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Sep 28, 2025

Bayport-Blue Point score 70 as their offense shines

It’s not every day you go to a football game and see over 100 points scored, especially in high school. It’s even rarer to see one team put up 70 points, but with Bayport-Blue Point, it somehow doesn’t feel all that shocking.

Sep 28, 2025

Rocky Point wins their Salute to Service game

Rocky Point held its annual Salute to Service game under the lights Friday night, and the team looked inspired after honoring local heroes on the field beforehand. The Eagles rode that energy to a dominant 44-19 win over Amityville.

Sep 28, 2025

Pat-Med holds on against C.I.

Patchogue-Medford earned a hard-fought win this weekend on their home field, something their fans had not witnessed in quite some time.

Sep 28, 2025

Ward Melville's offense continues to impress

Ward Melville’s offense continued to shine this weekend, making a very strong case as the best in Suffolk County.

Sep 28, 2025

William Floyd only needs one half to dominate

William Floyd needed only one half of football this weekend to prove its dominance — and for Sachem East, that was one half too many.

Sep 27, 2025

Rocky Point at the Ryder Cup

This weekend marked the start of the 45th edition of the Ryder Cup, and some are calling it the biggest one yet. For golf fans and players alike, it is a must-watch and must-attend event.

Sep 27, 2025

Your dynasty fantasy season is just beginning

So that’s it—the 2025 Major League Baseball regular season is over. Now you can finally breathe and relax, right? Wrong! Not if you play dynasty or keeper league fantasy baseball. For you, this is just the beginning.

Sep 26, 2025

The Jets will honor a Suffolk police hero

The New York Jets will be honoring a true hero when they honor Suffolk County Police Officer Matias Ferreira as their Veteran of the Game. The recognition will take place when they take on the Dallas Cowboys on October 5.

Sep 26, 2025

MVP odds are a joke

The American League MVP odds have been moving all over the place for much of the year, but it hit a fever pitch this week.

Sep 24, 2025

The game we love is being destroyed

This week, Major League Baseball announced that beginning in 2026 it will implement a challenge system for balls and strikes after the league’s competition committee voted to usher in the era of robot umpiring.

Sep 24, 2025

William Floyd is perfect on the season

The William Floyd girls’ varsity tennis team came into the season with high hopes and possibly just as high expectations, but they have surpassed every expectation thus far this year.

Sep 24, 2025

SWR to host the Gilmore Game

The Shoreham-Wading River school district lost a member of their family, and the district is determined to make sure that coach Adrian Gilmore's legacy will live on and thrive.

Sep 23, 2025

Ducks close out successful 25th season

The Long Island Ducks have completed yet another successful season and this one was a little more special because it marked the team's 25th Anniversary Season of play in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

Sep 23, 2025

New York Rangers 2025 season preview

Entering last season, the Rangers had high hopes throughout the organization and there were more than a few people picking this team to lift the Stanley Cup when all was said and done. That came crashing down and now it might be possible that they are being overlooked.

Sep 23, 2025

New York Islanders 2025 preview

The New York Islanders open up the 2025 season with many of the same questions that they had during seemingly every season in recent memory.

Sep 22, 2025

Scoring early and often pushes the Patriots past Bay Shore

This past Saturday was a day for big plays when Ward Melville met up with Bay Shore, but unfortunately for Bay Shore all of those big plays were made by Ward Melville, in all three phases of the game.

Sep 21, 2025

Some things never change as Cipp leads Bellport

Stop me if you've heard this before. A Cipp leads Bellport football to a win.

Sep 21, 2025

Thomas puts up 300+ yards to lead Floyd

It seems like every time you look at a William Floyd's box score and take a peek at Ja’Quan Thomas's numbers you have to take a double take; this week was a triple take as the star running back ran wild.

Sep 21, 2025

Hershey leads Eastport-South Manor to a homecoming win

Homecoming always adds a little juice to any home team and that was no different this weekend when Eastport-South Manor came out of their home locker room fired up and quickly put up 14 points enroute to a 31-14 win.

Sep 21, 2025

Bayport-Blue Point allows nothing on homecoming

Homecoming is always such a special day for the school, and especially for the seniors on the football team and the Bayport-Blue Point Phantoms made sure the game would be even that much more memorable this weekend.

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Education

Stony Brook students blend fitness and ecology in 3K EcoWalk

Stony Brook University students participated in the "Running Wild 3K EcoWalk," a new Earthstock event conducted on April 21 at the Ashley Schiff Preserve.


Sports

Bayport-Blue Point score 70 as their offense shines

It’s not every day you go to a football game and see over 100 points scored, especially in high school. It’s even rarer to see one team put up 70 points, but with Bayport-Blue Point, it somehow doesn’t feel all that shocking.


Sports

Rocky Point wins their Salute to Service game

Rocky Point held its annual Salute to Service game under the lights Friday night, and the team looked inspired after honoring local heroes on the field beforehand. The Eagles rode that energy to a dominant 44-19 win over Amityville.