With the sun burning down at midday, it was a hot one on June 24, well past the 90-degree mark. The parched infield at Merrick Road Park in Merrick turned into a mini-dust bowl whenever a play was made in the double-header between the Floral Park Knights and the Glen Cove Cobras.
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Scott Brinton
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6/28/10
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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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The East Meadow Soccer Club is gearing up for the 32nd annual East Meadow Soccer Tournament, sponsored by the Westbury-based Covanta Energy. It one of the largest and oldest soccer competitions in the Northeast. This year, the club is expecting more than 400 teams to attend, with a number of squads from as far as Canada already signed up.
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Scott Brinton
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6/18/10
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Though nosed out for the Nassau Class A boys’ track and field title, Valley Stream South enjoyed a huge spring with a pair of county champions and two state meet qualifiers.
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Tony Bellissimo
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6/16/10
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If any team were to define dynasty, it would be the Calhoun High School girls' badminton squad. The team, led by coach Gregg Muscarella, is 138-5 in matches over the past nine years. In that time, the Colts have won six county championships, as well as eight Conference I titles.
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Scott Brinton
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6/15/10
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Thirty-eight years after Joe Corea began his four-decade career as Calhoun High School's head baseball coach, he can still rattle off most of the names on his starting lineup from his very first year -–– 1972.
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Scott Brinton
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6/9/10
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Nassau Class A champions Treyanna McKinney and Uzoamaka Aniagba are just two of nine girls set to represent county runner-up Valley Stream North at the state meet.
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Tony Bellissimo
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6/9/10
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It was a banner year on the tennis courts for Valley Stream South, which achieved perfection on the way to the Conference IV championship.
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Tony Bellissimo
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6/3/10
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An impressive and emotional run in the Nassau Class A baseball playoffs ended for Valley Stream North last Friday with a 3-1 defeat at Division in Game 3 of their quarterfinal series.
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Tony Bellissimo
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5/27/10
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The Calhoun girls’ varsity badminton team recently won the Nassau County Championship with a 4-3 victory over Great Neck South. The Calhoun girls finished the season with a 15-0 record –– and their second straight championship. Team Captain Christina Strezenec won the overall singles title, beating out all other Nassau badminton players in a two-day tournament. With this win, Strezenec became the only player in Calhoun history to win four county titles playing a varsity sport.
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5/21/10
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