I was shocked to see myself in the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch last summer. I wasn’t literally in the newspaper, but I saw myself reflected in the parents profiled in the brilliant investigative piece “Children may be vulnerable in $5 billion youth-sports industry: Parents and athletes feel the pressure to compete at all costs” (Aug. 29, 2010).
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12/1/11
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Less than a minute after replacing an injured Christina Klaum in the fourth overtime of Sunday’s New York State Class A girls’ soccer championship game, Katie Ford delivered the title-winning goal for South Side.
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Tony Bellissimo
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11/20/11
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Junior Meghan Hines scored 1:04 into golden-goal overtime to give South Side a 3-2 victory over Division in the Nassau Class A girls' soccer championship game.
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Tony Bellissimo
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11/15/11
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Sophomore Christina Klaum scored her ninth goal of the postsesaon to lift South Side over Islip for the L.I. Class A girls' soccer title.
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Eric Holden
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11/13/11
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Calhoun Colts goalie Alissa Battaglia saved 19 shots on goal in the Class AA final Wednesday night, but the MacArthur Generals found the back of the net three times in their shutout victory. The 3-0 loss ended the Colts’ undefeated season, but coach Lori Biscardi said she was proud of how far her team came — knocking off top-seeded Farmingdale en route to the championship and boasting the second-leading scorer in the county –– Kristina Gandolfo, who netted 21 goals this fall.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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11/11/11
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South Side sophomore Christina Klaum continued her hot scoring with the only goal in last Saturday’s Nassau Class A girls’ soccer semifinal playoff victory over defending county champion Garden City at Tully Park.
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Tony Bellissimo
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11/9/11
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After splitting one-goal games during the regular season, Conference A-II girls’ soccer champion Island Trees and runner-up Clarke had another back-and-forth battle in the first round of the Nassau Class A playoffs decided by the slimmest of margins.
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Tony Bellissimo
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11/9/11
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The Calhoun Colts girls’ soccer team knocked off the Mepham Pirates 2-1 in overtime on Friday to earn a hard-won spot in the Nassau County AA Championship. The Lady Colts, ranked No. 9, face No. 2 MacArthur in the finals.
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Deirdre Krasula
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11/7/11
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West Hempstead hung around for a half, but in the end Mineola was just too much on the soccer pitch in last Friday's Nassau Class A boys' soccer first-round playoff game.
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Andrew McClure
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11/2/11
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Senior Kristina Gandolfo’s two goals and sophomore keeper Alissa Battaglia’s 15 saves secured the ninth-seeded Lady Colts’ 2-1 overtime win over No. 1 Farmingdale and a spot in Friday’s semifinals against No. 4 Mepham.
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Deirdre Krasula
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11/1/11
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