Monday, May 14, 2012
Marine win sets up date with Plainedge at Hofstra.
The Long Beach boys lacrosse team have made it to Hofstra in every year of head coach Jim Kasper's tenure, and this season will be no different. The Marines' 9-6 victory over the Lynbrook Owls on Friday night at Long Beach Middle School sent Long Beach back to the Nassau Class B quarterfinals. "That's our goal every year," Kasper said of playing at Hofstra during the playoffs. As the first half wound down, it looked like the Marines would sail to the Hofstra date. Connor Sofield's second goal of the evening gave Long Beach a 4-1 lead with 5:58 left in the second quarter. The goal was Long Beach's fourth unanswered score after Lynbrook had taken an early 1-0 lead. The Owls managed to grab two more goals near the end of second quarter but …
Friday, May 4, 2012
Iron Gate Cares Foundation brings "Let It Go" Campaign to MLK Center.
A parent whose child committed suicide and a young adult who tried to commit suicide will speak at the Martin Luther King Center May 5 in order to spread awareness and understanding about this serious issue. The occasion is the Iron Gate Cares Foundation’s “Let It Go” campaign that educates young people and parents about prevention of teen suicide, an event that comes days before National Prevention Week (May 20-26). While Iron Gate typically conducts various charity events from toy drives to candle walks and brings its speakers to Long Island schools, Saturday’s event, from 3 to 8 p.m., will be the first of its kind for the foundation. Iron Gate and One Man Army Marketing & Promotions will present the Long Island Celebrity Charity …
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Danny Kreyman, a junior, will be heading with his team to the ACC Championships.
In his third season with the Wake Forest University men’s tennis team, junior Danny Kreyman, a Long Beach native, continues to assist his team in both doubles and singles, while keeping up with his classes as an economics major. He will head with his team to the ACC Championships, according to Wake Forest University’s newspaper, The Old Gold and Black. Kreyman takes the top two singles positions, in addition to his doubles play with sophomore partner Adam Lee. He was initially drawn to Wake Forest because of its academic reputation and “better athletic competition.” Wanting to attend a strong academic school, Kreyman said that tennis helped him “get into a better school than my grades alone.” Kreyman added his opinion on how tennis is …
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Will lead SMU in Big East Conference.
Long Beach native and longtime NBA coach Larry Brown has return to coaching college hoops after nearly a quarter century. A graduated from Long Beach High School, Brown on Monday was introduced as the men’s basketball coach as SMU, the Dallas school that has not won an NCAA tournament game since Brown won a national title at Kansas in 1988, according to the Associated Press. About his return to coaching, the 71-year-old Brown said: "When I look in the mirror, I get kind of scared. But inside, I feel like I can do this forever." In December 2010, Brown resigned from his post as the head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats. The Hall of Fame coach has more than 1,100 career wins and is one of the all-time greats in league history. He played ball …
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
48-year-old Jacki Munzel eyes the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Fifteen seconds stands between Jacki Munzel and the Winter Olympic trials. But the speed skater from Long Beach faces roadblocks: her age and, unlike her dominant Dutch counterparts, the inability to train regularly at a regulation-sized oval. “I’m skating against people that are skating six days a week and I’m not,” said Munzel, who at 48-years-old has returned to the ice after hitting a barrier. Her fastest time in the 3,000 meters is 4:32, but to qualify for the trials possibly as late as one month before the Olympics in Sochi, Russia in February 2014, she must shave her time down to 4:17. Instead of trekking 300 miles to the nearest oval in Lake Placid, Munzel trains daily either at her West End home on a Plexiglas slide board to …
Monday, April 16, 2012
"Stacked" shows at surfing festival Friday.
“Stacked,” a documentary about Point Lookout pro surfer Balaram Stack, was one of four films that were scheduled to debut at Surf Movie Night, a surfing film festival held at Long Beach Cinema on April 13. Directed by Patrick Cummings and E.J. McLeavey-Fisher, the 15-minute documentary depicts what it was like for Stack, then 19, to go up against all odds and compete with some of the world’s best surfers, including then 10-time champion Kelly Slater, at the Quicksilver Pro New York held in Long Beach last September. Leading up to the festival on Friday night, News 12 featured a segment about the documentary [paid link]. The festival, a collaboration between Long Beach Surfers Association (LBSA) and SMASH (Surf, Movies, Art, Shaping and …
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Long Beach Recreation Department wraps up its hoops season.
The Long Beach Recreation basketball season wrapped up recently and both boys and girls teams can claim the title of champions. In the Pee Wee Girls division, the Sea Wolves, coached by Beth Mercante, faced the Scarlet Knights, coached by Eamon Mchale and Ed Imberman. At the end of the third quarter the Scarlet Knights held a 13 to 11 advantage, but in the fourth quarter the Sea Wolves poured it on with eight points to win the game 19 to 15. In the Pee Wee Boys division, the Terrapins, coached by Paige Bettineschi, battled it out with the Friars coached by Ashley Passaro and Mallory Notholt. The Friars played outstanding throughout the game but just fell short in the end against the undefeated Terrapins. The Final score was 26 to 21 in …
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Long Beach Surfers Association to host movie festival at Long Beach Cinema.
While Quiksilver will not stage its international surf competion in Long Beach again this year, the positive vibes from last summer’s event will live on at a theater near you. Surf Movie Night, a surfing film festival, kicks off at Long Beach Cinema at 8 p.m. on April 13, thanks to a collaboration between Long Beach Surfers Association (LBSA) and SMASH (Surf, Movies, Art, Shaping and History). The festival will include four documentaries by local film makers: “Lapsed Catholics: What The Surf Magazines Don’t Tell You,” “By The Way,” “Couch Tour” and “Stacked,” a filme about Point Lookout pro surfer Balaram Stack. Will Hallett, LBSA board member, encourages anyone and everyone, surfers and non-surfers alike, to attend what he bills as a …
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
LBHS players winning state honors in hockey, wrestling, swimming and track recognized at Winter Sports Awards Night.
There was much to celebrate at Long Beach High School’s Winter Sports Awards Night, with players winning state honors in hockey, wrestling, swimming and track, on March 14. The hockey team clinched the state championship for the second year in a row on their home ice, beating Cleveland Hills in a 5-0 shutout in the final game of the playoffs. Goalie Harris Pittinsky was named the MVP of the state championship and was also named to the Newsday All-Long Island team. Three-time All-State wrestler Dylan Palacio won the state championship in the 160-lb. weight class. He is the tenth wrestler to earn this distinction in the school’s history. This four-time All-American finished off his final season with a 41-0 record. Over the course of his …
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Long Beach wrestling standout pins counterpart from New Jersey.
The match featured two undefeated state champions and the wrestler from Long Beach emerged victories. Dylan Palacio, the Long Beach senior wracked up a 41-0 record and won a Division I state wrestling title last month, pinned undefeated New Jersey state champion Raamiah Bethea of Trenton Central at the New York / New Jersey All-Star Wrestling Challenge at Clarkstown South High on Sunday. Wrestling at 152 pounds, Palacio had the only pin and earned Most Outstanding Wrestler honors as the Long Island contingent went 5-1 and New York held on for the 27-23 win, according to Newsday. Palacio said: "I got the rush before the match. I knew the match would be straight doubles, everything he had. I have great defense. We fought and fought, and it …
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