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With only a handful of games left on the schedule, none of the four playoff match-ups in Suffolk have been determined, despite all eight playoff berths having already been clinched. The only sure things is that Smithtown (18-1, 36 points) and Connnetquot-Sayville (16-1, 32 points) will own the top two seeds, but even then, first place is still up for grabs. After that, only two points separate the...

St. John the Baptist and West Islip are in the playoffs, reemerging from miserable seasons a year ago. Both teams sat at the bottom of the Suffolk County High School Hockey League standings last season, earning their only victories by splitting two games against each other. But with St. Anthony’s-Suffolk losing Sunday, SJB clinched the league’s eighth and final playoff spot, and continues to chase...

Before Monday’s meet against West Islip, Half Hollow Hills diving coach Chris Blumenstetter just knew it would be a historic day. His prediction came true, as senior diver Ryan Savit broke the 30-year-old Suffolk County diving record with a six-dive total score of 344.76.

“I feel ecstatic,” Savit said. “Thinking about everything I’ve been through to get to this point, all my training has paid...

The Nassau League will hold an all-star triple-header Sunday at Bethpage, as the varsity, junior varsity and middle school all-stars will face off against each other. The teams are divided by geography, putting North against South. The middle school game will be at 5:15, followed by the JV at 7:30 and the varsity at 8:45. The varsity rosters are listed below. Nassau Varsity South 1 Dominick Lamano ...

Two Oceanside High School students had the chance to give their best Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti impersonations Monday, when they made up the on-air broadcast team for MSG Varsity’s coverage of the Oceanside vs. Bellmore-Merrick varsity hockey game. The game, which can be seen on MSG Varsity Friday at 4 p.m., was the first fully student-produced broadcast in the station’s history, according to...

Massapequa turned in one of its best performances of the season against Oceanside Wednesday, and coach Mike Capone believes his team is hitting its stride at just the right time. “[The whole team] seems to be peaking right now which is very good,” Capone said after the meet. “It could always change from one meet to the next but they hit tonight which was good.” Katie Wall won three events, and the...

Katrina Milgiorini and Melissa Kropf each won two events and Milgiorini took home the all-around as Plainview JFK remained unbeaten by defeating Sewanhaka 165.3-147.2 Wednesday. The meet marked the first of two this week for Plainview JFK (7-0, 6-0 Conference I), which has another tough test against Massapequa Friday. Milgiorini scored a 34.3 on the all-around, as she won beam with an 8.7 and tied...

Cold Spring Harbor is making one last push for the playoffs. After starting the season 3-9-1, the Seahawks extended their winning streak to four games with an impressive upset over first-place Long Beach Sunday, narrowing the gap for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Michelino Division to just three points. Cold Spring Harbor beat Long Beach 2-1 at Iceworks behind a season-best performance...

Hudson Valley High School all-stars Friday in Poughkeepsie, losing the finale 5-4. Suffolk won the first game back on Jan. 6 at the Rinx, 7-5, scoring five straight goals after trailing 3-2 at the end of the first period. Suffolk’s scoring was well spread out, as 10 different players tallied the 11 total goals in the two game series. Only Brett Kaiser of Kings Park-Commack scored in both games,...

The Ward Melville girls fencing team reached a milestone on Monday, winning the program’s 150th straight match with a 22-5 win over Huntington. The Patriots’ winning streak is one of the longest in Long Island sports history.

“It’s very exciting,” coach Jennie Salmon said. “It’s an exciting moment for the program but we just want to keep competing and see where we go from here.”

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