On Oct. 12, the Massapequa High School Girls Varsity tennis team dedicated its home match against Carey/Sewanhaka to breast cancer awareness. The team wore pink and played the match with specially produced pink tennis balls, with proceeds going to breast cancer research. This was one of a series of home matches that Massapequa teams (Boys and…
The finals of the Girls Suffolk County Tennis Championships pitted Half Hollow Hills West against Half Hollow Hills East. These were the top two seeds, as both teams finished 9-1 in league play (Conference I). They had split their two regular season meetings. With the Championship on the line and the rivalry that already exists…
Nadia Smergut (Ross School) defeated Samantha Elgort (Hills East) 6-4, 7-6(7-2) to win the Singles Championship of the Suffolk County Individual Championships played at Smithtown East High School. Smergut, who was beaten by Elgort in last year’s County Semis, avenged that defeat in winning the title. Both Smergut and Elgort will now advance to the…
As the Syosset and Garden City Girls’ High School Varsity Tennis teams took to the courts on Friday in Cold Spring Harbor with the Nassau County title on the line, the opponent was far from the forefront of the players’ minds. All of the girls knew that the real challenge today would be to triumph…
With just one win away from consecutive Nassau County Girls High School Tennis Finals appearances, Syosset High School’s Varsity Tennis team wasn’t feeling the pressure to win. “There’s no extra pressure,” Syosset’s coach Larry Levane said as the match got underway. “The girls are experienced. They’re confident and I’m confident in them. If we’re going…
Suffolk County hosted its Girls High School Individual Championships on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at East Islip High school for Division I and at Shoreham-Wading River High School for Division IV. In Division I, Hills East’s Samantha Elgort was victorious over Smithtown East’s Sara Finger, 6-0, 6-2. Division IV action featured two teammates from Ross squaring…
Led by their top two singles players Hannah Camhi and Ashley Sandler, the Syosset Girls High School Tennis team improved their record to 10-1 on the 2010 season and are now a half-game ahead of Garden City High School in their battle for the Nassau County Conference I regular season championship. Camhi, who finished second…
While team playoffs are set to begin next week, the Suffolk County Girls High School Tennis Individual Tournament is set to conclude this afternoon at various locations. Below you can see the semifinals results from yesterday’s action. Check back tomorrow (weather permitting) for the final results. Suffolk County Girls High…
Garden City’s Jacqueline Raynor and Syosset’s Hannah Camhi have had a long-standing history with each other. The two number one singles players and archrivals have battled it out for conference supremacy and bragging rights in the past. It was all or nothing in the finals of the Girls Nassau County High School Championship as both…
Mia Vecchio of Manhasset Hills, N.Y. was featured on the MSG television show MSG Varsity, on Wednesday night Sept. 22. The show featured an interview with Mia and clips were shown of her time spent on the practice court. Mia’s appearance on MSG Varsity was inspired by the fact that she played first singles at…