Adaleah Bassler helps Berkeley Prep to First Beach Title
TAMPA, Fla. —On the beach all parts of your game need to be sharp. What You Need To Know Her Mom Ashey Mullis played at Florida and Professionally in Belgium Adaleah transitioned from Indoor to Outdoor Adaleah is 45-0 in duals on the beach Adaleah helped Berkeley to a Number 2 national Ranking this year […]
TAMPA, Fla. —On the beach all parts of your game need to be sharp.
What You Need To Know
Her Mom Ashey Mullis played at Florida and Professionally in Belgium
Adaleah transitioned from Indoor to Outdoor
Adaleah is 45-0 in duals on the beach
Adaleah helped Berkeley to a Number 2 national Ranking this year
Two years ago Berkeley Prep’s Adaleah Bassler made the transition from the hardwood to the sand. She said the sand and the conditioning right away were the hardest things to get used to in making the move.
Adaleah was a quick study on the sand. In her two years on the beach the 5’11 rising junior is undefeated with a dual match record of 45-and-oh.
“She’s such a calm even keeled player”, Says Assistant Coach Stacy Filocco, which you really need because in a sport like this because every point is a mistake by somebody”.
This past year Adaleah helped the Buccaneers win their first Beach Volleyball State Championship and earn a number two national ranking after an undefeated season.
“I’m having a lot of fun playing beach volleyball right now”, says the Bucs rising Junior, it’s definitely one of the greatest things that’s come to me”.
Aydaleah carries a 3.8 gpa in the classroom and has the future goals of following her mom’s path, a Berkeley grad who played at the University of florida and professionally in Belgium.
The Skies the limit for this rising young star who only has just begun to scratch the surface of her true potential in just two years on the sand.
Three Ways a Rally Ends – Only One Makes You Money
Editor’s Note: The Nasdaq and S&P aren’t far below all-time highs. Big Tech earnings, overall, are wowing Wall Street. And FOMO is rising. But as we’ve seen before, not every rally ends well. Today, we’re turning over the Digest to our macro investing expert Eric Fry for a timely take on what’s unfolding in the […]
Editor’s Note: The Nasdaq and S&P aren’t far below all-time highs. Big Tech earnings, overall, are wowing Wall Street. And FOMO is rising.
But as we’ve seen before, not every rally ends well.
Today, we’re turning over the Digest to our macro investing expert Eric Fry for a timely take on what’s unfolding in the markets.
In his essay below, Eric draws an unexpected – but surprisingly revealing – analogy between his decades playing beach volleyball in Southern California and navigating today’s investment landscape.
You’ll see why some stocks soaring right now may have run too far, too fast… why others are starting to break down mid-rally… and why only a select few have the fundamentals in place to deliver real, lasting gains.
If you want to avoid the AI hype stocks and find the companies with strong footing and room to run before their next earnings drop, today’s Digest is essential reading.
Enough introduction. I’ll let Eric take it from here.
Have a good weekend,
Jeff Remsburg
I’m a native Southern Californian, so it probably won’t surprise you to hear that I’m an avid beach volleyball player.
In fact, I’ve been playing for decades, and spent my “crazy youth” of the 1980s at the volleyball nets ofCalifornia’s beaches.
Although I have jokingly referred to the sport as my “real job,” the truth is that playing volleyball has similarities to playing the market, especially during a rally.
Like the one we’re experiencing right now.
On Friday, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes both hit record highs during intraday trading. They started out even higher today largely due to optimism surrounding yesterday’s trade agreement between the United States and European Union
This upward trend may continue this week, as several big tech companies deliver earnings.
While the “fear of missing out” may have you wanting to participate in this rally, you should still do so cautiously.
Here’s what my time at the net has taught me about smart investing…
Beach volleyball, like the markets, also consists of rallies. In the sandy game, though, a rally is the sequence of hits back and forth between teams during any given point.
A volleyball rally always starts with a serve – and it ends in only one of three ways…
1.The ball lands out of bounds.
From an investing angle, you can think of this as companies with sky-high valuations. While these firms may seem attractive to investors, like Nvidia Corp. (NVDA), the truth is that their valuations are overshot, landing them in the stratosphere.
For instance, Nvidia’s market cap sits at $4.23 trillion, the highest in the world. It is currently trading for 56X its trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, or about double the market average.
I recommend avoiding out-of-bounds stocks like these because their high valuations yield to low valuations… eventually.
Instead, you’ll want to focus on companies that land squarely within the winning parameters of the court. That is why I look for companies that have a promising runway built by strong fundamentals – attractive valuations.
In fact, I recommend one such company over Nvidia. And it is set to report its second quarter earnings for 2025 tomorrow, July 29. Analysts expect this company to beat estimates with over 20% year-over-year earnings growth and nearly 7% year-over-year revenue growth.
You can learn how to access all of the details about this company – before its earnings call – by clicking here.
This brings me to the second way a volleyball rally…
2.A team commits a fault, like failing to return the ball over the net.
You can think of this as companies that miss the mark. Like Tesla Inc. (TSLA), as we talked about in last Saturday’s Smart Money.
The company announced last week that it missed both top and bottom lines for the second quarter of 2025. This is largely due to declining vehicle sales. CEO Elon Musk said that the company “probably could have a few rough quarters” ahead.
What’s more, Tesla is well behind the pace needed to meet its stated goal of producing at least 5,000 Optimus robots this year. The company has so far only produced a few hundred.
Tesla is failing to return and is, therefore, not a stock that we want in our portfolios.
I’ve got my eye instead on a company that is successfully sailing over the net. It’s a robotics company that is a direct competitor to Tesla, and its current backlog means there’s another $23 billion in future sales already baked in the cake. You can learn the name of this company, for free, here.
Of course, the most favorable way to end a beach volleyball rally for the serving team is when…
3. A point is scored.
You don’t have to be a beach volleyball fan, or even a sports fan in general, to know that scoring a point is the only way to win.
Of course, as investors, we also want to “win” the rally.
The best way to do that is to play it right. You don’t want to stock up on overvalued or faulty companies. In fact, I recommend selling those types of stocks if they are in your portfolio right now.
You want to invest in the right stocks at the right time.
That’s why I’ve compiled a list of three companies that I believe are “Buys.” These are under-the-radar, early opportunities that can help you protect and multiply your money during make-or-break markets.
You can find the details of these companies – ticker symbols and all – in my brand-new special broadcast, free of charge.
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History surrounds New York’s The Armory Foundation, where Track & Field is the vessel for personal development
In New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood, The Armory has withstood the test of time. The wartime structure, once home to the New York State militia, is now a track and field cathedral, where youth and seniors alike come to learn and play. The original wooden floor still sits beneath the track, recognized as one […]
In New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood, The Armory has withstood the test of time. The wartime structure, once home to the New York State militia, is now a track and field cathedral, where youth and seniors alike come to learn and play.
The original wooden floor still sits beneath the track, recognized as one of the fastest on Earth. More than 100 track and field competitions are held here each year. More than 57 high school and 13 professional American records have been set here. More than 220,000 athletes, many from New York City, walk through its doors each year. It’s home to the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.
“When those young athletes come here and know that they’re running on the same track and jumping at the same facility and throwing at the same facility as these world record holders and these current Olympians and these past Olympians,” said The Armory Foundation co-president Jonathan Schindel. “It’s a special experience for them.
“It’s sort of, as a kid growing up as a basketball fan, walking into Madison Square Garden, knowing that Walt Frazier and Dave DeBusschere all played there.”
amNewYork spent an afternoon at The Armory. We toured the facility and spoke with the organization’s co-presidents, Schindel and Rita Finkel, about The Armory’s evolution from a military facility to homeless shelter and to the hallowed track and field ground it is today.
The Armory’s military past
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People have been running at The Armory for more than a century.
The present-day banked track sits on top of the state military’s former drill floor. It was once home to its tanks. Its troops trained here. By the edges of the track, the original floor is still visible.
“The person in charge,” Schindel said, “The lieutenant, I guess, wanted his troops to get a little bit of exercise, so he painted some lines on the wooden floor.”
The facility became a homeless shelter in the 1980s, Finkel added. The city eventually bought the building from the state. In the early 1990s, Dr. Norbert Sander, the late founder of The Armory Foundation, had a vision. Track and field had changed his life. He sought to change the lives of others, particularly the youth, through fitness and education.
The Armory is also known as “The House that Doc Built.”
“When the state mandated that you couldn’t have 2,000 people under one roof,” Finkel said, “The city bought the building from the state for about $1. They said, ‘What shall we do with it?’ Dr. Sander stood up. He was a medical doctor, a sports doctor, and he considered Track and Field the Savior in his life, and prompted him to go to medical school.
“He went to Mayor [David] Dinkins and said, ‘Please give me the keys to The Armory. I won’t ask you for any funding, just give me the keys.’ Mayor Dinkins, on one of his last days in office, gave Dr. Sander the keys.”
How track leads to academic success
Photo courtesy of The Armory
The foundation considers track and field — in particular, running — good for students and the sport with the lowest barrier of entry. All you need is a pair of shoes.
“It’s an incredibly accessible sport,” Schindel said. “The cost to begin to participate in track and field is a fraction of every other sport.”
This is partly what makes The Armory so successful. It’s a nonprofit. In addition to the 100-plus competitions held here annually, the foundation runs a number of after-school educational programs for elementary, middle, and high school students in Upper Manhattan and the South Bronx.
The Armory College Prep High School Program is one of these. For eight years in a row, 100% of the program’s participants have been accepted into four-year colleges — many receiving financial aid.
The students learn how to do well on the SATs, ACTs, and AP classes. In the summer, they spend their afternoons at Columbia University.
The Armory’s programs all emphasize staying active. The middle school program, Finkel said, is focused on robotics and technology during the school year and screen-free in the summer. The students also try other sports like fencing, rock climbing, pickleball, and sailing.
“We don’t bring them in and make them do homework right away,” Finkel said. “We have them run, jump and throw and giggle.”
Making a difference with youth and the community
When you think about The Armory, you think of track and field.
The Armory has hosted the Millrose Games each February since 2012. The games took place at Madison Square Garden for nearly 100 years.
The facility is also home to track meets and athletic programs for participants from six to 96 years old, Schindel said. It hosts several community events, including early voting and Halloween events. Several paid events, like the New York State Bar Examination, fashion shows, and corporate events, help fund the foundation’s programs.
Like any multipurpose facility, there’s always something happening at The Armory.
“We are bursting at the seams,” Schindel said, “Which is great.”
One benefit of The Armory’s packed schedule is that the facility has become an economic engine for Upper Manhattan, attracting athletes from all over the tri-state area — and beyond.
“If you look at the people who come to the armory,” Schindel said, “Yes, it’s hyper local, a lot of youth from the local community, but then it’s the tri-state area. We have many track meets that attract people from New Jersey, Long Island, Connecticut, and a whole large number of track meets where they come from Maine down to the Carolinas and out west to Ohio.”
Other competitions, like the Nike Indoor Nationals, attract athletes from all 50 states.
Preserving history while building for the future
The Armory combines historic infrastructure with modern technology, comparable to Fenway Park and Wrigley Field, which were built around the same time but still stand today. Their longevity is buoyed by nostalgia and necessary upgrades.
“We have these old Fenway Park Wrigley Field type seating that Rita and I have interspersed with the most high-tech, modern equipment that is available,” Schindel said. “From our LED boards — Daktronics is a great partner of ours, and they are state of the art — to our new sound system, to the timing room, and our AV room. We try to mesh the history that’s here, not overwhelm it, but mesh it with modern technology.”
There is the Stan Saplin Media Center, named after the longtime announcer at Madison Square Garden who died in 2002.
“When he passed away,” Finkel explained, “His family came to The Armory and said, ‘Stan’s favorite sport to call at MSG was track and field. Is there something we can do in The Armory?’ And Dr. Sander said, ‘Yes, we’ll build a media center and we’ll name it for Stan.’”
When Dr. Sander, The Armory’s founder, died in 2017, the foundation added memorabilia of him and the building to the media center.
One million miles are run on The Armory’s track each year, Finkel estimated. Every five years, the track needs to be replaced. As the track gets busier, it’ll need to be replaced more frequently — last year, more people trained and competed on the track than ever before. For 31 years, the track was red. A blue one was recently installed. On the third level, two original gates from The Armory had recently been dipped and re-bronzed.
“Every summer,” Finkel said, “We sit and look at each other and say, ‘What can we do to surprise and charm the students who are coming back, the adults, the seniors, when they come back in the fall?’”
This summer, Schindel added, the foundation plans to add custom pacing lights around the track, which will both guide the athletes and add to the entertainment value during events like the Millrose Games.
Few sports facilities carry the same amount of history and records as The Armory, and its legend continues to grow with each competition it hosts.
For more like this feature on The Armory, visit AMNY.com
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