All Entries Tagged With: "Basketball"
Lawrence Basketball Team Honored by County Coaches
The Lawrence Golden Tornadoes boys varsity basketball team was among several teams and players awarded several honors at a dinner held by the Nassau County Coaches Basketball Association on Wednesday evening at the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale. From left to right, Coach Joseph Supple was awarded Conference Coach of the Year, senior Kwadyo Agyapong was named [...]
DRS, Final Five Towns Playoff Team, Falls to SAR Sting, 58-51
By Scott P. Moore After four other Five Towns high school basketball teams fell before reaching their leagues’ finals, the Davis Renov Stahler (DRS) Yeshiva High School Wildcats were the lone team standing – just three wins away from a championship. But the victory was not to be, as the number eight seeded Wildcats fell [...]
Hewlett’s Basketball Stars and Coach Reflect on Best Season in Years
By JONATHAN WALTER Despite coming off of a loss to South Side in the semi-finals of the Nassau County Boys Basketball Championships, Hewlett Boys Basketball enjoyed one of their most successful seasons in the past 25 years. They last enjoyed a successful season in 2006 when they finished their league season at 6-1 with [...]
LHS Hoops Ended Season 16-3 and 10-0 in Conference Play
By Scott P. Moore Standard Staff Reporter The Lawrence Golden Tornadoes rode high all season, easily besting many of their previous seasons with a 16-3 overall record, including a perfect 10-0 season run in conference play. Behind the defense-first ideals of new Coach Joseph Supple, the boys’ basketball team soared to new heights. Junior Eddie [...]
DRS Wildcats Heading for Battle in The Bronx
By Scott P. Moore Standard Staff Reporter Woodmere’s Davis Renov Stahler (DRS) Yeshiva High School Wildcats have had a heck of a year – riding a 11-4 league season and standing tall at 17-6 overall, the boys have pushed and persevered throughout the season and have made it to this upcoming week’s matchup against Salanter [...]
DRS Wildcats Deplume HAFTR Hawks, 73-52
By Scott P. Moore Standard Staff Reporter The DRS Wildcats lived up to their motto and protected their house, downing local yeshiva rival, the HAFTR Hawks, 73-52, at home to advance to the next round of the Yeshiva Basketball Playoffs. The first quarter began with both teams trading leads back and forth – DRS led [...]
February 24th Editorial: Speaking of Sports
There used to be a very popular weekend TV sports show called “ABC’s Wide World of Sports,” where the narrator intoned over inspiring background music about “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.” The aforementioned “agony” was voiced over a shot of a skier wiping out off an alpine jump. It is a [...]
Hewlett Bulldogs Come Up Big to Advance to Semi-Finals
The Bulldogs played their best basketball of the season in their first two playoff games, defeating Bethpage on Friday, then Roslyn on Wednesday. Text and Photos By JONATHAN WALTER The Hewlett Bulldogs are going to the semi-finals after defeating the other Bulldogs of Roslyn in the second round of the playoffs, 61-46 at Hewlett High [...]
Great Neck North Upsets Top Seeded Lawrence, 55-51
By Scott P. Moore Standard Staff Reporter This is not how the postseason was expected to end for Lawrence. Number one ranked Lawrence was upset in the second round of the Class A playoffs by the number eight seeded Great Neck North Blazers, 55-51, after a year in which the Golden Tornadoes had their best [...]
Hewlett Wins Big, 65-38, over Bethpage to Move to Next Playoff Round
The Hewlett Bulldogs saved their best performance of the year for the first game of the playoffs, as they beat the Bethpage Golden Eagles 65-38 to move on to the second round. The Bulldogs ran away with it early as they played with the kind of offensive cohesion that was missing during the regular season. [...]
Huge Fourth Quarter Carries Lawrence Past Sewanhaka, 55-31
By Scott P. Moore After three close quarters of back-and-forth play, a huge 23 point fourth quarter carried the number one ranked Lawrence Golden Tornadoes (16-2) past the number sixteen ranked Sewanhaka Indians (4-14) in the opening round of the Nassau County Class A Boys Basketball Championship. The Indians, outscored by over 40 points in [...]
Bulldogs Mosey into Victory to End Regular Season
By JONATHAN WALTER The Hewlett Bulldogs ended their season on somewhat of a high note as they head into the playoffs, defeating the Levittown Division Blue Dragons 57-49. The Bulldogs played without much energy as they slogged toward a certain victory. Hewlett played with a lack of offensive cohesion throughout the game, but was [...]
