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A celebration of Long Beach High School baseball
Long Beach High School baseball has been taking the field for quite some time. This Saturday, just how long they’ve been around — now 100 seasons — will be celebrated. Long Beach High School Varsity Baseball and Softball teams will be conducting clinics for Little Leaguers on May 4 at noon at Long Beach High School. Additionally, at 1 p.m., there will be a showing of “The History of Long Beach High School Baseball,” celebrating its 100th year in the high school gym.
Barstool Sports' David Portnoy's “One Bite Pizza Review” Series Rates Williston Park’s Gino’s Pizza
Businessman, social media personality and founder and owner of sports and pop culture company Barstool Sports, David Portnoy, has been chronicling his recent tour of Long Island pizzerias by posting reviews of the pies he has sampled on his YouTube channel, which currently has 1.27 million subscribers. Along the way...
Late game heroics see Drexel victorious over Hofstra
Last Saturday, The Drexel Dragons Women’s Lacrosse team traveled to Hempstead, New York, to face the Hofstra Pride in the CAA regular-season finale. Both teams came into the match 6-1 in conference play, looking to end the season with a victory. Drexel opened the scoring early with Alex Wall...
Baldwin, East Meadow battle for playoff seeding
Two teams headed to the Nassau Class AAA baseball playoffs but jockeying for seeding took turns beating each other in the first two games of last week’s series before East Meadow got the best of Baldwin in the May 2 finale. Senior Christian Brennan allowed two runs and scattered...
Defensive focus fuels Valley Stream
A contactless sport may not leave much room for aggression but don’t tell that to the Valley Stream District flag football team. After dropping a low-scoring affair to Port Washington, Valley Stream (7-3) exercised its demons by earning its fifth shutout victory of the season on the road to the tune of 30-0 at Westbury April 20.
Hofstra softball ends stellar weekend sweep
The Hofstra University softball team completed a sweep of the Hampton University Pirates in a senior day spectacular on Sunday, April 28. The Pride was victorious, securing a 2-1 win that afternoon that gave them their third Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) sweep of the season. Before the game, the Pride...
Baseball Recap: Chris Stumpf leads North Babylon to victory over Smithtown East
North Babylon's hitters rose to the challenge against a Bulls pitching crew that boasted an average of only four runs allowed on Saturday. The North Babylon Bulldogs came out on top against the Smithtown East Bulls by a score of 10-5. The win made it back-to-back victories for North Babylon.
Northport Lady Tigers lax team keeps foot on the gas
The unstoppable Northport Lady Tigers lacrosse express rolled over its most recent opponent, the Walt Whitman Wildcats, 17-4 on Monday, April 29. Under twilight skies and a small spit of raindrops, Northport stormed out to an 8-0 lead after the first quarter as sophomore attacker Kate Atkinson had two goals and three assists. Senior offensive machine Julia Huxtable, lurking around her office behind the net, benefited from Atkinson’s generosity with two goals, as did fellow senior Christina Lauro, who had two goals in the first 12 minutes — Atkinson assisted on one of those as well.
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