Nassau County Boys High School preview Player to Watch: Yuval Solomon, Plainview JFK Cold Spring Harbor’s Josh Levine won back to back New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) singles titles in 2011 and 2012 which capped off a run of six state champions from Long Island in nine years. But…
The boys’ high school tennis season in Suffolk County got underway this week and teams from across the county took advantage of the nice weather on Tuesday. In League 1, the Commack Cougars won its season opener with a 6-1 victory over Huntington in a rematch of last year’s quarterfinals. Seventh-grader Matt Strogach picked up…
The Suffolk County Junior Tennis League (SCJTL) hosted its annual Boys Varsity Tennis Awards Dinner at Villa Lombardi's in Holbrook, honoring and celebrating another successul and competitive season in Suffolk County. Below are the award winners and honorees from the dinner. Click Here to see a full photo album of the awards dinner.
It was one year in the making, but Plainview JFK junior Yuval Solomon finally got his rematch with Webster-Schroeder’s Matt Gamble, the two-time defending New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) champion. “I knew I wanted to come back and win it this year, and I knew I wanted to play Gamble and…
Young hopefuls from across Long Island will be out in force at SPORTIME Syosset, the Long Island home of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy, on Thursday, June 9, to try out for scholarships to attend JMTA at SPORTIME Syosset for the 2016-17 season. The Tryout begins with registration at 5:00 p.m. concluding at…
Half Hollow Hills West reigned supreme for the second consecutive year in Suffolk County, defeating cross-town rival Half Hollow Hills East 4-2 on a hot Thursday afternoon to capture the school’s second straight Suffolk championship. Hills East entered the match at 17-0 and had…
Credit all photos to Emma Fein The Syosset Braves captured its second straight Nassau County championship on Tuesday afternoon, defeating Roslyn 5-2 at Eisenhower Park. The win extended the Braves win streak to 32 straight. “It takes a lot of perseverance from them. Every guy on this team stepped up throughout the year,” said Syosset…
Northport freshman Cannon Kingsley captured the Suffolk County singles title on Monday afternoon, playing near-flawless tennis to defeat defending champion Chris Kuhnle of Shoreham-Wading River 6-1, 6-1at William Floyd High School. After rolling to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Half Hollow Hills East’s Abhinav Srivastava in the semifinals, Kingsley did not miss a beat in…
They say it is tough to beat a team three times in one season. Well, it may be even tougher to beat the same team by the same score three times in a season but that is just what the Commack Cougars did on Thursday afternoon. Playing for the third time this season, Commack squared…
The Roslyn Bulldogs advanced to the Nassau County final on Thursday afternoon, edging Cold Spring Harbor 4-3 in a tightly-contested semifinal. Roslyn was led by its doubles play on Thursday afternoon, winning three of the four flights. Chase Greenberg and Eric Irom knocked off Nick Sica and Greg Kaplan 6-4, 6-4 at first doubles, Evan…