The Syosset Braves opened up its playoff campaign on Tuesday afternoon, defeating previously unbeaten Friends Academy 7-0 to advance to the Nassau County semifinals. The clinching match came on the second doubles court, as junior Adam Canarick and junior Yash Samantaray defeated Jack Zerillo and Rob Parker 6-2, 6-4 to seal the Syosset win. The…
The second-round of the Suffolk County playoffs were played on Wednesday afternoon, and top seeds Half Hollow Hills East and Commack each cruised in their playoff openers to advance to the quarterfinals. The Thunderbirds of Hills East stayed perfect on the year, moving past Connetquot 7-0. Next up for Hills East is Islip, who edged…
The Half Hollow Hills East Thunderbirds will begin their Suffolk County playoff campaign this afternoon when it hosts Connetquot in the Round of 16. It has been another banner season for the Hills East boys tennis team following a tough loss to cross-town rival Half Hollow Hills West in last year’s county championship. The Thunderbirds…
The Smithtown West Bulls went on the road in a Suffolk County first-round playoff matchup on Tuesday afternoon, and came away with a 5-2 win over the West Islip to advance. The Bulls were led by its top singles player Nick Gajda, who came back from a set down to beat Marty Racanelli 5-7, 6-2,…
The Nassau County team playoffs got underway on a gloomy Tuesday afternoon as teams battled for spots in the quarterfinals. The sixth-seeded Jayhawks of Jericho defeated Oceanside 5-0 to book its spot in the final eight. Mitchell Leighton and Jake Bernstein led the way for Jericho, defeating Jason Zagorski and Matt DeGroot 6-3, 6-1 at…
The Syosset Braves completed its second straight undefeated regular season on Monday afternoon, defeating Cold Spring Harbor 5-2 to improve to 15-0 on the season. In a rematch of last year’s county championship and a matchup between the two top seeds in this week’s county tournament, Syosset was led by its first doubles team of…
Plainview JFK’s Yuval Solomon is as even-keeled as they come out on the tennis court, so when he fell behind 0-2 in the Nassau County singles final to Valley Stream Central senior Athell Bennett on Sunday afternoon at Oceanside High School, there was no panic. “I was a little disappointed, but I knew I could…
The Plainview JFK Hawks won its third straight contest on Thursday afternoon, edging Jericho 4-3 in Conference I action. The deciding match came at second doubles, as Plainview’s Evan Lander and David Weissman defeated Jericho’s Aaron Chumsky and Jake Bernstein 6-2, 6-4 to clinch the victory. Plainview now sits at 6-7 and in fourth place…
The Oyster Bay Baymen snapped the six-match winning streak of Hicksville on Wednesday afternoon, downing the Comets 4-3 in a Conference III-A showdown. Oyster Bay was led by Jed Kaiser at third singles, as he defeated Hicksville’s John Soderlund 6-3, 7-5 to anchor the victory, the second straight for the Baymen. The loss is only…
Two familiar foes met in the Suffolk County Division II individual championship on Tuesday afternoon at East Islip Middle School as twin brothers Marty and Richie Racanelli of West Islip met in the final. The sophomores, who began playing tennis together at the age of three, made it through the 32-person field consisting of the…