Register Now For Fall JAA Baseball and Soccer Programs

Due to the community’s desire for an 8-year-old baseball program, the following age group is invited to Jericho Athletic Association (JAA) evaluations scheduled for Friday, June 8 and Tuesday, June 12.

If your child was born between May 1, 2003 through Apr. 30, 2004, he is eligible for this evaluation. Players, based upon their evaluation, may be added to the 9-year-old travel team if roster positions are available. Additionally, for those 8-year-old baseball players who are not offered positions on the 9-year-old travel team, there will be an 8-year-old developmental baseball team that will play in NJBL in the fall and spring.

SYAC Girls Softball Holds All-Star Game

Top players selected from the junior and senior divisions of SYAC Girls Softball faced off on Saturday, May 26, in an exciting all-star game, played at Syosset-Woodbury Park. The game, which ended in an 11-11 tie, was held in conjunction with the Syosset Baseball Annual Brian Murphy Memorial All Star Tournament.

Jericho Students Recognized As Scholar Athletes

The New York State Public High Schools Athletic Association named the Jericho High School Varsity Football Team New York State Scholar Athlete Team Champions.

Syosset High School Baseball Players Give Back

This spring, the Syosset High School Baseball Team had the opportunity to help with the Long Island Special Olympics Spring Games, held at Huntington High School. As the athletes entered the field for opening ceremonies the players were there to welcome them and cheer them on. Throughout the day, the players were assigned to escort the athletes to their track events. The players supported the athletes during each race by applauding and then congratulating them at the finish line. Finally, they escorted the athletes to receive their awards. Pictured, the Syosset High School baseball players and coaches had a rewarding day.

SBA To Hold Brian Murphy 2012 Memorial Day All-Star Games And Picnic

Syosset Baseball Association’s (SBA) traditional Memorial Weekend All-Star games will be held on Saturday, May 26 at Syosset-Woodbury Community Park. The day will start off with an 8:30 a.m. 8-year-old division All-Star game, followed by the A division (9-year-old) game at 10:45 a.m.

A 1 p.m. game will feature the AA Division (10-year-old) players followed by a 3:15 p.m. Major League Division game. In the major league game, the first pitch will be thrown by Deacon Murphy whose son, Brian, an SBA player, died from an illness several years ago; the games are named in his honor.

Big Finish For RunNassau Series At Eisenhower Park

Bradley Raxenberg of Woodbury makes it three for four

Twenty-three-year-old Bradley Raxenberg of Woodbury scored his third overall win over the four-race RunNassau Series, smoking the field at the Eisenhower Park 4-miler with a 22:03 finish, 51 seconds in front of his nearest challenger, 43-year-old John Kane of Levittown, who was the first masters finisher at Eisenhower Park.

New Jersey’s Patricia Brims solidified her hold on the overall women’s series championship with a 25:52 win at Eisenhower, notwithstanding a strong effort by runner-up Cristin Delaney-Guille, and Lesli Hiller of the Nassau Police Running Club who took top honors among the Masters Women with a time of 28:14.

SYAC Girls Softball Players Display Mid-Season Form

Players in SYAC Girls Softball are in mid-season form, as exciting games were recently played on fields all around town. This week, the girls played teams from Albertson-Herricks and Manhasset among others, while in the Junior League, the team from Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza took on the New York Window Tint team. The players also took time out to pose for this season’s Photo Night. For more information, visit www.syacgs.org.

Ed Wolfarth Receives Hy Zausner Lifetime Achievement In Tennis Award

Ed Wolfarth of Syosset received the Hy Zausner Lifetime Achievement in Tennis Award from the U.S. Tennis Association Eastern Section Long Island Region at the organization’s 22nd Annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday, May 9. This award is the Long Island region’s highest honor. The Long Island region also recognized several other area tennis players and organizations at its dinner.

Wolfarth is being honored for being one of Long Island’s most dedicated volunteers, both as a member of the Long Island Region Board and as a tireless volunteer at events such as the Fire Island Breast Cancer Tennis Fundraiser, 10 and under clinics and workshops, Long Island Kids Day, Long Island Corporate Challenge, Long Island Corporate Tennis Fundraiser, USPTA workshops, Pro-Am fundraisers and more. He is the racket sports specialist at Hofstra University and a professor of physical education and sport sciences at Queens College.

SYAC Girls Softball Season In Full Swing

The spring season of SYAC Girls Softball is well under way, with girls playing games in four divisions all around town. A few springtime showers couldn’t dampen the spirits of several hundred girls from Syosset, Woodbury and Jericho, who play SYAC Softball each spring.

Syosset Baseball Association Blasts Off With New Blast Ball Program

For Syosset Baseball Association (SBA), the inaugural season of blast ball kicked off with 96 players and 16 teams taking the field at Syosset-Woodbury Park on Saturday, April 21 at 10 a.m. Blast ball, an introduction to the game of baseball for children ages 3 and 4, was launched this season to help teach batting and fielding skills to the youngest members of the community. Blast ball helps players build a skill set of the fundamentals of baseball and softball by the time they reach the age of 5, at which point they will be ready to play in the SBA T-ball division.

The equipment provided for blast ball consists of a foam baseball the size of a softball, a foam bat, a baseball tee and a marker for the players to stand behind for safety. There is also one base, which the players can run to after batting. This special base rewards the player for stepping on it with a noise. All players were provided with a numbered blast ball T-shirt and a baseball hat with an “S” for Syosset.