Football quarterfinals: How you voted
Massapequa High School running back Nick Capuana, left, gets congratulated by wide receiver Harry Lowe after rushing for a 14-yard touchdown in the second quarter. (Nov. 10, 2012) Credit: James Escher
You voted, and here are the results.
We asked you to pick the winners of each Long Island high school football playoff game last weekend. Below are the voting results after the smoke settled on Monday morning, along with the actual game results.
A few fun facts from the data:
- Overall, readers went 25-6, with one tie in the voting (Long Beach-Carey). That equates to a winning percentage of 80.6%.
- Readers correctly predicted North Babylon's 35-14 upset over Smithtown East.
- Readers predicted upsets in the Smithtown West-East Islip game and the Island Trees-Roosevelt game. In both instances, the higher seed (East Islip, Roosevelt) prevailed.
- Readers did not predict upsets by Sachem East (6), West Babylon (8), Mercy (5) or Massapequa (5).
- Out of 146 votes cast, only 17 people correctly predicted that eighth-seeded West Babylon would upend top-seeded West Islip, which made for the largest percentage differential between two teams in an upset (76.8%).
| GAME | HIGHER SEED VOTES | LOWER SEED VOTES | ACTUAL RESULTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Shore (6) at Sachem North (2) | 255 | 120 | Sachem North, 24-7 | |
| Ward Melville (8) at Connetquot (1) | 370 | 78 | Connetquot, 39-7 | |
| Sachem East (6) at Northport (3) | 103 | 60 | Sachem East, 18-7 | |
| Commack (5) at Floyd (4) | 113 | 47 | Floyd, 48-28 | |
| West Babylon (8) at West Islip (1) | 129 | 17 | West Babylon, 20-19 | |
| Whitman (7) at Riverhead (2) | 106 | 17 | Riverhead, 36-13 | |
| Smithtown East (6) at East Islip (3) | 96 | 105 | East Islip, 23-0 | |
| North Babylon (5) at Smithtown East (4) | 45 | 67 | North Babylon, 35-14 | |
| Comsewogue (6) at Westhampton (3) | 78 | 27 | Westhampton, 6-0 | |
| Amityville (8) at Sayville (1) | 97 | 17 | Sayville, 48-8 | |
| Bellport (7) at Miller Place (2) | 70 | 24 | Miller Place, 44-7 | |
| Kings Park (5) at Huntington (4) | 46 | 44 | Huntington, 27-12 | |
| East Hampton (8) at Babylon (1) | 89 | 7 | Babylon, 55-14 | |
| Glenn (7) at Mt. Sinai (2) | 65 | 29 | Mt. Sinai, 20-14 | |
| Stony Brook (6) at Shoreham-Wading River (3) | 60 | 23 | Shoreham-Wading River, 35-12 | |
| Mercy (5) at Hampton Bays (4) | 46 | 33 | Mercy, 22-21 | |
| Plainview JFK (8) at Farmingdale (1) | 86 | 8 | Farmingdale, 28-0 | |
| Massapequa (5) at East Meadow (4) | 68 | 33 | Massapequa, 43-29 | |
| Syosset (7) at Oceanside (2) | 89 | 6 | Oceanside, 49-24 | |
| Uniondale (6) at Baldwin (3) | 63 | 14 | Baldwin, 28-0 | |
| Bellmore JFK (8) at Garden City (1) | 81 | 19 | Garden City, 42-6 | |
| Long Beach (5) at Carey (4) | 48 | 48 | Carey, 35-13 | |
| Elmont (7) at MacArthur (2) | 72 | 12 | MacArthur, 22-16 | |
| Mepham (6) at Wantagh (3) | 56 | 15 | Wantagh, 33-7 | |
| Bethpage (8) at Lawrence (1) | 87 | 10 | Lawrence, 50-0 | |
| Manhasset (5) at Valley Stream South (4) | 39 | 31 | Valley Stream South, 26-13 | |
| Hewlett (7) at Glen Cove (2) | 52 | 21 | Glen Cove, 33-12 | |
| Lynbrook (6) at Plainedge (3) | 50 | 21 | Plainedge, 54-41 | |
| Mineola (8) at Seaford (1) | 51 | 9 | Seaford, 41-10 | |
| Locust Valley (5) at Valley Stream North (4) | 32 | 21 | Valley Stream North, 61-40 | |
| Clarke (7) at West Hempstead (2) | 42 | 9 | West Hempstead, 41-7 | |
| Island Trees (6) at Roosevelt (3) | 42 | 101 | Roosevelt, 44-0 |
Keep an eye out later this week for a chance to vote on the semifinals as well as the postponed CHSFL quarterfinal games.
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