Despite hitting just two shots from the field in the second half, Mepham managed to hold off visiting MacArthur in a Conference AA-I girls’ basketball game, 42-34. more

The annual Sprig Gardner Tournament turned out to be a win-win-win situation for all three wrestling teams in the Bellmore school district. more

unrise Chiropractic of Merrick, owned by Dr. Fred Jones, recently signed on as a 2009 sponsor and official services provider of the Mineola Portugese Soccer Club, defending Long Island Amateur Champions and New York State Finalists. Jones also provides chiropractic services for the Rough Riders, Long Island's professional soccer team. For more information about the Mineola Portuguese Soccer Club or the Long Island Soccer-Futebol League, visit www.lisfl.org . For more information on Sunrise Chiropractic, visit www.sunrise-chiropractic.com more

The first recruiting class of Molloy’s women’s basketball coach Tim O’Hagan will graduate in the spring, but first the Lions have some unfinished business to take care of this winter. more

At first glance, sweetly smiling sixth-grader Ally Murphy of North Bellmore might seem out of place on a football field. Truth is, she feels quite comfortable there, so much so that she captured second place in the Tri-State NFL Punt, Pass and Kick Championships in the 12-13 year-old division at the Meadowlands Arena recently. more

Tzvi Lewisohn, a Calhoun High School senior, loves to win. Basketball, bowling, you name it, Lewisohn is a competitor. But, he is quick to note, more important than winning is sportsmanship. “We always congratulate the other teams,” Lewisohn, a member of Calhoun's Challenger bowling and basketball teams, says with a smile. “We don't want them to think we're out to win; we're just trying to have fun.” Of course, it doesn't hurt that both teams are undefeated for the past two years. They have not lost since the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District started the Challenger basketball league for special-education students with a handful of other Nassau County school districts in 2008. more

Three Mepham High School soccer players were recently awarded All-County and All-Conference honors, including Anthony Ippolito (All-County), Stephen Polimeni (All-Conference) and Anthony Duranona (All-Conference). Joining them at right was James Koester, the boys' varsity soccer coach. more

The Mepham High School varsity cheerleading squad recently placed second at the Universal Cheerleading Regionals. The win earned the team a bid to the UCA Nationals in Orlando, Fla. The team will be conducting fundraising for the trip in the near future. Above are, from top to bottom, Jenna Sidor, Jamie Taratko, Brianne Mulligan, Kayla Donnelly-Smith, Remi Gurdon, Alyssa Barbieri, Nicole Altomare, Breena Sherlock, Lauren Warner, Samantha Sepe, Michelle Cristina, Kristal Sedita, Kathy Tota, Taylor Labate, Stephanie Mojica, Kristen Ferrara, Krista Barbieri, Samantha DeLuca, Nikki Stahurski, Nina Proscia, Erica Schaab, Samantha Maddalena and captains Jahniece Hall and Cali Curry. 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

Fresh off a 2008-09 campaign that saw the Hofstra women’s basketball team more than triple its win total from the previous season, fourth-year head coach Krista Kilburn-Steveskey sees an even brighter future ahead for the program after assembling one of the best freshman classes in the nation. more