Thursday, October 1, 2026
Westbury 45, Elmont 42
At full strength for the first time in more than a month, second-seeded Westbury avenged a pair of regular-season defeats to No. 1 Elmont and captured the Nassau Class A boys’ basketball championship on Saturday at Hofstra, 45-42.
The Green Dragons used a balanced attack, led by Sheldon Hagigal’s 13 points, to hand the Spartans just their third defeat in 21 games and first since Jan 14. Tyrece Redd added nine points, Lamard Herron had eight and Paris Abrams and Luckens Victor chipped in seven apiece for Westbury (17-4), which never trailed and advances to meet Harborfields in the Long Island Class A title game next Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hofstra.
Dean Walker had 10 points to lead the Spartans, who set a season-low with four points in the opening quarter and tied their season low for points in a half with 14. Anthony Elechi added eight points and eight rebounds.
“They’re a great team,” Elmont coach George Holub said. “We punched, but they punched back. They hit their shots and we missed some shots. We missed some chippies.”
Uniondale 64, Baldwin 61
Add another chapter to the greatest sports rivalry going in Nassau.
For a third consecutive season, the Class AA championship game between Uniondale and Baldwin wasn’t decided until the final possession.
The top-seeded Knights, who led by as many as 11 points in the fourth quarter, held off the No. 2 Bruins, 64-61, before a crowd of 3,500 on Saturday night, to repeat as champs. Baldwin’s Ashanti DePass (19 points) came within inches of forcing overtime, but his three-point shot at the buzzer caromed off the back of the rim.
Shaquille Mosely had 19 points to lead Uniondale, which hit its last nine free throws and went 10-for-12 from the line in the fourth quarter. Bolade Akingboye added 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Knights (17-3), who meet Half Hollow Hills West in the Long Island Class AA championship game next Saturday at Hofstra at 4:30 p.m.
“We had poor starts in the first and third quarters and only played with enough intensity when we were down,” Baldwin coach Darius Burton said. “More often than not, you’re not going to win a game like this if you’re not consistent.”
Dominique Aberdeen and Donte Howell added 14 points apiece for the Bruins (18-3), who came into the game winners of 15 straight.
