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Details: Written by: Joanne Wallenstein; Published: 24 February 2026; Created: 24 February 2026; Last Updated: 25 February 2026; Hits: 2139

The authors were Co-Captains of the Scarsdale High School JV Field Hockey team in 1979.Two friends, who grew up in Scarsdale, found themselves confronting live-shattering circumstances: the death of a child by suicide and the diagnosis of a glioblastoma brain tumor. Engulfed by pain, they asked each other: “What if? What if we just write to each other? Anything. Just write.” Antiphon

Over the course of the next year, these two women—one in New York City, the other in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado—embarked on a deliberate correspondence to rescue themselves and each other from overwhelming grief. Their words would become a lifeline and the inspiration for this new memoir: Antiphon: A Call and Response in a Year of Grief and Renewal.

As the months passed, the act of writing and bearing witness to one another transforms each woman’s journey through terrible loss into a courageous affirmation of resilience and of lives well lived.

“We’ve been friends for over forty-five years, since high school,” Chris and Jane explain, remembering with humor their experiences as the awkward and unlikely co-captains of the Scarsdale High School JV Field Hockey team. Both women went on to attend Wellesley College outside of Boston. “But our adult lives took very different trajectories, and part of what this epistolary project allowed us to explore, as we reckoned with grief and mortality, were those experiences that we all share, that make us who we are as human beings: the desire for love, the challenge of navigating close personal relationships, the reality of grief and loss, the longing for a life of meaning.

“We have loved these months of corresponding with each other for the simple yet life affirming feeling of having someone to walk with in the deep woods. We have come to believe that the conversation between us could resonate with others. And if this is so, then that is grace.”

Flynn and Holbrook will host an author Q and A and book signing on Sunday March 1, 2026, from 2 -3:30 pm at the Church of St. James the Less, 10 Church Lane, Scarsdale. The event will be hosted by the authors' Scarsdale High School classmate Dorothy Kindred and organized through Diane’s Books in Greenwich CT.

About the Authors:

Jane Flynn. Jane received her BA from Wellesley College, and her JD from Harvard Law School. She left family, friends and janeflynn Jane Flynnprofession behind to follow her future husband to Athens, Greece, in 1990. She learned Greek and, over the next thirty years, raised two sons while navigating the services to support her younger son with autism, cofounding an autism advocacy nonprofit and serving on the board of the Mediterranean Garden Society. Jane returned to New York in late 2020 following the death of her younger son by suicide. Antiphon is her first published work.

Christina Holbrook. Christina graduated with a BA from Wellesley College and spent most of her career in New York City involved in the printing and publishing of art and photography books. She now lives in Breckenridge, Colorado, with her husband Alan. Christina has worked as a columnist for the Summit Daily newspaper in Colorado, and her short stories have appeared in a number of literary journals. All the Flowers of the Mountain, her first novel, was published by Sunroom Studios ChristinaHolbrook Christina Holbrookin 2022 and has received the 2023 Colorado Book Award for Romance, the 2023 IPPY Bronze Medal for Romance, and the 2025 IPPY Silver Medal for Fiction
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Antiphon: A Call and Response in a Year of Grief and Renewal
Book Publisher: Ikaros Books
Available through bookstores and from Amazon.com.

Attend a Q and A and book signing with the authors on Sunday March 1, 2026, from 2-3:30 pm at the Church of St. James the Less, 10 Church Lane, Scarsdale.

Details: Written by: Jack Capobianco; Published: 19 February 2026; Created: 19 February 2026; Last Updated: 19 February 2026; Hits: 1014

Abby It was a big week for the Scarsdale Raiders winter sports team. A few teams like the basketball teams and hockey team closed out the regular season while the swim, ski and wrestling teams had their sectional competitions and finished with some great results; including a few athletes booking their trip to states.

We have all the highlights in this edition of the Raiders Recap.

Boys’ Basketball:
The Boys’ Basketball team had a huge win over White Plains to close out the regular season. Scarsdale beat them 59-57 on the road after losing to them 49-47 in December. The Raiders finished with a 10-10 record after starting the season 1-7. The Raiders will rest up and prepare for their quest to get back to the County Center. Playoff action will open up on Monday, February 23rd when the boys will host Port Chester at SHS in the first round.

Girls’ Basketball:
The Girls Basketball team finished the regular season with a 2-1 week. After falling to Ursuline on Monday February 9th, the ladies responded with wins over Mount Vernon and Suffern. The two wins were big for the Raiders because they beat Mount Vernon 77-29 and then Suffern 49-35. The team's next game will be during the quarterfinal round on Friday, February 27th on the road against Ketcham, as they earned a first round bye. Finishing the season with a 14-6 record, the girls will now look to carry this victory into the postseason.

Hockey:
The Hockey Team had a busy week, playing four games in five days. On Monday February 9th the team traveled up to Bear Mountain State Park to take on North Rockland, only to lose to them 4-1. Then, the Raiders played a back-to-back-to-back on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with all games played at Murrays; the Raiders home rink. On Wednesday, the Raiders beat the Mount Pleasant Ice Cats 4-2 and then the ETBE/New Ro Eagles* 2-1 on Thursday, in two very competitive league games. Then on Friday, with Scarsdale honoring their 11 seniors on senior night, the Raiders had a dominating 3-0 win over Clarkstown to close up the week and the regular season. The hockey team has a lot of momentum heading into the playoffs as they finished the regular season winning three games in a row and finishing strong with a 12-8 record. On Thursday, they will take on White Plains at Murrays in Yonker in the first round of the playoffs.

*ETBE/New Ro is a combined team with athletes on the team from Eastchester, Tuckahoe, Bronxville, Edgemont and New Rochelle high schools.

Mens’ Swim:
The Raiders competed at the section championships last week and sent two swimmers to states in different events. Seniors Avi Stahl and Kieran Lee won the section in their respective events. Stahl won the 200 meter swim and the 500 meter freestyle. Lee finished first in the 100 meter backstroke and the 200 meter individual medley. Both of these swimmers will represent Scarsdale at the state meet up in Ithaca, New York in March.

Skiing:
The ski team had their section meet last week at Hunter Mountain. It was a historic meet, as the Raiders had a record 17 skiers qualify for the section meet. Within their performance, Senior and Captain Stella Van Arsdale was Scarsdale's lone skier to qualify for states as she finished first in the girls giant slalom. Outside of Van Arsdale’s qualification for the states, the team had other very strong performances and overall it was a great season for the ski team.

Wrestling:
Wrestling had their sectional meet for both the boys and the girls at the County Center. While the boys did not have anyone qualify for states, they had a few athletes earn all section honors and even multiple wrestlers who earned their 100th win as a Scarsdale Raider. The girls had two athletes win the section in their respective weight class.

For the girls, Iman Maroff earned first in the section for the 120 pound weight class. Freshman Celeste Minardi got first place for the 152 pound weight group. Junior Daisy Bennett and Senior Jackie Goldberg got second in their respective weight classes. It was a spectacular day for our girls wrestling team as they were able to send a few wrestlers onto states.

For the boys, Junior Luke Iasielo earned his 100th win and in what was one of his final wrestling matches ever, senior Jack Harrison broke triple digits in wins. Three other wrestlers earned all section honors. Despite a few of the Raiders not exactly getting the results they wanted, it was a great year for the team and the seniors on the team had nothing to hang their heads about.

Track and Field:
The track team had their sectional meet this past weekend at the Armory and ran to some fast and decent results. Sophomore Ana Pettinelli finished first in the girls 1000 meter run, running to a time of 2:51. Right behind Pettinelli finishing in second in the 1000 was senior Rachel Rakower. Leia Patel earned a respectable third place in the girls 300 meter race. For the boys, senior Jake Saxon finished second in the 55 meter hurdle race finishing only 0.04 seconds behind first place. Rounding out Scarsdale’s best performers at sectionals, distance runners Charlie Rich and Nate Lynch finished second and third overall in the boys 1000.

Squash:
The squash team lost their last match on Wednesday February 11th 6-1 to a competitive Darien team with Junior Harsh Kakkar who is Scarsdale's number two ranked player earning the Raiders only win.

Cheerleading:
Cheerleading had a very successful annual nationals competition down in Orlando, Florida. It was a fun weekend for the cheerleading squad against teams from all over the United States.

Fencing:
The fencing team had a great outing at the section championship. Scarsdale’s Men’s Epee fenced to second place and men's foil finished fourth overall. Individually, Senior Captain Jack Levin and Freshman Adam Roth scored really high in Men's foil and junior Arthur Luk-Solarz finished with a really good result in Men’s epee. The fencing team will now shift their focus toward the offseason after having a great season.

It was another week of winning for Scarsdales teams and athletes. On an individual basis, some athletes brought hardware back to the ‘Dale by winning section championships and representing the Maroon and White in huge ways. For our teams that are still competing, they will look to add to those athletes who won section titles and are now in playoff time and in winner-take-all mode. For teams whose seasons were completed in the past few weeks, it was a great season and there were so many accomplishments up and down.

Scarsdale10583 and the Raider Recap will have coverage of Scarsdale sports as they compete in playoff time.

Details: Written by: Jack Capobianco and Jeremy Gorrin; Published: 12 February 2026; Created: 12 February 2026; Last Updated: 12 February 2026; Hits: 839

VarsityGirls Varsity Girls before the tip-off against Clarkstown SouthIt was a big day for the Scarsdale Raiders Basketball teams at SHS on Saturday February 7th. All six teams were in action including both the girls varsity team who was celebrating their Senior Night and the boys varsity team. While the action on the court did not disappoint, the significance of these games and the day itself had a greater meaning than the basketball.

This day marked the annual “Jimmy V Foundation Basketball Showcase,” held every year to raise money for cancer research through the Jimmy V Foundation. SHS’s Breast Cancer Awareness Club sold food with proceeds donated to the foundation. A 50-50 raffle also took place and teams/kids from the Scarsdale Youth Basketball Association were on hand. These kids were given the opportunity to play on the court during halftime.

Many people came out to support this great cause and to cheer on Scarsdale basketball. Gyms 3 and 4, where both varsity matches took place, were packed with spectators from both the home and away teams along with many SHS students who came to support their friends and their team.

Girls Varsity:

The Girls Varsity squad matched up against Clarkstown South with a 1PM tip-off. Before the game, Scarsdale seniors Leah Brown, Chloe Powell and Stevie Rosenberg were honored as a part of senior night. This marked Scarsdale's last regular season home game.

Abby Freshman Abigail Nadborny had a dominant performance.In terms of the game itself, it started off slowly with a tied score of 12-12 at halftime. Scarsdale began to pull away in the third quarter but Clarkstown South used accurate three point shooting and Scarsdale had too many fouls, keeping Clarkstown in the game. Scarsdale held a narrow 26-23 lead heading into the fourth quarter. But Clarkstown South wouldn’t go down as they kept capitalizing on Scarsdale's mistakes and made big shots.

Down 35-31 with 1:30 left in the fourth quarter, in came Abigail Nadborny. Scarsdale’s freshman phenom who is having a fantastic season put on a show putting the team on her back and beginning an epic Raider rally. Nadbornyy started it with a big three pointer to cut South’s lead to one and then with 33 seconds left, Nadborny hit a two pointer to give Scarsdale a 36-35 lead. Finally, Nadborny hit clutch free throws to put the game away giving the girls a huge 43-40 win to honor their seniors.
Newsom Junior Reese Newman

Boys Varsity:

Twenty minutes after the conclusion of the girls game, the boys tipped off in what was to be a huge game against Mount Vernon. Looking for the season sweep against the Knights after beating them back in January, Scarsdale took it to them early, starting off the game on a 7-0 run. Mount Vernon then scored the next eight points, and did not look back from that point forward. Down 26-19 at the half, Scarsdale looked for a comeback in the second half but the great shooting of Mount Vernon's along with their strong ability to get offensive rebounds put the game away. Eventually the Raiders found themselves down by 14 points.

Junior Ryan Sussberg
There was a sequence in the fourth quarter where it looked like Scarsdale was making a comeback as they cut the lead down to nine, but that small glimmer of hope was not enough as the Raiders fell to Mount Vernon 56-42.

While the end results for the boys were not what they wanted, it was still a great day for the Scarsdale basketball program and Scarsdale athletics. On the court and off the court, the Raiders stepped up in a big way and both the boys and girls varsity teams will look to carry this momentum into playoff time.

Text by Jack Capabianco, photos by Jeremy Gorrin

Spicer Harry Spicer dribbles the ball up court.

Details: Written by: Jeremy Gorrin; Published: 01 February 2026; Created: 01 February 2026; Last Updated: 01 February 2026; Hits: 849

In Scarsdale’s third win in a row, they defeated Spring Valley on Friday, Janaury 30, with a score of 69-32. Thanks to some great defense from Joey Pappalardo with four steals and Spencer Goldfarb with two steals, Scarsdale took this win easily. For the Ders’, everyone was able to get a piece of this win, as almost everyone got a point.

Scarsdale started this game off hot, starting all their seniors and scoring seven points before Spring Valley could even score one. Scarsdale ended the quarter off up 14 with a score of 22-8. Grant Shigekawa and Hunter Ross both scored four points this quarter, along with Abri Gjyriqi scoring two.

Scarsdale went into the second quarter with a significant lead, being up 14. Scarsdale shot many more three point shots than they did in the first quarter. Freshman, Harry Spicer, making two of the team's four three pointers this quarter. Scarsdale was able to score 18 points this quarter, while limiting Spring Valley to just 6.

Spring Valley didn’t have a great first half, only scoring 14, being down 26 points to Scarsdale. The Ders’ started their third quarter off slow, letting up six points early in the third. If Spring Valley had any chance to come back, this would have been their shot. Jason Ling was able to hit a three to lead Scarsdale to a solid 10 points. Unfortunately for Spring Valley, they only scored 13 points, ending the quarter down 23.

Scarsdale had a comfortable lead going into the fourth quarter. After having a weaker third quarter, Scarsdale was motivated to have a better fourth quarter. Spencer Goldfarb was able to have a good fourth quarter, scoring four points, leading the team to 19. Spring Valley had their worst quarter of the game, only scoring five.

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With a weak fourth quarter, Spring Valley lost to Scarsdale 69-32. Joey Pappalardo helped Scarsdale win this game with his 12 points and four steals. There was some other great defense from Andrew Roseman, getting a block for himself. Overall a great game for the Raiders, especially a good performance from the seniors.

Details: Written by: Joanne Wallenstein; Published: 21 January 2026; Created: 21 January 2026; Last Updated: 22 January 2026; Hits: 1062

Scartales2 The Scarsdale Historical Society has launched ScarsTales, a new podcast that dives into the village’s lesser-known, unexpected, and sometimes scandalous past. The series promises to reveal the stories behind familiar streets, landmarks, and moments—adding new layers to the place residents think they already know.

Hosted by journalist and Scarsdale Historical Society trustee Lori Rothman, ScarsTales, features conversations with village historians Jordan Copeland and Leslie Chang, along with special guests. Together, they unpack how history is uncovered, preserved, and occasionally chased down—whether that means tracking descendants across generations or hacking through tangled vines along the Bronx River in search of long-forgotten clues.

“By bringing stories to listeners’ ears, the podcast allows the community to engage with local history in a way that is immediate, personal, and easy to enjoy anywhere,” said Randy Guggenheimer, president of the Scarsdale Historical Society. “It also creates countless opportunities to record oral histories and keep Scarsdale’s stories alive for future generations.”

The podcast is part of the Historical Society’s expanding digital push, which includes films, social media storytelling, scartales3 online archives, and community programs. Together, these efforts reflect a broader effort to use modern tools to make local history accessible—and relevant—to today’s audiences.