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There’s always excitement and intrigue when Elmont and Sewanhaka meet on the basketball court for intradistrict bragging rights. While the Spartans have had more to boast about throughout history, the Indians have closed the gap over the past three seasons.
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By Andrew McClure
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1/21/20
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The country’s largest tennis expo returns to Long Island this winter, as the 2020 New York Tennis Expo arrives at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, Feb. 9.
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1/14/20
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Defending Nassau and Long Island Class A girls’ basketball champion Sewanhaka and upstart Kennedy were seemingly headed in opposite directions when they met for an early Conference A-II showdown on Jan. 8.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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1/14/20
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As Dennis Papadatos dives into his sixth season as Hofstra’s wrestling coach, he sees signs of progress with the program he hit the mats for 20 years ago.
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By Andrew Coen
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1/6/20
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After coughing up the basketball 21 times in dropping their conference opener, the Elmont girls were on the positive side of the turnover ratio by a large margin and got a game-high 22 points from senior Amaya Richberg to defeat Valley Stream Central, 44-23, on Dec. 20.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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12/30/19
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The votes were tallied. Not once, but twice. That’s how tight the difference was between undefeated 12-0 Long Island champions Freeport and Plainedge in the running for the Rutgers Cup. In the closest vote in the trophy’s 83-year history, Plainedge nipped Freeport to win its first-ever Rutgers Cup at the Nassau County Football Coaches Association banquet on Dec. 11 at Crest Hollow Country Club.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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12/17/19
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By winning six of its first nine, with most of the victories coming against returning NCAA tournament participants, Molloy College brought plenty of confidence into the East Coast Conference women’s basketball opener and it showed.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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12/17/19
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Last season was a special one for Molloy College’s men’s basketball program. The Lions, who struggled to a 9-21 mark in the 2017-18 campaign, enjoyed a major turnaround capped by their first-ever East Coast Conference Tournament title.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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12/17/19
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Professional box lacrosse will return to Long Island on Dec. 28 when the New York Riptide, one of two expansion teams to join the National Lacrosse League this season, make their home debut against the Saskatchewan Rush at the Nassau Coliseum.
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By William Fitzpatrick
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12/11/19
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The Hofstra women’s basketball program ushered in a new era with a familiar face this year.
Hofstra Athletic Director Rick Cole. Jr. tapped Danielle Santos Atkinson as the Pride’s new head coach in April after she earned valuable experiences on coaching staffs at Pittsburgh, Florida State and Kentucky the past six seasons.
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By Andrew Coen
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11/25/19
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