high school sports

Highlights: Malverne 68, Wheatley 57: Kadeem Bell had 17 points and Matt Bates added 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 1 Malverne (10-10) in the Nassau Class B Championship. Malverne will take on the winner of Babylon vs.Center Moriches in the Long Island Championship on the March 10 at SUNY-OId Westbury.

Highlights: Friends Academy 55, East Rockaway 41: Harrison Hefele had 20 points and 17 rebounds to lead No. 2 Friends Academy in the Class C semifinals. With the score tied at 18 midway through the second quarter, Friends Academy went on a 17-0 run to pull away, led by Bryan Judge, who scored six of his nine points in that stretch. Friends Academy will face Oyster Bay in the final at 5:30 on Thursday at SUNY-Old Westbury.

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Highlights: Wheatley 60, Locust Valley 43: Andrew Lichtenstein had 18 points and Zach Libresco added 16 for No.3 Westbury in a Nassau Class B semifinal at SUNY Old Westbury. Daniel Rogers added 13 points and Billy Wasserman added 11 in the win. Luke Marshall had 14 points to lead No.2 Locust Valley.

Highlights: Westbury 86, Valley Stream South 40: Lamard Herron scored 15 points, Paris Abrams had 13 and Brian Hailey and Tyreece Redd each had 12 to lead No. 2 Westbury (17-2), which led 40-16 at halftime, past No. 15 Valley Stream South in the first round of the Nassau Class A Boys Basketball Playoffs. Westbury will take on No. 7 West Hempstead in the quarterfinals, Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Highlights: Malverne 66, Cold Spring Harbor 48: Matt Bates had 17 points and 21 rebounds to lead No. 1 Malverne (9-10) past No. 4 Cold Spring Harbor in the semifinals of the Nassau Class B Boys Basketball Playoffs at SUNY-Old Westbury. Cory Alexander scored nine of his 12 points in the first half for the Mules, who led 38-25 at halftime. Brian Samuels led Cold Spring Harbor with 15 points. Malverne will take on No. 3 Wheatley in the finals, Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. at SUNY-Old Westbury.

Highlights: Roslyn 81, Valley Stream North 49: George Beamon had 13 of his 35 points in a 25-10 first quarter for No. 3 Roslyn (13-6) in the first round of the Nassau Class A playoffs. Beamon added 10 rebounds and four assists and Jordan Richman added 11 points and 11 rebounds. Roslyn will play the winner of Floral Park-Lynbrook game at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Great Neck Soith in a quarterfinal.

Highlights: Valley Stream South 53, Valley Stream North 49: Terrence Meaney, who had 15 points and eight rebounds, hit a runner in the lane with 1:30 left in the fourth quarter to put Valley Stream South (8-4) up 49-47 in Conference ABC-IV. Juan Moya finished with 12 points, including four free throws to close the scoring. Ryan Kenny scored a game-high 21 points for Valley Stream North (8-4).

Highlights: Wheatley 62, Clarke 55: Zach Libresco scored 19 points for Wheatley (10-2), which clinched the Conference ABC-IV title outright. Andrew Lichtenstein added 11 points and 15 rebounds, Noel Abraham chipped in with 13 points and nine rebounds. John Schilt led Clarke (5-7) with a game-high 26 points.

Highlights: Cold Spring Harbor 65, Mineola 55: Brian Samuels had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead Cold Spring Harbor (2-6) in ABC-IV. Nick Gubitosi, who broke his nose in the third quarter, had 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Highlights: Valley Stream South 56, Cold Spring Harbor 54: Rashawn Providence scored on a layup with three seconds left for the only points in overtime for VSS (7-4) in Conference ABC-IV. Juan Moya hit two free throws with 20 seconds left in regulation at 54. Terrence Meaney had 13 of his 22 points in a 24-16 fourth quarter for VSS. He added 10 rebounds and six assists. Obinna Nwaigwe added 17 points and nine rebounds. VSS plays at Valley Stream North Monday at 4:30 p.m. and needs a win to qualify for the Class A playoffs.

Highlights: Friends Academy 41, Mineola 34: Harrison Hefele scored 16 points and had 15 rebounds for Friends Academy (7-5) in Conference ABC-IV. Travis Hefele added 11 points for Friends. Mineola is 2-9.