High School Baseball
Swing for the fences with extended coverage of Long Island high school baseball.
Wantagh edges Plainedge in thrilling game
It is only April, but it felt like a playoff game between Wantagh and Plainedge this afternoon. It was an exciting game between two of the top teams in Nassau Class A and Wantagh eked out a 5-4 win on the road.
Mike Stack delivered a solo home run in the top of the seventh inning on a 2-and-0 fastball with two outs off Tom Walsh, who struck out the first two batters of the inning on some nasty...
Read more »Previewing second round matchups in Nassau baseball
It's high school sports, so let's do some homework.
I'll warn you ahead of time: the preview is pretty comprehensive, so rather than reading 1,000-plus words of me talking about teams you don't care about, notice that all the schools are bolded so you can jump around to whatever interests you. Why? Because I care.
CLASS AA
No. 10 Syosset (10-7) vs. No. 1 Calhoun (18-1) -
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Read more »Wantagh reaches state Class A final
Courtesy of Laura Albanese, Wantagh has defeated Lakeland, 2-1, in a state Class A semifinal at Union-Endicott high school Wantagh will play the winner of Pittsford Sutherland-Whitesboro at 4 p.m. today in the final. More later....
Read more »State matchups
All games Saturday in Binghamton
Class AA
Semifinals
10 a.m. Lindenhurst vs. Valley Central (Section IX) at Binghamton University
1 p.m. McQuaid (Section V) vs. Guilderland (Section II) at Binghamton University
Final at 4 p.m.
Class A
Semifinals
10 a.m. Wantagh vs. Lakeland (Section I) at Union-Endicott high school
1 p.m....
Read more »Wantagh still waiting for opponent
Wantagh will have to wait one more day to find out who it will play in the Class A state semifinals on Saturday in Binghamton. Lakeland (Section I) defeated Maine-Endwell, 5-3, this afternoon and will play Cornwall (Section IX) at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Pace University. The winner will play Wantagh at 10 a.m. Saturday at Union-Endicott high school. Wantagh will play in the state semifinals...
Read more »Wantagh beats Kings Park
Wantagh defeated Kings Park, 9-2, in the Long Island Class A championship. Wantagh will play in the state semifinals on Saturday in Binghamton. Matt Dybus went the distance and allowed five hits, walked one and struck out five. Ryan Sliwak hit a three-run triple to give Wantagh a 4-2 lead. Matt Benedetto went 2-for-4 with an RBI, Kyle Ambury went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Kevin Cohen...
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