Yesterday afternoon, the Boys Suffolk League I Individual Championships top seeded Zain Ali of Half Hollow Hills East was crowned the Suffolk League I Individual Champion as he defeated second-seeded Brandon Stone of Walt Whitman in the finals in three tough sets 6-3, 3-6, 6-0. After splitting the first two sets, Ali took control in…
The St. Anthony’s Friars captured their second Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) Boys Tennis Title in three years Monday at Hofstra with a 6-1 win over the Chaminade Flyers. With the win, the Friars won their seventh CHSAA Boys Tennis Championship. In first singles, it was John Peter D’Alessandro a 6-0, 6-3 winner for the…
The Long Island High School Boys Tennis Season for 2013 is rapidly coming to an end. In Nassau County, Cold Spring Harbor remains undefeated, while in Suffolk, Half Hollow Hills East remains undefeated as well. Next Saturday-Sunday, May 11-12, the Nassau County Singles and Doubles Tournament will take place at Oceanside High School beginning at 8:00…
Bethpage State Park Tennis Directors Steve Kaplan and Keith Kambourian held their Fourth Annual Coaches Workshop at the Bethpage Park Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon. The event which ran from 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. helped high school coaches with training tips, performance drills and insights in to how to improve their player’s overall tennis games as…
The 2013 boys high school season is set to begin Monday, March 11. Defending Long Island and Nassau County Champion Cold Spring Harbor returns with a strong team, but will be without 2012 State Champion Josh Levine who has now graduated and is playing at Duke University. Cold Spring Harbor will be looking for their…
Michael Pavlides of Massapequa, N.Y. was named Virginia and Chuck Landis High School Coach of the Year at the 2012 USTA Eastern Section Awards Dinner. Pavlides has been coaching boys and girls tennis at Massapequa High School for 15 years, during which time, he has helped his players improve and worked hard to grow the game. Since he started…
On Sunday evening March 10, high school tennis coaches and players are invited to the Annual Long Island Scholastic Coaches Conference and Clinic at Bethpage Park Tennis Center. This free clinic will be run by Bethpage Park Tennis Directors Steve Kaplan and Keith Kambourian. The workshop will teach coaches how to incorporate different exercises and…
Long Island Tennis Magazine is dedicated to growing tennis on Long Island and also supporting the local tennis community that comprises a good portion of our readership base. We were recently approached by the Nassau County High School Committee about sponsoring a Boys & Girls High School Coach of the Year Award and thought it…
The boys high school tennis season is still two months away, but as the players and coaches prepare for another great season, league coordinators have already put in place a schedule for the upcoming 2013 season. Some of the key dates are as follows: â–ºMonday, March 11: 2013 Boys High School Season Begins â–ºSaturday-Sunday, May…
Longtime high school tennis coach Howie Arons has ended his 36-year coaching career, stepping down as coach of the Cardozo Boys Tennis Team. Through Howie’s illustrious career as head coach at Cardozo, he has amassed 582 career wins against only 51 defeats, and won 18 New York City Championships. Howie’s success on the court was…