Mitchell's OT goal wins for Carle Place

October 31, 2011

Crystal Mitchell scored off a feed from Christine Wengler with 1:50 left in overtime as No. 2 Carle Place edged No. 3 seed Oyster Bay, 2-1, in a Nassau Class C field hockey semifinal Monday.

Taylor Ruscillo also scored for Carle Place (8-7), which plays No. 1 Friends Academy in the final at Adelphi, Sunday at 4 p.m. Oyster Bay is 5-8.Clarke 1, North Shore 0: Kristen Keller scored with 1:30 left to lead No. 4 Clarke (10-3-3) in a Nassau Class B quarterfinal. Clarke will play at No. 1 Garden City in a semifinal tomorrow at 2:30.Lindenhurst 1, Huntington 0: Alyssa Lopresti scored with 15:00 left in the first for No. 9 Lindenhurst (9-7) in a Suffolk Class A first-round game. Lindenhurst will visit No. 1 Sachem East in a quarterfinal Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.West Islip 1, Commack 0: Danielle Ciolino scored the winner with 10:18 left to lift No. 7 West Islip (9-6) in the first round of the Suffolk Class A playoffs. West Islip plays at No. 2 Smithtown East in a quarterfinal Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Port Washington's Taylor Titcomb ran to a first-place finish in 16 minutes, 52 seconds at the Nassau Conference I championship. Sidharth Kakkar took third and Ryan Schwartz fifth as Port Washington finished first with 27 points.Aakaash Pillalamarr took first in the Conference II championship in 16:59.4 and led Herricks to a fourth-place finish. Calhoun, led by Zach Toner (17:00.3) with a second-place finish, won the Conference II team title with 36 points.

Travis Laderer took third in 17:38.9 and led North Shore (41) to the Conference IV championship.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Stephanie Gerland finished first (19:58.1) and her sister, Jen, took second in 19:58.3 as Garden City won the Nassau Conference II title with 30 points. East Meadow, led by Meghan Peysson (20:45.3), who finished fourth, took first in Conference I with 38 points.

Manhasset's Mary Welsh finished first in 19:55.4 and led her team to a top finish with 49 points. Her teammate Julia Smaldone came in fourth in 21:34.6.FOOTBALL

Mineola 39, Malverne 14: Rob Clarkin completed all eight of his pass attempts for 190 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score for Mineola (4-4) in a Nassau IV game on Sunday. Tom Breslin had eight tackles for Mineola, which clinched the No. 8 seed in the playoffs. Malverne is 3-5.