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Vol. 36 No. 27
JUlY 3 - 9, 2025
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Lifelong RVC friends chase dream together One of the activities that bonded them was baseball at C h a m i n a d e. T h o u g h t h e y What began as a preschool shared many sports growing up friendship on a quiet block in — including soccer and basketRockville Centre has grown ball — baseball wasn’t originalinto a shared path to Division I ly one of them. That changed in baseball and business school, high school, where the two as Collin Anderson and Daniel played all four years of baseball Nawrocki prepare to attend together at Chaminade, includBucknell Universiing two years on ty together this fall. the varsity team. The two friends Anderson had have known each such a good senior other since they baseball season at were three years Chaminade that he old, Nawrocki said. was named the They attended Offensive Player of nursery school the Year by the Nastogether at United sau Suffolk CathoChurch, then went lic High School Aththrough Hewitt Ele- DANIEl NAwRoCKI letic Association, mentary School and Graduate, solidifying his South Side Middle place as one of the Chaminade High School, and finally top high school School ending up graduatp l aye r s i n t h e ing this month region. from Chaminade High School. He posted a .519 batting averTheir friendship was forged age, a .600 on-base percentage through years of shared memo- and a .870 slugging percentage. ries, including hanging out in He recorded 40 hits, 17 RBIs the neighborhood with their and scored 36 runs. His extrafriends and older brothers. base hit total included two “All the kids in our neigh- home runs, seven triples and borhood are similar ages,” seven doubles. He also showNawrocki said. “There are a lot cased his speed on the bases, of families that live around us stealing 27 bases over the that we would always hang out course of the season. with.” Continued on page 11
By KElSIE RADZISKI
kradziski@liherald.com
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South Side seniors soar into the future After the graduation ceremony, Taylor Hansman, left, Keely McCormack, Ashley Mata, Jenna Salouros and Bridget McCormack celebrated the end of their high school careers together. Valedictorian Daniela Argondizzo delivered a speech at the South Side High School commencement on June 27. Story, more photos, Page 3.
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t’s going to be amazing, and I can’t wait for the next four years.