HS roundup: Maya Weinerman steals home to lift Glenn; plus baseball, lacrosse, football, tennis
Ward Melville’s boys tennis team pays tribute to Drew Hassenbein and Ethan Falkowitz by writing their initials with tennis balls. The two Roslyn Middle School players were killed in a car crash. Credit: Erick Sussin / Ward Melville
Maya Weinerman stole home in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Glenn over Babylon, 4-3, in Suffolk League VI softball Thursday. Amanda Howard struck out 11 batters for Glenn (9-5). Babylon is 2-7.
Glen Cove 2, Valley Stream North 0: Brooke Simmons’ base hit in the bottom of the sixth inning drove in Sienna Scagliola and Alyssa Weigand with the winning runs for Glen Cove (8-8) in Nassau III. Simmons also struck out 14 in a complete-game shutout. Valley Stream North is 10-5.
Hicksville 9, Sewanhaka 6: Isabella Marchini went 2-for-3 with a home run and a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning to lead Hicksville (13-2) in Nassau IV. Madison Tarra went 4-for-4 with three doubles and five RBIs. Hailey McGreevy and Madison DeMaio each homered for Sewanhaka (7-7).
BASEBALL
Glen Cove 7, Garden City: 6: Jason Basil’s walk-off double drove in Ryan Sita with the winning run in Nassau A-II. Basil went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and a stolen base and Michael Piccirillo struck out two in three innings of relief for Glen Cove (6-10). Piccirillo was also 1-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two stolen bases. Jack Fanning was 1-for-2 and scored two runs for Garden City (14-2).
West Babylon 5, Half Hollow Hills
West 2: Ryan Adams hit a go-ahead grand slam in the top of the sixth inning to lead West Babylon (13-3) over Half Hollow Hills West (12-5) in Suffolk V. Dominic Gerbasio struck out eight in a complete game.
Ward Melville 3, Bellport 2: Dalton Rutt earned his fifth save of the season by striking out two and inducing a fly ball to strand two runners and lead Ward Melville (13-4) in Suffolk IV. Alex Moraitis drove in Ward Melville’s first run with a two-out RBI single in the first inning and Jason Sfakis broke a 1-1 tie with a two-RBI single in the fifth. Bellport is 7-10.
Sachem East 6, Floyd 5: Sam Leonard’s sacrifice fly in the sixth inning drove in the winning run to lead Sachem East (11-6) in Suffolk III. Floyd is 6-11.
Amityville 7, Port Jefferson 3: Eli Jabouin went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two runs, two stolen bases and a walk to lead Amityville (3-10) in Suffolk X. Aidan McCullough went 1-for-2 with two walks and three stolen bases, including stealing home in the top of the fifth inning for Amityville. Port Jefferson is 10-4.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Bethpage 13, Plainedge 9: Mary Kate Nawrocki had six goals and an assist in Nassau II. Brianna Wendling scored two goals and Emily Caputo made 11 saves for Bethpage (6-6). Julia Foppiano had three goals and two assists for Plainedge (2-11).
Elmont 10, West Hempstead 7: Anaise Novembre scored four goals to lead Elmont (6-3) in Nassau V. Ivie Ihaza and Makayla Noel each added three goals. West Hempstead is 3-4.
FLAG FOOTBALL
Whitman 21, Northport 0: Brittny Cisneros returned an interception for a touchdown, pulled nine flags and recorded three sacks to lead Whitman (7-1) in Suffolk I. Northport is 3-4.
BOYS TENNIS
Sayville 5, East Islip 2: Chris Mulligan and Ben Verdone defeated Ruelin Man-Martinez and Kevin Huang, 7-6, 2-6, 6-3, at first doubles to lead Sayville (10-1) in Suffolk II. East Islip is 6-6.
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