to their neighborhood rivals when the two schools got together again last week. more

Before their 2019-20 season tipped off last week, the American Studies girls basketball team huddled together with head coach Ryan Hondorf to compile a list of goals for this year’s campaign. more