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Port Jefferson senior Alexa Ayotte scores from the top of the key. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jefferson senior Amy Whitman battles her way to the basket. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jefferson senior Lola Idir sets the play. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jefferson senior Lola Idir drives the lane. Photo by Bill Landon
Sophomore Maitreya Driscoll-Stremich hits a three-pointer. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jefferson senior Lola Idir shoots a three-pointer. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jefferson senior Amy Whitman drives the lane. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jefferson senior Amy Whitman nails a three-pointer. Photo by Bill Landon

The Lady Royals of Port Jefferson, the Suffolk Class C Long Island Championship title holders, advanced to the New York State semifinal round, where they matched up against Section IX champion Millbrook at Farmingdale State College.

Port Jeff faced a stout defense as Millbrook dominated the boards, converting missed shots into points while containing the potent Royal offensive senior corp of Lola Idir, Amy Whitman and Alexa Ayotte to just 27 points between them. 

Millbrook stretched their legs and outpaced the Royals, cruising to a 61-30 victory in the Saturday, March 11 contest.

Atop the leaderboard in Suffolk County’s scoring, Idir finished her varsity career in 4th place countywide, according to Newsday, with 70 field goals, 84 free throws and 83 triples while averaging 21­­.5 points per game. 

Port Jefferson concludes its 2022-23 campaign undefeated in their division at 12-0, with an impressive 16-3 overall record.

— Photos by Bill Landon

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Sophie Costello on a fast break. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Colleen Ohrtman lets a three-pointer fly. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River junior Juliana Mahan battles in the paint. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Annie Sheehan dumps the ball off for the Wildcats. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior GraceAnn Leonard brings the ball up the court. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Sophie Costello looks for an open shooter. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Annie Sheehan battles in the paint. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River freshman Anabel Keegan banks two. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Colleen Ohrtman battles her way to the rim. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Annie Sheehan drives the lane. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River junior Juliana Mahan goes to the rim. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River junior Juliana Mahan from the free throw line. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River junior Juliana Mahan battles from the paint. Photo by Bill Landon
Sophie Costello rebounds. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Annie Sheehan goes to the basket. Photo by Bill Landon
Rebound. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior GraceAnn Leonard scores from up top. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior GraceAnn Leonard from the free throw line. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Sophie Costello drives the lane. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River sophomore Alyssa Bell with the rebound. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River sophomore Alyssa Bell shoots for the Wildcats. Photo by Bill Landon
Timeout Wildcats. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior GraceAnn Leonard drives the baseline. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Colleen Ohrtman lays up for two. Photo by Bill Landon
Sophie Costello lays up for two. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior GraceAnn Leonard goes to the rim. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior GraceAnn Leonard from the charity stripe. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River freshman Anabel Keegan matches up for the Wildcats. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River sophomore Haylie Abrams scores from down low. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River sophomore Reese Marcario shoots for the Wildcats. Photo by Bill Landon

It was all for the bragging rights during the overall Section XI championship when the undefeated Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats (23-0), the small school winner, squared off against large school champion Walt Whitman at Island Federal Credit Arena at Stony Brook University on March 4. 

The Wildcats trailed by two points to open the second half. However, they struggled to land their shots, allowing Whitman to slowly edge ahead for the 50-42 victory, handing SWR its first loss of the season. 

Sophie Costello led the Wildcats with 12 points. GraceAnn Leonard followed with 10, and Annie Sheehan and Juliana Mahan banked seven points each. Teammates Colleen Ohrtman, Haylie Abrams and Anabel Keegan netted two points apiece. 

Shoreham-Wading River, the Suffolk Class A title holder, lives to fight another day, advancing to the Long Island Championship round (regional finals) on Saturday, March 11, when they’ll face Manhasset (23-1) at Farmingdale State College. Game time is slated for 2 p.m.

— Photos by Bill Landon

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Victory. Photo by Bill Landon
Victory. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River junior Juliana Mahan banks two of her team-high 18 points. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Sophie Costello takes flight. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior GraceAnn Leonard scores two. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Colleen Ohrtman drains a three-pointer. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River junior Juliana Mahan with another put back. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior GraceAnn Leonard scores two. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior GraceAnn Leonard scores two for the Wildcats in the Suffolk Class A semi-final playoff game against West Babylon. Bill Landon photo
Rebound. Photo by Bill Landon
GraceAnn Leonard shoots from downtown. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River junior Juliana Mahan banks two. Photo by Bill Landon
Annie Sheehan scores. Photo by Bill Landon
GraceAnn Leonard goes to the basket. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Annie Sheehan lays up for two. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River junior Juliana Mahan with the rebound. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Colleen Ohrtman drains a three-pointer. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Sophie Costello nails a three. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River junior Juliana Mahan with another put back. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Sophie Costello drives the lane. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Annie Sheehan splits two defenders. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River junior Juliana Mahan with a put back. Photo by Bill Landon
Annie Sheehan shoots. Photo by Bill Landon
GraceAnn Leonard goes to the basket for the Wildcats. Photo by Bill Landon

Shoreham-Wading River survived a late game surge from the Eagles of West Babylon when junior Juliana Mahan scored from the paint to put her team ahead 53-51 in the final seconds of the Suffolk Class A semifinal on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Centereach High School.

West Babylon had the final possession of the game. But with three seconds left, the Eagles could not get a shot off, sending the Wildcats to the county championship.

Mahan led the Wildcats in scoring with 18 points. GraceAnn Leonard followed with 11, and teammates Colleen Ohrtman and Annie Sheehan each netted eight points.

— Photos by Bill Landon

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Mount Sinai senior Derrek Shechter lays up for two. Photo by Bill Landon
Mount Sinai senior Drew Feinstein drives the lane. Photo by Bill Landon
Mount Sinai senior Drew Feinstein banks two. Photo by Bill Landon
Mount Sinai senior Chris Paz scores. Photo by Bill Landon
Mount Sinai senior Derrek Shechter lays up for two. Photo by Bill Landon
Mount Sinai senior Chris Paz shoots. Photo by Bill Landon
Mount Sinai senior Derrek Shechter banks two more. Photo by Bill Landon
Mount Sinai senior Derrek Shechter banks two more. Photo by Bill Landon
Mount Sinai sophomore Dominic Pennzello lays up for two. Photo by Bill Landon
Mount Sinai senior Drew Feinstein shoots. Photo by Bill Landon
Mount Sinai senior Chris Paz shoots. Photo by Bill Landon
Mount Sinai senior Drew Feinstein goes to the rim. Photo by Bill Landon
Mt. Sinai senior Thomas Frycek rebounds for the Mustangs in the Suffolk Class A semi-final round against Amityville. Bill Landon photo
The Stable. Photo by Bill Landon
Mount Sinai sophomore Dominic Pennzello lays up. Photo by Bill Landon
Timeout. Photo by Bill Landon
Mount Sinai senior Drew Feinstein battles off the board. Photo by Bill Landon
Mustangs win. Photo by Bill Landon
Mustangs win. Photo by Bill Landon

The Mustangs of Mount Sinai broke out to an early lead, protecting a seven-point advantage to open the second half and managing to keep the Amityville Warriors at bay the rest of the way in the Suffolk Class A semifinal at Longwood High School.

Mount Sinai senior Derrek Shechter led the way in scoring for the Warriors with three triples, four field goals and three from the line for 20 points in the 58-50 victory Feb. 21.

Teammates Dominic Pennzello followed with 13 points, Drew Feinstein netted 12, and Chris Paz banked 10 to punch their ticket to the championship final round on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Stony Brook University when they will face Kings Park. Gametime is at 5 p.m.

— Photos by Bill Landon

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Photo by Michael Hall

A GLACIAL GIFT

Michael Hall of Port Jefferson snapped this photo of Conscience Bay in Setauket with his iPhone 12 on Feb. 1. He writes, “My wife Christina and I were walking in the northern, wooded section of Frank Melville Memorial Park on this cool winter day. The tide was so low we were able to walk into the tidal grasses. The layered colors of this erratic boulder caught my eye.”

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Ward Melville senior Julia Greek scores for the Patriots. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville junior Grace Balocca fires a pass. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville junior Grace Balocca nails a three-pointer. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville senior forward Catie Edson battles to get a shot off. Photo by Bill Landon
Centereach sophomore forward Meaghan Grieco comes down with another rebound. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville junior Grace Balocca drains another three-pointer. Photo by Bill Landon
Centereach sophomore forward Meaghan Grieco scores from up top. Photo by Bill Landon
Centereach senior co-captain Alexandra Madrigal drains a trey. Photo by Bill Landon
Centereach sophomore forward Meaghan Grieco scores in the Cougars' quarterfinal playoff game against Ward Melville. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville senior Julia Greek scores her 1,000th point. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville senior Julia Greek scores her 1,000th point. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville senior Julia Greek scores her 1,000th point. Photo by Bill Landon
Centereach freshman Madelyn Madrigal drives the baseline. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville senior Pearl Kenny boxes out. Photo by Bill Landon
Centereach freshman Hayley Torres scores from up top. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville junior Grace Balocca fights for the rebound. Photo by Bill Landon
Centereach sophomore forward Meaghan Grieco scores. Photo by Bill Landon
Centereach freshman Madelyn Madrigal fights for the rebound. Photo by Bill Landon
Gianna Hogan fights Madelyn Madrigal. Photo by Bill Landon
Waiting for a rebound. Photo by Bill Landon
Centereach scoring leader Hayley Torres floats in two. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville senior Julia Greek, now over 1,000 career points, scores two more for the Patriots. Photo by Bill Landon
Battle in the paint. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville senior Pearl Kenny fights her way to the rim. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville senior Pearl Kenny fights her way to the rim. Photo by Bill Landon
Photo by Bill Landon
Patriots win. Photo by Bill Landon

Ward Melville senior point guard Julia Greek made history during the Suffolk Class AA quarterfinal playoff game between Ward Melville and Centereach, scoring her 1,000th career point before her home crowd on Saturday, Feb. 18.

The game’s outcome was a toss-up as both teams deadlocked at 45-45 with 1:49 left in regulation. But the Patriots were successful in containing the Cougars’ last-minute surge. 

Ahead by three points in the final 30 seconds, Centereach had no choice but to foul Greek to stop the clock. The senior made the Cougars pay at the charity stripe, securing a 54-46 victory and leading her team to the semifinal round.

Greek again led the way in scoring for the Patriots with four field goals, two triples and eight free throws for 22 points on the day. Grace Balocca added 15, and Catie Edson netted eight.

Centereach freshman Hayley Torres topped the scoring chart for the Cougars with 19 points. Sophomore Meaghan Grieco netted 15, and senior Alexandra Madrigal added six. Centereach concluded its 2022-23 campaign with a respectable 12-8 record.

The third-seeded Patriots will face second-seeded Walt Whitman on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Longwood High School. Gametime is set for noon. Tickets for the game can be purchased at gofan.co/app/school/NYSPHSAAXI.

— Photos by Bill Landon

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Shoreham’s own Carter Rubin, season 19 winner of “The Voice,” sings the National Anthem. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue senior Alexi Barreiro lays up for two. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Colleen Ohrtman gets a shot off. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue senior Mia Fernandes goes to the rim. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue senior Danielle McGuire pushes up the court. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Annie Sheehan banks two. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue sophomore Jalynn Kirschenheuter boxes out. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Annie Sheehan pushes up the court. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River junior Juliana Mahan battles in the paint. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Sophie Costello drives the lane. Photo by Bill Landon
THREE. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Sophie Costello nails a triple. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue freshman Jayla Callender grabs the rebound. Photo by Bill Landon
Halftime. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue sophomore Jalynn Kirschenheuter shoots. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue senior Danielle McGuire drains a triple. Photo by Bill Landon
Wildcats. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior GraceAnn Leonard sets the play. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Annie Sheehan shoots. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River senior Sophie Costello lays up for two. Photo by Bill Landon
Shoreham-Wading River sophomore Haylie Abrams gets a shot off. Photo by Bill Landon

The Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats did what they have done all season, outscoring their opponent by double digits during a Friday, Feb. 17, playoff game against Comsewogue. At 21-0, the undefeated Wildcats won their Suffolk Class A quarterfinal 73-39 at home.

It was the usual suspects for the Wildcats, with senior Sophie Costello putting up 16 points along with GraceAnn Leonard, Colleen Ohrtman and Juliana Mahan netting 12 points each. Annie Sheehan banked eight.

The win propels the Wildcats to the semifinal round of the postseason when they will face off against West Babylon at Centereach High School on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Game time is set for 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at gofan.co/app/school/NYSPHSAAXI

— Photos by Bill Landon

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Port Jeff senior forward Luke Dickhuth drives the baseline. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff junior Tyler Cobb shoots for three. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff senior forward Luke Dickhuth drives the baseline. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff junior Tyler Cobb scores. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff senior guard Jack Keegan shoots for three. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff senior guard Jack Keegan drives the lane. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff junior Tyler Cobb drives the baseline. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff senior forward Luke Dickhuth drives the baseline. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff senior guard Jack Keegan shoots from long range. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff junior Tyler Cobb drives the baseline. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff junior Tyler Cobb lays up for two. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff senior forward Luke Dickhuth floats one in. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff junior Tyler Cobb takes flight from the paint. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff junior Conor Daily with a reverse layup. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff senior forward Luke Dickhuth takes flight. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff senior guard Jack Keegan scores. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff junior Tyler Cobb shoots for three. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff junior Conor Daily drains a three-pointer. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff junior Tyler Cobb with the up and under. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff junior Conor Daily lays up for two. Photo by Bill Landon
Port Jeff senior forward Luke Dickhuth banks two more. Photo by Bill Landon

The Pierson Whalers seemed to have the measure of Port Jefferson in the Suffolk County Class C championship round, yet the Royals made some defensive takeaways late in the third quarter, closing the gap to just one point.

Conor Daily’s long-distance shooting kept the Royals in the game, and the junior scored a team high of 23 points, which included seven three-pointers. Teammate Luke Dickhuth drove the lane all game, battling down low for 15 points. Jack Keegan also banked 10, but Pierson was able to weather the late-game surge and hold on for the 58-52 victory at St. Joseph’s Danzi Athletic Center on Wednesday, Feb. 15.

— Photos by Bill Landon



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