86 The QUEE NS Courier • NOVEMBER 14, 2013 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com sports CHARITY BOXING SOCCER CHAMPS THE COURIER/Photo by Liam La Guerre Caring People CEO Steven East (left) is training to compete in a charity boxing match. Local business owner will go . . . THREE ROUNDS FOR CHARITY BY LIAM LA GUERE [email protected] A local entrepreneur will exchange blows to donate bucks for charity. Steven East, president and CEO of Caring People Home Healthcare Agency, which has a branch in Forest Hills, is training to compete in the Long Island Fight for Charity boxing event on November 25 at the Hilton Long Island hotel. The 10th annual event is a way for local business professionals to network and fundraise for charities through sacrificing their bodies in fun, competitive matches. “It’s pretty easy to write a check, it’s a little more challenging to actually do something,” East said. “We’re all doing it because we want to show that we believe in this cause more than just raising some money.” There will be 11 matches of three, one- minute rounds for each fight between the business men and women during the event. East will be fighting against Scott Zuckerman, CEO of consulting firm Wexford Financial Strategies. Although East has no prior boxing experience, for about a year he has been training at Mendez Boxing Gym in Manhattan. He travels to the gym around 6 a.m. on most days to train. He runs about four miles daily, does condition training and practices boxing with his trainer, Aldo Uribe. Together they practice techniques and spar for about two hours a day. Uribe said when East first came to the gym, the CEO was about 15 pounds overweight and a “little pudgy,” but now he only has about four percent body fat and is a more refined boxer. “Little by little it started clicking and before we knew it he was able to really control some of the guys he was sparring, whereas before he was having trouble with them,” Uribe said. Proceeds from the boxing event will be donated to The Long Island Community Chest, The Genesis School and the National Foundation for Human Potential. Long Island Fight for Charity had donated $700,000 to Long Island charities since 2003. East knows a lot about helping others. His company, Caring People, has been providing home aides to assist people with daily living activities since East’s grandmother founded the company in Flushing in 1987. But even though the boxing event is for a good cause, East doesn’t plan on pulling any punches against Zuckerman. “Everyone is saying ‘oh it’s just for charity,’” East said. “But I guarantee when each person steps into that ring it’s not about charity for those three rounds, it’s about winning and I’m not going into this not to win.” For more information or to purchase tickets for the event visit www.lifightforcharity. org. PSAL Division B girls championship: Queens High School of Teaching routs Lady Legends BY LIAM LA GUERE [email protected] Jasmine Bustos was determined not to leave the PSAL Division B girls soccer finals on Randall’s Island without a championship. The Queens High School of Teaching girls soccer senior forward has netted more than 70 goals in her high school career, and was third in the entire city with 40 goals this season, but the championship game was her last chance to add a high school title to her resume before graduation. Bustos earned her crown by pulling off a hat trick, leading the Tigers to a 4-0 win over the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Lady Legends on Saturday, November 9. “It’s my last year and I really wanted this,” Bustos said, “I knew we had to pull it off this game or that was it.” Bustos scored two goals in the second half and one in the first to give the Tigers a secure lead. Her third goal came in the 54th minute after she skillfully received a pass, weaved through defenders, ran up the right flank and blasted a rocket shot, which ricocheted off the goalie’s hands into the net. That final goal came just eight minutes after her second, in which she dribbled around two defenders and hooked a shot on the opposite side of the diving goalkeeper. “Just score, because it’s all for the team,” Bustos said she was thinking all game. But she added, “I didn’t think I was going to score three this game.” Coming into the match, head coach Alfonso Fernandez had a few words for his players. “I told the girls to be strong,” he said. The girls executed aggressively, just as Fernandez ordered. Bustos netted her first goal in the 12th minute and junior Makenzie Saborowski scored a goal later in the half. Saborowski smashed a free kick from about 35 yards out that floated perfectly over the goalie and found the back of the net. “I knew it was going in,” she said. “I was aiming for the goal.” During the season, the Tigers battled Frank Sinatra for the top of the Queens B-V conference. The teams tied as the regular season champions, each with a record of 11-1. The one loss each team had was a result of the split in their two previous matches. The chilly championship game served as a decisive end for the rivals, and HS of Teaching dominated. “I am very excited, because they’ve worked so hard all year,” HS of Teaching principal Jae Cho said. “Coach Alfonzo has really dedicated a lot of time to the girls. I am really happy to see the results of their hard work.” The Queens High School of Teaching girls’ soccer team routed conference rival Frank Sinatra to win the PSAL Division B championship. THE COURIER/Photos by Liam La Guerre
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