Three straight wins, a 4-2 mark in Conference II after six games and the playoffs set squarely in its sights. Not a bad run for a Mepham football program bouncing back like a superball after a 1-7 mark in 2008. more

A blast off the foot of Chris Martelli with 11:08 remaining gave visiting Carey a 1-1 tie with Kennedy in a Conference AA-II boys’ soccer game on Oct. 14. more

Lynbrook improves to 6-0 in Conference III with a hard-fought victory at Hewlett, thanks in large part to Tom DeNapoli. more

Take a quick glance at the box scores for Kennedy's girls' soccer team and a different sport immediately comes to mind: softball. The way the Lady Cougars (5-3 overall, 5-2 in Conference IV) are scoring goals—they're averaging 5.3 per game over the last four, it sure doesn't seem like it's soccer they're playing. more

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

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

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

The second half of the Nassau County High School football season begins this weekend and the biggest matchup on the docket takes place in Lynbrook. The Owls host Sewanhaka in a Conference III showdown of surprising 4-0 teams at 3 p.m. more

First half goals by senior forward Danielle Kirby and sophomore center-midfielder Mary Hijazi gave Calhoun an early lead, and strong goalkeeping by freshman Alissa Battaglia made it stand up as the Lady Colts notched their first win of the soccer season, 2-1, over Valley Stream Central last Friday. more

The first half of the Nassau County High School football season concludes this weekend and the marquee matchup in Conference I has Farmingdale visiting East Meadow on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. more