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Team Portsmouth
     GCAA' s team Portsmouth of the kindergarten division
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Xtreme Calm Hurricane And Slay Lady Dragons
      This past weekend, the Xtreme played their scheduled league match on Saturday and had a make up game on Sunday. The weekend was a huge success as the Xtreme won both their matches. On Saturday the team traveled to the "Field of Dreams" to play the East Meadow Hurricanes. The Xtreme handed the...
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Girl's Kindergarten Soccer Players Of The Week:
      Team 1/The Blueberries -Susan Bernhard and Jessica Yoo Team 2/The Yellow Lightning -Julia Bedeian and Kylie Tierney Team 3/The Friendly Frogs -Jamie Besendorf and Maya Rich Team 4/The Orange Rockets -Lilly Brennan and Maggie Mulvihill
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Centennial Girls Division III Players Of The Week: Nov 10th:
      Ireland:Scotland: The Whole TeamAll 11 girls, Nice Season !! Argentina:Sweden: Chelsea WoodSabrina Balsamo Caroline KaczynskiKeeley Scott Margot SchroederDelaney Sugrue New Zealand:England:
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2nd Grade Girls Centennial Soccer Players of The Week November 10th
      Team 1 Blue Skydivers Christina Giannone Delany Comerford Paige Accetta Team 2 Blueberries Alexa Pyatsky Caroline Adams Grace Lariviere Team 3 Tornados Catherine Conway
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GC Centennials 1st Grade Girls
      Players of the Week Team 1 Coach Armando Biscardi The Whole Team Team 2 Shamrocks The Whole Team Team 3 Orange Crush Julia Luciano Victoria Luciano Sarah Steck Team 4 Coach Danny Salsberg
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GCAA Boys 1st Grade Soccer
      Players Of The Week For November 3rd TEAM #1 White Tigers Chase Gladd Donald Byrne TJ Pratt TEAM #2 Orange Crush Timothy Curran Jason Derby Garret Zander TEAM #3 Blue Tsunamis
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Thunder 7 Soccer Team Completes Season
     The 7 year-old Thunder soccer team completed a successful season this past Saturday at St. Paul's field. The coaches were pleased with the boy's effort and improved skills. Pictures are: sitting from left: Peter Cannizzaro, Kevin Tierney, Lukas Baker, Liam Joyce, Mark Michon. Standing from left: ...
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Kindergarten Soccer Stars Celebrate End-Of-Season Victory
     The Garden City Athletic Association's Liverpool Team celebrated their final season game and victory celebration last Saturday (Nov. 10). Proudly displaying their trophies are, from left, kindergartners:James Klein and Chris Catalano, kneeling; and, in the rear, Michael Bereswill, Jack Thompson, Jak...
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Lacrosse Fall Ball Tournament
     On Saturday, October 13th a Lacrosse Fall Ball Tournament was held at Stony Brook University. Good friends and Co-Captains of the Garden City High School 2007 Country Champion Lacrosse team. Tim Harder, left and Terry Kennedy, right, met on the field for the first time as opponents. Both are now co...
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GC Rams Girl's Lacrosse 2008 Season
      Registration will take place during the month of November & December at Olympic Den, 676 Dogwood Avenue in Franklin Square (486-0975). Registration forms are available at Olympic Den Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call for holiday extended hours. Registration forms are also av...
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Garden City's Good Sports
     The community of Garden City is bursting with pride as the girls U-11 Lions soccer team was presented with a 2007 Sportsmanship Award from the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL). The team was recognized by the Long Island Junior Soccer League's Sportsmanship Committee for their outstanding Sp...
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Garden City Basketball - More Clinics
      Friday Night Lights will have its second session on Friday November 16th 7:30pm - 9:30pm at Stewart School. "Friday Night Lights - Streetball" is our Boys 7th thru 10th Grade program. You must be registered and may do so at the door upon arrival.
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U-11 GC Warriors Defeat Massapequa 2-0
      The GC Warriors faced off against friendly rivals Massapequa USA this past Saturday. The teams were closely matched, but skillful footwork and clean passing by the Warriors allowed them to repeatedly capture the ball from their opponents and move it into their own offensive zone.
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GC Shock East Meadow Stingrays
      The GC Shock, GU10, defeated the second place East Meadow Stingrays last week-end in a come from behind victory by a score of 2 to 1 to clinch first place in the Nassau Central division of the Long Island Junior Soccer League.
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Girl's "Force" Remains Unbeaten
      The Garden City Girls U-10 Force kept their unbeaten streak alive last Saturday with a hard fought 3-3 tie against the powerful Plainview Old Bethpage Wildfire. With two games remaining in the season, the Force has proven themselves to be a real contender to battle for top spot in their divi...
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Thunder 9 Maroon In NCYFL A-League Play-Off
      The Thunder 9 Maroon boys made it to the 1st round of the NCYFL 9-yr.-old "A" Division Playoffs, taking on a very tough and very big Farmingdale squad. Despite the 19-6 loss, the Thunder boys (and their parents) are holding their heads high, proud that they got this far.
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Centennials Donate Soccer Balls To Iraqi Children
      Last weekend, the Garden City Centennial Soccer Club, in conjunction with GCAA, collected over 500 donated soccer balls to be distributed by members of the U.S. armed forces to children in Iraq. The ball drive was in response to requests from Thomas Ryder, U.S. Army; Ralph Dengeler, U.S. Mari...
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Flash Shut Out East Meadow To Go 8-0
      On November 10, the GU10 Garden City Flash continued their undefeated, untied run, beating the East Meadow Sapphires 4-0 at St Paul's.Once again, the weather was forbidding, but this time the rain held off and field conditions held up. The Flash controlled the game throughout, moving the ba...
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First Grade Red Dragons
      The Red Dragons took to the field on a cold, but sunny Saturday to finish off their Fall soccer season. The boys enjoyed learning many new soccer skills this season while they worked with coaches Jeff Coyle, Dan Reddington, and Patrick Manley. The parents are so thankful for the time these ...
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Fireballs Tie Two - Clinch Title
      The girls had a doubleheader weekend this past week - a rescheduled match on Saturday against the Valley Stream Lib-erty and the regularly scheduled match on Sunday against the Commack Spirit. The Fireballs came away with two hard fought ties and remained undefeated heading into their last m...
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GC Thunder Halaby "C" 11's Complete Storybook Season
      The Laws of Physics tells us that when a finely engineered Volkswagen Jetta meets a finely engineered Lincoln Navigator head on the bigger and heavier Navigator will come out on top. The same rule of nature holds true in football.
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Patriettes On A Roll
      The Garden City Patriettes, trying to clinch a top spot in their division, came out strong against Levittown this week end. The Patriettes dominated the first half, using speed and ball control to keep the ball in the opponent's end. Levittown could not get past the midfield, thanks to the fo...
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Trojans Girls Volleyball Takes Home Nassau Class A Title
      For the first time in the history of Garden City girls volleyball, the Trojans took home the Nassau County Class A championship trophy after defeating No.1 West Hempstead 3-2 on November 8th at Hofstra University. Kaitlyn Olsen was key in Game 5 with five kills and two blocks as Garden ...
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Trojans Beat Carey, Play Lawrence Friday For Title
By Jake White
      After trouncing Carey, 33-14, in the Conference II football semifinal at Hofstra's Shuart Stadium last Friday in what was unquestionably their best performance of the year; the Garden City Trojans will play a re-match with top-seeded Lawrence for the Conference Championship. Kickoff is sche...
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Men's Summer Softball Championship
      The 2006 Men's Summer Softball Championship was contested on October 2, 2007 pitting Leo's Melkonian against the Tin Alley Grill Thunder. The Thunder were victorious, sweeping the series in 2 straight games. The Thunder have a team history dating back almost two decades, with six of the...
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State Handball Team Seeks Players
      Two newly created teams to play the international sport of team handball against other teams in the New York metropolitan area as well as across the United States and subsequently seek roster positions on the United States National Team are scheduled to begin holding tryouts this month in Gar...
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Village Sports
children's swim lessons announced
      The Garden City Recreation Department will be conducting children's swimming lessons for Village residents at the Adelphi University Swimming Pool in Woodruff Hall on Saturday mornings. Your child must be six years of age by the start of the program to participate. The classes will begin Sa...
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Varsity Field Hockey Wins LI Title
      They've done it again! After 61 straight wins, Garden City's varsity field hockey team has won the Long Island Class B title and is headed to Syracuse to defend their state championship crown. The playoff road to Syracuse began with a first round bye, followed by a 5-0 Nassau semi fina...
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Scotland Girls Div III Soccer First Place
     Congratulations to Team Scotland for an undefeated, first place finish in the Centennial Girls Div III Fall season 2007. The girls put in maximum effort, focused on learning and not comparing themselves to other players, and discovered that mistakes are OK to make. Nice Job Team Scotland !! Front r...
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