Manhasset tennis player Max Golubenko was down on the game the summer after his sophomore 12 months.
“I played six or seven tournaments, and in all of them I won only like one or two rounds against, like, lower-rated opponents,” he told The Post. “I used to be playing almost daily of the week, and I used to be just not getting far.”
Slightly than giving up, nevertheless, Golubenko, originally of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, doubled all the way down to sharpen his game.
this weekend at Eisenhower Park. Manhasset Athletics
“I actually began adding within the fitness element and my game modified,” said Golubenko, who loves tennis a lot he wrote about it on a supplemental college essay.
Now, as a senior, he’s at the highest of the Long Island leaderboards, boasting a 13-0 record heading into the Nassau County tournament this weekend at Eisenhower Park.
“I knew that the labor would repay,” he said. “Through those dry streaks and people hard times, they built me to the extent that I’m at today. I’m pleased and pleased with myself … my family is convinced I’m going pro at some point.”
Golubenko, who overcame a back injury heading into twelfth grade, took third in last 12 months’s tournament, which qualified him for states.
Nevertheless, this 12 months, the Trinity College-bound athlete says it’s win or bust at Eisenhower.
“Last time I used to be up against opponents physically stronger than me who were playing for much longer than me,” said Golubenko, who got serious about tennis at age 13 after moving to the suburbs.
“It was only a start line … and that is my senior 12 months, so I’m all in.”
The rematch of Long Island’s holy war didn’t disappoint.
The Friars of Saint Anthony’s High School defeated the Chaminade Flyers 16-12 to capture the boys lacrosse team’s sixth consecutive Catholic League championship, all of which were played against their arch rival since 2019.
Chaminade, which beat St. Anthony’s 11-10 within the regular season, took a 10-6 lead into the half, but a 7-1 third-quarter run by the Friars put it out of reach.
