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I was wrong.

I’ll say it again: I, Laura Albanese, being of sound mind and disposing memory and not acting under duress or undue influence, admit that I was wrong.

Some context: Earlier this week, while making my (so far, not-terrible!) predictions, I decided that Northport would pull the upset over third-seeded Ward Melville in a hotly-contested Class A semifinal. And clearly,...

Bay Shore defeated Northport,16-6, Thursday to remain undefeated in Division I. The Marauders (7-0) jumped out to an 11-4 lead at halftime and never looked back.

“We played hard throughout the game,” Bay Shore coach Allison Pfeffer said. “Our gameplan was to jump out and take the lead so we could control the ball. Northport has a very good attack and we didn’t want them to have the ball.”

Bay...

Well, that was fun.

This week, I got to see the human streak, Sydney Pirreca, in action, and spent half that game being afraid to jot anything down in my notebook, because every time I did, she'd zipped to the other side of the field. Mount Sinai = legitimate, opponents take note. Shoutout to their goalie, Julia Michaels, who's the best quote I've had in awhile (hey, it's the little things)....

Howdy girls lacrosse aficionados! Did you miss us? (Don't answer that. We're sensitive.) For the uninitiated, I'm Laura Albanese, your resident Suffolk girls lacrosse writer. My partner in crime is none other than the inestimable Stephen Haynes, and he'll be covering Nassau. And what is this, you ask? Why, this is 'Girls Who Run (This) World', my Beyonce-inspired ode to the best performances of...

Matchup: Northport (22-2) VS. New Rochelle (15-9)

Game time: Saturday, 12:30 p.m.

The Tigers are battle-tested for their first visit to Glens Falls in 18 years, having won tight playoff games against Longwood, Deer Park and Baldwin.

Northport has held teams to under 50 points a game. A big reason is 6-9 senior center Luke Petrasek, who averages about 18 points, 11 rebounds and...

The starting times for Saturday’s Class A and Class AA Long Island Championship boys basketball games at Hofstra have been confirmed by. Ed Cinelli, executive director of Section XI (Suffolk).

Section XI is serving as host for the games at the Mack Center, confirmed Monday, the following schedule: Class A: Amityville vs. Jericho, 5 p.m. ($7 admission) Class AA: Northport vs. Baldwin, 7:30...

Suffolk’s best track athletes will have to wait one more day to book their tickets to the state meet.

The state qualifier, originally scheduled for Sunday, has been rescheduled for Monday at 5 p.m. at Suffolk Community College-Brentwood, according to Suffolk coordinator Tony Toro.

A number of county champions will be looking to qualify. Floyd’s Diamonte Corley will compete in the 55...