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Player Of The Week Honors
      The Tufts field hockey team earned its best-ever finish in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) with victories at Wesleyan and Williams last week thanks to the efforts of Amanda Russo. Sophomore Russo (Garden City, NY/Garden City High School'06) scored goals in both game...
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U-11 GC Warriors Defeat Hewlett
      The GC Warriors are on a roll with a 5-2 win against Hewlett this past Saturday. The boys have been working hard on playing together as a team, and it showed as they came out strong and kept the pressure on their opponents throughout the whole game. Keep up the great work Warriors!
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Comisky's Comets Fly Past Elmont
      The Thunder 8 year old's game coaches Comiskey, Kufs, Cortese, and Mascola an early Halloween treat with a hard fought, come from behind victory over a very tough Elmont team 13-6.
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Panthers Travel Baseball Team Completes Fall Season
      The GCAA U9 Panthers travel baseball team completed their fall season on Sunday, October 28th. The Panthers finished the fall with a 7 and 1 record. The boys really came together as a team and showed their love of baseball, playing hard each week while flashing great defense and quality pitch...
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Thunder 9 Maroon Against Bellmore "A"
      By the score you would have thought it was a baseball game when Thunder 9 Maroon took on the Bellmore "A" team in their last regular season game Sunday, Oct. 28th.With the score Zero-Zero at the 7th inning stretch, uhh, . . . I mean, Halftime, it was truly anyone's game, and everyone had a fe...
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Garden City Shock Remain Undefeated
      The Garden City Shock, GU10, remains undefeated in the Nassau Central Division of the Long Island Junior Soccer League after six weeks of play. The girls, led by coaches Bill Metzler, Adriano Cammarata and Brian Kubler, have been dominating their opponents each week. The latest to be shocked...
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A Muddy Mess For Patriettes
      The Patriettes U-11 girl's soccer team braved the elements Saturday and faced off against Rockville Centre. Both teams were challenged by wet, muddy conditions, which made running and kicking tricky business. The Patriette offense was met by an aggressive RVC defense, which made it difficult ...
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Girls Centennial Soccer - 6th - 9th Grades Sunday, October 28, 2007
      Iceland 2 Spain 0 Brazil 1 Germany 0 Croatia 0 Italy 0 USA 1 Norway 1
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Flash Best Second Place Port Washington
      On October 27, the Garden City Flash remained undefeated, beating the second place Port Washington Pumas 3-0 at St. Paul's to solidify their hold on the top spot in the division. The Flash began the game steadily pressuring their opponents, moving the ball around the field and generating sev...
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Garden City Basketball - Clinics
      We are looking forward to another great season with no tension and no pressure. We held a clinic on Thursday November 1st for the K-1st-2nd graders. If you didn't receive the email blast to participants, please let us know. Please check the "Upcoming Events" link on our website anno...
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GCAA Basketball Announces Expected Times
      GCAA Basketball is off to a strong start with 15 travel teams now practicing in preparation for the Island Garden travel season. Our intramural program is still accepting applications and those applications can be downloaded from the website gc-aa.com. Please get your applications in now so y...
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Thunder 10's Borges Beat Hempstead To Make Playoffs!!!!
      It was a beautiful but windy day in late October as the Thunder prepared for the last regular season game against the Hempstead Tiger Cubs. The Thunder captains went out and won the coin toss and elected to defer until the start of the 2nd half. The opening kickoff was kicked deep with help f...
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Power Gets Showered
      Neither the heavy Saturday rains, nor the Oceanside Wave Runnerz could dampen the spirits or smiles of the Girls U11 Power. Power suffered a loss to the first place Oceanside team, but they will not let these tough times defeat them. Hang in there girls and keep working hard......remember, ...
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Thunder White 7's Take Down Baldwin
      The Thunder White 7's won their biggest game of the season last Sunday, taking down the Baldwin Bombers 19-12 in a nail-biter that had the GC coaches and parents on their toes for the entire game.
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Thunder Maroon 7s vs Long Beach
      The Maroon 7s faced another tough test this week against the improving Long Beach Bulldogs. With 12 different Thunder running backs carrying the ball this day the Thunder showed their versatility. The Thunder opening drive was textbook as Rb's Teddy Dolan, Matt Desimplicis and Mark Michon ga...
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Thunder "C" Keelhaul Buccaneers
      All over the world the rain was pourin' as the GC Thunder Halaby 11's took the soggy field Friday night under the Pool lights against the Inwood Buc-caneers. While the precipitation may have dampened the playing surface it had no effect on the enthusiasm of the players and the crowd. Mother...
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Thunder 10s Complete Another Successful Season
      The Thunder 10 year olds finished their 2007 football season at home against the Baldwin Bombers with some outstanding play by all of the team members, especially the defense pinning the Bombers inside their five yard line causing two safeties for a total of 4 points.
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Thunder 11 Maroon Make It To The Big Dance!
      Though the final score of last Sunday's game was not in the Thunder 11 Maroon's favor, the mood brightened by the news of a playoff berth. So despite a tough loss to Massapequa at the close of the season, the team now refocuses on the post season.
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Cross Country Champions
      The St. Anne's/ Holy Spirit Harriers again shined in the Brooklyn-Queens Diocesan Championships held this past Sunday at Alley Pond Park. Led by Laurel Fisher (1st place) and Jennifer and Stephanie Gerland, the Bantam Girls took home the First Place Championship Trophy.
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Destroyers Hold Their Own Against Fusion
      When the Destroyers u11 boys soccer team last played the Oyster Bay Fusion, our fair Garden City lads had been torn apart and left to plead for mercy. However, this year, steeped in the confidence of last week's victory against the Dominators, the Destroyers were ready for anything.
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GC Sparks (GU-12) In Thick Of Division One Soccer
      In their first season in Long Island Division One, the GU-12 Sparks are holding their own against Long Island's best. On October 27, the Sparks traveled to Suffolk County to take on the East Islip Red Dragons, considered Long Island's top team and one of the highest-ranked teams in the North...
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Vipers Win In The Rain
      Even the pouring rain couldn't stop these boys. After much grueling play battling the Commack Vipers in the pouring rain, the Syosset United U-10 Boys Team defeated them with a score of 2-1. Spencer Stein, the leading team striker, scored the two goals, with Victor Wiseman on one of the assi...
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Boys Varsity Soccer Enters Playoffs On A Winning Streak
      With goals by Mike Fusco, Terry Curtin, Chris Flecker and Roger Mancusi leading to a convincing 4-1 victory over South Side on October 24th, Garden City's boys varsity soccer team ended the regular season and was looking forward to the Class A playoffs with a re-newed sense of optimism.
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Varsity Girls Swim & Diving Team Undefeated
      The team ended its regular season with a land-sliding victory against their long-time rivals, Long Beach High School. On Tuesday, October 16 th , the girls overwhelmingly defeated Long Beach with a score of GC - 133.5 Long Beach - 52.5.
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Girls Varsity Soccer Advances To Semifinals
      It took 18 minutes for Garden City's Alli Kleshefsky to score for the girls varsity soccer team in the first round of playoffs against North Shore on October 26. Kleshefsky scored on a pass from Catherine Furman giving the Trojans a 1-0 lead.
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Wings Middle School Ice Hockey Team
      The Garden City Wings Middle School Ice Hockey team compiled a 1 - 2 record during the first month of the '07 - '08 winter season. The Wings started the season with a 5 - 2 win over the Massapequa Chiefs. The potent forward line of Conor Gibbons, Jack Worstell and Thomas White accounte...
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Village Sports
adult swim at adelphi
      The Recreation Department's adult swim program has begun at Adelphi's indoor pool located in Woodruff Hall. This free program is open to any adult resident of the Inc. Village of Garden City, aged 18 or older. The program is open to residents for lap swimming on Mondays through Thursdays in...
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Xtreme Win Sportmanship Award
     Deanna DiPierro, Shannon Tierney, Alicia Mueller, Cara Adams, Katie Roscoe, Sam Derby, Alison Holfester, Kelsey Whitney. Jenna Codignotto, Joanna Sokolovic, Colette Seel, Lauren Miesemer, Isabel McKeown, Sam Miesemer.
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Trojans JV Football Winning Streak Continues
      In a battle of unbeaten teams, the Garden City JV football team faced Hewlett on Saturday, October 27th at Hewlett High School. Brandon Pisano and John Bock each had a good game on the offensive line, giving protection to QB Tom Gordon.
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Trojans Shut Out Hewlett, Host Playoffs Friday
By Jake White
      Two years ago Garden City High's football team led Nassau County in scoring and won the Rutgers Cup. Points haven't come as easily this season, but another fine defensive effort and the best ball control offense they've mounted led the Trojans to a 9-0 victory over Hewlett last Saturday at ...
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GCCC Ladies Golf Results
      The results for the ladies' tournaments at the Garden City Country Club for August and September are as follows: Partner Relay Tournament: August 7th 1st low gross: Mimi Miesemer and Nancy Kiley 1st low net: Margy Hannan and Janet Sheridan tied with Florence Keefe ...
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