Louisville basketball coach and Long Island native Rick Pitino thinks basketball in the area is suffering because of affluence. “How can you double a population and say why? It’s called affluence. Long Island was blue […]
Category: Basketball
Sachem East girls hoops fall in state semis
The miracle run has finally ended for the Sachem East girls basketball team. The Arrows lost Friday night in the Class New York State semifinals to Ossining, 66-58, at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, […]
East girls hoops playoff game to air on simulcast
PlayOn Sports will be streaming all New York State girls and boys basketball semifinal games at both Hudson Valley Community College and The Glens Falls Civic Center this weekend. Anyone interested in viewing the games […]
Sachem East girls hoops wins Class AA LIC
The Sachem High School East girls basketball team beat Massapequa, 55-50, to win the Class AA Long Island championship Friday night at Hofstra’s David S. Mack Arena. Sachem East (21-2) advances to the New York […]
LIC Preview: Sachem East vs. Massapequa
Sachem East will shoot for its first Long Island championship in girls basketball since 2010 when it plays Massapequa on Friday night in the Class AA title game. At this point there are no surprises […]
Sachem East girls win overall Suffolk title
The Sachem East girls basketball team kept up its winning ways with a 54-42 victory over Southampton in the overall Suffolk County championship Friday night. East (20-2) will play for its first Long Island title […]
Preview: Sachem East v. N. Babylon hoops
The top two teams in Suffolk County’s Class AA girls basketball playoff bracket will square off in the championship Tuesday night. Second-seeded Sachem East (18-2) will go head-to-head with top-seeded North Babylon (20-1) in one […]
East has strong second half in semifinal win
Locker room speeches and second half adjustments really do work. Despite trailing for the first two quarters, Sachem East went on a 14-0 run in the third quarter against Whitman and captured a, 38-23, win […]