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Kayla McKeveny, Sachem East The senior totaled eight points last week, including scoring a career-high four goals in the second half of the Flaming Arrows' 6-0 win over Whitman on Monday. That performance followed a game in which she had three goals. McKeveny now leads Long Island with 16 points. Preston Tansill, Locust Valley (pictured) The junior tied a career-high with three goals and had an...

When Mary Drago got word that her friend had died, she rushed to the family home and was understandably distraught.

Courtney Syrett consoled her. Somehow.

It was Marianne Syrett, Courtney’s mother, who had passed just two hours before, succumbing at 52 to leukemia.

But there was Courtney, with an arm around her field hockey coach and providing the reassuring words.

Courtney,...

1. Sachem East (7-0) The Flaming Arrows look unstoppable, and they very well could be. Sachem East won its three games last week and outscored opponents 15-0. The standout victory, of course, was the 5-0 drubbing of East Islip on Thursday. Next game: Oct. 2 at Ward Melville 2. Garden City (5-0) Garden City won its only game last week and looked quite Trojan-esque, beating Floral Park 8-0, with seven...

Half Hollow Hills boys volleyball passed its biggest test of the season thus far, and made its case to be considered Suffolk’s best team. Sweeping what coach Todd Donaghy called a “hell week”, Hills handed Lindenhurst and Sachem East their first losses of the season and added a non-league win over Roslyn to improve to 6-1. “It was a difficult week for us,”  Donaghy said.  “It was very...

Heather Ercolano set up on the left wing, took the penalty corner insert from Maggie Revera and, without hesitation, launched a bullet into the near corner of the cage.

And with that, Miller Place’s missed opportunities in the second half no longer mattered. With that, the Panthers’ pre-season seed no longer mattered.

With that, Miller Place earned a 1-0 overtime victory against Rocky...

Not quite Marshawn Lynch’s “Beast Mode” grill, but that’s pretty cool. Haleigh Rock gets a +5 for mouthpiece flair. (For anyone who hasn’t watched “Office Space,” go ahead and search “pieces of flair.”)  

And the Bay Shore defender is solid as a Rock... literally.

Her older brother, Griffin Rock, was a star football and lacrosse player at Bay Shore, and last spring received the...

St. Anthony's entered the season with little experience and lost a few players to the U.S. Soccer Academy, but has lots of talent. The talent is coming to the surface and the Friars are quickly evolving into an excellent team.

St. Anthony’s pulled off a big upset by knocking off nationally-ranked Martin Luther King (Manhattan), 2-0, at Belson Stadium today.

Brendan Reardon and Joe Busuttil...

1. Hicksville (5-0) 2. Jericho (4-0-1) 3. Massapequa (4-0) 4. Chaminade (2-2-2) 5. Syosset (4-1) 6. Island Trees (5-0-1) 7. Wantagh (5-0-1) 8. South Side (4-1-1) 9. Lawrence (5-0) 10. Carle Place (3-2-1)...

                There are 27 undefeated public school football teams on Long Island, some of them pure chalk and some of them pure surprises. But after Week 3, they all have visions of the Long Island Championship dancing in their heads. How realistic are those dreams? We’ll know a lot more at this time next week because...

1. Sachem East (4-0) The defending Class A state champs continued to roll, winning both of their games last week. The Flaming Arrows topped rival Smithtown East, 2-0, on Wednesday, avenging their only loss in 2011. Kayla McKeveny scored three goals in Saturday's 7-1 win over Huntington. Next game: Sept. 24 at Whitman 2. Garden City (4-0) The Trojans beat defending Nassau Class A champion Massapequa,...