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Top Draft Picks Arrive To Help Struggling Cyclones
By Elio Velez
      15 baseball games doesn't come close to evaluating what type of team the Brooklyn Cyclones will become. But in the 76 game New York Penn League Rookie A season, already 1/5 of the season has been completed. And the Cyclones have struggled with only a 7- 8 record in the McNamara Division at pressti...
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Beach Volleyball League Celebrates Independence Day
By Joe McGivney
      The paper had to go to press early this week due to the 4th of July holiday on Friday, so there can be no stories of the weekly RBVL volleyball trials and tribulations. However, this is a fine time to reflect on the fates of teams traveling in both positive and negative directions.
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Late Turnaround Sparks Flynn&Flynn To Little League Championship
      The Girls of Flynn&Flynn enjoyed a rather tumultuous regular season, winning five of their ten games losing, at least once, to each of the other three teams in the Rockaway Little League Major Girls Softball Division. Flynn&Flynn had mediocre attendance at practices and games, which played a larg...
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Another Beautiful Day For Par Tee Golf
By Peg Ansbro
      Golf is the perfect thing to do on Sunday, because you always end up having to pray a lot. The low score for the golf action on June 26 is credited to Eileen Watson with a 67. Peg Ansbro had 68.
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Scott Smiles As Cross Is. Wins Championship
      Michael Scott of Broad Channel celebrates after his Cross Island Tires team scored the only two runs of the game to win the Ozone- Howard Little League Bantam Division Championship Game on Wednesday, June 18.
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PAL Kicks Off Summer Play Street Program
      The Police Athletic League (PAL) launches its 2008 Summer Program in Queens on Monday, July 7 through Friday, August 22. New York City youngsters play traditional sidewalk games, develop their creativity through the arts, and learn from a wide range of educational, recreational and cultural arts ...
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Rockapulco Summer Series
      After the Independence Day Holiday, the Rockapulco Summer Series will resume their annual run on the boardwalk starting on Thursday, July 10. 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...
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New York Junior Tennis League Offers Free Lessons
      The New York Junior Tennis League is offering a free tennis lesson program to children ages 6-18 in the community. Trained coaches provide a comprehensive schedule of instruction, practice and play for all levels. Players develop their skills, make new friends, and learn the rules and sportsmans...
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Scholars Academy Lacrosse Seawolves "Sticks" Together
By Nicole Cunningham
      Fredrick Douglass once said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Throughout the recently concluded lacrosse season, the Scholars Academy Seawolves endured many obstacles and faced more than a handful of challenges.
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4th Annual Breezy Point Biathlon Set for 7/12
      The Breezy Point Biathlon has become a staple on each year's community racing calendar. The race, which consists of a 1.5 mile run, 3 mile bike, and 0.35 mile run, offers a unique and scenic course that runs through Breezy Point and Roxbury.
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Tipoff Monday For Love Peace Unity Tournament
      Opening tipoff for the Love, Peace and Unity Tournament will begin on Monday, July 7. All are invited to watch some of the best playground basketball action in the peninsula. The Love Peace and Unity Tournament, located at Inwood Terrace Park, is a pro-am unlimited event for those 18 and over who...
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Rockaway Outdoors/Tales From The Wheelhouse
By Captain Vinnie Calabro
      I must be getting famous. Actually I am. You see the new found fame and adoring fans that I meet while fishing on the bay tip their caps. They comment on this column and say how they can't wait to get their Wave each week. Yes and a very diverse one at that. On days when I don't have a charter, m...
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Big Apple Games Offer Free Summer Recreational Programs
      The Big Apple Games is a free summer recreational program conducted by the New York City Department of Education and the Public School Athletic League that will be held at Far Rockaway High School starting on Monday, July 7. Far Rockaway High School is located at 821 Beach 25 Street.
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