High School Volleyball

In a six-team conference where most of the teams have its share of questions, St. Anthony’s appears to have all the answers.

The Friars have won three state conference titles and are 50-1 during that stretch. In search of championship number four, they return a strong nucleus led by a trio of seniors: setter Matt Safranek and outside hitters Andrew Melon and Joseph Groneman.

Junior Matthew...

The postseason awards keep on rolling in for Glenn’s Melissa Rigo.

Newsday’s Long Island Player of the Year was named Gatorade's New York Volleyball Player of the Year. She is the first volleyball player from Long Island to receive this honor, which was first awarded in 1996. 

An outside hitter, Rigo led the Spiders to the Class B state title and was named tournament MVP. ...

3:57: Block from Rigo makes it 24-13 and a kill from Rigo ends thing. Glenn wins in 3, 25-12, 25-15, 25-13. Dominant from start-to-finish

3:54: Glenn is up 18-13, pulling away. Two straight aces from Canales gives SpiderKnights seven-point lead.

3:46: Glenn down 9-8; they are starting to come together. A kill fro Mckenna puts them SpiderKnights up 10-9.

3:42: Glenn down 6-0 in...

All games Saturday . . .

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

At Cicero-North Syracuse High School

Class A Pool Play, 10 a.m.

Massapequa vs. TBA

Class B Pool Play, 10 a.m.

Eastport-South Manor vs. TBA

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Pool play at Civic Center, Glens Falls

Class AA, 9 a.m.

Smithtown East vs. TBA

Class A, 9 a.m.

Kings Park

Class B, 3:30 p.m.

Glenn...

Below is the postgame interview with Smithtown East's Delia Phillips and Maggie Engellenner following Saturday's win over Massapequa in the Class AA LI Championship/southeast regional.

Talk about the emotions of winning a Long Island championship.

Maggie: I was saying, we’ve come so far. I mean, our first year on the team, we made it to the county championship game and lost in a really...

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Long Island/Southeast Regional finals at Hofstra

Class A, noon

Lindenhurst vs. Massapequa

Class B, 2:30 p.m.

Eastport-South Manor vs. Floral Park

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Long Island/Southeast Regional finals at St. Joseph's College,Patchogue

Class AA, 7:30 p.m.

Massapequa vs. Smithtown East

Class A, 5 p.m.

Wantagh vs. Kings...

Boys

Division I: Massapequa vs. Lindenhurst

Pick: Massapequa in four

Division II: Eastport-South Manor vs. Floral Park

Pick: ESM in three

GIRLS

Class AA: Massapequa vs. Smithtown East

Pick: Smithtown East in four

Class A: Wantagh vs. Kings Park

Pick: Wantagh in five

Class B: Glenn vs. Seaford

Pick: Glenn in three

Class C: Mattituck...

Well, St. Anthony's did it again.

In a five-game barnburner Tuesday night, they defeated No. 1 Kellenberg to win their fourth straight NSCHSAA title. On Saturday at St. Mary's HS near Buffalo, they aim to win a third consecutive CHSAA state title.

"This team never gave up, no matter what obstacles they faced," Friars coach Donna Newman said. "I told them at the beginning...

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

NASSAU

Finals at Hofstra

Class A, 4:30 p.m.

(1) Massapequa vs. (3) Plainview JFK

Class B, 6:30 p.m.

(1) Floral Park vs. (2) Bellmore JFK

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

NASSAU

Finals at SUNY-Old Westbury

Class A, 4:30 p.m.

(1) Wantagh vs. (2) South Side

Class B, 6:30 p.m.

(1) Seaford vs. (3) Floral Park

SUFFOLK

Class...

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

SUFFOLK

Finals at Longwood

Class A, 7:30 p.m.

(1) Lindenhurst vs. (2) Northport

Class B, 5 p.m.

(1) Eastport-South Manor vs. (3) Sayville

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

SUFFOLK

Class A Final at St. Joseph's (L.I.), Patchogue, 8 p.m.

(1) Sayville vs. (2) Kings Park...