Play Golf with PGA Pro Joe Laurentino at Mill Neck’s 5th Annual ‘Spring Swing’

Attend Mill Neck Family’s Fifth Annual Spring Swing Invitational Golf Tournament, to be held at the North Hills Country Club in Manhasset on Thursday, June 16, and meet golf pro, author and 2011 MET PGA Teacher of the Year Joe Laurentino. The PGA legend will join attendees at this year’s tournament, which is sponsored by the Ned. J. Giordano Foundation, Inc. Laurentino will play golf and speak at the Champions Dinner. Entries are limited to the first 25 men’s, ladies’ or mixed foursomes.

Eighth Annual Heart and Sole 5k Run/Walk To Benefit Plainview and Syosset Hospitals

Runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes from all over Long Island and beyond are cordially invited to come to Plainview on Sunday morning, July 10 for the 8th annual edition of the Heart and Sole 5 Kilometer Run/ Walk. The event will once again be starting and finishing at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School, on Central Park Road and Southern Parkway in Plainview, starting at 9 a.m.

The net proceeds of this event will go to benefit the Plainview/Syosset Scholarship Fund for local students considering a career in a medically related field. This year’s race will be conducted in honor of local emergency medical teams and other first responders.

SYAC Girls Softball Launches Spring Season

The SYAC Girls Softball Spring season got off to a roaring start on April 27, with the season’s first games played all around Syosset. Despite cool temperatures and a touch of fog, spirits were high as the national anthem was sung and the first ball was thrown out at Syosset-Woodbury Park for the opening game in the SYAC Senior League.

Jericho Athletic Association Seeking Applications for Board of Directors

Persons who reside in the Jericho School district who are interested in serving as members of the board of directors of the Jericho Athletic Association (JAA) or as a member of one of the sports committees are invited to apply by written application, to be emailed to Joel Sweetbaum, president of the JAA, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The application should contain the applicant’s name and address as well as a brief statement setting forth why the applicant is interested in serving on the JAA Board or sports committee.

Syosset Spartans Have Outstanding Day at Connecticut Lacrosse Tournament

The Syosset Spartans, Syosset Youth Lacrosse’s (Sylax) boy’s travel lacrosse teams played in the Simsbury Shootout Lacrosse Tournament in Simsbury, Connecticut on the weekend of May 8. There are 4 Spartans teams made up of Syosset School District residents who tried out for this highly competitive level of lacrosse. All of the teams had an excellent experience and were led by the fifth-grade Red team, which went undefeated and won the fifth/sixth-grade division.

Jericho Baseball Team Three Loses a Nail-Biter to Westbury

On Saturday, April 30, Jericho Team Three played Westbury in the 9 and 10-year-old Gold Division at Westbury Water Park Field. Jericho grabbed an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on hits by Ian Gerber, Sagar Sethi, and Michael Wexler. However, the lead was short-lived as Westbury tied the game in their half of the first and took a 4-2 lead with single runs in the next two innings.

Free Playing Time at Eisenhower Park Driving Range on May 7

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced that the county is teaming up with the Salisbury Golf & Learning Center and the Metropolitan PGA to sponsor four hours of free playing time at the Eisenhower Park driving range on Saturday, May 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Jericho Continues to Expand Sports Program for Students With Special Needs

The Jammin’ Jayhawks proudly completed their third basketball season last month at Seaman Elementary School. This non-competitive sports program was established in 2009 by the Jericho Athletic Association and was initially organized by Jericho High School seniors Alex and Nicole Ripka along with their sister Danielle, who is a junior.  

Jericho Community Celebrates JAA Little League Opening Day

On Saturday, April 9 under a clear blue sky, the Jericho Athletic Association’s (JAA) Little League baseball and softball season kicked off with opening day festivities at Lynch Field at Merry Lane.

All of the baseball and softball players, from kindergarteners through high school students, arrived at the Milleridge Inn parking lot at 10:45 a.m., proudly wearing their baseball uniforms, for the start of the annual opening day JAA Baseball Parade. The Jericho High School varsity baseball players, along with Coach O’Shea, marched alongside the Little Leaguers.

Syosset Basketball League’s ‘Shock’ Named Fifth/Sixth Grade Champions

Prior to the season’s playoffs, the Syosset Baseball League Shock went 7(wins) and 3(losses), with their wins averaging 10 points over their opponents.  Each of the girls routinely attended weekly practices over the five-month season, improving their skills and growing as individual players and as a team as whole.  The championship game, which took place on Wednesday, March 23, was a great match-up against second place “Team Dream,” coached by Evan Friedman. At the end of regulation time, both teams had done such a tremendous job on defense that the score was tied at 14-14. In the end, the Shock scored one last basket in overtime and held off Team Dream for a final score at the buzzer of 16-14.