Long Island High School Sports (Images of Sports) by Christopher R. Vaccaro

By Christopher R. Vaccaro

for almost one hundred twenty years, manhattan has fielded highschool activities groups. In that span, a variety of neighborhood athletes rose to the top point, dynasties have been outfitted, legends have been made, and the nation's greatest island used to be full of alluring athletic tales and activities lore that may stay endlessly. ny highschool activities strings jointly a pictorial background of lengthy Island's oldest, most renowned, and well-respected groups, coaches, and athletes.

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