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05.17.2022 Sports

Boys Tennis: Southold’s Karsten has a ball in riveting match; First Settlers advance in county tournament

It was a fascinating matchup: Ross junior Ty Gelijns’ overpowering serve against the extraordinary athleticism of Southold/Greenport senior Cal Karsten. Karsten said he had never faced as powerful a...

08.18.2018 Sports

Guest Spot: Tennis reading, anyone?

As tennis observers around the world gather together at Flushing Meadows in a few weeks for our approaching National Tennis Championships, an older observer of the scene keeps returning...

12.25.2016 Sports

John May, Peconic Landing board chairman, dies at 87

John May was many things, but complacent was not one of them. As Peconic Landing’s board chairman for the last dozen years, he strived to make the Greenport lifecare community the...

05.06.2015 Sports

Video: Behind the scenes of a 10th league title for Mattituck

The Mattituck boys tennis team finished in a tie for a share of the League VII title with a 9-3 record. The Tuckers appeared to have the title outright...

12.23.2014 Sports

No. 10 Sports Story of the Year: A tennis tournament\'s decline

A longtime summer staple on the North Fork, the Bob Wall Memorial Tennis Tournament, played its last match. After 36 years, the plug was pulled on the tournament by...

08.21.2014 Sports

Tennis: Brisotti transitions from player to coach

For some, the transition from player to head coach is a gradual process. For Matt Brisotti, it was a relatively sudden shift in gears. Just 14 months after graduating...

08.13.2014 Sports

Tennis: A tournament’s death leaves sadness, puzzlement

Like a once-bloated balloon, the Bob Wall Memorial Tennis Tournament deflated as player participation curiously dwindled and dwindled in recent years. Finally, that balloon popped. The news that, after...

08.10.2014 Columns

Gustavson Column: Saying goodbye to a 35-year tradition

All things must pass All things must pass away. — George Harrison It is with profound regret that I announce the demise of the Bob Wall Memorial Summer Tennis...

08.08.2014 Sports

Tennis: Dwyer, 13, becomes tourney’s youngest women’s singles champ

BOB WALL MEMORIAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT Liz Dwyer is all of 13 years of age, going on 14 (her birthday is Aug. 22). But she is not a typical 13-year-old....

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