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Centennial Girls Division III Players Of The Week: Sept 15th:
      Italy:Greece: Mairead PfaffMicaela Fontanetta Julia RamosAlexandra Archer Allie RieflerChristina DeGruccio Argentina:Sweden: Celia ConcannonEmily Way Kathleen GriffithKeeley Scott Elizabeth McKayTaylor Gladd
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1st Grade Soccer Players Of The Week Team #1 White Tigers
      Stephen Caluori Kevin LeBlanc Aidan Padala Team #2 Orange Crush Micheal Fontanetta Albert Severini Aidan Pfaff Team #3 Michael Roscoe Lucas Feingold Danny Boccafola
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GC Centennials - Division IV
      Scores and Players of the Week - Sept 15th U Conn 2St. John 0 Collen SorgeEmma Mulhall Julianne GriffithAlexandria Santel Daniella LoCastroLilly Bassias Villanova 0Georgetown 0 Alexis UriaAmanda Dantone
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Centennials - Girls 1st Grade Soccer Players of the week:
      Team 1 Coach Armando Biscardi Christina Biscardi Melissa Biscardi Team 2 Shamrocks Zoe Ehrhart Tara Fenty Team 3 Orange Crush Callie Coors Sara Steck Team 4 Coach Danny Salsberg
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Players Of The Week
      Team 1/The Blueberries -Laura Ann Clarson and Elizabeth Phillips Team 2- Caroline Flanagan and Katherine Staub Team 3/The Friendly Frogs- Lily Blair and Jordan Pearn Team 4/The Orange Rockets- Lilly Brennan and Maggie Mulvihill
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Girls Centennial Soccer - 6th - 9th Grades Saturday, September 15, 2007
      Iceland1 Italy0 Spain5 Croatia1 USA 3 Germany1 Brazil2 Norway0
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Titans Victory
      The Garden City Titans leapt to a quick 2-0 lead early in last Saturday's game against Rockville Centre, thanks to two goals in succession by Michael Franco. Franco's first goal took advantage of the post-corner kick confusion at the Raiders' end of the field, while his second was off an int...
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Power Hour
      Power Girls U-11 gave a true team performance this past Saturday to gain a 2-0 win against Plainedge Pride. The hard work and training that these girls are doing showed on the field with tight defense and great offensive ball movement. Nice going girls....keep up the good work!
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GC Centennial Girls Weekday Clinic Schedule
      Below lists the clinics that will be held for the Centennial Fall Girl's soccer program. Each clinic is open to any girl registered in the Centennial Fall program according to the grades listed below:
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Player Of The Week
      Senior kicker Dominick Ancona of Garden City was one of three Hobart College football players who earned weekly honors from the Liberty League after knocking off then-No. 22 Carnegie Mellon on Saturday, 27-26. It was the second straight week that Ancona was so honored.
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Extreme Battle The Phoenix at St. Pauls
      On Saturday September 14th, the Garden City Xtreme had their first home match against Farmingdale Phoenix. The Xtreme expected that the Phoenix would be a tough competitor. To the team's delight, the Xtreme dominated the Phoenix for 60 minutes and walked off the field with a 2-0 victory.
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Patriettes Take Two
      The Patriettes U-11 girls' soccer team enjoyed back to back wins this weekend. The Patriettes faced off against Rockville Centre Saturday morning. Garden City's offense had multiple shots on the Rockville Centre goal throughout the first half but was thwarted by skilled goal tending. The s...
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U-10 Girls A "Force" To Be Reckoned With
      The Garden City U-10 Girls Force continued their unbeaten streak with a 5-0 blanking over the Oyster Bay Strikers last Saturday. The Force moved into a two-way tie with next weekend's opponent the Plaindedge Hot Shots. Fullback Shelby Rivielle got the Force on the board early with her ...
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Fireballs Disarm Sharpshooters
      The Fireballs traveled to South Merrick to take on the Sharpshooters in an U-15 game last Sunday and came away with a hard fought 2-0 victory. Getting two first half goals, the girls played smart, skilled soccer.
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Extreme Shock Hurricanes in State Cup
      Even though it's hurricane season, last Sunday it was the Garden City Xtreme who stormed into East Meadow to beat the Hurricanes. Down 2-0 in the second half, the match contained everything you'll see in an exciting youth soccer match - great skill, super goalkeeping, relentless defending an...
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GC Shock Continues To Rock
      Coach Bill Metzlers U- 10 live wires followed their Silver Medal Covanta Tournament debut with a 2-1 win over East Meadow on opening day of the regular season. Once again, each and every team member contributed to the solid team effort which ended in their victory. Ironically, the Shock edg...
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U-11 GC Warriors Win First Round of State Cup
      The Garden City Warriors defeated the Stony Brook Eagles 5-1 this past Sunday in the first round of the State Cup. Strong teamwork and consistent passing led to a quick lead by the Warriors, who kept up the pressure on their opponents throughout the entire game. The Warriors are looking for...
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GC Flash Wins Again
      On September 15, 2007, the U-10 Garden City Flash continued their fine play, beating the New Hyde Park Lady Lynx 4-1 at iPark. The Flash began the game strongly, moving the ball around the field well, stringing together multiple passes to take the ball from defense to offense.
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Thunder 10s Take On Farmingdale Hawks
      The GC Thunder squared off with the Farmingdale Hawks at home this past Saturday. The Farmingdale Hawks coming off a tough loss to the Hempstead Tigers the previous week were fired up and gave the Thunder a tough game.
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First Game For Boys Thunder Seven
      The Boys Thunder Seven (White) played their first-ever game Friday night under the lights at Community Park. The challenges were evident for their first game. The boys were facing Uniondale, a team that has been together a couple of years, and already had a game under their belt this ye...
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Thunder Halaby 11's Manhandle Mineola
      Question: What do you get when you have a group of 11 year old football players who combine athleticism, ability, confidence, coaching, desire, intelligence and conditioning? Answer: A convincing 20 - 0 victory over their Mineola counterparts.
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Thunder 10's Borges Get First Win
      It was a beautiful late summer day at the Uniondale High School football field with both the Uniondale Knights and Garden City Thunder looking for their first win of the young season. It did not exactly start the way the Thunder wanted with Uniondale scoring first on a long run but the Thunde...
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Thunder 11's Maroon Win Bragging Rights 14-0
      This past Friday night two of the Thunder 11 year old teams squared off under the lights at the GC Pool for 2007 bragging rights. But in fact even though the Maroon team prevailed, it was a night of quality football and good sportsmanship all around. About half way through the contest the rai...
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Thunder Maroons Opening Game
      The Thunder Maroon 7s opened vs Bellmore. The Maroon 7s gave up an early score vs Bellmore then clamped down on defense behind solid tackling by Kieran Paskewitz, Patrick Leggett and Will Honan. James Buckleys' 40 yard burst tied the score at six in the first half behind a great block by Jac...
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GC Girls Varsity Soccer
      In a Nassau Conference A-I girl's soccer game on Tuesday September 18th, Garden City lost to Island Trees by a score of 3-1. Erin Donnelly scored the Trojans only goal in the 36th minute. Ali Zafonte made four saves during the game. As of this game, Garden City's record stands at 2-2, 0-1.
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JV Football Beats Carey
      Going into their game against Carey on September 15th, Garden City's JV football team was holding a 40 game winning streak that goes back almost five seasons.
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Trojans Rally To Beat Carey In Opener
By Jake White
      Though the scoreboard showed a 7-7 tie at halftime of Garden City High's opening football game at Carey last Saturday, the score didn't really reflect the game. The Seahawks had controlled the ball, rolling up twice as many yards and running twice as many plays.
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Village Sports
pastel class beginning
      Our first session of Arlene Urban's pastel art class will begin on Friday, September 21. This program is open to adults who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. The class will meet for 10 weeks from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in St. Paul's Cluett Hall. The cost of this program is $10...
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TMA Father & Son Football Classic Save The Date!
      The Men's Association of Garden City TMA and the Garden City Youth Network are proud to announce that the 10 th annual Garden City Father & Son football classic will be held on Saturday November 24 th at St. Paul's field.
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Garden City Basketball - Coach K
      On Monday September 17th, we had the opportunity to attend an "On Leadership" session featuring Coach Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University men's basketball head coach, who has led his team to three NCAA national championships (1991, 1992 and 2001), 10 Final Fours, and built one of the most succes...
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Basketball Registration Is Underway
      The Garden City Athletic Association (GCAA) is accepting applications for intramural Basketball. The season will start in early December and run until March 15, 2008. We offer intramural leagues as follows: K-1st - clinics for younger players.
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