It’s playoff time as several teams from Mattituck, Southold and Greenport are vying for Suffolk County glory and beyond in soccer, volleyball, cross country and (likely) in football.
Here’s a quick look at what is in store for the North Fork high school squads:
BOYS SOCCER
CLASS B
Mattituck (9-5-2), ranked 16th in the New York State Sportswriters Association Class B poll, will visit longtime rival and No. 10 Center Moriches (13-3-3), in a Suffolk County semifinal encounter on Friday, Nov. 1, at 6 p.m. The teams split their League IX matches, with the Tuckers winning on homecoming, 3-2, on Sept. 20 before the Red Devils exacted revenge with a 6-0 home triumph on Oct. 17. The winner will meet top-seeded Babylon (14-1-1), ranked seventh in the state, for the county title at Diamond in the Pines in Coram on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 3:30 p.m.
CLASS C
In an all-North Fork final, Southold (7-6-2), which is ranked 15th in the state poll, will take on Greenport (66-2) at Diamond in the Pines in the Class C final on Monday, Nov. 4, at 3 p.m. In the first of two regular season contests on Sept. 21, the Settlers won in Greenport, 1-0, on Brandon Moran’s second-half goal. The second confrontation turned out to be a goalkeepers’ duel between Southold’s Travis Sepenoski and Greenport’s Kal-El Marine in a scoreless draw at Southold on Sept. 28.
CROSS COUNTRY
Mattituck and Southold runners will compete in their respective divisions, Class C and D, at the state qualifiers, at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 1 p.m. The top runners will get an opportunity to run at the state championships at Queensbury High School on Saturday, Nov. 16.
FOOTBALL
Greenport/Southold/Mattituck is positioned to qualify for its League IV playoffs for the first time since 2013. The eighth-place Porters (43, 103.05 rating points) enjoy a respectable lead over ninth-place Wyandanch (2-5, 84.480). They defeated Wyandanch at home on Friday, Oct. 25, 46-8. Greenport will finish its regular season for at Miller Place on Friday, Nov. 1, at 6 p.m. If they reach the postseason, the Porters probably will play at either first-place Bayport-Blue Point (7-0) or Babylon (6-1) in the first round on the weekend of Nov. 8-9.
GOLF
No. 14 Mattituck was defeated by third-seeded Mount Sinai in the second round, 8-1, of the county playoffs on Oct. 28. The Tuckers registered an 8-1 win over No. 19 Connetquot in the opening round. Seniors Andrew McKenzie and Ben Voegel both shot 39.