Only five girls high school tennis matches were played Monday, Oct. 8, four in Suffolk County and one in Nassau County. In Suffolk, Eastport-South Manor remained undefeated in League VIII play with a win over Riverhead, while Bellport remained winless in League VI, losing to Comsewoque. The big upset of the day was in the…
The following are results from the girls high school tennis matches played in Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 3: â–ºBayport-Blue Point 4 vs Patchogue-Medford 3 â–ºBrentwood 5 vs North Babylon 2 â–ºCopiague 6 vs Babylon 1 â–ºEast islip 4 vs West Islip 3 â–ºEastport-South Manor 5 vs Southampton 2 â–ºFyold 4 vs…
The Suffolk County Girls Coaches Tennis Association held its Second Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Doubles Tournament on Sept. 22. The round-robin tournament took place at two sites, the Hamlet Country Club in Commack, N.Y. and at Center Moriches High School. The tournament was open to any varsity and/or junior varsity player from all of Suffolk…
In 2011, the Girls High School Tennis Season ended on a sour note as Syosset High School defeated Half Hollow Hills East for the Long Island Championship via a coaches forfeit by HHHE over a lineup dispute. While this was deeply concerning on many levels, it shouldn't overshadow what was one of the best seasons…
About 12 years ago, I covered a lesson for one of my colleagues at Long Beach Tennis Center. On the other side of the net were two curious and shy boys named Eric Rubin and Matt Barry. They were both five-years-old and lived around the block from each other. Three years later, I started teaching…
For the third straight season Cold Spring Harbor (Nassau Champion) took on Half Hollow Hills (Suffolk Champion) for the Boys Tennis High School Championship, and for the third straight year, CSH prevailed. This time, it was a 5-2 match victory for CSH which gave the Seahawks their fifth straight Long Island Championship. Cold Spring Harbor…
Day Three of the 2012 NYSPHSAA Boys Tennis Championships brought many hard-fought matches and great victories. Due to the poor weather of the weekend, the final matches were played indoors at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Defending NYSPHSAA Boys Singles Champion, Josh Levine of Cold Spring Harbor, drew fourth-seeded Taiya Hamanaka of Eastchester…
On Friday, June 1, the second and third rounds of the 2012 NYSPHSAA Boys Tennis Championships were played at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. In singles play, the top seed and defending NYSPHSAA Boys Tennis Champ Josh Levine of Cold Spring Harbor got a small scare before defeating Christian Waldron of Beacon, 1-6, 6-0, 6-1. Levine…
Long Island will be very well represented today as the second round of the 2012 NYSPHSAA Boys Tennis Championships gets underway at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows. Of the eight singles matches to played this morning, five featured Long Island players, three from Nassau and two from Suffolk. Last…
The 2012 Suffolk County Boys High School Tennis Awards Dinner took place May 29th at Villa Lombardi’s in Holbrook, N.Y. The event was organized by Joe Arias and the Suffolk County Junior Tennis League (SCJTL) management staff for the third straight year. The Awards Dinner was attended by more than 300 players and families, as…