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Friends Academy wins LI Class C title

Babylon's Miranda Richards and Friends Academy's Stephanie Gherlone

Photo credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke | Babylon's Miranda Richards and Friends Academy's Stephanie Gherlone hustle to the ball in the Long Island Class C field hockey championship. (Nov. 12, 2011)

Erica Sklar was giddy – well, even more so than usual. Savannah Febesh couldn’t fight the tears. Jalisa Clark couldn’t hold a smile long enough for the team photo before blurting, "We’re going to states!"

Friends Academy beat Babylon, 5-1, Saturday to capture the Class C field hockey Long Island championship, accomplishing something, Clark said, they had "been trying to do forever."

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