As a freshman at Cold Spring Harbor High School, Billy Lister was faced with a challenge that changed the course of his life: The left side of his body was paralyzed. He was diagnosed with a chronic brain disorder at age 15, and soon underwent a successful surgery to remedy it, but suffered a stroke just after his 17th birthday that affected the left side of body.

The family members of Sean Urda, an East Northport teen who was killed in a 2015 snow-tubing accident, is planning a soccer golf outing in his memory for Saturday, July 23, at the Dix Hills Golf Course.

Cameron Jordan, a two-sport athlete for Half Hollow Hills High School West, has committed to play football for Syracuse University.

A pair of local New York Mets fans recently got to test their knowledge against Mets baseball announcers Gary Cohen and Howie Rose in “Beat the Booth,” a television trivia game show. James Hawkins, 26, from East Northport, and Adam Yanover, 49, of Melville, were two of the four contestants to challenge Cohen and Rose for their crown.

With a 3-0 win over the Pleasant Valley Cobras earlier this month, the Dix Hill Hurricanes boys U-16 soccer team became State Open Cup champions for the third consecutive year.

A former Cold Spring Harbor Seahawk has been ranked as one of the nation's top freshman lacrosse players after his rookie campaign at Fairfield University.

Huntington High School’s four-headed monster of Lawrence Leake, Shane McGuire, Kyree Johnson, and Infinite Tucker, added to their already impressive year by winning another national championship while breaking yet another record, this time the state’s all-time 1,600-meter relay time.

From goaltender Devin Burdo, all the way up through the defensive line, middies and attackers, the Cold Spring Harbor boys lacrosse team was clicking Saturday during the Class ‘C’ state championship game, which ended with the Seahawks second consecutive state title.

While they’re nicknamed the Seahawks, it was more than just Cold Spring Harbor’s mascot that flew high Tuesday night.

Two Huntington High School track stars met at the Dennis Walker Championship Classic on Saturday. One of the stars, Infinite Tucker, is currently a senior at the school, and the other graduated as part of the Class of 1949.

A brother-to-brother connection has lifted the Walt Whitman Wildcats into the second round of Suffolk’s Division I boys lacrosse playoffs.

With the Haverford College baseball leading in the bottom of the fifth inning, they sent pitcher Stephen Ridings to the mound to face the John Hopkins University. Ridings, a St. Anthony’s High School grad, was called for a balk, tying the score at 2-2. Standing at 6-foot-8, 205 pounds, he pled his case to the umpire, but was sent away.

The Huntington girls lacrosse team honored its eight seniors on Monday afternoon prior to its game against visiting West Babylon, celebrating the careers and contributions of a group of talented teenagers.

The Upper Room Royals completed their first season under head coach Tom Femminella last month, securing a 19-6 overall record and third place in the East Region of the National Prep Championships in South Carolina.

With the initials “N.G.” and a breast cancer symbol stitched on the sleeves of their warm up shirts, and pink ribbons dangling from their hair and cleats, the Cold Spring Harbor girls lacrosse team honored the late Niki Gregory, a former longtime team supporter who died last October. Gregory, 62 at the time of her death, was a cancer survivor for nearly three decades.

The 15th annual Acompora Lacrosse Jamboree, sponsored by the Louis J. Acompora Memorial Foundation, is slated for next Sunday, April 30. As always, the jamboree features youth and high school varsity lacrosse games, and a healthy dose of CPR awareness.

Every year, students across grades 1-8 at Saint Anthony of Padua Church in East Northport decide on an end-of-the-year project. This year, the 20 participating classes, banded together to aid a cause that stretches far past East Northport. They’re raising money to build a medical clinic for a village in Kisoro, Uganda.

Simply put, Chris Algieri is excited. The Greenlawn native boxer is prepping for his 24th pro bout, this time a headliner against top-prospect Errol Spence Jr. slated for Saturday night at the Barclays Center.

The $1.2 million James C. Metzger Stadium at St. Anthony’s High School is now open. The turf playing field, which is located on the southeast lawn of the high school, near the intersection of Pigeon Hill, Wolf Hill and Old Country roads, was unveiled, dedicated and blessed on Saturday.

The New York State Assembly voted last week to legalize professional mixed martial arts events after a 19-year ban of the sport, effectively bringing the octagon to New York. How about Huntington?