In what’s become an era of specialization, the three-sport high school athlete is a dying breed, albeit far from extinct. Finding a three-sport varsity head coach is much more difficult, but they do exist.
With all due respect to those pulling triple duty in cross-country, winter track and field, and spring track and field in what seems like every school in the Herald’s coverage area, coaching three entirely different sports put Baldwin’s Darius Burton, East Rockaway’s Joe Lores, Long Beach’s T.J. Burke and West Hempstead’s Chris Van Kovics in select company.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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7/5/12
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A full court press against cancer
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Shootout Cancer, a non-profit organization which raises funds to assist those battling cancer, hosted its fifth annual basketball event on June 16 at Lawrence High School in Cedarhurst to raise money for families afflicted by the disease. Participants donated $10 and enjoyed basketball activities and competitions while spectators donated $5 to the cause.
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7/5/12
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It is finally summer time again. Our lockers are cleaned out, our summer addresses are exchanged, and our summer tans are already in the making. After a long and busy school year, Hewlett High School students could not be any happier about the upcoming months of summertime.
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Emily Hagen
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6/28/12
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Lawrence celebrates the class of 2012
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On June 25, 239 students graduated from Lawrence’s class of 2012.
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6/28/12
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Saying goodbye to Hewlett’s class of 2012
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At the June 21 Hewlett High School graduation ceremony at the C.W. Post Tilles Center, 280 graduates received their diplomas, marking an end to one chapter and the beginning of another.
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6/28/12
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Samuel Sussman is the valedictorian and Ozioma Uwazurike is the salutatorian for Lawrence High School’s class of 2012.
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6/20/12
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Valedictorian Helaina Regen-Tuero and salutatorian David Kaufman are the two top students for the class of 2012 at Hewlett High School.
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6/7/12
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Hewlett High School students were given a taste of the real world as they spent the last year of their high school careers at an internship or conducting a project. Completed Senior Experience work was presented at the third annual Senior Year Fair on June 1.
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By Ann Friedman
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6/7/12
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Renowned artist Max Ferguson, a Woodmere native and Lawrence High School graduate (class of 1976), was interviewed live on NBC New York Nightly News with Chuck Scarborough on Tuesday, June 5 at about 7:20 p.m.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/4/12
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The current atmosphere in the halls of Hewlett High School is very different from that of just a few weeks ago.
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By Emily Hagen
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5/24/12
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