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It sure smells sweet; Northport’s Roses wins 500th game
It was the latest in a long history of 500 wins — and probably the sweetest. The situation surrounding the Northport girls lacrosse team’s semifinal victory over Commack last Friday was like an old-fashioned Hollywood thriller with lots of subplots and a twisty, edge-of-your-seat happy ending — but when the credits rolled there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
Steinert Softball Claims Victory Over Lawrence in State Tournament
HAMILTON, NJ -- Mia Pope went 3-for-4 with two runs batted in to lift Steinert to a 7-2 softball victory over Lawrence in the first round of the Central Jersey, Group 3 state tournament on Wednesday. Francesca Castellano, Brooke DeWitt and Bianca Walsh each had two hits and two RBI for Steinert (19-5), which scored five runs in the fifth inning to open an 8-2 lead.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Ellie Miller struck out seven batters and walked none in four shutout innings. Katie Simonka also pitched well for Steinert, allowing two hits in three innings. Third-seeded Steinert will host sixth-seeded Matawan in the quarterfinals next Tuesday. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Local Pride: 35 WFHS Seniors Commit to Collegiate Sports Programs
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LIV Golf’s Richard Bland wins senior major at 2024 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — After putting poorly for the first three rounds of 84th KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, England’s Richard Bland put his putter “Gamer” on notice. Sunday at Harbor Shores, “Gamer” delivered, and Bland, a member of LIV Golf who was in the field on a special exemption from the PGA of America, shot the day’s best round at the par-71, 6,744-yard Jack Nicklaus designed course by Lake Michigan — an 8-under 63 — to capture his debut senior major by three strokes. The 51-year-old Bland, who earned $630,000 with the victory over Australian lefthander Richard Green, was thinking about changing putters...
Long Island sports teams and local businesses: a symbiotic relationship
Long Island provides one of the largest populations among regions in the U.S., which makes it a great market for sports as a business. In turn, Long Islanders can count on those sports to further posi...
HS boys’ lacrosse: St. Peter’s comes back on Holy Trinity to capture CHSAA B Intersectionals
HICKSVILLE, L.I. -- St. Peter’s varsity lacrosse team won its second crown in five days by beating host Holy Trinity, 10-5, Wednesday in the CHSAA B Intersectional championship. It’s the first Intersectional crown the school has won in the six short years of existence. The Eagles claimed the CHSAA...
Great eight, Northport boys lax in county final again
It was a rivalry that has become a domination. And the latest chapter was delivered with quite the punctuation. The Northport boys lacrosse program thrashed Ward Melville on Saturday, May 18, by a score of 14-3 in the Suffolk County Class A semifinal match at Northport. It is the eighth straight time the Tigers have beaten the Patriots, three of the eight knocking Ward Melville out of the playoffs.
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