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The Spartans 4x400-meter relay team set a new school record.

Spartans have strong showing at championships

Seven Valley Stream North High School student-athletes competed at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Winter Track & Field Championships in Staten Island on … more

By Juan Lasso | 4/7/22

North High School bowler Tiffany Wong is headed to the state bowling championships for the second year in a row.

NH Bowler heads to states, again.

Valley Stream North High senior and star bowler, Tiffany Wong, has qualified for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) state championship tournament for the second … more

By Karina Kovac | 3/17/22

The East Rockaway unified basketball team faced a squad from Long Beach on May 2 at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School.

East Rockaway's unified basketball team inspires students

East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School’s unified basketball team continues to inspire players with and without intellectual disabilities. more

By Melissa Koenig | 5/17/18

Freeport High School cheerleaders took part in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Cheerleading Championship in Syracuse on March 3, and finished fifth.

Cheer squad leaps to a top U.S. ranking

The Freeport High School cheerleading team tumbled, twirled and danced its way into the school’s history books by earning a ranking of 22nd in the nation this season, while winning titles and … more

By Nadya Nataly | 3/30/18

Tragedy on the field

Tom Cutinella, a football player in Shoreham-Wading River High School, died after a game last week. Cutinella, 16, had blocked a player from John H. Glenn High School during an Oct. 1 game. He collided with the opposing player and collapsed soon afterward. Cutinella died at Huntington Hospital a few hours later. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 10/8/14

Tragedy on the field

Tom Cutinella, a football player in Shoreham-Wading River High School, died after a game last week. Cutinella, 16, had blocked a player from John H. Glenn High School during an Oct. 1 game. He … more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 10/8/14

Calhoun High School football and lacrosse star Griffin Miller, right, has a 98 average and, as a junior, is already committed to play lacrosse at Dartmouth. Students like him are the reason that all 28 of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s fall squads were designated New York State Scholar-Athlete Teams by the state Public High School Athletic Association, Central District officials say. He was joined here by Jason Elias, a Calhoun English teacher and Kennedy High School soccer coach, who said he stresses academics first and athletics second.

28 Bellmore-Merrick Central squads named Scholar-Athlete teams

Calhoun High School football and lacrosse star Griffin Miller attends the athletes’ after-school study hall daily after practice. No exceptions. He finishes 45 minutes of homework, grabs a late pass and dashes to practice, after which he sits down to another two to three hours of studies at home. The junior’s commitment to homework, in part, explains why he has attained a 98 average while taking a battery of Advanced Placement and Honors classes and is already committed to play at Dartmouth. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/20/14