Category: Sports

Long Island Marathon finishes strong at Eisenhower Park

By Lara Rydesky Spirits were high when the Jovia Long Island Marathon stepped off the morning of May 5 as more than 2,000 runners took off down Park Boulevard, cutting through Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. Horns blared and Mötley Crüe’s “Kickstart My Heart” blasted into the overcast morning air, sending off the runners as […]

Citi Field offers upgrades for 2024 Mets season

By Julia Cavanagh Updated lighting, new food, a dance team – oh my! The buzz in the air could’ve been opening-day excitement, or maybe people were talking about the rainbow cookie eggroll. The Mets hosted their annual “New In” event on March 21, about a week ahead of the of Mets’ season opener at Citi […]

Ward Melville dominates Newfield in Suffolk AAA quarterfinals

By Nick Mongiovi The roof of the Newfield High School gymnasium Feb. 21 was practically blown off by the pregame warmup music and spirited basketball fans. That didn’t stop the Ward Melville Patriots from coming into Newfield’s house and beating the Wolverines 62-38 in the Suffolk AAA quarterfinals. Ward Melville dominated in all facets of […]

Sorelle Ineza counting down her Hofstra b-ball days

By Amanda Mechell After spending nearly five years playing for the Hofstra Pride, Sorella Ineza said she wanted to finish her final season and semester with a slam dunk.  Originally from Montreal, Canada, Ineza has played basketball for 15 years, starting at age 10. Ineza’s mother also played basketball when she was younger and told […]

Dominican Winter League rivals face off at Citi Field

By Aaron Diaz Citi Field hosted the first-ever Dominican Winter League series between rivals Tigres of Licey and Aguilas de Cibaenas from Nov. 10-12 last year. Many Dominican fans rushed to buy tickets after the three-game exhibition was announced in early June. The rivalry stretches back to the creation of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball […]

L.I. Warriors bring hockey to children’s museum

By Julia Cavanagh The Long Island Warriors organization is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization that helps both active and retired military and their families. On Dec. 9 last year, members of the Warriors were at the Long Island Children’s Museum to teach children about hockey with a “sock hockey” clinic. The museum had the “snowflake skating […]

Sisterhood is a hop, skip and a jump away in Uniondale

By Yaw Bonsu On June 19, 2019, Yocana Orange noted the rise in obesity rates in recent years and decided to try and change the stats by gathering a group to take part in double Dutch jumprope, a national sport in which participants must step in sync as they keep ahead of a whirling rope, […]

Westbury district renames high school track in coach’s honor

By Joe Morreale The Westbury Board of Education honored Donald Ross, the varsity track head coach for 41 years, following his recent retirement from the district by renaming the track in his honor over the 2023 Homecoming weekend in October. “I’m trying to make a way for these kids to get out of Westbury and […]

Pride hockey players run through their paces, fog or no fog

By Ian Behnke The Hofstra Ice Hockey Club held practice at the Freeport Recreation Center in early October, when warm weather met cold ice, causing fog to settle over team members as they ran through their drills. After a strong start to the season, including a win at the Inaugural Burning Leaves Tournament in Lake […]

Hofstra women’s rugby — more than a team, a family

By Elisabeth Ford The Hofstra University Women’s Rugby Football Club is packing up as the season comes to an end, but not before bringing their A-game to their matches, tournaments and especially practice. Club member Sarah Purschke said the team’s effort paid off this fall. “This season was a game changer for us. We really […]

Brazilian jiu-jitsu gym owner’s redemption story lifts others

By Yaw Bonsu At 16, Joe Thompson was couch surfing. Some nights, he’d pick the lock of his parents’ car and sleep in the backseat. “They struggled so much that they fought and they were abusive,” Thompson said. “My mom was abusive — verbally abusive, physically abusive at times.” Thompson went from being homeless to […]