Suffolk Lacrosse Playoffs Begin This Week

West Islip is the top seed for boys; Ward Melville is No. 1 girls team.

Lacrosse is a Long Island state of mind, and nothing showcased that more than the state playoffs a year ago. Three Long Island boys squads played in state title games, which ended with Farmingdale hoisting its first Class A plaque.  It could have easily been West Islip instead. The teams played a thrilling Long Island championship game decided in overtime. West Islip, after all, has worn four of the last six state crowns.  Perennial girls lacrosse power Northport finally broke through and won its first state Class A championship. In fact, Long Island girls teams have won nine of 10 possible state class titles (A, B, C) since 2009. But the first step is winning Suffolk, which begins with boys and girls lacrosse playoff games this week. The …

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Photos: Chaminade vs. St. Anthony's Lacrosse

Chaminade beat St. Anthony's Thursday in battle of nationally-ranked lacrosse programs.

Chaminade jumped in front early and held off a late St. Anthony's charge to earn an 11-8 boys lacrosse win in a showdown of nationally-ranked CHSAA rivals. While the Flyers swept the regular-season series, Thursday’s meeting was simply a bridge to the title game May 24 at 4:45 p.m. at Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium. Here is a look at the game in photos. 

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Chaminade Sweeps St. Anthony's Lacrosse

Flyers earn 11-8 road win over St. Anthony's, take both regular-season meetings.

They struck in a brilliant flash of red and gold as each Chaminade jersey caught the late afternoon sunlight and shimmered with every goal. The Flyers boys lacrosse team, ranked fifth in the nation by ESPN, exploded for four goals in the first 7:44 Thursday to run past host St. Anthony’s, 11-8, in a Nassau-Suffolk CHSAA showdown.  “We focused on getting those early goals,” said senior midfield Matt Graham, a Michigan signee, who scored three first-half goals to power Chaminade (13-1) to a regular-season sweep of rival St. Anthony’s.  And like the previous meeting, a 6-5 Flyers win on April 5, Chaminade jumped way in front early.  “I wish I knew the cure,” St. Anthony’s Coach Keith Wieczorek said. “We talked about it all week. We talked …

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Hills East Football Teams Up With Buffalo Wild Wings

The Thunderbirds will hold a fundraiser for their 2012-13 season on May 9.

The Half Hollow Hills East football team is partnering with Buffalo Wild Wings to support a fundraiser for the upcoming season. The booster club created a flyer in which fans will hand to their servers during their meals. From each table's bill, 15 percent (excluding tax and alcohol) will be given to the team. This means that the more that is eaten, the more money will be raised. The event will take place Wednesday, May 9 at Buffalo Wild Wings, located at 1112 Deer Park Avenue in North Babylon. Click the PDF in the photos section to the right of this article to print the flyer.

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Ceparano Pitches No-Hitter Against Whitman

Hills East pitcher strikes out 13 hitters in Friday's game.

Michael Ceparano, a junior at Half Hollow Hills High School East, pitched a complete no-hitter game on Friday, April 20 against Walt Whitman High School. The pitcher struck out 13 and walked three to lead Hills East 3-0 in the varsity win. "He was dominating all day. Every pitch is on. He’s one of top pitchers in the league and he's hitting his stride right now," Hills East coach Tim Belz said. "He'll be a Division I prospect for next year." Ceparano throws at about 85 mph, his coach said. Mike Parziale went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI and Louis Sileno went 1-for-2 with two RBI for Hills East. It was the the first no-hitter game for Hills East since 2009. The Thunderbirds had two no-hitter games that year. However, this is not the first …

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Locals Named All-State Girls Basketball

St. Anthony's and Glenn stars earn spots on All-State team.

Two girls basketball teams who made runs deep into the postseason placed star players on the All-State Basketball Team.  The New York State Sportswriters and Coaches Organization for Girls Sports released the all-star teams Wednesday, and athletes from St. Anthony’s and Glenn earned recognition. Glenn senior center Allison McKenna, Newsday’s Long Island player of the year, was named to the All-State Class A second team. St. Anthony’s senior Symone Kelly and junior Rebecca Musgrove, both All-Long Island picks, were selected to the All-State Class AA second team.  McKenna, who won a state volleyball title in the fall, took Glenn to back-to-back Suffolk titles and a trip to the state Final Four in March. She signed with Geneseo. The Siena-…

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Becoming a YouTube Star

Video of a Dix Hills Heat soccer player goes viral after an amazing stunt is captured on camera.

Nikosi Burgess is a typical 15-year-old, who happens to be known by more than a million people. The Dix Hills Heat soccer player became a YouTube sensation overnight when video of an incredible backward-kick goal during a U15 Youth game was captured on film and uploaded to the video-sharing website. The video went viral, marking 1,223,018 hits as of Tuesday morning. In the game played at Dowling College against Hauppauge Brazil on March 24, Burgess is on the receiving end of a free kick into the box. He then wows the crowd by flicking the ball to himself on his back heel and completes a backward overhead kick into the goal.  Burgess, a freshman at Deer Park High School, is welcoming the sudden fame. In an interview with Patch, he spoke …

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Dix Hills Soccer Prodigy Goes Viral

Goal scored by U15 Youth team gets teen wonder noticed on YouTube.

If you only watch one sports replay today, this is it. Nkosi Burgess, who plays on the Dix Hills Heat U15 Youth soccer travel team, scored an incredible overhead goal that most people wouldn’t believe unless they saw it with their own eyes. Lucky for readers, the move was captured on film and uploaded to YouTube. The video went viral over the weekend, receiving more than a million views, and will certainly get the teen noticed in the sports arena. In the game played at Dowling College against Hauppauge Brazil on March 24, Burgess is on the receiving end of a free kick into the box. He then wows the crowd by flicking the ball to himself on his back heel and completes a backward overhead kick into the goal.  The incredible move prompts a …

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