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Beginners Promoted At World Champions Karate Center
     Above: Beginners are making their mark at World Champions Karate Center, who recently completed promotions for these Karateka. The beginners moved up as shown left to right: Antoine Stewart, Harry Charles, Celeste Melero, Anthony Tortolla and Michael Butkiewicz are pictured with Sensei Bruce Hodes. ...
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Pennant Races Come Into Focus For PC Soccer
      As teams started their final turn around the regular season schedule, the battles for first place became clear in most divisions. Overall, the teams representing AC Milan are faring best on the ladies' side, while Manchester United and Real Madrid are battling for best overall performance on the b...
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Empire State Games Basketball Tryouts
      Basketball tryouts for the Empire State Games Scholastic girls' team will take place on Monday, May 12 at Bishop Kearney High School and on Wednesday, May 14 at Bishop Ford High School in Brooklyn. Tryouts are from 7 to 9 p.m. on both days and are open to all basketball players throughout New Yor...
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SFDS Novice Girls Celebrate Winning Season
      In any sport, expectations are low for brand new teams. But when a new team is comprised of young kids, coaches just like to see their players' skill levels progress enough to have the team finish with a respectable record. This was the feeling of coaches Debbie Sluyk and Sean Shevlin; this past J...
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Perez Sisters Bond On Soccer Field
By Elio Velez
      It was minutes after the second peninsula matchup of the girls' soccer season that three soccer players from Beach Channel and Far Rockaway gathered on Tuesday afternoon to discuss what had just happened. The Lady Dolphins were victorious for the second time this season. Jodian Braham scored her ...
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Pepper Steppers Crowned Top Team At State Championship
      Stan's Pepper Steppers, who are representing the Sorrentino Recreation Center in Far Rockaway, won top honors on Saturday, May 3 at the New York State Double Dutch Championships in the Bronx. The Pepper Steppers qualified to represent the state at the 35th Annual World Invitational Double Dutch C...
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Rockaway Outdoors/Tales From The Wheel House
By Captain Vinnie Calabro
      Buzzing around the bay this past week either fishing or fueling up, I ran into some old familiar faces. Perhaps a year older and a bit weather beaten, they still seemed eager in their pursuit of catching Striped Bass. The south side of the bay was well represented. The various center consoles had...
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St.Thomas More Girls Reach Championship Match
By Karen Pallini
      On Saturday, April 26, the St. Thomas More fourth grade girls' volleyball team competed in the CYO Diocesan championship match against St. Joe's of Astoria. St. Thomas More fell just a bit short as St. Joe's proved victorious in a close game.
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Pee-Wee Shamrocks Split Home & Home Against Sacred Heart
      The BCAC/St. Virgilius Pee-Wee Shamrocks split a home and home double header this past weekend against Sacred Heart of Glendale. Sacred Heart took the first game 9-2 on Saturday at Central Field in Glendale. The Lady Shamrocks' only runs of the day were driven in by Kaitlin Courtney who blasted a...
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2008 Rockapulco Summer Series June 5
      The Rockapulco Summer Series will resume their annual run on the boardwalk starting on June 5. The 2008 Summer Series of a quarter mile, mile and 5K runs on the boardwalk will begin at Beach 95 Street and is open to all people of all ages. Runs start at 7 p.m.
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