As they have at recent Central District Board of Education sessions, roughly a half-dozen parents and members of a recently formed, ad hoc community group, Time for Turf, spoke again at the Oct. 7 board meeting, reiterating their desire to see artificial-turf football fields at Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools. And, they said, they're not going away. In two recent meetings at which Time for Turf members spoke, they were unchallenged in their calls for synthetic-turf fields, with Central District officials primarily listening to their concerns and, most recently, forming a district committee to examine ways to improve all of Central's 31 athletic fields at its three high schools and two middle schools. This time, the calls for artificial turf were met by vocal opposition from Fred Kleiman, a local resident. Repeatedly noting the per-field cost for synthetic turf of more than $1 million, Kleiman said it would be "fiscally irresponsible" of the Central District to consider such a proposal, given that it would likely mean a property-tax increase amid a deep recession. more

Anyone who witnessed Carey’s triumph over Elmont last Saturday knows much of the glory should go to the boys in the trenches after the Seahawks’ convincing 24-12 win. more

Oceanside’s scoreless drought reached four games and its winless streak five with a 1-0 home defeat to defending Nassau Class AA boys’ soccer champion Massapequa on Oct. 8. more

The high school football season turned the corner last week and Nassau saw four teams knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten, leaving Freeport, Massapequa, Garden City, Lynbrook, Seaford and Roosevelt with unblemished marks through five games. more

A lucky break for the Bruins and an even luckier bounce for Plainview-JFK resulted in a Conference AA-II boys’ soccer deadlock last Friday, allowing the former to stay undefeated and the latter to gain a valuable point in the playoff race. more

There’s only one place to go for the Long Beach boys’ soccer team, and that’s up. The Marines are still seeking their first win of 2009 and have six more cracks at it. more

Not even heavy rains during the second half could put a damper on last Saturday’s Homecoming at Valley Stream South. more

Calhoun's taken some lumps since moving up to Conference AA-I in boys’ soccer, but they've been far more physical than mental. While the Colts record in conference play is 2-4, they've been on the wrong end of two consecutive one-goal games. more

Senior Jalisa Barnes had 23 kills as East Rockaway knocked off cross town rival Lynbrook 25-22, 25-21, 20-25, 25-19 in a Conference II girls’ volleyball match on Oct. 1. Senior Danielle Balder added seven aces for the Lady Rocks. more

The Rockville Centre 10-year-old boys baseball team won the 2009 District 30 Williamsport Championship by defeating Oceanside National 12 -1 and back-to-back games with Lynbrook that ended in 5-4 … more