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Healthy Danielle Doherty leads Massapequa to Nassau Class AA title

Massapequa's Danielle Doherty sets to shoot against Uniondale

Photo credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke | Massapequa's Danielle Doherty sets to shoot against Uniondale in the Nassau Class AA Large School girls basketball final. (March 2, 2013)

It's been a long way back to the top for Massapequa senior Danielle Doherty.

After she suffered an ACL injury last spring, the first day the guard was cleared to play sports was the first day of girls basketball tryouts in mid-November.

On Saturday, she knocked down five three-pointers, scored a game-high 17 points and was named MVP of the Nassau Class AA championship game in top-seeded...

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