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…
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…