It was 10 years in the making, but the Lynbrook/East Rockaway 11u Little League team did it. They won the Williamsport District 30 championship last July, and now they have a new honor to add to their list: accolades from Lynbrook village officials.
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By Jake Pellegrino
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8/31/22
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East Rockaway resident Charlie “The Cannibal” Campbell has won the majority of his fights in his professional career, but his victory on Dec. 17 in Atlantic City was even more special because it was the first time his grandfather was in attendance to see him compete.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/13/22
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For the first time in more than a year, Charlie “The Cannibal” Campbell had a mixed martial arts fight in front of fans, where he improved his professional record to 3-1 with a victory.
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By Mike Smollins
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4/22/21
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Nicholas Yika-Cuadra, of Island Park, took a step toward his dream of representing the United States in the Junior Olympics last month when he became a national champion and qualified to compete for Team USA in the Pan American Karate Championships, which take place later this month in Ecuador.
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By Mike Smollins
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8/15/19
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KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — Picture this: 40 years of swimming 2.4 miles, while being inadvertently kicked, punched, elbowed and slapped. Forty years of biking 112 miles with the Hawaiian heat Gods pulling your body through physical agony. And 40 years of running a 26.2-mile marathon with this left in the body’s reserve tank — nothing.
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By Brian T. Dessart
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10/16/18
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Last Saturday night, NYCB Live at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum welcomed the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) for the first time in history. The long-anticipated event drew a crowd of 11,198, compiled a gate of more than $1 million, and saw five Long Island-born fighters compete on a card headlined by former middleweight champ Chris Weidman of Baldwin.
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By J.D. Freda
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7/24/17
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A Franklin Square restaurant will compete at the National Buffalo Wing Festival in the upstate city of that name on Saturday. Brews Brothers Grille owners Michael Weinberg and Brian Clermont will …
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By Steve Smirti
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8/31/16
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Plenty of children spend their time sword-fighting, but not many turn their child’s play into a real-life passion. For Sam Moelis, a 17-year-old Lynbrook High School junior, it has become not just …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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4/15/15
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One of Lynbrook’s own took home the hardware earlier this month, as Ally Fitzgerald won the New York Wrestling Association for Youth State Championship, held at Itacha College on March 15.
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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4/8/15
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When the octagon door closed at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 6, one man, Dhiego Lima, stood between Freeport’s Eddie “Truck” Gordon and the opportunity of a lifetime — a six-figure contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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By Steve Siniski
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7/16/14
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