
Brooklyn, NY: Cesar Sala ended Satish Jagnandan’s reign at four years in the National One-Wall singles, holding off furious charges at the end of both games for the title, 20, 10.
Sala rallied to force a tiebreaker in the open doubles against Willie Polanco and Pee Wee Castro but he and Joe Kaplan came just short of the slam, losing 11-9 in the tiebreaker.
Tracy Davis completed a slam in the women’s events, teaming with Theresa McCourt to avenge last month’s loss to Maggie Crespo and Lori Acevedo.
Josh Garcia, a talented teenager, pulled off a slam in the C singles and doubles with non-relative Ariel Garcia as his partner and final singles opponent.
Graham Palmore did the same in the 65s with Tom Vitale as his partner.
Cesar Sala vs. Willie Polanco
Satish Jagnandan vs. Joe Kaplan
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THE JUNE 22nd CHALLENGE RESULTS at CEDAR CREEK
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Dave Sheldon/Mike Lipman versus Jason Morgan/Dwayne Sampson
Cedar Creek Park has been part of the county park system since 1975 and is located in the southeast part of Nassau County, in Seaford. For handball players this 259-acre park offers twelve courts equally shared with paddleball players. During the warm season the six courts used by handball players draws some of the best tournament players on the Island.
The first annual 35 plus Invitational small ball doubles was held at Cedar Creek Park in Seaford NY.
The finals pitted Dave Sheldon/Mike Lipman versus Jason Morgan/Dwayne Sampson. Dave and Mike cruised to a 9-2 lead. Jason and Dwayne came roaring back taking a 12-11 lead. The game changed hands numerous times and was tied at 18-18 when Mike’s hook serves and Dave’s steadiness proved to much as they prevailed 25-19. The rest of the results were as follows:
Preliminary Round
M. Abbatiello/R.Rodriguez d.E. Brown/R Lopez,11
J. Costanzo/J. Murdoch d. A. D’Auria/V. Ruggiero,15
M. Grabowski/R. Pescatore d. N. Adler/J. Martini,8
J. Morgan/D.Sampson d.R. Caraballo/A. Rodriguez,15
A. Carranza/A.Marquez d.S. Berger/ Dan Danilcyck,16
L.Drago/M.Rodriguez d. Z. Robbins/R.Robinson,Def
S.Cataudella/P.Reddy d. F. Rivera/F. Zilberbrand,22
M.Lipman/D.Sheldon d.S. Bonafacio/D. Roth,2
Quarterfinals
Abbatiello/R.Rodriguez d.Costanzo/Murdoch,9
Morgan/Sampson d.Grabowski/Pescatore,11
Carranza/Marquez d.Drago/M.Rodriguez,15
Lipman/Sheldon d.Cataudella,Reddy,14
Semi-finals
Morgan/Sampson d. Abbatiello/R.Rodriguez,22
Lipman/Sheldon d.Carranza/Marquez,16
Many thanks to Jack Feldman, Butch D”Auria and Ron Lopez for all their help.
Written by: Artie Fuchs
Posted: April 26th, 2008 under Long Island Tournaments.
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