On Monday, Aug. 18, all 56 Nassau County public high school football teams will begin preparations for the upcoming season, scheduled to open Friday, Sept. 12 with a handful of games under the lights.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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8/12/14
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Despite allowing 268 rushing yards and going 1-for-9 on third-down conversions, Long Island continued its recent dominance of New York City by capturing the 19th annual UnitedHealthcare Empire Challenge football all-star game, 24-18, before a record-crowd of 9,762 at Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium on June 25.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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7/3/14
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No one will contest the fact that we have experienced a cold winter up to now. Cold weather tends to drive people indoors and keeps them away from . . .
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1/31/14
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A first-quarter injury to the San Diego Chargers’ starting center during their Wild Card playoff game against the host Cincinnati Bengals on Jan. 5 forced the team to abruptly call on their backup. With five minutes remaining in the quarter, in stepped Rich Ohrnberger, a five-year NFL veteran, a three-year starter at Penn State University, and a 2004 East Meadow High School graduate.
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By David Weingrad
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1/29/14
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Clarke rode a season full of big plays all the way to the first round of the Nassau County Conference IV playoffs, where No. 2 Seaford took advantage of a heavy wind at its back to score 21 third-quarter points and turn a close game into a 45-21 victory on Nov. 8.
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By Steve Siniski
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11/15/13
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The East Meadow football team had its season ended last Saturday for a second straight year by Massapequa in the opening round of the Nassau Conference I playoffs. The third-seeded Chiefs jumped out to a 21-point halftime lead en route to a convincing 56-21 victory over the sixth-seeded Jets.
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By Andrew Coen
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11/12/13
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The family of Billy Andrle, a senior at East Meadow High School, is suing the East Meadow School District for, according to his attorney, “damaging his chance of scholarships and … professional sports thereafter” after he alleges that Andrle was kicked off of the varsity football team in September.
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By David Weingrad
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10/18/13
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Trailing East Meadow by a touchdown with a little more than six minutes remaining in last Saturday night’s Conference I football showdown, Oceanside stuck to its offensive game plan.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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10/15/13
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East Meadow and Massapequa traded scoring punches from the opening drive of last Saturday’s Conference I football battle combining for 88 points, but it was the Chiefs defense that managed to make the one big play in the closing seconds of a 48-40 victory.
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By Steve Siniski
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9/24/13
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West Hempstead came out running on all cylinders in the football opener, powering past Clarke, 56-21, in a Conference IV game.
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By Andrew McClure
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9/17/13
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