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United Basketball Initiative Shoots For Success
By Elio Velez
      Jeff Wilder works with children every day as a teacher at MS 105 in Edgemere. At 3 p.m., when the school kids has finally been dismissed, Wilder's interaction with the children doesn't end. Wilder, along with Kyle Herd Correll, has begun a new mentoring program called "The United Bask...
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Adams Penalty Goal Defeats Beach Channel
By Elio Velez
      Pauleen H. Geffrard had a lot to celebrate in the first half as her goal put Beach Channel ahead of their division rival John Adams 1-0 on Wednesday afternoon. The goal occurred on the same day as her birthday but as it turned out, Geffrard and her Lady Dolphins would not have much to celeb...
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Youth Served As Fisheads Bow to Anchors In Rugby Play-Off
      For 65 minutes last Saturday at Aviator field, it appeared as if the veteran Rockaway Fisheads Rugby Club might turn back the clock on Father Time. The aging locals were locked in a 12-12 tie with the visiting South Shore (Boston) Anchors and with 15 minutes to go, still stood a chance...
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Frederick Douglass Academy Honor Student-Athletes
      . The Frederick Douglass Academy VI High School lacrosse team are preparing extremely well for the up coming spring season, which will begin in a few weeks. This Saturday afternoon, the FDA Falcons will be practicing with the Long Island Lizards of the Major Lacrosse League at th...
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Goodbye, Farewell, Amen To New York Knicks Campaign
By John J. Buro
      The cynics will argue that the New York Knicks, with a sub-.500 mark, should not have mattered in April, 2006. They have said -both on and off the record- that the organization has lowered its standards. New York, we are reminded, is no longer the once-proud franchise that beat the Los Ange...
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RBVL Schedules Final Pre-Season Meeting
By Joe McGivney
      In preparation for the volleyball season, a critical date is fast approaching. The final Rockaway Beach Volleyball League pre-season meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 25, at 8:00 p.m. at the Kerry Hills Pub. Captains are required to bring the balance of their league fee and their uni...
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Aviator Sports, Long Island Lizards Host Lacrosse Clinic
      Aviator Sports Complex and the Long Island Lizards are teaming up to promote youth lacrosse in the area with the first in a series of clinics and other activities, aimed at encouraging participation in this fast-growing sport.
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Red Hot Rangers Stomp Thrashers In Four Game Sweep
By Joe McDonald Sports Columnist
      NEW YORK - Before this series, the Rangers only swept a NHL playoff series twice in their history. The first came in 1972 when the Blueshirts dispatched the Blackhawks in the Semifinals, only to lose to Boston in the Finals and then in 1994, as they sent the Islanders packing to open...
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Stan's Pepper Steppers Leap To DD Title
      A packed house gathered to watch the Sorrentino Recreation Center host the 27th Annual Rockaway Double-Dutch Championship on Saturday, April 14. Double-Dutch teams arrived from all five boroughs and Hempstead, Roosevelt, Bellport and Suffolk County to compete in the novice (grad...
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St Virgilius/B.C.A.C. Softball Girls Sweep On Opening Day
      The St Virgilius /Broad Channel Athletic Club girls' Intermediate softball team opened the 2007 season Saturday April 14 by winning both sides of a doubleheader against Sacred Heart of Bayside. In the first game, the girls were on the scoreboard in the first inning when Christina Sull...
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Sorrentino Little League Baseball Open Registration
      The Sorrentino Recreational Center 2007 Little League Baseball season sign-up began March 16 for boys and girls 12 and under division and 13 to 15 years old co-ed division. For more information contact Stan Brown, Sports Director or Bernard Robinson, Center Manager at 718- 471-4818 or ...
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