Larry Scott, Commissioner of the NCAA PAC-12 Conference and a 1982 graduate of John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, has been inducted into the school’s Alumni Hall of Fame. On hand to wish him well were USTA Long Island Region President Daniel Burgess and Board Member Melanie Rubin, who presented Scott with a plaque…
It was an unseasonably warm night of Nov. 20th and Suffolk County had its high school tennis girls stars colliding in one place, Villa Lomardi’s for the All Suffolk County Girls Varsity Tennis Awards Dinner, organized by the Suffolk County Girls Varsity Tennis Coaches Association. The annual event is an evening when the shining stars…
For the fourth time in as many years, the Syosset High School Girls Tennis team has knocked off the Suffolk county champion, Half Hollow Hills East, to take the title of Long Island Champions. After finishing the regular season undefeated and taking out the Port Washington girls for the Nassau Championships almost a month earlier, it…
More than 100 high school student-athletes from across the USTA Eastern region showed off their talent and learned about a wide range of opportunities to play collegiate tennis on Nov. 11 at USTA Eastern’s 26th Annual College Showcase Day. The event, which was held at Saw Mill Club in Mount Kisco, N.Y., featured more than 60…
Michele Lehat is a sophomore from Great Neck North, playing first singles this past season for Great Neck North High School. Playing the number one spot means each match you will draw the opposing team’s top player and you must be up for the task. Michele had a very respectable personal record, losing only to…
Vivian Cheng ended her high school career on a high note yesterday as she went out as the New York State Champion. Cheng who played first singles for Nassau County Champion Syosset High School defeated fellow Nassau County representative and fourth-seeded Nicholle Torres of Great Neck South in the finals. The first set went back…
The Pensacola Futures Championships tournament, which features a $10,000 prize purse, is a USTA-sanctioned event that draws players from around the world with hopes of advancing into the higher tiers of the professional circuit. The tournament is in its third year at the Roger Scott Tennis Center. Top-ranked Florian Reynet of France, who is ranked 357th…
Syosset senior Vivian Cheng and Great Neck South senior Nicholle Torres will battle for the Girls High School State Championship today. This is the second straight season that two players from Nassau County will meet in the state singles title match as last year Hannah Camhi (Syosset) defeated Morgan Hermann (Garden City). Cheng, who is…
On Sunday, Oct. 21, 10 student athletes from the Syosset High School Varsity and Junior Varsity girls tennis teams participated in the Annual Breast Cancer Walk at Jones Beach. The walk is held annually to raise funds and promote breast cancer awareness. The girls raised over $300 for the cause.
Garden City High School’s Alexa Graham showed that age is not always a factor, as the freshman won the 2012 Nassau County Girls Individual Tennis Championships at Eisenhower Park on Sunday. In the finals, the 14-year-old took on the top-seeded Vivian Cheng of Syosset and Graham fought throughout to earn the straight-set victory. Graham showed…