The Syosset girls’ tennis team came into this season as motivated as it has ever been. A team with high expectations year-in-and-year-out, the Braves were disappointed to come up one win short of the Nassau County Championship last season. “I think they were extremely determined especially coming off of last year’s loss in the county…
The Syosset Braves entered Tuesday’s Nassau County Large School Championship with a chip on its shoulder. Despite being the top-seed in the tournament and not losing a match during the regular season, a lot of the talk coming in was about its opponent, Garden City. The Trojans boasted an undefeated season of their own, and…
For the second time in three years, the title of Suffolk County Large School Girls’ Championship belongs to Half Hollow Hills East. The Thunderbirds brought home the championship after a thrilling 4-3 victory over Westhampton Beach on Monday at Eastern Athletic Club in Blue Point in a battle between the county’s top two seeds. “It…
For the second straight season, the girls from Cold Spring Harbor will be representing Long Island at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Team Championships. The Seahawks repeated as Long Island champions after defeating Bayport-Blue Point 4-1 in a rematch of last year’s championship, anchored by the play of two of…
It’s been a season to remember for the Garden City girls’ tennis team this fall. The Trojans won the Conference IIB title with an undefeated regular season record, and now boast both the singles and doubles champions in Nassau County. Senior Nina Weise took home the singles title while senior Kayla Castellano and freshman Angelina…
Through the first six flights of the Suffolk County Girls’ Small School Title on Thursday afternoon, Bayport-Blue Point and Ross were all squared up at three-all, meaning that the rematch of last year’s county final came down to one court: second doubles. That’s where the pairing of Evie Romano & Lily Castka came up clutch…
For the second straight year, Matilda Buchen & Julia Stabile are the Suffolk County Doubles Champions. The Westhampton Beach duo defended their title on Sunday by defeating the Bayport-Blue Point sister pairing of Emilia & Evie Romano 6-1, 7-5 at Eastern Athletic Club in Blue Point. “They are a really solid team, but Matilda and…
Smithtown East junior Anya Konopka captured the Suffolk County Girls’ Singles title on defeating Middle Country’s Maria Perez 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in a thrilling championship match inside Eastern Athletic Club in Blue Point on Sunday morning. Konopka, who finished in third place a year ago, was determined to bring home the county title this year,…
The Long Island Pickleball Challenge hit the pickleball courts of Sportime Hempstead Lake as doubles teams competed across three different divisions this past Saturday. The teams battled it out in round-robin play which fed into the knockout rounds, with intense competition on court coupled with catered continental breakfast spread, adult beverages and a social atmosphere…
Tennis for everyone, Tennis for life. That is the mantra that Chintan Trivedi has used throughout his adult life, as the sport of tennis has helped take him from a small town in India to the owner of a top tennis facility right here on Long Island, and one that he continues to use today as…