Whitman on Tuesday, it was more than just another badminton match. It sparked her team to a 5-4 win over Miller Place, marking the
first loss in the sport for a Miller Place girls-only team. The program has won 35 consecutive county championships.
Whitman's doubles teams swept their four matches.
The rematch is May 15 at Whitman.
The road to recovery: Adrian Gordon, 20, walked out of Southside Hospital in Bay Shore today less than three months after doctors assumed the former high school sprinter might forever be a quadriplegic.
"I treated it like a sprint," the Mount Vernon student said of his recovery.
Gordon was asleep in a friend's car on Jan. 9 when a tire blowout on the Long Island Expressway sent the car out of control. He fractured his spine when he was thrown from the car. Following emergency surgery at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, Gordon was initially able to move only his eyelids. He regained movement in his toes two weeks later.
He was transferred to a rehabilitation unit seven weeks ago. He showed off for media yesterday by getting up from his wheelchair and walking with the help of crutches.
Double duty: Check out a good read on Joe Minucci. Besides being an assistant football coach at St. Anthony's, he's also a defensive end for the AFL Cleveland Gladiators.
Minucci, 26, earned All-Long Island honors at St. A's and went on to play collegiately at Delaware.
Minucci spent three seasons with the Nashville Kats, missed part of last season with injuries and moved on to Cleveland after his former team disbanded. He has recorded 10 tackles, including four sacks, through five games.
"He's knows his stuff. He's an intense guy that knows his stuff. He's a great coach and I loved working with him," said St. Anthony's senior center Austen Fletcher.
