Last year for the first time in over a decade the Hofstra softball team did not capture a conference title, and that impressive streak coming to a close has increased motivation for the Pride in 2010. more

With the Hofstra men’s lacrosse team returning 21 players in 2010 coming off its second straight NCAA Tournament appearance last year, fourth-year head coach Seth Tierney said there is no limit as to how far the Pride can go in the start of a new decade. more

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District took time out of its regular meeting on Wednesday to honor five outstanding students, as well as champion wrestlers, runners and an air rifle markswoman. more

Calhoun High School senior Kevin Harvey went into Wednesday’s Section VIII winter track state qualifier at St. Anthony’s High School in Huntington with one goal in mind –– place in the Top Three. Medaling there would get him to the state championship meet at Cornell on March 6. 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

Injuries were a major component of Mepham's season on the hardwood for much of the 2009-10 season. But several of the Lady Pirates key contributors returned at the end of the regular season and helped push the team into the Nassau Class AA playoffs. more

Wins by Elmont and Hewlett on Sunday completed the Final Four in the Nassau Class A boys' basketball tournament. more

Mac Maldarelli has accomplished quite a bit on and off the wrestling mats for Calhoun High School. Besides being a mentor and, in some respects, an assistant coach of several of the Colts' younger wrestlers, the senior has added the title of Nassau County champion to his list of achievements. more

All eight home teams prevailed Friday in Nassau Class A boys’ basketball first-round playoff games, but top-ranked Elmont and fourth-seeded Floral Park were given quite a scare. more

Calhoun High School senior Michael Guerra epitomizes the silent leader. A four-year member of the Colts boys' varsity soccer team, Guerra was one of nine Long Island residents recently named to the All New York State Team. And to Calhoun coach Jim Cantley, the honor came as no surprise. more