Tigers, Friars Place At National Track Meet
/Both the St. Anthony’s and Northport boys winter track teams found success at last weekend’s national meet, which was hosted at the Armory in Manhattan.
Read MoreBoth the St. Anthony’s and Northport boys winter track teams found success at last weekend’s national meet, which was hosted at the Armory in Manhattan.
Read MoreThe Half Hollow Hills High School East Thunderbirds are Long Island champions.
One year after suffering a heartbreaking, one-point loss in the region’s title game, the Thunderbirds got back to the Class AA championship with a vengeance, knocking off Uniondale on Saturday, 69-54.
Hills East was led by all-star guard and Long Island’s leading scorer, Savion Lewis, who cashed in 21 points, seven assists and six steals.
Julien Crittendon scored 15 points of his own, and Kenny Mathurin registered a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
The Thunderbirds are now headed upstate; they’re set to take on McQuaid Jesuit in the state semifinals this Saturday, 12:45 p.m. at Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton.
With a win, Hills East would secure its first-ever berth to the state finals, which are scheduled to tip-off at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
–ANDREW WROBLEWSKI
Northport’s track and field team success this season continued into last week’s state championships.
Read MoreHalf Hollow Hills’ boys swimming team raced to a second-place finish in the team standings of last week’s state championship.
Read MoreThe Commack girls basketball team didn’t waste any time Tuesday night, when they jumped out to a 13- point lead in Suffolk’s Class AA girls basketball championship and never looked back.
Read MoreMore of the same – that’s what Tuesday’s Suffolk Class AA boys basketball championship brought. The Thunderbirds of Half Hollow Hills High School East won their 14th straight game this season
Read MoreA bunch of five high school graduates from the Huntington area recently made history with the Stony Brook Seawolves, the nation's top women's lacrosse team.
Read MoreA star lacrosse player from Northport nearly saw his collegiate career slip away before he even got a chance to step onto the field at Hofstra University. But he's back, and contributing to the Pride program.
Read MoreThe Commack Cougars and Thunderbirds of Half Hollow Hills East will face off for the Suffolk Class AA championship on Feb. 27.
Read MoreHuntington Station was represented in PyeongChang, South Korea last week, when a native took to the luge tracks to compete in the XXIII Olympic Winter Games.
Read MoreFormer Huntington Blue Devil track star Kyree Johnson is handling the high school to college transition quite well.
Read MoreCold Spring Harbor used “excellent team defense” and a bunch of “fast break opportunities” to fuel its Wednesday afternoon win, a 48-40 upset of Seaford in Nassau’s Class A quarterfinals.
Read MoreNineteen-year varsity Walt Whitman boy basketball coach Thomas Fitzpatrick has retired.
Read MoreCommack’s girls and boys fencing teams took home the League I title in a season featuring new coaches, doubts and hard-fought successes.
Read MoreThe boys and girls basketball playoffs for both Nassau and Suffolk have arrived.
Read MoreThe Cold Spring Harbor boys basketball team is still the top dog in Nassau’s ABC conference.
Read MoreThe Northport boys winter track and field team had an exciting run at Monday’s Suffolk County large school track and field championships, taking first place with 69 points.
Read MoreElwood-John Glenn boys varsity soccer coach Lou Hanner was humbled last month, when he was named a coach of the year for 2017 by The National Federation of High School.
Read MoreSeventeen-years-old Cold Spring Harbor high schooler Emily Berlinghof has been chosen to represent the U.S. as part of the U17 National Field Hockey Team.
Read MoreAfter a big, come-from-behind win over Riverhead on Friday, the Lady Wildcats of Walt Whitman have their sights set on the top spot in Suffolk League II.
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