Smithtown Sports Notebook: April 4-10

Baseball: West sweeps three from East

East met West to kick off the League III season this week, and West roared out of the gates with a commanding three-game sweep, capped off Friday with a 3-0 shutout tossed by Nick Zito. The complete-game, five-hitter saw Zito allow just one walk while striking out five. Tyler Reinig’s RBI single in the fifth inning capped the scoring for West, which took two of the three games at High School East.

West grabbed game one of the series Wednesday with a 6-2 victory, led by pitcher James English, who threw a four-hitter over six-plus innings, with no earned runs, two walks and nine strikeouts. English also delivered a bases-loaded single that gave West a 6-0 lead. East scored twice in the seventh and had runners on the corners with no outs, but Anthony Gatto struck out the next three batters for the save.

Gatto homered in game two on Thursday and also got the save in a 5-3 West win, getting a strikeout and a fielder’s choice with the bases loaded in the seventh. Nick Dellasperanza had four hits for West, including two doubles and a home run. Doug Zhong got the win, allowing four hits over six innings with three strikeouts.

Boys Lacrosse: West unbeaten, East splits a pair

West improved to 3-0 in League I with a 13-4 victory Wednesday over East Islip. West grabbed an 8-2 halftime lead and cruised from there.

Matt Schultz powered the offense with seven goals, adding two assists. Ryan Joseph had three goals and two assists while Kyle Keenan added four assists to go along with his two goals. Goalie Ryan Adler made 13 saves in the win.

Girls Lacrosse: West edges East by a goal

East hosted West on Thursday in a Division I showdown and West came away with the thrilling, last-minute, 16-15 victory. West netted the game-winner with 30 seconds left on a shot from Kelly Barbarite, who finished with three goals and three assists.

Nikki Heldberg led the West attack with six goals and two assists and Kirsten Viscount added five goals. Elizabeth Pellechi had five goals and three assists for East, which got three goals each from Michele Scannell and Shannon O’Connor. Catherine Donaghy made 11 saves for West, while East counterpart Ericka Parks made nine stops.

West improved to 4-1 in Division I play with a 15-8 win over Kings Park on Saturday. Viscount and Heldberg each scored four goals for West, which got two goals apiece from Hannah Junior and Barbarite. Katie Doughty made 16 saves in goal. West also posted an 18-1 victory Tuesday over Copiague. Heldberg led the way with five goals and two assists.

East fell to first-place Northport on Tuesday, 24-7. Northport, unbeaten at 5-0, scored 16 times in the first half. Christina Fini led East with three goals, and O’Connor added two goals and one assist. Parks made seven saves.

Softball: East wins three, West takes two

East softball won all three of its games last week to improve to 3-2 in the League III standings, capped off by an 11-1 victory Friday over West Islip. Fran Busa had three hits and two RBI while Stefanie Aplin had two hits and three runs scored in support of winning pitcher Samantha Moss, who struck out seven.

East crushed Hills East on Thursday, 17-2, thanks in part to Busa, who blasted a two-run homer in the first and went on to hit for the cycle, finishing with four RBI and three runs scored. Emily Cisternino and Maggie Engellenner each added three hits to the offensive outburst, which made a winner out of pitcher Corinne Vazac. East began the week Monday with a 12-0 shutout of Newfield. Moss allowed just two hits over five innings with seven strikeouts. Busa doubled and tripled, driving in five.

West softball defeated Hills East on Friday, 15-1. Winning pitcher Catherine Heacox helped her own cause with three hits, while freshman Gianna Gatto homered and finished with three RBI. Teresa Staiano and Carissa Kinsella each added three hits.

West edged Newfield on Wednesday, 6-5, scoring the game-winner in the bottom of the seventh when Samantha Morganelli walked with the bases loaded, forcing home Nicole Barone. Gatto added a two-run double. Melissa Koster was the winning pitcher. East dropped a 6-1 decision to first-place East Islip on Thursday. Heacox took the loss.

Boys Tennis: West leads the way in League II

West improved to 4-0 in League II with a 6-1 victory Friday over Kings Park, its third win of the week. West was dominant in doubles, as Brian Kelleher and Connor LaForge won 6-0, 6-1 at first doubles, while the third doubles team of Ken Fox and Mike Gajda won by the same score.

West defeated Huntington, 5-2, on Thursday. Tyler Terbush won 6-1, 6-3 at third singles. Sam Gudeon and Brian Kelleher won at first doubles, 6-2, 6-0, to help West beat Hauppauge on Monday, 4-3.

East defeated Huntington, 5-2, on Wednesday. Aaron Liquori-Tucci rallied for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory at fourth singles. East beat Kings Park on Monday, 5-2, but fell to Northport by the same score on Friday to fall to 2-2 in League II.