Kevin Langtry

Dad,Hubby, Yankee/Giant/Knicks fan, food lover, Commercial Real Estate broker/adviser #CRE, etc

[Zack Langtry @Zacklangtry]

End of the CYO season and career but proud of our St John the Evangelist team and what we accomplished this year and along the way.
Westchester/Putnam CYO Basketball
2026 A Division 8th Boys Repeat Champs
2026 CYO NY Downstate Champs
2026 NY Archdiocese State Runner-Up.
Thanks to my coaches @KjKoch1 @KevL79 coach Katz

A few of my highlights from the playoffs…

[Kevin Langtry @KevL79]

@KDJmedia1 No words. Thanks for sharing this amazing story and perspective you uniquely had in it.

[Kevin Devaney Jr. @KDJmedia1]

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

[Kevin Langtry @KevL79]

So proud of you and the boys! What a game!

[Zack Langtry @Zacklangtry]

Back to Back Westchester/Putnam CYO 8th Boys A Division Champs!
Got in a hole down 22-9 but battled back to get the W 61-52 against a really tough Resurrection team! Thanks Coaches @kjkoch1 @KevL79 Katz
On to States...

[Zack Langtry @Zacklangtry]

2025 Season Defensive Plays

https://t.co/tsmYijqMP1

[Zack Langtry @Zacklangtry]

2025 Season Offensive Plays

https://t.co/0awDM0jq5T

[Kevin Langtry @KevL79]

@KDJmedia1 No stream for this one?

[Kevin Langtry @KevL79]

@DirectRays @SecOneAthletics @MahopacBaseball @foxlanebaseball @Nick_Mas7 Great shots!!

[Sean Lyons @CoachLyons05]

The Mahopac Modified Boys finished their season with a record of 9-1. Some great basketball was played and hopefully some great friendships were made. I’m proud of our team’s ability to grind and get better. The future of Mahopac basketball is looking bright!

[Kevin Langtry @KevL79]

@CoachLyons05 Thanks for a great season coach!

[Kevin Langtry @KevL79]

@FrankScapp Nice to meet you today. You almost found me. Hopefully one of the spaces work for you.

[Kevin Langtry @KevL79]

@KDJmedia1 Great idea! True relics

[Kevin Langtry @KevL79]

@KDJmedia1 @MahopacFB Better believe it with THIS group. These boys grind and win across multiple sports! Don’t sleep on em. @Zacklangtry

[Taconic YFC @TaconicYFC]

Congratulations to the 11U Mahopac Indians winning the TYFC Championship 20-14 over the Southern Dutchess Patriots on the last play of the game. An amazing game by both teams !

[Kevin Langtry @KevL79]

Go PAC @Zacklangtry @PacFootballMSA

[Kevin Devaney Jr. @KDJmedia1]

Taconic Youth Football Championships are today. Somers and Dutchess well represented in the finals at each age group.

[Coach DeMatteo @MahopacFB]

GREAT to see OUR ⁦@PacFootballMSA⁩ 11U preparing ⁦@MahopacSchools⁩ Stadium Turf today! BIG GAME for Coach Gangemi’s team ⁦@WestPoint_USMA⁩ for Championship tomorrow!!!
#LGP ⁦@Mahopac_AD⁩

[Kevin Langtry @KevL79]

Great 1st day win for @NortheastNTIS Stripes 11U 15-9! Good looking group of ball players. @Zacklangtry with 3 run shot too 👊 @USABaseballNTIS

[Kevin Langtry @KevL79]

@DirectRays @alextavarez23 @PanasBasketball @_lakelandbball Great shot!

[Coach DeMatteo @MahopacFB]

ATTENTION MAHOPAC!!!
@joeykoch22 21 carries, 319 yards & 6 TDS… SIX!!! (Also, had one called back) WE know what to do… Vote, Vote, VOTE!!! #POTW @MahopacSchools @Mahopac_AD @MahopacManiacs @PACSportsMedia @MahopacHoops @MahopacBaseball @PacFootballMSA

[Coach DeMatteo @MahopacFB]

And that’s a wrap… ⁦@PacFootballMSA⁩ 10U defeats Somers 14-0 to earn ⁦@TaconicYFC⁩ Championship!!! Let’s… GO… PAC!!! #FutureIsBright #OURPAC ⁦@MahopacSchools⁩ ⁦@Mahopac_AD⁩ ⁦@DirectRays⁩