Longwood's Giselle Harris scores a layup against Northport during the...

Longwood's Giselle Harris scores a layup against Northport during the Suffolk Class AA girls basketball final on March 5, 2022. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke

Aiden Ifill scored in the game’s final minute to put Newfield boys basketball up by three before Ranard Fields hit two free throws to seal a 55-50 win over North Babylon on Thursday in Suffolk III. Josh Hayes led all scorers with 21 points and Fields finished with 20 for Newfield (7-8). Cameron Serrano scored 18 points for North Babylon (9-8).

Wednesday’s games

West Babylon 49, West Islip 41: Danny Rose had 10 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter for West Babylon (5-8) in Suffolk IV. Modesto Tapia added 14 points and 10 rebounds. Jovan Brewster led West Islip (6-9) with 10 points.

Deer Park 56, Smithtown West 48: DiMaunte Gardner scored eight of his 24 points in the fourth quarter as Deer Park (8-6) outscored Smithtown West 13-5 on the way to victory in Suffolk IV. Michael Cascione had 18 points for Smithtown West (10-4).

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Longwood 61, Floyd 57: Giselle Harris scored 26 points to lead Longwood (9-7) in Suffolk I.

Wednesday’s game

Mount Sinai 47, Islip 43: Down by three with two minutes to go, Lexi Cergol and Mia Betancourt hit back-to-back threes for Mount Sinai (13-2) in Suffolk VI. Ava DeMarco hit two free throws to seal the win. Betancourt finished with 18 and Cergol had 15. Teagan Rao had 13 points for Islip (7-7).

BOYS WRESTLING

Island Trees 52, Locust Valley 18: Maximus Dyckman pinned Liam Roberts in 4:40 at 190 pounds for No. 3 Island Trees against No. 6 Locust Valley in a Nassau II quarterfinal. Markus Bazelais added a pin at 170 pounds over Ryan Roberts in 3:32. Island Trees will face No. 2 Seaford in a semifinal at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday at Clarke.

BOYS BOWLING

Half Hollow Hills 22, North Babylon 14: Alexander Greaves rolled a 274 in a 696 series to lead Half Hollow Hills (9-4) past North Babylon (13-1) in Suffolk I. Brendan Balcan added a 268 in a 654 series.

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