The Kennedy High School varsity football team has spent most of the off-season in the weight room and on the track. Last Saturday, however, the team took time to build something beside strength and muscle; they built teamwork in the pursuit of a good cause. more

Kennedy High School senior Eugenio Ciniglio, a linebacker and tight end on the up-and-coming Cougars football squad, signed a letter of intent to play for the Marist College Red Foxes, a Division I team, next fall. Ciniglio is the first Kennedy football player in more than two decades to earn a football scholarship. Ciniglio scored the winning touchdown in the Nassau-Suffolk Exceptional Seniors Game this past fall. On Wednesday, he was joined by his coach, Frank Sansanelli, Kennedy Athletic Coordinator Craig Papach, Principal Lorraine Poppe, his guidance counselors, family and friends for the signing ceremony. more

The Bellmore-Merrick Youth Association, sponsor of the Braves football and cheerleading squads, recently held its annual awards ceremony. Stopping by to present a Town of Hempstead Citation was Town Clerk Mark Bonilla, of Bellmore, front, second from right. BMYA has members from Bellmore, Merrick and East Meadow. more

Hofstra University president Stuart Rabinowitz announced this morning that its Board of Trustees has voted unanimously to eliminate the school's football program and will reinvest those resources into new academic programs and need-based scholarships. more

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

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

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

Three straight wins, a 4-2 mark in Conference II after six games and the playoffs set squarely in its sights. Not a bad run for a Mepham football program bouncing back like a superball after a 1-7 mark in 2008. more

The high school football season turned the corner last week and Nassau saw four teams knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten, leaving Freeport, Massapequa, Garden City, Lynbrook, Seaford and Roosevelt with unblemished marks through five games. more

The second half of the Nassau County High School football season begins this weekend and the biggest matchup on the docket takes place in Lynbrook. The Owls host Sewanhaka in a Conference III showdown of surprising 4-0 teams at 3 p.m. more