for breaking news visit www.qns.com october 29, 2015 • The CourieR SUN 59 sports 38th annual arm wrestling championships return to Flushing By Ant hony Giudice agiudice@ridgewoodtimes. com/@A_GiudiceReport Flushing is gearing up for an arms race next month as the New York Arm Wrestling Association (NYAWA) is set to bring the 38th Annual Empire State “Golden Arm” Tournament of Champions, the official 2015 New York State Arm Wrestling Championships, back to Cheap Shots Sports Bar. More than 100 of the best arm wrestlers are expected to compete for the chance to win over $3,000 in cash prizes and awards. The competition will bring in arm wrestlers from all five boroughs, Long Island, upstate New York, as well as other states and countries including Puerto Rico, Canada, Russia, Turkey and others. The winners of the prestigious 2015 NYC Big Apple Grapple International and last year’s 2014 New York State Arm Wrestling Champions will also be in action, vying for this year’s crown. “The 38th Annual Empire State ‘Golden Arm’ Tournament of Champions is New York City’s oldest, most prestigious sought-after title, since our beginnings in 1977,” said Gene Camp, founder and president of the NYAWA. “This event is very exciting to watch because of the captive cheering audience rooting for both their favorites and underdogs. The New York State Championships is loaded with top strong-arm Competitors will battle it out to crown a new champion at the 38th Annual Empire State “Golden Arm” Tournament of Champions at Cheap Shots Sports Bar on Nov. 22. talent that demonstrates awesome feats of brute strength, exhausting endurance, grimacing, verbal intimidation and miraculous demonstrations of shear power and will to win.” The championship will be broken down into 25 amateur and pro weight class categories for men and women, including masters open classes for males, 45+ and 55+ yearsold. Gold, silver and bronze four-dimensional custom NY State Arm Wrestling medallions and certificates will be awarded in each weight class, and the 2015 New York State Strongest Arm Most Valuable Players, male and female, will be named along with the presentation of the annual 2015 Arm Wrestler of the Year Achievement Award. The arm wrestling kicks off at 1 p.m. at Cheap Shots Sports Bar, located at 149-05 Union Tpke. Competition is open to the public, ages 18 and over, and the event has no residency requirements. Entrance fees are $25 for amateurs, $35 for pros and $15 for women. Registration and weigh-in will take place from 9:30 a.m. THE COURIER/File photo to 12:50 p.m. Admission for spectators is $5. The sponsors of the Empire State “Golden Arm”Tournament of Champions are Cheap Shots Sports Bar,Ironmind.com, Captains of Crush Grippers and New York Arm Wrestling Association. For more info, visit the NYAWA website at www. nycarms.com. Christ the King girls soccer team continues its winning ways Photos courtesy Brooklyn Queens Girls Catholic High School Soccer Freshman Karen Pineda (left) and senior Sarah Nolan (right), team captain, scored all five goals in CK’s 5-0 over TMLA to win their fifth consecutive Brooklyn/Queens regular season championship. By Ant hony Giudice agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com/@A_ GiudiceReport Another year, another regular season championship. The Christ the King (CK) girls soccer team finished its regular season with a dominating 5-0 win over their rival, The Mary Louis Academy (TMLA), to end the season at the top of their league. This is the fifth year in a row that CK has won the Brooklyn/Queens regular season championship. During the game, CK’s captain, senior Sarah Nolan, was a force as she kept pressure on the TMLA defenders the entire game. Nolan scored both goals of the first half, assisted by senior Andrea Cardozo and junior Paulina Ambrus, sending CK into the break with a 2-0 lead. The second half was much of the same and showcased the emergence of a future star in freshman Karen Pineda, who was able to get by the TMLA defenders for three goals, earning her first hat trick with the team. Pineda was assisted by great midfield play from junior Cardozo, Ambrus and Kiana Leger. The CK defense, anchored by senior Diana Paravatos, junior Diana Aucapina, sophomore Juliana Lignowski and freshman Elizabeth Gordillo, was also able to shut down the TMLA offense throughout the game, and kept TMLA off the scoreboard. Next up for CK, they will play the winner from the Oct. 28 semifinals matchup between TMLA and Fontebonne Hall on Nov. 2. The winner of that game will advance to represent Brooklyn/Queens in the Catholic League New York State Semi- Finals.
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