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Suffolk state qualifier meet moved to Monday

William Floyd's Diamonte Corley wins the 55-meter dash

Photo credit: Daniel De Mato

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...

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Sachem North wrestling tournament preview

East Islip's Jesse Dellavecchia, right, defeated Walter Ibanez

Photo credit: Patrick E. McCarthy

Wrestling fans will get to see some of the top talent on the Island Friday and Saturday as 10 strong squads get together at Sachem North.

Here’s a look at some of the top wrestlers that will be competing.

Jesse Dellavecchia of East Islip and John Busiello of Eastport-South Manor are the second- and third- ranked wrestlers at 106 pounds. Dellavecchia is a tenth-grader who finished second...

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Floyd's Bob Hodgson a Hall of Famer

William Floyd boys' basketball varsity head coach Bob

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan

Bob Hodgson, a revered high school basketball coach who died last March 17 at the age of 61 after complications from a heart attack, is being inducted in the William Floyd High School Hall of Fame on Saturday.

The ceremony will take place during halftime of the Colonials’ boys basketball game against Commack, which begins at 2 p.m. Hodgson won 265 games and three county championships at Floyd,...

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LICs and CHSFL finals: How you voted

Lawrence's Jordan Fredericks leaps into the arms of

Photo credit: James Escher

The high school football season might be in the record books, but it's not officially over until we reveal how you voted in our "Pick the LICs and CHSFL championships"  gallery.

So without further ado, here are the final results (for the purposes of this chart, "Team 1" refers to the first team listed under the "Game" column, while "Team 2"...

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Watch Farmingdale-Floyd live at msgvarsity.com

Farmingdale's Kevin Petit-Frere reacts after making a tackle

Photo credit: James Escher

Thursday night’s Class I Long Island Championship football game between Floyd and Farmingdale will be shown live on msgvarsity.com

Farmingdale is 10-1 and Floyd is 9-2.

The game will be shown on tape Friday at 10 p.m. on MSG Varsity, Channel 14....

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