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Why was this victory so sweet?
With tears, laughter and cheers, the Blue Bombers celebrated a 5-3 championship win that wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of each and every player. On June 16, Harris Field … more
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Prior to the national event, the West Hempstead-based team had not competed for over 18 months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
West Hempstead karate team wins 53 national medals
EGN International Karate and Fitness Center of West Hempstead students won 53 medals at the 2021 USA Karate National Championships. more
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West Hempstead teen Estee Ackerman, center, wearing red, received a citation from the Town of Hempstead on Feb. 5 for winning two gold medals in table tennis.
Town honors table tennis champ from West Hempstead
Town Supervisor Laura Gillen joined with members of the Town Board to honor two-time gold medalist Estee Ackerman, of West Hempstead, at the town’s board meeting on Feb. 5. She took home three … more
Estee Ackerman, 16, won numerous awards at this year’s U.S. National Table Tennis Championships in Las Vegas.
Table tennis star from West Hempstead wins third singles title at nationals
One of more than 800 players ranging in age from 9 to 80, West Hempstead teen Estee Ackerman competed in the U.S. National Table Tennis Championships in Las Vegas July 2-7. Ackerman entered seven … more
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Estee Ackerman, 16, hopes to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Table tennis teen from West Hempstead hopes to make U.S. history
West Hempstead teen Estee Ackerman was only 7 when she first picked up a table-tennis paddle. She played the game with her older brother Akiva in the basement of her home. Now 16, Estee is competing … more
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Chris Weidman, top, overcame early adversity to defeat Kelvin Gastelum with a third-round submission last Saturday night in the UFC's main event at Nassau Coliseum.
Weidman victorious on home stage
Last Saturday night, NYCB Live at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum welcomed the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) for the first time in history. The long-anticipated event drew a crowd of 11,198, compiled a gate of more than $1 million, and saw five Long Island-born fighters compete on a card headlined by former middleweight champ Chris Weidman of Baldwin. more
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Brews Brothers Grille of Franklin Square heading to Buffalo wings festival
A Franklin Square restaurant will compete at the National Buffalo Wing Festival in the upstate city of that name on Saturday. Brews Brothers Grille owners Michael Weinberg and Brian Clermont will … more
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Logan Daley showed off her medal at St. Thomas the Apostle school last week.
Fourth-grader sprints to national track record
Logan Daley, a fourth-grader at St. Thomas the Apostle in West Hempstead, has been running for just four years, but on March 13 she broke the national indoor record in the 55-meter dash for girls ages 9 and 10 at the Hershey National Youth Indoor Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Staten Island. more
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Freeport's Eddie Gordon won The Ultimate Fighter reality show with a knockout of Dhiego Lima on July 6 in Las Vegas.
Locals thrive in MMA octagon
When the octagon door closed at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 6, one man, Dhiego Lima, stood between Freeport’s Eddie “Truck” Gordon and the opportunity of a lifetime — a six-figure contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. more
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Malverne dancer makes strides in stepdance
Devoting nearly a decade to the sport of Irish Dancing, Julia O’Rourke, 14, a freshman at Sacred Heart Academy, in Hempstead, shared her strategy to stomping out the competition at international … more
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