Fresh off a 2008-09 campaign that saw the Hofstra women’s basketball team more than triple its win total from the previous season, fourth-year head coach Krista Kilburn-Steveskey sees an even brighter future ahead for the program after assembling one of the best freshman classes in the nation. more

Hofstra men’s basketball team was picked to finish sixth in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) but if its Nov. 17 performance at Connecticut, where the Pride nearly upset the nationally ranked Big East power, is any indication, head coach Tom Pecora’s squad may make those preseason prognostications seem way off come March. more

Baldwin couldn’t have scripted a better opening to its Nassau Conference I semifinal matchup with top-seeded Freeport at Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium last Saturday. more

It’s championship week for Nassau County High School football and all four No. 1 preseason seeds are alive and aiming for titles. more

Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District athletic director, recently resigned his post as coordinator of the Nassau County Boys' Basketball Committee because, he said, the Section VIII Athletic Council rejected a proposal of his to fine-tune the seeding process that ultimately determines teams' playing schedules. In 2006, Lerner was the architect of an ability-grouping system that determined a team's conference by its record. Previously, teams were assigned to conferences without much regard to their records. Rather, officials used what they called the "snake," in which teams were seeded and then laid out on a grid that wound back and forth in serpentine fashion. more

Troy Dennis returned a kickoff 81 yards for the game-winning touchdown as No. 7 Baldwin upset No. 2 East Meadow in a Conference I first-round playoff game. more

Hewlett and Baldwin avenge regular-season losses to Sewanhaka and East Meadow, respectively, to advance in playoffs. more

For 32 of the 56 Nassau County high school football teams, the season continues into the playoffs. more

Thanks to some staunch defensive play by Mepham and a clutch corner kick executed by twin sisters Sali and Safi Ayinde, the Lady Pirates advanced in the Nassau Class AA girls' soccer playoffs with a 1-0 win at Baldwin. more

Baldwin junior Tana Weekes dazzled the crowd with his one-on-one ball skills for much of last Friday’s Nassau Class AA first-round boys’ soccer matchup with Kennedy. But it was one of Weekes’ quickest and simplest passes that sparked the No. 8 Bruins (13-0-2 overall) to a 2-0 victory. more