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St. John the Baptist sure didn’t play like a fatigued team without its best player Thursday.

Without Tim Nowak (injured) and playing for the fifth time in seven days, SJB defeated host St. Mary’s, 8-2, in a CHSAA boys lacrosse game. Filling the void left by Nowak, who coach Larry Collins describes as the quarterback of the offense, Christian Turri racked up three goals and an assist.

“Turri...

St. Mary's, St. Anthony's and St. John the Baptist are the three Long Island teams in the CHSAA AA state girls basketball tournament, starting Wednesday. Semifinal games are Friday at St. John Villa at 5:45 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The championship game will be Saturday at Cardinal Spellman at 7 p.m.

Here are Wednesday's quarterfinal match-ups:

(1) Bishop Ford vs. (8) St. John the Baptist,...

1. St. Mary's (10-3) 2. Long Island Lutheran (9-3) 3. Massapequa (10-0) 4. North Shore (11-1) 5. MacArthur (9-2) 6. Baldwin (6-3) 7. Mepham (10-0) 8. Uniondale (10-2) 9. Farmingdale (10-2) 10. Kellenberg (6-5)...

1. St. Mary's (8-3)

2. Long Island Lutheran (7-3)

3. Baldwin (6-2)

4. Massapequa (9-0)

5. North Shore (9-1)

6. Farmingdale (9-1)

7. Uniondale (8-2)

8. Mepham (7-0)

9. MacArthur (8-2)

10. Kellenberg (5-4)...

1. Long Island Lutheran (6-3)

2. St. Mary's (6-2)

3. Baldwin (5-1)

4. Massapequa (7-0)

5. North Shore (7-1)

6. Farmingdale (8-0)

7. Uniondale (6-2)

8. Mepham (5-0)

9. MacArthur (6-2)

10. Sacred Heart (6-4)....

Despite four players fouling out, St. Mary's almost pulled off the upset Saturday night against Molloy at the St. Anthony's Winter Classic. St. Mary's fell just short in a 43-42 loss.

St. Mary's trailed by as many as 13 points early in the third quarter. Alyssa James scored on a putback to pull the Gaels within 33-31 early in the fourth quarter. Jasmine Bryant fouled out with 4:56 left and...