It’s championship week for Nassau County High School football and all four No. 1 preseason seeds are alive and aiming for titles. more

Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District athletic director, recently resigned his post as coordinator of the Nassau County Boys' Basketball Committee because, he said, the Section VIII Athletic Council rejected a proposal of his to fine-tune the seeding process that ultimately determines teams' playing schedules. In 2006, Lerner was the architect of an ability-grouping system that determined a team's conference by its record. Previously, teams were assigned to conferences without much regard to their records. Rather, officials used what they called the "snake," in which teams were seeded and then laid out on a grid that wound back and forth in serpentine fashion. more

Regulation and a pair of 15-minute overtimes weren't enough to decide whether No. 2 Farmingdale or No. 3 Calhoun would emerge from the semifinal round of the Nassau Class AA boys' soccer playoffs last Friday night at Adelphi. more

Hewlett and Baldwin avenge regular-season losses to Sewanhaka and East Meadow, respectively, to advance in playoffs. more

For 32 of the 56 Nassau County high school football teams, the season continues into the playoffs. more

Thanks to some staunch defensive play by Mepham and a clutch corner kick executed by twin sisters Sali and Safi Ayinde, the Lady Pirates advanced in the Nassau Class AA girls' soccer playoffs with a 1-0 win at Baldwin. more

Baldwin junior Tana Weekes dazzled the crowd with his one-on-one ball skills for much of last Friday’s Nassau Class AA first-round boys’ soccer matchup with Kennedy. But it was one of Weekes’ quickest and simplest passes that sparked the No. 8 Bruins (13-0-2 overall) to a 2-0 victory. more

The final week of the regular season is here for Nassau County football teams, and a bunch of playoff berths remain up for grabs. more

Calhoun captured a share of the Conference III regular-season title with a four-set win over Floral Park on Monday. more

East Meadow's win streak is at six after the Jets took advantage of Baldwin's early mistakes. more