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East Rockaway's Nick Ulip tries to break the grasp of Locust Valley's Philip Merenda during last Saturday's Conference IV playoff game.

A dominant performance in week 8 clinched a berth for East Rockaway in the Nassau Conference IV playoffs. more

Andrew McClure | 11/12/09

Hewlett's Russell Schneider plows ahead for some of his 56 yards in last Saturday's Conference III playoff victory over visiting Sewanhaka.

Hewlett’s Jay Iaquinta stresses special teams as much as any football coach in Nassau County and that’s where the difference came for the Bulldogs in last Saturday’s 10-6 victory over Sewanhaka in a Conference III first-round playoff game. more

Tony Bellissimo | 11/12/09

A key part of Sewanhaka's offense, junior Brian Wint suffered an ankle injury in the first quarter of last Saturday's Conference III playoff loss at Hewlett.

Sewanhaka falls to Hewlett

Hewlett’s Jay Iaquinta stresses special teams as much as any football coach in Nassau County and that’s where the difference came for the Bulldogs in last Saturday’s 10-6 victory over Sewanhaka in a Conference III first-round playoff game. more

Tony Bellissimo | 11/12/09

Oceanside's Nick Sherry looks for running room during last Saturday's Conference I playoff game at Freeport.

Oceanside can't stop Freeport

For a little more than a quarter of last Saturday’s Nassau Conference I playoff opener, it looked like Oceanside and Freeport would have a repeat performance of the barnburner the teams played when they met during the regular season and combined for 90 points. more

Andrew McClure | 11/12/09

Alonzo Holcombe had 197 yards and two touchdowns.

Baldwin return sinks Jets

Troy Dennis returned a kickoff 81 yards for the game-winning touchdown as No. 7 Baldwin upset No. 2 East Meadow in a Conference I first-round playoff game. more

Steve Siniski | 11/12/09

Dylan Pastor starred on offense and special teams for Hewlett.

Football playoffs: Turning the tables

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

11/7/09

Long Beach's Tom Rowley makes some headway against the Roslyn defense during the Marines' 14-3 Conference II victory last Saturday.

Long Beach caps year with win

Though Long Beach didn’t exactly light up the home scoreboard again, two touchdowns proved more than enough to put a notch in the win column in last Saturday’s Conference II season finale against Roslyn. more

Tony Bellissimo | 11/5/09

Malverne junior Corey Alexander is wrapped up by Locust Valley's Sam Casella during last Saturday's Conference IV game.

Mules enter playoffs on sour note

One week after its most significant victory of the football season, Malverne picked a bad time to play its poorest game of the year. more

Andrew McClure | 11/5/09

South Side freshman Eric Willie plows forward for some of his 92 yards in last Saturday's 27-7 Conference III win over West Hempstead.

Cyclones roll to Homecoming win

In a football season where more has gone wrong than right, South Side made the most of a dreary Homecoming day by rolling to a 27-7 Conference III victory over West Hempstead last Saturday. more

Tony Bellissimo | 10/29/09

Junior Seiddrik Ervin had seven catches for 88 yards for Lawrence.

Lawrence drops Homecoming game

Mother Nature forced the cancellation of Lawrence’s Homecoming parade on Saturday, and Plainedge running back Anthony Tardalo proved an even bigger spoiler than the weather. more

Tony Bellissimo | 10/29/09