Scarsdale’s Nikolay Sahakyan and Jason Shuler won the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) doubles title on Saturday, defeating the defending champions from Mamaroneck, Charlie Levinson and Connor Aylett, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4. Sahakyan and Shuler had several match points in the second set tiebreaker before Levinson and Aylett rallied to win…
Syosset’s Kabir Rajpal booked his spot in the singles final of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Championships with two victories on Friday. Rajpal, the Nassau County champion, defeated Washingtonville’s Gabriel Castillo-Sanchez 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals, before winning 6-3, 7-6(2) over Peter Hatton of Jamesville-Dewitt in the semifinals. “It…
A little rain could not break the high spirits of those at the Commack Tennis’ 2019 Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser, sponsored by the Schoenfeld’s Soldiers on Thursday afternoon at Commack High School. The Schoenfeld family lost a loved one to breast cancer a couple of years ago, and since then the tennis team that…
The Port Washington Vikings captured the Long Island Championship on Wednesday afternoon, defeating Half Hollow Hills East 4-3 in the title match at The Hamlet Golf & Country Club in Commack. “It feels great,” said Port Washington head coach Shane Helfner. “It’s been a really amazing season with a lot of ups and downs,…
On Monday afternoon, the Hills East Thunderbirds and Commack Cougars squared off in the Suffolk County Championship in a matchup of the county’s top two seeds, and a rematch of last year’s final. This time, however, it was Hills East who would come out on top, using the home-court advantage to reclaim the county…
With the Nassau County Championship all even at three matches a piece, Port Washington’s second doubles team of Luke Zohouri and Allon Pevzner raced out to a 5-1 lead against Miles Capell and Josh Elenowitz in the deciding third set. Capell and Elenowitz hung tough, saving an array of match points, but the deficit…
When Syosset junior Kabir Rajpal decided to return to high school tennis this season, he had goals to help lead his team to a county championship and, on a personal level, capture the county singles title. He accomplished one of those on Saturday at Eisenhower Park as he defeated Wheatley’s Karan Amin 6-1,…
Making the adjustment from singles to doubles is never an easy one, but the Roslyn duo of Mikey Weitz and Adrian Tsui made it look that way this past weekend at the Nassau County doubles championships. The sophomore-senior pair captured the county’s doubles title with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Hewlett’s Logan Fliegel…
The semifinal matchups on Long Island are set after action in both Nassau and Suffolk County on Thursday afternoon. In Nassau, top-seeded Roslyn will host fourth-seed Port Washington. The Bulldogs swept all seven courts against Manhasset in its quarterfinal match, while Port Washington received wins from Alexander Karman, Gabriele Brancatelli and Candrin Chris at…
The four quarterfinal matchups in the Suffolk County team playoffs feature seven of the top eight seeds, with the lone party crasher being 10th seeded Northport, who booked its spot in the final eight with a 4-3 upset win over seventh-seed Ward Melville on Wednesday. Northport was led by Ryan Rosenblum and Drake Testa…