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Updated baseball playoff schedule

Shoreham's Mike O'Reilly singles in the sixth inning.

Photo credit: George A. Faella

Tuesday May 29

CHSAA championship Game 3 at St. John the Baptist

No. 1 St. Anthony's vs. No. 2 Holy Trinity, 3 p.m.

Nassau Class AA finals best-of-three series

No. 2 MacArthur vs. No. 4 Calhoun

Game 1 at Farmingdale State, 4 p.m.

Nassau Class A finals best-of-three series

No. 8 Island Trees vs. No. 16 Plainedge

Game 1 at Farmingdale State, 7 p.m.

Suffolk...

LIVE BLOG: CHSAA championship Game 2 - Holy Trinity vs. St. Anthony's

Game 2 is underway as Holy Trinity looks for its second NSCHSAA championship in three season. St. Anthony's looks to force a Game 3.

Patrick Madigan is on the mound for Holy Trinity.

Top 1: 

The Friars start off well. Steve Giustino walked with one out and scored on a two-out double from David Grieneveld, who hit a liner down the leftfield line. The Friars lead 1-0.

St....

Alex Robinson shines in Game 1 for Holy Trinity

As Alex Robinson left the mound following the sixth inning, the Holy Trinity lefthander received high fives and congratulations from teammates as if his day was done. The Titans led by seven and there’s always a chance Robinson could pitch in a Game 3 if necessary.

Robinson threw 85 pitches after six innings, but the Maryland-bound senior talked his way into finishing the game. Robinson threw...

LIVE BLOG: CHSAA finals - St. Anthony's vs. Holy Trinity

CHSAA finals best-of-three series

No. 1 St. Anthony's (16-8) vs. No. 2 Holy Trinity (16-8)

Game 1 at 11 a.m.

Game 2 3 p.m.

It's a great day for baseball here at Farmingdale State and it will be a doubleheader. The CHSAA has been very competitive this season. These teams met three times during the regular season with St. Anthony's winning two of three. Each team needed three...

Baseball playoff schedule

Calhoun rightfielder Tommy Murphy's (28) dives for a

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan

Monday May 28

CHSAA championship best-of-three series

No. 1 St. Anthony's vs. No. 2 Holy Trinity at Farmingdale State

Game 1 at 11 a.m.

Game 2 at 3 p.m.

Tuesday May 29

Nassau Class AA finals best-of-three series

No. 2 MacArthur vs. No. 4 Calhoun

Game 1 at Farmingdale State, 4 p.m.

Nassau Class A finals best-of-three series

No. 8 Island...

Nassau baseball playoff matchups

Nassau Class AA  Best-of-three quarterfinals Tuesday May 15 Game 1 No. 11 Baldwin at No. 1 Massapequa No. 8 Hicksville at No. 2 MacArthur No. 7 Carey at No. 3 Bellmore JFK No. 5 East Meadow at No. 4 Calhoun Nassau Class A Best-of-three quarterfinals Wednesday May 16 Game 1 No. 16 Plainedge at No. 1 Clarke No. 8 Island Trees at No. 2 Wantagh No. 7 Garden City at No. 3 South Side No. 6 Bethpage...

Suffolk baseball playoff matchups

All games at 4 p.m. unless noted

Class AA

Tuesday May 15

Outbracket game

No. 17 Smithtown West at No. 16 Sachem East, 4:30 p.m.

Double-elimination tournament

Wednesday May 16

No. 17 Smithtown West/No. 16 Sachem East at No. 1 Connetquot, 4 p.m.

No. 9 Hauppauge at No. 8 Smithtown West

No. 12 Longwood at No. 5 East Islip

No. 13 West Islip...

Long Island Top 10 baseball rankings

Here is Gregg Sarra's Top 10 team rankings for Long Island.

1. Clarke (13-0) 2. Wantagh (13-0) 3. Kings Park (12-1) 4. MacArthur (10-1) 5. Eastport/South Manor (13-1) 6. East Islip (13-1) 7. Massapequa (10-1) 8. Hauppauge (12-1) 9. Connetquot (12-2) 10. Smithtown East (12-2)  ...

Oceanside and Massapequa to play for good cause

Not only is the Oceanside-Massapequa a good series between two of the perennial contenders in Nassau Class AA, but the third game of the series will be used to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Long Island.

Oceanside has decided to move its home game to Burns Park on Merrick Road in Massapequa and will still be the home team on Thursday at 7 p.m. The game will be called...

Naughton pitches perfect game for Chaminade

Here's an extended version of the brief write-up we had on Chaminade's Robert Naughton's perfect game against St. Dominc:

 

Chaminade senior pitcher Robert Naughton won two games on Friday, and one of them was perfect. Naughton pitched the first perfect game in Chaminade’s 86-year history, according to assistant coach Shaun Manning, in a 6-0 win over St. Dominic in CHSAA. The perfect...

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