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We all knew that this volleyball season would be a little different due to COVID-19. On Monday, March 15 we began to appreciate why we are sticklers about mask wearing, ball sanitation and separate practices for varsity and junior varsity. The Greenport/Southold team was scheduled to play us, but the team has been hit with a positive COVID test, and they are out of action for two weeks. Just two days previously the teams had traveled to Sag Harbor to play the Pierson Whalers. JUNIOR VARSITY JV squads often face a much steeper learning curve than varsity squads. Position specialization and the...
On March 1, the fall sports season started. Yes, fall sports in March. It was hard to tell who was happiest during the volleyball team’s first practice. Coaches Cindy Belt and Laura Mayo had been waiting a long time for this moment, as well as the 25 athletes who came out for the team. Similar to basketball and cheerleading, athletes and coaches face mandatory weekly COVID tests, and daily temperature checks and attestation sheets which certify that everyone in the gym has been adhering to safe protocols. On Monday, March 8, the first volleyball competition in over 15 months was held in the...
The Shelter Island High School girls varsity basketball team. Back row, from left: Mackenzie Speece, Mary Gennari, Valeria Reyes, Lydia Shepherd, Dayla Reyes, Annabella Springer, Francis Regan and Coach Brian Springer. Front row, from left: Kaitlyn Gulluscio, Madison Springer, Sophie Clark and Angelina Rice. (Courtesy photo) Well, that was fast. The basketball season, cut short by COVID-19 restrictions, wrapped up at the end of February, just one month after it started. However, judging from the smiles and laughter from the Shelter Island girls varsity basketball team, ...
The Daily Jeffersonian A desire to keep area youth physically fit and active while honing basic basketball skills led to the creation of Hickman Fitness by Shawn and Emily Hickman. Hickman Fitness is conducting basketball classes on Saturdays and physical fitness classes on Sunday for students in grades 2 to 6 at the Cambridge Armory — and Shawn and Emily hope that's just the start. "If there is a demand, we are willing to give our time and help those kids who are willing to get out there and get better," said Shawn. "And, they are having so much fun, they don't even realize they are gettin...