Athletic Notebook
Christopher Vaccaro

Babylon fought hard against Mattituck last month winning 59-35. In photo, Babylon senior Justin Canning secures a contested rebound under the boards. Photo by Garrett Meade

Amityville: The Amityville boys basketball team earned the No. 6 seed in the Class A tournament and were eliminated by No. 3 Harborfields in a 61-50 quarterfinal loss. Warriors' head coach Jack Agostino lost the game to his brother Chris, the head coach at Harborfields. Steve Medard, who was a tight end on the Amityville football team, led the Warriors with 13 points. They finished the season 10-10 overall.

Babylon: James Pate had a game-high 13 points for the fourth seeded Babylon boys basketball team in their first round Class B playoff game against No. 1 Southampton, but it wasn't enough. The Panthers lost, 66-57. They lost three out of four games heading into the playoffs and were overmatched by Southampton's high-powered offense.

Copiague: It's never easy to play a one or two seed in the playoffs. No. 7 Copiague was eliminated from the Class AA tournament with a 71-46 quarterfinal loss to No. 2 Whitman. Marcell Lattimore had 14 points in the loss for the Eagles.

The same went for the girls basketball team when they lost to top-seeded Sachem East, 61-50, in the Class AA semifinals. The fourth seeded Eagles, who finished the season 16-5 overall, were led by Ieasia Walker who had 21 points.

Deer Park: Copiague's Lattimore put a dagger in Deer Park's playoff hopes when he scored on a put back with 18 seconds left in overtime to beat the Falcons, 75-74, in the fist round of the Class AA tournament. No. 10 Deer Park finished 12-8 and were led by Josh Malone, who scored 35 points.

Lindenhurst: After an 87-53 win in the first round of the Class AA playoffs against North Babylon, things looked to be going good for No. 6 Lindenhurst. Its fortune was reversed against No. 3 Bay Shore in the quarterfinals, however, when it lost, 68-56. Chris Johnson led the Bulldogs with 23 points.

North Babylon: In the loss to Lindenhurst mentioned above, Jamaal Avery led No. 11 North Babylon with 14 points.

The girls team, which had the No. 3 seed, beat Half Hollow Hills West, 69-42, in the first round of the Class AA quarterfinals, then beat No. 2 Commack, 63-58, in the semifinals. Bria Hartley scored 16 of her 28 points against Hills West in the second half for North Babylon. She led the team with 28 against Commack also.

West Islip: No. 13 West Islip was eliminated from the Class AA playoffs after a 67-35 loss to No. 4 Brentwood. Billy Kuhlwiln led the Lions with 13 points.

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