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Local athlete becomes 1st Black woman to win individual fencing medal for USA
A local athlete has made history at the Paris Olympics.Lauren Scruggs, who was born in Queens, won silver and became the first Black woman from the United States to win an individual medal in a women's fencing event.Not only is Scruggs an Olympic medalist, but she is also a student at Harvard University.She says her upbringing and balancing her athletic and academic life have helped her when she competes.The 21-year-old says she wants others to see her win as an opportunity to break barriers."Just growing up in the environment has made me a solid fencer because of those hardships, and...
Paris Olympian among 25 new inductees into Nassau High School sports hall of fame
Greater Rockville Centre coverage is funded in part by Toast Coffee + Kitchen, now open in Long Beach. Click here to visit the website. In Paris, Rockville Centre’s Crystal Dunn is striving to help lead the U.S. women’s soccer team earn a Gold Medal at the 2024 Olympics. Back home, the legendary South Side High School phenom this week is among the 25 new inductees into the Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame.
Legislator Drucker Honors Plainview Old-Bethpage JFK’s Flag Football State Champs
Nassau County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview) recently joined the leaders of the Plainview Old-Bethpage School District and his colleagues in government in congratulating the Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School’s girls flag football team for capturing the New York State championship. The season also marked the ladies’ second consecutive Long Island Class A championship.
ANOTHER HONOR: Smithtown’s Flores awarded Cortlandt ODP College scholarship
Diego Flores earned two college scholarships this summer. (Photo courtesy of ENYYSA) Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association has announced that one of its longtime Olympic Development Program players, Diego Flores, has received a scholarship through the Cortlandt ODP College Scholarship Program. The Cortlandt Soccer Club funded this scholarship. At...
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