Battle in Baltimore: New York-Maryland Challenge
Garden City junior Catherine McTiernan is challenged for possession of the ball by Manhasset senior Nicole Sockett during the Nassau Class B final at Hofstra. (June 1, 2011) Credit: Christopher Pasatieri
You ever look at those LaxPower, MaxPreps and ESPN Rise national rankings and think, "OK, but it's kind of arbitrary"? They are a pretty good gauge - and the best we've got on a national scope - but without those teams playing each other there's always room for debate. We've all heard or made some form of despite-the-rankings argument: "___ has played tougher competition" or " ___ could beat ___ head-to-head." A prime example is the hypothetical Garden City versus McDonogh argument.
Well, after next Saturday there'll be a little less need for such conjecture.
Garden City, St. Anthony's and Hauppauge will square off against Maryland's best teams in the New York-Maryland Challenge at St. Paul's School for Girls in Brooklandville, MD. The Trojans, Friars and Eagles are arguably Long Island's top teams - they are in Newsday's Big 10 rankings, at least - and they're all nationally ranked.
Laxageddon! (I know that one's terrible, but I'm going with it anyway.)
'The strategy that I'm seeing ... is very chaotic' A Newsday review of court records sheds new light on ICE's Long Island operation and where it's happening. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa, Shari Einhorn, investigative reporter Josefa Velásquez and attorney Reuben Kerben break it down.
'The strategy that I'm seeing ... is very chaotic' A Newsday review of court records sheds new light on ICE's Long Island operation and where it's happening. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa, Shari Einhorn, investigative reporter Josefa Velásquez and attorney Reuben Kerben break it down.
