Gregg Sarra

Long Island

Emmy Award-winning writer for Newsday Sports. Covered HS sports on Long Island for 40 years. Elected to Dowling College HOF in 2004, Suffolk Sports HOF in 2012.

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New York Dragons GM Peter Schwartz, rest of front office resign from organization

4 days ago | newsday.com | Gregg Sarra

New York Dragons general manager Peter Schwartz said the entire front office personnel resigned from the organization early Monday evening. Schwartz along with Sean Wachter, the director of operations and Marilynne Rich, the director of business development all sent emails notifying team owner Doug Freeman of their decision to leave. “We felt it was appropriate to step away given the direction of the league,” Schwartz said.
DJ Filippone clinches county baseball title for Connetquot

5 days ago | newsday.com | Gregg Sarra

Players dream about moments like this. Ball in your hand, bases loaded, full count, two outs and your team is clinging to a one-run lead in the championship game. Connetquot pitcher DJ Filippone found himself in that moment on Saturday afternoon, and he seized it. Filippone delivered an 83 mile-per-hour fastball on the outer edge and Sachem North’s Travis Szober chopped a high ground ball toward second base.
Wilkinson's gem puts Connetquot in Suffolk AAA title game

6 days ago | newsday.com | Gregg Sarra

Dylan Wilkinson induced a game-ending groundout and hopped off the mound. The senior had put the finishing touch on a two-hit gem, with three walks and eight strikeouts, in Connetquot’s 7-0 win over Sachem North in the Suffolk Class AAA baseball tournament at the Middle Country Athletic Complex in Selden Saturday night.
Sayville flag football wins Long Island title, eyes state crown

6 days ago | newsday.com | Gregg Sarra

Sayville quarterback Olivia Moynihan and wide receiver Ava Vadyak agreed that the Levittown defense was a concern during practice this week. The duo said the team's preparation centered around finding space in the Blue Dragons' defense. “We were very prepared. We had a lot of respect for them," Moynihan said of a Division team that posted 10 shutouts and allowed a total of 25 points all season.
Half Hollow Hills ends POB JFK reign in flag football to win LI title

6 days ago | newsday.com | Gregg Sarra

A half yard stood in between Half Hollow Hills quarterback Samantha Heyman and a touchdown. It was fourth-and-goal in a scoreless tie with Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK, the defending Class A state flag football champs. A brutal wind slowed two of Long Island’s top offensive units and scoring opportunities were limited. There was 13:35 left in the second half of the Long Island Class A title game and Heyman assessed the Hawks defense.
Ross School is Suffolk Small Schools tennis champ

1 week ago | newsday.com | Gregg Sarra

The Ross School was declared the Suffolk Small Schools boys tennis team champion after a protest over the alleged use of an ineligible player was overruled Wednesday by the Section XI protest committee.
Noe's single gives Kellenberg walk-off win over Chaminade

1 week ago | newsday.com | Gregg Sarra

Andrew Noe said there was no doubt in his mind that he’d deliver in the biggest spot of his high school baseball career. And that he did. The sophomore nicknamed Sprout delivered Kellenberg’s first title since 2017 when he singled with the bases loaded to score Ryan Langner and give the Firebirds a 3-2 walk-off win over Chaminade in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Thomas Costarelli's two-hitter leads East Islip in AA final

1 week ago | newsday.com | Gregg Sarra

Thomas Costarelli is an elite athlete. His athleticism was the difference between East Islip and Eastport-South Manor in Monday’s Suffolk Class AA winners bracket baseball final in Manorville. Costarelli fired a complete game two-hitter, with two walks, a hit batsman and eight strikeouts in East Islip’s 2-0 road win over previously undefeated and top-seeded Eastport-South Manor. His final pitch, an 89 mile per hour heater, recorded his last strikeout and stranded runners at first and second base.
Sachem North cruises in Class AAA winner's bracket semifinal

1 week ago | newsday.com | Gregg Sarra

Ryan Palm is a combination of power and accuracy. The Sachem North righty can reach back for a little extra for key strikeouts or he can move the ball around the zone for easier outs. Palm has been the staff ace for the past two years.
Charlotte Derby, Juliana Krause send Hauppauge to flag football final

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Gregg Sarra

They’re called the jackrabbits. And for good reason. Sophomores Charlotte Derby and Juliana Krause are two of the fastest players in Suffolk flag football. They are the bookends of the Hauppauge defensive line and impossible to stop. The two combined for 11 flag pulls and five sacks to help host Hauppauge shut down Eastport-South Manor, 32-0, on Friday in a Suffolk Class B flag football semifinal.