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High School Students Teach Italian
     On Tuesday, March 14, Mrs. Brunetti's fifth-year Italian students visited Homestead's first-graders. The high school students taught the six classes numbers, colors, food, weather and body parts.
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Tennis - New Industry Program Helps Fight The Bulge
     By Bill Mecca / US Professional Tennis Association/P2
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Undermanned GC Strikers BattleTo A Tie
     Playing 11 on 11 with no substitutes for 60 minutes is hard enough. But what about playing down two players, with no subs, for the entire match? That was the predicament facing the Garden City Strikers U12 girls soccer team last Saturday when they played 9 v 11 against East Meadow. That the Strikers
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Blazers Meet Blue Flames
     On Saturday, April 22, 2006, the Garden City Blazers met the Bethpage Blue Flames on the Garden City home field. The game started with the traditional coin toss which was won by Bethpage who defended from the east side of the field. The early part of the half saw no scoring as both teams kept up
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U-10 Scorpion Boys Defeat Plainedge
     The U-10 Boys Scorpions won again last Saturday, April 22nd, bringing their Spring Season record to 3-and-0! On a cold, rainy day when most sports were cancelled due to inclement weather, the Scorpion boys kept warm by running fast, passing adeptly, shooting hard, and scoring successfully! They beat
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Boys Varsity Tennis Continues Winning Streak
     With a record of 6 wins and 0 losses, the Garden City Varsity Boys' Tennis Team is continuing last year's success. On Monday, April 24th the boys played some hard matches against East Meadow. 7th grader Zach Morris played a tough match at first singles. Zach won 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5) in the dec
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GC Girls On Super Regional AAU Championship Team
     Four 6th-grade girls from Garden City are members of a Long Island Lightning AAU basketball team that is headed to the Division I National Tournament in Springfield, Mo. this summer. They are Lauren Nuss, Kimberly Ryan, Julia Kiffel and Caitlin McGuinness. The head coach is Dennis Nuss and the assis
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Boys Travel BaseballOpens League Play
     The FIRE started off the season on a strong note with a double header sweep against the Island Garden Lightning. Drew Simone pitched the FIRE to victory in game #1 and excellent offensive output from Darryl Tan, Nick Cento, Joe Gulmi, Sean Kiley and strong defense by Alex Passaretti. Kyle Richie ca
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Fifth Grade Rams Hang Tough
     The Fifth grade Rams White team traveled to Rockville Centre last Sunday for what they knew would be a battle.
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Village Sports
stretch and tone class continues
      The Recreation Department's Stretch and Tone Class, taught by Felicia Lovaglio, will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays according to the following schedule:
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Special Needs Baseball Team
     The Special Needs Baseball Team (residents and non-residents) starts on Saturday, April 29
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Varsity Baseball Shuts Out Hewlett
     On Monday, April 24th, Garden City's varsity baseball team went up against Hewlett. Matt Petiton, who was on the mound for the Trojans, threw a three-hitter and struck out twelve. Matt Mahoney went 2-for-2 with four RBIs. Garden City won the game 5-0. The team will face Carle Place tomorrow, Satu
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Charity Tournament A Success
     March is synonymous with St. Patrick's Day, NCAA March Madness and for platform tennis enthusiasts, the Rage in the Cage charity tournament. Young paddle players were thrilled with the addition of a junior portion of the tourney, the undeRage in the Cage. This year's proceeds will benefit the Founda
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Fireballs Take On Starz
     On another rainy Saturday, the Fireballs traveled to Commack to take on the Starz in the third round of the State Cup. Playing in a very tight match the Fireballs suffered a 1-0 loss as Commack scored off a lucky (or unlucky if you're a Fireball fan) play. The two teams had played a fairly even fi
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4th Grade Girls Maroon Team
     On a rainy Sunday when many other teams had canceled games, a shorthanded 4th Grade Girls Maroon team faced a determined Hewlett team and came away with the win. Our defense of Katherine Pearson, Kristen Rasquin, Regan Marooney was relentless and kept the ball going the other way. The goalie work o
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Party Honors KnightsFree-Throw Champs
     Msgr. John's Knights paid tribute to their Council Division Champs and their families at the traditional "Pizzas and Trophies" party held in the St. Anne's School Cafeteria on Wednesday evening, April 12, prior to the Knights regular monthly meeting.
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