Christopher Matias

GLENS FALLS — Half Hollow Hills West marched into pool play at the girls volleyball state championships and quickly ensured it would be one of the two teams left standing.

GLENS FALLS — Sayville started state pool play similarly to how it had gone through most of the postseason. Down but ready to fight back.

GLENS FALLS — Oyster Bay girls volleyball made strides this season and achieved new heights.

There were tense expressions on the faces of the Half Hollow Hills West crowd on various occasions. When the state champion was announced, those faces all were painted with unbridled excitement.

If the Half Hollow Hills West girls volleyball team had stopped at winning the Suffolk Class AA championship, it would've been a satisfying way to rectify back-to-back losses the county final.

An undefeated record can shift to a disappointing end in an instant. When the Kellenberg girls volleyball team captured the league championship

Energy and effort are what Peter Tagios brings to Chaminade and those qualities are invaluable for the Flyers.

Newsday Player of the Year: Mary Wolcott, Half Hollow Hills West, S/OH, Sr. Place Mary Wolcott anywhere on the court, and production will follow.

When the Stony Brook School allowed its double-digit lead to be trimmed to two possessions, it dug into its defensive principles to secure a victory.

It has been nearly two decades since Charly Rogener took the court as a senior captain for coach Bill Mitaritonna's Half Hollow Hills West boys basketball team.