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Sports March 28th, 2008
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Rockaway Outdoors/Tales From The Wheel House
By Captain Vinnie Calabro
      They're back. Every year for as long as I have been around, some things remain constant. Moments and events become encapsulated in our minds, and as we mature we call this wisdom. For some reason, and I can't confesses to why, every year on or just about Good Friday, bunker schools appear in our b...
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Sorrentino Center Holds Free Clinic April 12
      The Sorrentino Recreational Center has announced that they will be honoring the 2007 Health Plus/ PAL/Parks and Recreation Queens Little League baseball champions and runnerups on April 12. The Sorrentino Recreational Center will also hold on that day a free baseball clinic for boys and girls fro...
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Late Goals Seal Lady Dolphins Comeback Win
By Elio Velez
      With time winding down in the second half of the girls' soccer season opener, Erika Villamarin saw her chances for personal redemption fading fast on a cool and blustery afternoon,. The Beach Channel Lady Dolphins were just minutes away from disappointment.
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Far Rockaway Track Advances To Penn Relays
By Elio Velez
      When Eric Stein returned from a leave of absence to Frederick Douglass Academy VI, the teacher wondered if he could put back together the track team that he had once coached. Stein returned to the school, which is located inside of the Far Rockaway High School campus, last fall.
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First RBVL Meeting Is Scheduled For April 2
      Preparations for the Summer 2008 Rockaway Beach Volleyball League are currently underway. Patty Moule will again lead her troops into battle and try to top last year's very successful campaign. Each year, the first order of business is to find out which teams will be returning and which will not....
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Teams Claim Championship Wins At Peggy Boyle Tournament
      The 10th Annual Peggy Boyle Girls Basketball Tournament concluded with a rousing championship day. Play began with the Subnovice division as St. Thomas More beat Good Shepherd. Keely McEachern led the way with 4 points and was named All- Tournament, along with Lauren Duggan. Caleigh Casey was nam...
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Ravens Youth Soccer/Football Registration This Weekend
      The Rockaway Ravens will host a youth soccer program, which begins this spring and will conduct registration for their youth football and cheerleading program. The 8-week soccer program will start on Saturday, April 5 and conclude on May 31. There will be a boys and a girls' intramural program fo...
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World Champions Win At Metropolitan Championships
     The World Champions Karate Center recently competed in the 2008 AAU Metropolitan Championships. The students of the dojo did exceedingly well by garnering many medals in Kata, Kumite (sparring) and Kobudo (weapons). The tournament overall drew over 200 athletes from the metropolitan area. The champi...
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Golf Instruction - The Methods Of Putting
By Joel Garyn
      (Garyn is a USGFT golf professional. You can contact him for lessons at 347- 404-3751.) Approximately 40 percent of all the shots played during a round of golf are putts. Therefore, adequate time should be spent learning the fundamentals of putting. The putting stroke is the most accurate shot be...
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Martial Arts Students Wins In New Jersey
     On Saturday, March 22, O'Sensei Lou Ferrer of the U.S. Kodokan Federation and his jujitsu/martial arts school, scored big at the Mercer County National Karate Championships in New Jersey. Professor Ferrer is a ninth-degree black belt and teaches jujitsu/martial arts classes for children and adults a...
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