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JOHN BEATTY JR. PREVAILS OVER JR BERTUCCIO IN CLASSIC NASCAR MODIFIED BATTLE SATURDAY AT RIVERHEAD RACEWAY
It may have been just the third 50-lap Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series NASCAR Modified event of 2024 Saturday at Riverhead Raceway, but John Beatty Jr. of Merrick and JR Bertuccio of Centereach were in mid-season form waging a war for the victory. When the dust settled, defending champion John Beatty, who went winless during his championship run last year scored his first win since June 4th, 2022, the 11th of his career.
Sayville ends Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats baseball season
Having survived a must-win game the day before, Shoreham-Wading River (No. 3) lived to face Sayville (No. 6) at home Sunday, May 19, in a Suffolk Class A playoff match. Sayville banked two runs in the opening inning, but the Wildcats answered when Kyle Stella drove in Christian Cox to get on the scoreboard. Shoreham-Wading River sophomore Daniel Laieta homered in the bottom of the second driving in to put his team ahead 3-2, a lead that would be short-lived.
Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats advance to championship round with win over Kingsmen
Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats (No. 2) struck first and never trailed in the Suffolk Class C boys lacrosse semifinals against Kings Park (No. 3) at Thomas Cutinella Memorial Field, Friday, May 17. The Gregorek brothers set the tone with senior Liam Gregorek notching his hat trick midway through the 3rd quarter...
Patriots softball falls in season finale to Connetquot
Both Connetquot (No. 5) and Ward Melville (No. 8) softball teams had their backs against the wall where both suffered an opening round playoff loss and wound up in the loser bracket Saturday morning, May 18. Connetquot at (12-6) hosted Ward Melville (10-8) in an elimination round of the Suffolk...
Ridge takes NJ Group 3 first round win over Middletown South - Boys lacrosse recap
AJ Lembo netted four goals and tallied an assist for second-seeded Ridge in a 17-3 win against 15th-seeded Middletown South in the first round of the North Jersey, Group 3 tournament in Basking Ridge. Liam Thoma, Brendan Laffey, Dan Caesar and Ryan Turner each scored two goals for Ridge (10-7).
Great eight, Northport boys lax in county final again
It was a rivalry that has become a domination. And the latest chapter was delivered with quite the punctuation. The Northport boys lacrosse program thrashed Ward Melville on Saturday, May 18, by a score of 14-3 in the Suffolk County Class A semifinal match at Northport. It is the eighth straight time the Tigers have beaten the Patriots, three of the eight knocking Ward Melville out of the playoffs.
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