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Centennial Soccer - 2nd Grade Girls
     Players of the Week - October 14: GREEN SHAMROCKS: WILDCATS:
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4th-6th Grade Boys Soccer Results
     Team 7, Silver Bullets vs. Team 2, Fighting Irish Team 7 won 1-0
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Over- Powered
     The Garden city Power U-10 girls soccer team enjoyed another victory at home this week against Hicksville. The Power girls have continued to develop under coaches Sean McCarthy and Rich Gregory. They face opponents with increased skill and confidence each week. A strong defense and energetic offense
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Centennials Girls Division III
     Week 4 AMERICAS Argentina 2-3 Canada Brazil 0-4 Mexico
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2nd Grade Boys GCAA Soccer
     Players of the Game, October 14, 2006 Tigers
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Girls Centennial Soccer - 6th - 9th Grades Saturday, October 14, 2006
     Norway3 Ireland1 Spain4 Italy0
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Centennial Girls Kindergarten
     Player of the Week for October 14, 2006 Grasshoppers
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Garden City Thunder White 10's Ring Up Bellmore
     Our local heroes, playing before a large home crowd on a football Sunday afternoon, brought their own Thunder and Lightning to beautiful, sunny Stewart Field.
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Xtreme Take A Bite Out Of The Sharks
Written by Katie Roscoe, Colette Seel and Jenna Codignotto
     On Saturday, October 14 th , the Garden City Xtreme hosted the Merrick Sharks at St. Paul's. The whole team from the start played awesome. The team was quick to the ball and marked their opponents well.
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St. Joseph's CYO Basketball 6th Grade
     The St. Joseph's CYO 6th grade basketball team kicked off the season with a 28-18 victory over Saint Peter's of Port Washington. Coaches Kevin Vaughn and Mike Grippo are proud of the team's accomplishment as the girls have been training hard and practicing key drills. All the girls contributed with
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Blazers Battle Thunderbirds
     On Saturday, October 14th, the Garden City Blazers took the field against the Floral Park Thunderbirds. The game began as the Blazers charged the ball down the field and a penalty was called on the Thunderbirds. Aidan Logan took the kick, which just barely went over the top of the net. The Blazer
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Adelphi University Annual Golf Classic
     Adelphi University's 18th Annual Golf Classic on September 25 raised a record $165,000 for student athletic scholarships, making it the most successful Golf Classic to date. More than 220 alumni and friends teed off at Cherry Valley Club in Garden City for the festive day-long event and to honor Mi
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Thunder 9s Travel To Uniondale
     The GCAA Thunder 9s football team traveled to Uniondale to take on the Knights on what was another picture perfect autumn day. The Uniondale High School bleachers were filled with 5,000+ fans ready to cheer both teams on. The Thunder game day captains, Joe Morreale, George Petropoulos, and Matt Thom
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Carey's First Win Over The Trojans Is An Overtime Thriller
By Jake White
     Carey High School began playing football in 1957 and first played Garden City in 1982. Twelve times the teams had met over the years and twelve times Garden City had won. For a neighboring school with championship aspirations that was a most frustrating situation.
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GCHS Girls Varsity Swimming and Diving
     Still undefeated, despite seven years of our rival schools attempting an upset, GCHS GIRLS Varsity Swimming and Diving easily defeated perennial challenger Long Beach HS in a meet that had GC take the lead from the first event and maintain it all the way to its proud conclusion.
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Thunder 8 Maroon - The Right Ingredients
     On Sunday, Oct 15th, Thunder 8 Maroon had the right plays and the right moves, and got some nice breaks against a very tough and (again) larger Uniondale team. The 12-7 losing score does not do the Thunder 8 boys justice! They played a fierce game, but the score doesn't show it; the Thunder ingred
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Garden City U10 Flames Incredible Season
     The Garden City Flames are having an incredible season. The boys enjoyed the whole Windsor experience winning 3 games, tying one and having one loss. The boys are developing soccer skills, learning sportsmanship and developing new friendships.
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Goalbusters Victorious Over Warriors
     The Garden City Goalbusters, a GU-14 Travel Soccer Team, did battle with the Warriors of North Babylon at Soccer Park on Sunday, October 16, 2006. Except for a bit of a breeze, the weather was beautiful under a bright, sunny sky and perfect ground conditions.
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Thunder Maroon 11'S Play Farmingdale Hawks
     The Maroon 11 year old team traveled to Farmingdale this past Sunday to take on the Hawks. The Thunder Maroon 11's came away with a 14-0 victory. Teammate Brian Badgett, who is out for the season with a broken thumb, was there to support his team. All the coaches and teammates will miss Brian in the
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Oceanside Orange Crush-ed By Sparks
     The Garden City Sparks (GU11) celebrated their finest Division 1 league victory on Saturday against tough division rival Oceanside Orange Crush. The Sparks came out flying as Erin Connolly hit the crossbar and Anne Blanco hit the post 2 minutes into the game. The Sparks also swarmed Oceanside defe
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Fireballs Battle Center Moriches
     The Fireballs came off of their terrific finish at Windsor to play division rival, the Center Moriches Power in a match last Sunday at the Soccer Park. After going five games without a blemish at the tournament, the girls saw their scoreless streak end about midway through the first half. After mi
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Thunder 8 White Battle Massapequa
     The Thunder 8 Whites readied themselves at the Stewart School for a tough test against rival Massaepequa on Sunday, October 15th. Buoyed by their late charge against the Franklin Square Warriors the week before, which culminated in a 90 yard, 14 minute touchdown drive, spirits were high as the boys
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Game Report: Thunder 7 Comiskeys at Licitras
     October 15, 2006 The last time these two teams met, they were one. August 7 saw 50 seven year-olds gather in the impossible 6:30pm heat at St. Paul's for their first official Thunder Football practice; friends and classmates, ragtag in shorts and cleats. By dark, two squads were formed and sen
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Liberty Takes First Place At Windsor Tournament
     Congratulations to Garden City Liberty U-12 Girls Team for winning first place in the white flight of the Paul R. Cody soccer tournament in Windsor, CT! Liberty was undefeated in the tournament with a record of 4 wins and one tie. On day one of the tournament, they defeated the Newington Thunder 3
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Village Sports
     adult swim at adelphi The Recreation Department's adult swim program will begin on Monday, October 16
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Travel Tryouts
     Please contact Garden City Basketball if you are interested in trying out or coaching for one of our travel teams.
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The Garden City Men's Association
     All Garden City Parents and Guests are invited to Monday Night Football - NY Giants vs Dallas Cowboys
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St. Anne's Fifth Grade Girls Basketball Wins Opener
     The St. Anne's Fifth Grade Girls Riceman-Berardi team won their opening game on the road at St. Aidan's on October 14th. The team only trailed at the outset 2-0, but led all the way thereafter and was never threatened in route to a 27-14 win. The girls passed, dribbled and played intense defense t
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Boys Varsity Soccer Takes On Jericho
     On Thursday October 12th, the boys varsity soccer team took on Jericho at GCHS. Joey Tavernese scored both of his goals in a 2-0 first half for Garden City. Riccardo Greisa added a goal giving Garden City the 3-0 victory.
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Garden City Rams Boys Lacrosse Registration
     Registration for the 2007 boys season is being held from October 14th thru December 2nd at Olympic Den, 676 Dogwood Avenue in Franklin Square on Monday thru Friday from 10:00am - 6:00pm, Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm. Dogwood Avenue runs west off of Nassau Boulevard just south of Hempstead Turnpike. The
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Garden City Basketball
     We are still gladly accepting applications. Late fees are currently being waived. Uniforms are being ordered and teams will be formed in November.
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Daredevils Take 1 ST Place At Windsor Tournament
     The Garden City Daredevils U12 girls went undefeated in the top bracket at the Windsor tournament in CT. In the process of winning all 5 games they only gave up one goal. This is a team that is used to winning tournaments. Earlier this year they went undefeated to win the Ref Fuel tournament for the
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The Garden City "Patriettes"
     Over the past two weekends, the Garden City "Patriettes" U10 girls' soccer team have played some of their best soccer of the season. Over the Columbus Day weekend, the Patriettes competed in the Paul Cody Soccer Tournament in Windsor, Connecticut. This was the Patriettes' first tournament and the g
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Gladiators 1st In Parsippany
     U14B GC Gladiators took 1st place in the Parsippany Pride Columbus Day Tournament, culminating the weekend with a come from behind 4-2 win in the Championship game vs Caldwell NJ Soccer Club.
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U-11 Demons Defeat Great Neck
     On the heels of a very successful tournament in Windsor, Connecticut a week ago, the U-11 Garden City Demons versed the Great Neck Wolverines at home last Saturday and continued their winning ways defeating them by the score of 5-1. The Demons were looking to improve against a very determined Wolve
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