As Charlie McAvoy’s name was called at last Friday’s NHL Entry Draft in Buffalo, the reality set in. Selected by the Boston Bruins with the 14th overall pick, the Long Beach native had climbed …
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By Ben Strack
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6/29/16
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Sharon Lavelle, a 50-year resident of Mitchell Street in Bellmore, said she was in her basement when 5 ½ feet of water gushed in from the pond. “I nearly got sucked down my sump pump,” Lavelle said. “I nearly drowned in my basement.”
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By Brian Racow
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11/20/14
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East Meadow and Mepham entered last Friday’s Nassau Conference AA-II boys’ soccer matchup with identical 2-4 records and looking for a win that would bring a share of all-important fourth place with Baldwin.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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10/9/12
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In what’s become an era of specialization, the three-sport high school athlete is a dying breed, albeit far from extinct. Finding a three-sport varsity head coach is much more difficult, but they do exist.
With all due respect to those pulling triple duty in cross-country, winter track and field, and spring track and field in what seems like every school in the Herald’s coverage area, coaching three entirely different sports put Baldwin’s Darius Burton, East Rockaway’s Joe Lores, Long Beach’s T.J. Burke and West Hempstead’s Chris Van Kovics in select company.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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7/5/12
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It was a matchup of technique versus speed last Friday at Baldwin, as the Lady Bruins hosted Kennedy in the first round of the Nassau Class AA girls’ soccer playoffs.
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David Weingrad
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11/1/11
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The youngest player on the field had the biggest impact for Mepham as it avenged an earlier loss to Conference AA-I girls’ soccer rival Baldwin.
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Tony Bellissimo
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10/11/11
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It was a banner season for many high school sports teams in the Herald’s coverage area.
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Tony Bellissimo
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6/25/10
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Mepham generated plenty of battery power in last Friday's 4-0 victory over No. 12 Baldwin in the first round of the Nassau Class AA softball playoffs.
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Steve Siniski
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5/19/10
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Thanks to some staunch defensive play by Mepham and a clutch corner kick executed by twin sisters Sali and Safi Ayinde, the Lady Pirates advanced in the Nassau Class AA girls' soccer playoffs with a 1-0 win at Baldwin.
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Andrew Coen
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11/5/09
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