Other contributors for Oceanside were Tim Nolan, who hit a big trey in the first half and played stingy perimeter defense all game and Ryan Hertling who clogged the post all game, especially when Sabety was on the bench with foul trouble.

The game was played at Hicksville but that wasn’t evident by the crowd noise.  Oceanside fans came out with such force the school brought its own crowd control personnel.

Despite the tough ending, next season looks bright for Oceanside, and Keegan is confident in his bunch.

“They’re a great group of kids and they are very easy to coach,” he said. “We’ll get over this loss in the next three months and start thinking about next year.”