Long Island Newsday: Sports

Farmingdale junior Matt Lowe won his third Nassau individual golf championship this week, shooting 4-under-par 68 at Bethpage Blue on Tuesday and 2-over 72 at Bethpage Red on Wednesday to finish with a two-day total of 140.

As the dust left by dozens of Division III runners began to clear, it was Bayport-Blue Point standing alone. A dominant 172 points gave the Phantoms their second consecutive Suffolk boys track crown.

The Bruins regrouped with their practice here Friday, though there wasn't much to regroup from. Coach Claude Julien didn't see his team's 4-3 overtime loss to the Rangers in Game 4 as something to be quickly erased, just a back-and-forth game in which the Bruins didn't play as consistently or as strongly as they did in building a 3-0 series lead.

Levittown native Annie Park shot a 1-under 71 to top the individual standings and help Southern California take its third NCAA women's tournament title with a record-setting team performance Friday.

Kyle Collins stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning with the chance to erase any negative feelings he had about his hitting this season.

Any time the East Rockaway softball team had its backs to the wall this season, the Rocks found a way to get the job done.

Ryan Lukacovic, who was that rare breed of sophomore playing on the Chaminade varsity back in 2011, has remarkable composure to go along with superior skills. But the kid almost lost his cool Thursday night.

Without the benefit of focus groups, polls or academic studies, the Rangers' level of anxiety -- down three games to none, facing playoff elimination as they squeaked into overtime against the Bruins Thursday night -- should have been dangerously high.

It was getaway day last Thursday in St. Louis. And as is typical, most of the Mets scrambled to gather their belongings, preparing for the next stop on the road trip.

St. John the Baptist beats Sacred Heart, 14-9, to advance to CHSAA "AA" girls lacrosse final for the first time.