Topic: Bishop Loughlin Games coverage?

Hey Newsday, where were you for yesterday's Bishop Loughlin Games?  Some of our talented athletes from Long Island where there to compete with the best the East Coast has to offer.  Well, you definitely dropped the ball on this one.

Many years ago I delivered Newsday for my manager Charlie Winters.  I loved to play sports and we would often talk about what a great newspaper Newsday was in covering high school sports in Suffolk County.  In the spirit of hoping to regain some of that wonderful public service Newsday provided to the youth of Suffolk County (and Nassau County as well) back in the day, the following is what you missed:

   1.  Dennis Scruggs, a senior from Bellport HS torched the track in the 2nd seeded heat of the 600 (his previous best of 1:22.83 was not fast enough to get him into the seeded heat) to win the 600.  His winning time of 1:20.28 is the fastest time in the US this winter season.  It is also the new Suffolk County record, eclipsing the 1:21.96 held by Commack's Kyle Fiasconaro set in 2004.  Dennis also added some additional fire onto the track with his blazing 22.1 anchor leg of the winning 4x200 relay which won in 1:30.85.

   1a.   Kellenberg Memorial HS win the boys 4x800 relay in 7:59.81

   1b.   Vanessa Stewart, a sop****re from No. Babylon HS won the girls SP in a meet record 44' 8.25'', almost 2 feet further than her previous best from earlier this season.

   1c.   Emily Lipari, a sop****re from Roslyn HS won the girls 2 Mile in a time of 10:43.49.

   1d.   Brianna Welsh, a North Shore sop****re wins the Mile in 4:59.27.

In the interest of not making this posting too long, I'll summarize the results for places 2nd through 6th as follows:

   Six other young men and women placed 2nd in their events.

   Five other young men and women placed 3rd in their individual events, as well as two relays also placed 3rd.

   Five other young men and women placed 4th in their events, as did a relay.

   One young lady placed 5th, as did another relay.

   Four young men  and women placed 6th in their events, as did a relay.

Hopefully, you'll send someone to cover the Hispanic Games the first weekend in January, when the next big meet will be held at The Armory after the Christmas break.  The Marine Corps Holiday Classic will be held on the 27th of this month, but some of our finest may not be there due to visiting family during the Christmas break.

Just one person's observations.

Where did everyone go that used to post on the old message boards?

If we want more coverage let's talk about the sport a little so they see the demand for it.