Mele's hit gives Island Trees win

Louis Mele's single scored Kyle Nigro in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Island Trees a 5-4 win over North Shore Tuesday in a Nassau Conference A-V baseball game. Mike Jeannetti hit his second homer of the game to lead off the bottom of the seventh and Andrew Barbine's double tied the score at 4 for Island Trees (11-3-2).Bethpage 7, Plainedge 5: Anthony Dedona hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to win it for Bethpage (10-5-1) in Conference A-III. Kevin DeCastro hit a single to score Joey Schultheis in the top of the seventh to tie the score at 5 for Bethpage. Zach VonDerEsch pitched three hitless innings of relief for the win.Lynbrook 3, Valley Stream South 1: Chris Roepken hit a two-run single in the bottom of the third and Austin Bilello tossed a two-hitter with six strikeouts to lead Lynbrook (8-8).Garden City 11, Wantagh 1: Dan Muller and Dan Sparacino hit consecutive RBI singles to highlight a seven-run third inning for Garden City (12-4) in Conference A-I.

Clarke 12, Mineola 0: Joe Fusco hit a grand slam in the fifth inning to give Clarke (15-0-1) a 7-0 lead in Conference A-VI.Calhoun 14, Mepham 10: Alex Rodriguez was 4-for-4 with three RBIs and Nick Savarese was 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and five RBIs to lead Calhoun (12-2) in Conference AA-III.Cold Spring Harbor 4, Wheatley 1: Gene Ball went six innings and allowed three hits, struck out five and Ryan McAlonan got the save for CSH (15-1) in Conference BC. Nick Genovese went 1-for-2 with two RBIs.Ward Melville 5, Commack 1: Nick Nunziato hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first to give Ward Melville (12-5) a 2-1 lead in League I. Anthony Kay walked one and struck out nine in a four-hitter for the win. Commack is 12-5.Connetquot 10, Sachem East 6: Justin Scala went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, Casey Baker went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and Steven Schmitt went 2-for-4 with two home runs for Connetquot (15-2) in League II.

Bay Shore 2, Central Islip 1: Greg Weissert hit a home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to win it for Bay Shore (12-5) in League II. Justin Borders struck out the side in the top of eighth to earn the win. Weissert struck out 12 in seven innings.

East Islip 6, Smithtown East 3: Ken Rotunno went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in the fifth to make it 5-2 and John Dundero tossed a complete game allowing three runs with 12 strikeouts and went 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead East Islip (15-1) in League III. Smithtown East is 13-3.

Half Hollow Hills West 2, Hauppauge 1: Sal Lovaglio threw a five-hitter, walked none and struck out 10 for Hills West (15-3) in League IV. Sean Noriega hit a two-out, two-run double in the top of the seventh inning. John Colby hit a solo homer in the second inning and C.J. Schildt struck out 12 for Hauppauge (14-4).

SOFTBALLNewfield 2, Whitman 1: Isabella Gardell scored Dana Reimann on a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning to provide the go-ahead run for Newfield (5-10) in League III. Ashley Korbin had 10 strikeouts in the complete game. Bay Shore 4, West Islip 0: Michelle DeVito threw a two-hitter, walked three and struck out nine and Briana Coan went 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs for Bay Shore (16-0) in League II.Babylon 4, Bayport-Blue Point 1: Tiana Giuliano threw a two-hitter, walked none and struck out six and Nicole Marro went 2-for-3 with two RBIs for Babylon (13-0) in League VII.Oceanside 10, MacArthur 9: Jeannie Callanan's two-run single in the top of the 10th drove in Kristen Gallub and Nicole Milano to give Oceanside (7-7) a 10-5 lead in Conference AA-I. The Sailors were down 4-0 in the seventh, but plated five runs, highlighted by Arianna DeMarzo's two-run homer, to help force extra innings. Gallub went 4-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs.Carey 12, Mepham 7: Erin Gilroy went 2-for-3 with two doubles and four RBIs for Carey (6-8) in Conference AA-I. Senior Danielle Sorrentino went 4-for-4 and Marcella Castellano went 3-for-4 with three RBIs.Valley Stream Central 14, Hempstead 0: Eighth-grader Tiffany Longarzo tossed a five-inning no hitter, allowing two walks with seven strikeouts to lead VSC (9-3) in Conference AA-III. Kayla Basucci went 3-for-3 with four RBIs.Clarke 9, Seaford 1: Sarah Cornell tossed a one-hitter with 10 strikeouts for Clarke (6-6) in Conference ABC-I.