The Bay Shore High School girls volleyball team has won the first Long Island championship in the program's history, a week after winning its first Suffolk County title. On Saturday, November 14, the team plays for more: a regional final against Arlington in Westchester County, the next round of the state tournament.

Two firsts in seven days

The run started with the Suffolk County championship, which the Bay Shore School District announced on November 5 as the first county title the girls program has ever won. The Bay Shore Fire Department met the team and escorted it back to the high school, and the players posed for their championship photo in front of a fire truck.

The Long Island championship followed on Wednesday, November 11, at Nassau Community College. The Class AAA game matched Bay Shore, the Suffolk champion, against Massapequa, the Nassau champion, in a 4 p.m. start. Bay Shore won, and the district reported it the next day as the first Long Island title in program history.

The fire department turned out again for the ride home, the second escort for the same team in a week.

How the Long Island round works

Section XI, which runs Suffolk County high school sports, scheduled the Long Island games as sub-regionals of the state tournament: in each class, the Suffolk champion meets the Nassau champion once, and the winner carries Long Island into the next round. Class AAA is the top enrollment bracket.

The same afternoon at Nassau Community College also settled two other classes: Half Hollow Hills West against Jericho in Class AA at 1:30 p.m., and Bayport-Blue Point against Wheatley in Class B at 11 a.m. Bay Shore's game closed the day.

Saturday: the regional final

Bay Shore plays Arlington in the Class AAA regional final on Saturday, November 14, at 1:30 p.m. The game is at John Jay High School in Cross River, according to the Section XI championship schedule.

The winner advances in the state tournament run by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, which posts brackets and results on its tournament page.

A busy week for Bay Shore athletes

The volleyball run lands in the same week the district celebrated other athletes. On November 13, the district marked four Bay Shore athletes signing commitments to Division I college programs, and on November 10, it announced that a varsity boys volleyball player, James Huber, had been named a News 12 Long Island Scholar Athlete.

How to follow along

  • Regional final: Bay Shore vs. Arlington, Class AAA girls volleyball, Saturday, November 14, 1:30 p.m., John Jay High School, Cross River
  • Results and brackets: Section XI's fall championship page and the NYSPHSAA girls volleyball tournament page
  • Team news: the Bay Shore School District's athletics news page

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