An academic false start may have slowed Nicholas Guscott’s college career, but it has not stopped this sprinter from finishing his race to graduate and continue his road to more championships and success. A native of Baldwin, Guscott’s passion for sprinting and track and field sprouted through a sport that’s immensely popular in his Jamaican roots — soccer. more

With their respective seasons over, the Central and South varsity baseball squads hit the diamond one last time on May 12 at South High School for the annual Mayor’s Cup game. South’s Falcons came from behind to defeat the Central Eagles 10-7. more

A sweep in the final three-game series of the regular season vaulted East Meadow into the No. 5 seed in the Nassau Class AA baseball playoffs, and the Jets extended that winning streak to four games with a 10-3 home win over No. 12 Mepham in the first round last Monday. more

Mary Jo O'Hagan was re-elected and Eric Harrison won the second seat on the Baldwin School board from incumbent B.A. Schoen in yesterday's election. The school and library budgets passed by substantial margins. more

Hofstra's 17th consecutive win of 2012, a 9-1 decision over Georgia State last Saturday, gave the Pride the Colonial Athletic Association softball championship. more

In one of the stranger endings to any softball game, let alone a postseason matchup, a dead ball run awarded after a wild pitch with runners on first and third and one out in the bottom of the ninth pushed No. 2 East Meadow past No. 7 Mepham, 1-0, in the quarterfinal round of the Nassau Class AA playoffs. more

Oceanside entered the Nassau Class AA softball playoffs on the strength of a three-game winning streak and looked poised for a trip to the semifinals after building a three-run lead five innings into last Monday’s quarterfinal game against visiting Long Beach. more

The instant the umpire raised his right hand to signal the final out of Valley Stream North’s 9-8 extra-inning loss to Seaford in the first round of the Nassau Class A baseball playoffs last Saturday, a hush fell over the diamond. more

Senior Cara Camerada hit a two-run homer in the top of the first inning to set the tone, and East Rockaway got solid pitching from junior Gianna Cilluffo as the Lady Rocks knocked off Friends Academy, 8-2, on Monday afternoon to sweep the Nassau Class C softball championship series at Mitchel Athletic Complex. more

South Side couldn’t have picked a better time to put together its best offensive half of the season. The Cyclones exploded for 10 second-half goals — five apiece in the third and fourth quarters — to pull away for a 14-7 victory over Jericho in a Nassau Class B boys’ lacrosse first-round playoff game. more