Garrett D. Uribe

2 weeks ago | liherald.com | Garrett D. Uribe

A non-league near takedown of reigning county Class AAA champ Oceanside served as further confirmation in the mind of Carey softball coach Anthony Turco. His Seahawks sitting 3-1 to start the season as they faced host Oceanside March 31, Turco’s takeaway from his team’s ensuing 11-inning setback, 5-4, was that Carey may have been defeated – but it hadn’t lost its new swagger.

2 months ago | liherald.com | Garrett D. Uribe

East Meadow’s pre-meet mock results had shown a narrow path to victory: If team stalwarts could run the table at the Nassau Class A Track and Field Championships, East Meadow, for the first time in 21 years, would be the girls’ county indoor champion. The Jets’ event modeling proved accurate.

2 months ago | liherald.com | Garrett D. Uribe

It couldn’t be happening. Not again. Valley Stream Central’s Jamin Legagneur had just led his Eagles boys’ basketball team to a statement win Dec. 19 at league foe Jericho, the breakout VSC senior scoring a team season-high 34 points before ankle issues forced his exit with less than a second remaining. Head coach Mike Wimmer, who in camp this winter expressed relief his squad had returned to full health from a season beset by injuries, had a moment of deflated deja vu.

2 months ago | liherald.com | Garrett D. Uribe

After Elmont’s league opener at home Dec. 10, the Nassau Conference AA5 boys’ basketball pack may have sensed there was blood in the water. In a rematch of last year’s county Class AA title game, the reigning state-champ Spartans – having lost four starters to graduation – emerged from a scrap against South Side with a stinging 10-point league loss. It would be Elmont's last, to date.

Jan 21, 2025 | liherald.com | Garrett D. Uribe

Second acts in movies generally introduce heightened conflict.  For Calhoun’s girls’ basketball team, this season’s second half presents the chance to settle some scores, said Colts head coach Dan Catapano – whose club at the midpoint has jelled, he said, in time to write its own major plot twist. Following its 42-40 league loss at Sewanhaka Jan. 8, Calhoun (5-9 overall, 2-6 in Nassau Conference AA2) unloaded on league foe Glen Cove, blasting the visiting Big Red 61-26 at home Jan.