Sayville coach Rob Hoss said it best. “Tackling LukeMartini is like trying to tackle a ghost,” Hoss laughed. “Now you see him, now you don’t.” ... The elusive one rushed for 1,968 yards and 21 touchdowns, leading Wantagh to the conference championship.
An oil spill has�closed a portion of the southbound�Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway in Wantagh, Nassau police said ... "Motorists can expect a delay and should avoid the area," the release said ... Nicholas Grasso covers breaking news for Newsday.
A Wantagh mosque’s effort to move a fence and store equipment and a trailer on its property faced community opposition as more than 200 people attended a zoning board hearing at HempsteadTown Hall Wednesday ... newsday-tv-logoStreaming Now ... Newsday ... ....
Sayville 7, Wantagh 0 ...CarterLoughman finds Devin Paccione to put Wantagh on the board ... Sayville 14, Wantagh 14 ... Sayville 14, Wantagh 14 ... LukeMartini scores a 56-yard touchdown to tie the game for Wantagh 14 apiece ... Sayville 21, Wantagh 14.
It has been a while since the Sayville and Wantagh football teams faced each other. When the two teams met in the 2004Long IslandClassIII championship game, coach Rob Hoss’ Sayville won, 55-14, over Keith Sachs’ Wantagh.
Wantagh had a problem to solve, sitting 14 points down early in the second quarter against Bethpage... “Obviously, a little nervous,” said CarterLoughman, Wantagh’s senior quarterback ... Wantagh started climbing out.
Wantagh’s Joe Nicholson ran 10 yards for the first down and then quarterback CarterLoughman knelt on consecutive plays as No ... Wantagh’s Devin Paccione forced a Carey fumble that was recovered by Vincenzo Fullone at the 23 late in the third quarter.
With a lot of family greatness to live up to, Wantagh senior Ian Frazer has done well for himself. Frazer won the Class B 5-kilometer race in 15 minutes, 41.3 seconds at the Nassau state qualifier meet at LIUPost on Saturday ...Sign up ... ....
Before every game, Wantagh’s backfield tandem of Joe Nicholson and LukeMartini post a desired goal ... 4 Wantagh ran past No. 5 Clarke, 38-14, in a quarterfinal playoff game Saturday in Wantagh ... Wantagh ...
Martini’s 41-yard dash midway through the fourth quarter was the fifth second-half touchdown for the Wantagh offense ... Wantagh (5-2), the defending Long IslandClass IV champion, snapped Carey’s 18-game win streak ... Wantagh vs.
Wantagh was up by 15 and was ready to try to make it an 18-point spread, lining up BrendonWood for a 36-yard field-goal attempt — or so it seemed ... “It’s always a good call when it works out,” Wantagh coach Keith Sachs said with a smile ... Wantagh.
A teenage driver was taken to a hospital after police said he crashed his Land Rover sport utility vehicle through a fence and into a creek late Thursday night in Wantagh...First Precinct officers and the Wantagh Fire Department responded to the scene.