As the defending county champions and with an undefeated record at the end of the regular season, the Commack Cougars felt as though they should be the top seed in the Suffolk County playoffs. That top seed went to the Ward Melville Patriots who, like Commack, was undefeated during the regular season, and Commack…
The Wheatley Wildcats are the 2022 Long Island Small School Champions after defeating the Wildcats of Shoreham-Wading River 5-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Casamento Park in Bay Shore. “The message to the team going in was that while we didn’t know much about our opponents, they were here for a reason. They’re a good…
Pressure. Some athletes run from it, some embrace it. For seventh-grader Drew Hassenbein, it’s the latter. As his Roslyn team moved to within one victory of the Nassau County Large School title, the entire crowd of spectators gathered by the singles courts, where he and teammate Ethan Solop were still playing their respective matches….
The teams are set for next week’s Suffolk County Large School Championship. Top-seed Ward Melville will take on second-seed Commack at Casamento Park in Bay Shore next Tuesday, May 31 after each team won their respective semifinals on Wednesday afternoon. Aron Bursztyn led his Ward Melville team into the final with a 6-4, 6-1…
The Roslyn Bulldogs and Syosset Braves will meet in a rematch of last year’s Nassau County Championship on Wednesday afternoon after both teams won their respective semifinals on Tuesday. The top-seeded Bulldogs ousted Great Neck South in its semifinal, while the Braves knocked off Port Washington 6-1. Click Here to see more photos from Syosset…
Wheatley and Friends Academy squared off in the first-ever Nassau County Boys’ Small School Team Championship on Monday afternoon at Eisenhower Park with a spot in the Long Island Championship on the line. Click Here to see more photos from the Nassau County Small School Championship The Wildcats of Wheatley continued their undefeated season…
On match point of the 2022 Suffolk County Boys’ Singles Championship on Monday afternoon at Smithtown East High School, Commack sophomore Eddie Liao approached the service line as he aimed to seal his second straight county title. The big-hitting Liao then dialed up one last ace and let off a big “Come on!”, pumping…
For the second straight season, the Suffolk County doubles champions reside at Ward Melville. Aron Bursztyn & Shashank Pennabadi defeated Commack’s Matt Strogach & James Yu 7-6(5), 6-2 on Monday afternoon to claim the doubles title, and follow in the footsteps of Aron’s younger brother, Gabe, and Matthew Kronenberg, who won the county title…
Leading up to the Nassau County Individual Championships this past weekend, Roslyn’s Gavin Koo & Drew Hassenbein stayed late after practices and even playoff matches to develop a chemistry on the doubles court together. Both Koo, a junior, and Hassenbein, a seventh-grader are typically singles players, but teamed up to compete in the doubles draw, in…
Hewlett’s Stephan Gershfeld returned for his junior season with one primary goal in mind: defend his Nassau County singles title. On Sunday afternoon at Eisenhower Park, Gershfeld did just that, defeating Great Neck South’s Albert Hu 6-0, 6-3 to win his second consecutive county title. Click Here to see more photos from the 2022…