Owen Kassimir has been named the Long Island High School Coach of the Year by Long Island Tennis Magazine. The Friends Academy head coach guided the Quakers to both the Nassau County Small School Championship and the Long Island Small School Championship this past spring. By winning the LI title, Friends Academy was one of…
Culture is a word that’s thrown around a lot when talking about the success of sports teams. For years, we have heard about the winning culture of the New England Patriots in the National Football League, or the gritty, hustle culture of the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association. And while it is a…
One coach called him “The Champion”. Another coach referred to him as the future Valedictorian. His grandfather referred to him as a “Renaissance Man”. Hundreds of kids called him their best friend. To Lynne, Landon, Reese and me, he was just “E”. To say that Ethan made a positive impact on this world and everyone…
Ever since Drew Hassenbein was introduced to sports at the age of four, winning was of the utmost importance to him. Second place was not an option, and everything was a competition. Drew was an all-around athlete and played every major sport, but tennis was always his passion. At eight-years-old, Drew was introduced to his coach…
All season long, the Syosset Braves had one goal in mind. That was to win the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Division I Championship. With every accomplishment along the way, reaching the playoffs, winning the Nassau County Championship, capturing the Long Island title, the message was still the same: The…
Since he began playing high school tennis in seventh grade, Edward Liao dreamed of one day becoming a state champion. That dream became a reality on Sunday morning at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows as the Commack junior defeated Braeden Gelletich of Goshen 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to win the…
Heading into this spring, the boys from Syosset had one goal in mind: win a state championship. Syosset moved one step closer to achieving that goal as the Braves defeated Commack 4-3 in a thrilling Long Island Large Championship on Wednesday afternoon on the courts of Hofstra University. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS…
Stephan Gershfeld wanted this one badly. The two-time Nassau County singles champion from Hewlett, and reigning New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) singles champion, entered this spring’s county tournament with a strong desire to accomplish the three-peat. CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS FROM THE FINAL ROUNDS OF THE 2023 NASSAU COUNTY…
After losing the first set in the Nassau County Doubles Championship, Syosset’s Nikhil Shah & Devan Melandro knew they had to change something up as they battled Friends Academy’s Alistair Wright & Russell Notaris with the title on the line. “We started playing more doubles tennis, and got aggressive at the net,” said Shah….
Friends Academy entered Thursday’s Long Island Small School Championship as a confident group. Taking on the Suffolk County champions, Ross School, the Quakers felt as if it were the better team on paper, and wanted to prove that on the court. And it did just that. Friends Academy would sweep all five flights on…