sports for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com may 7, 2015 • The CourieR SUN 51 Flushing HS handball team impresses on the court and in the classroom BY ANTHO NY GIU DICE [email protected] @A_GiudiceReport The players on the Flushing High School handball team are not just adept athletes; they are also proficient in the classroom, with many of the student athletes taking advanced placement courses and holding high grade point averages. After their latest victory, the Flushing Red Devils raised their record to 7-2 and are in first place. “My hope is that we go deep into the playoffs this year,” said coach Betty Chow, who has been coaching the team for 12 years. “Last year, we advanced into the second round and lost to the eventual champions, Francis Lewis.” As impressive as their record is this year, it does not compare to their work in the classroom. The starters for the Red Devils are Waleed Akhtar, senior, who is enrolled in AP economics, AP English, AP calculus and AP biology, with an 85.25 average; Abraham Bautista, senior, who is taking both AP English and AP Spanish, as well as AP biology and AP economics and holds an 87.72 average; Richard Ong, senior, who is taking AP biology, AP economics, AP English and AP calculus and has a 93.96 average; Jianneng Wu, senior, who is enrolled in AP physics and AP economics, is on the math team and has an average of 97.15; and Andrew Yun, senior, who is taking AP English, AP biology, AP economics and AP calculus with a 91.6 average. The other members of the team are Benson Liu, senior, who is enrolled in both AP physics and AP calculus with a 92.50 average; Jose Mendez, senior, who has an 82.50 average; Marlon Rea, senior, who holds an 84.57 average; Jerry Neira, junior, Photo courtesy of Betty Chow who posts an 83.83 average; and Brian Collado, sophomore, whose grades were not available. The Red Devils look to continue their winning ways on the court and to keep up their impressive grades in the classroom. The Flushing High School Red Devils TEAM DUCE RE MAINS UNDEFEATED WITH BIG WIN BY ANTHO NY GIU DICE [email protected] @A_GiudiceReport Team Duce, which is part of the Texas Division of Bayside Little League, continued their winning streak on May 2 and improved their record to 4-0 when they defeated team divisional rival W7. Tanner Fried hit for the cycle, drove in eight RBIs and earned his nickname “The Sandman” by closing the game with a scoreless sixth inning. He was named the player of the game for his stellar performance. Charlie Blair, the starting pitcher, earned the win and brought his record to a perfect 4-0. Derek McCreesh came in to relieve Blair and struck out five batters in the relief effort. Bobby Fretwell came in for McCreesh and earned his first strikeout of the season. Tino Famiglietti made a tremendous play in the outfield by throwing out a runner at second. George Diamantopoulos played great at first base and hit for two doubles. John Archbold and Rafael Rufrano both played catcher and got on base a combined six times. Costa Bournias got on base three times and also scored three runs. Duce looks to remain undefeated when they take the field May 9 at 11:30 a.m. at Valley West Field, located in Crocheron Park. Photo courtesy of Team Duce Team Duce of the Bayside Little League remain undefeated on the year with a 4-0 record.
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