Longtime East Islip girls lacrosse coach Steve Levy is optimistic that a playoff appearance is in the works this spring after the team fell just short in back-to-back seasons, including 2025 when …

Robert Mastrosimone, an East Islip native, played collegiate hockey at Boston University and Arizona State University and is currently playing hockey professionally for the Charlotte Checkers, the …

There’s a whole lot of new faces for Islip varsity baseball. The Buccaneers lost 11 seniors from last year’s 8-10 squad that fell short of its goal of reaching the Suffolk Class A playoffs, …

It’s practically unheard of when a high school sports team returns its entire starting lineup from a championship season, but that’s the case with East Islip softball this spring. Coach …

Nonprofit Beautifully Unique Inc. held a Bowling For A Cause fundraiser at the East Islip Lanes last Saturday, March 14. Community members and their families showed up for an evening of bowling to …

Tatam Palme, eighth grader, is the first bowler in over a decade to qualify for the Section XI All Star Team representing Islip High School. She traveled to Syracuse on March 13 to 15 along with …

The USBC offers many scholarships for youth bowlers across the country and this year, Gavin Connell from Islip is the recipient of the USBC Youth Ambassador of the Year. Gavin is the president …

Forced to win four of its last five Suffolk League III games just to qualify for the Class AA girls basketball playoffs proved beneficial for youthful East Islip when it faced a double-digit deficit …

With February marking the start of Black History Month, the Brightwaters Historical Society celebrated with a presentation on the history of the first fully paid professional Black baseball team, the …

Haley Schmich, Eastport native and 2017 Eastport-South Manor alumnus, is in her third season as a New England Patriots cheerleader—her first season as a captain—and will be cheering in Super Bowl …

Islip won’t be entering its eighth consecutive appearance in the Suffolk girls basketball playoffs with each of the five starters it returned from last season, but head coach Collin Smith believes …

Find a way to get to 8-8 in Suffolk League III is the goal for a youthful East Islip girls basketball squad, which clings to playoff hopes following a difficult week featuring battles against each of …

Islip returned all five starters from a team that won 13 games and finished runner-up to Mount Sinai for the Suffolk Class A girls basketball title. The Buccaneers embarked on a new challenge …

In his 29th season as East Islip boys basketball head coach, Rob Schwender is embracing the challenge of bringing an inexperienced group up to speed and make a playoff run in Suffolk League III. …

The present is bright and the future even brighter for East Islip’s girls basketball, which features six middle-school students on the varsity roster. Two seasons removed from a one-win …

East Islip met Garden City last Saturday at 12 noon at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium at Stony Brook for the Class II Long Island Championship game. East Islip (10-1) and Garden City (11-0) played for …

East Islip faced Half Hollow Hills East at Stony Brook University last Saturday to determine the Section XI Division II Suffolk County champion. It was a tight skirmish in the county title game. On …

East Islip hosted Connetquot last Friday in the Division II Suffolk County Section XI quarterfinals at Sal Ciampi Field at Boomer Esiason Stadium, at 1 Redmen Street in Islip Terrace. The No. …

In the final week of the regular season, the Sayville Golden Flashes squared off on the gridiron at the West Islip Lions on an autumn Saturday matinee. With playoff implications on the line for …

The Islip Buccaneer football team celebrated Senior Night on Friday, Oct. 24, with a rousing 38-6 win over Amityville, as Bucs’ head coach and former star quarterback Jamie Lynch notched his …