On Wednesday, Aug. 16, all 54 Nassau County public high school varsity football programs will begin preparations for the upcoming season, scheduled to open Friday, Sept. 8 with a handful of games.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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8/10/17
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“P! R! I! D! E!”
Seaford High School football players spelled out a word that Coach Rob Perpall said means a lot to the Vikings and the community, yelling each letter after doing …
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By Julie Mansmann
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8/4/17
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For more than five decades, Seaford residents have packed the bleachers at Seamans Neck Park on Sundays to watch Long Island Broncos football players and cheerleaders play and perform. Bill Kind, 39, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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3/21/17
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Wantagh, Seaford and Levittown residents might have noticed the brown ponytail sticking out of a Salk Middle School seventh-grade football player’s white helmet while cheering on the Seahawks …
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By Rebecca Anderson
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3/15/17
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For as long as he can remember, Bobby Fehrenbach says, he has loved sports. The Wantagh native was a three-season athlete at MacArthur High School in Levittown. After graduating in 1984, he went on to play football at Pace University. For many, a sports career would end there, but for Fehrenbach it was just the beginning.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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7/13/16
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Alyssa Garbarino’s second concussion came on a frigid Sunday afternoon when she was 17. Under overcast skies, Garbarino, of North Merrick, who was then playing with the East Meadow Soccer Club’s Storm, bruised her way through a sea of bodies. As she battled with her opponent on the Northport Cow Harbor United Soccer Club, she was constantly driven to the ground, her head hitting the hard earth. As fast as she went down, though, she popped back up. As the game wore on, she began to feel dizzy and developed a sharp headache.
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By Alex Boyd
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6/22/16
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Devon Cajuste is headed to the NFL. The Seaford native signed with the San Francisco 49ers on April 30.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/11/16
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Jared Wolfe knows how to win — on the field, in the classroom and in his community. Wolfe, a senior at MacArthur High School, was this year’s recipient of the Jay Fiedler Top Scholar-Athlete Award, which is awarded to one Nassau County football player each year.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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2/10/16
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Kyle and Nikki Sliwak have few memories of their father, Robert, who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when they were just 3. Yet he plays a major role in their lives, especially when they suit up for the Wantagh Warriors.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/16/15
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He was always a good guy to be around and always had a smile on his face,” friend and former teammate Nick Manfredo said of Rick Bailey. “If anything got too tense at football practice, …
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By Rebecca Anderson
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12/1/15
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