Award Winners -
Senior Brittany Torres, sophomore Najia Bangs and freshman Taylor Lombardo were named to the Suffolk County All-League II Team for their excellent play in the 2007-08 season.

Wildcats Scratch Bay Shore Out of the Playoffs -
Walt Whitman topped the Marauders 52-31 on Wednesday, February 13th to end Bay Shore's season. The Marauders were led by freshman guard Taylor Lombardo who had a game-high 14 points. Senior guard Brittany Torres finished her last game with six points and two steals. Sophomore guard Najia Bangs put up five points and pulled down eight defensive rebounds. Ebonique Williams tallied six points including two on offensive put backs. Good luck to the senior class of Brittany Torres, Dakota Smith & Erika Maldonado. Scoring: BS: Torres 6, Lombardo 14, Bangs 5, Williams 6. Totals: 14-1-31. W: Foehl 2, Barnosky 13, Basil 12, Lupo 2, DeMarco 6, Terry 6, McDonald 6, Giordano 2, Alexander 1, Coleman 2. Totals: 24-3-52. Three-pointers: BS 2 (Lombardo 2); W 1 (Barnosky).

Wolverines Knock Off Bay Shore 51-39 -
Newfield defeated the Marauders 51-39 on Monday, February 11th at Bay Shore. The Marauders stunned the Wolverines on their senior night outscoring Newfield 15-9 in the first quarter. However, Newfield responded by putting up 19 in the second quarter to take the lead they would not relinquish. Bay Shore was led by the senior class; Dakota Smith had six points and four rebounds, Brittany Torres had eight points and two steals and Erika Maldonado had four points, five rebounds and three blocked shots. Scoring: N: Periera 11, Stelzer 7, Larkin 11, Divone 3, King 4, Ducker 10, Thompson 5. Totals: 18-13-51. BS: Torres 8, Orasewski 2, Lombardo 5, Smith 6, Bangs 8, Maldanado 4, Williams 6. Totals: 16-6-39. Three-pointers: N: 2 (Divone and Stelzer); BS: 1 (Lombardo).

Northport Crushes Bay Shore 74-19-
A miss communication put the Marauders up against the wall before the game even started. Northport changed the game time to five instead of six unknown to the Marauders who showed up five minutes til game time. Bay Shore was not ready getting outscored in the first quarter 24-6 and 16-5 in the second. Twelve players scored for Northpor while Bay Shore was led by sophomore pointguard Najia Bangs who had seven points, followed by freshamn guard Taylor Lombardo who put up five points. Junior Dannielle Colon put up three points in the loss. Scoring: BS: Torres 4, Lombardo 5, Colon 3, Bangs 7. Totals: 5-8-19. N: Kepping 7, Irving 8, Schilling 8, Palmeri 10, Gradel 6, Delgaudio 4, Bond 1, Lechleitner 4, Breidenback 6, Bender 8, Leon 10, Hayes 2. Totals: 35-2-74. Three-pointers: BS 1 (Lombardo); N 2 (Kepping, Palmeri).

Thunderbirds Squeeze Past Bay Shore 51-47 -
Senior Brittany Torres stepped it up for the Marauders scoring 15 points with three steals. However, it wasn't enough as Connetquot edged Bay Shore by four points. Senior Dakota Smith was exceptional offensively going to the basket strong scoring seven points and pulling down seven rebounds. Freshman Taylor Lombardo hit some key shots including two three pointers down the stretch to keep the game tight. Sophomore Najia Bangs also played very well scoring seven points and had several assists. Junior Ashley Oracewski led the defense with three steals and five defensive rebounds. Junior Liza Encarnacion and sophomore Ebonique Williams stepped it up offensively and defensively for the Marauders. SopScoring: C: Bozzo 21, Broschart 2, Diesel 4, Diver 3, LoGuidice 5, Monaco 11, Murphy 5. Totals: 22-6-51. B: Torres 15, Oracewski 2, Lombardo 8, Smith 7, Bangs 9, Williams 6. Totals: 19-6-47.Three-pointers: C: 1 (Diver); B: 3 (Lombardo 2, Torres).

West Islip Upsets Bay Shore 31-25 -
The Marauders had high hopes as they hosted the Lions who are right above them in League II standings, however their hopes would be squashed. West Islip took the early 9-0 lead in the first quarter. Bay Shore outscored the Lions in the second and third quarter 11-10, 8-6 but they couldn't take the lead in the fourth as both teams scored six points. Sophomore Najia Bangs had a team high 10 points, followed by junior Ashley Oracewski who finished with six points. Excellent defense was played by seniors Brittany Torres and Dakota Smith, as well as junior Dannielle Colon. Scoring: W: Maione 7, Hodgson 4, Morley 2, Aponte 14, Flaherty 4. Totals: 12-6-31; B: Oracewski 6, Lambardo 4, Smith 2, Bangs 10, Williams 3. Totals: 10-5-25. Three-pointers: W 1 (Maione); B 0

Cougars Light-Up Bay Shore -
Commack was led by Ohio State bound senior Sammy Prahalis who outscored Bay Shore single-handedly with 27 points. The Marauders offensive struggled from the floor. Freshman guard Taylor Lombardo had a team-high six points followed by teammates junior Ashley Oracewski and sophomore Najia Bangs who both had four points. Oracewski had a team-high four steals and sophore Ebonique Williams had a team-high seven rebounds. Commack remains undefeated in league play. Scoring: C: Lewis 2, Schultheiss 4, Haller 5, Masciello 2, Kaplan 2, Prahalis 27, Milazzo 19, McQueeney 5, Dabkowski 2. Totals: 29-6-68; B: Torres 3, Oracewski 4, Lombardo 6, Smith 3, Bangs 4, Williams 2. Totals: 9-3-22. Three-pointers: C 4 (Prahalis 3, Haller); B 1 (Torres).

Bay Shore Wins With a "Bang" -
Sophomore guard Najia Bangs scored a career high 16 points in a 42-37 win over Central Islip on Saturday, January 26th. Bangs put up career numbers offensively and added three steals and five rebounds on the day. Senior Brittany Torres was an offensive spark scoring eight points and added a career high six steals in the win. Junior Ashley Oracewski pulled down a career high 10 rebounds and added four points and senior Dakota Smith finished with four points and 11 rebounds. The Marauders improve to 2-6 in league II, while counterpart Central Islip falls to 0-8. Scoring: CI: Booker 9, Pope 6, Parris 6, Holliday 6, Tyler 2, Piersa 2, Femer 2, White 4. Totals: 13-4-37. BS: Torres 8, Oracewski 4, Lombardo 5, Smith 4, Bangs 16, Freeman 2, Williams 3. Totals: 15-10-42. Three-pointers: CI 7 (Booker 2, Pope 2, Holliday 2, Parris); BS 1 (Lombardo).

Oracewski Leads Bay Shore -
Junior Ashley Oracewski had six points and pulled down seven rebounds but it wasn't enough as Walt Whitman defeated the Marauders 46-19. The Marauders came out slow scoring only four points while the Wildcats were hot scoring 19 in the first quarter. Bay Shore scored nine points in the second and Whitman put up 11 points to lead going into the half 30-13. The deficit was too much for Bay Shore to overcome as they were outscored in the second half 6-16. Freshman Taylor Lombardo hit three consecutive shots in the second quarter and sophomore Najia Bangs scored four points in the game.

Marauders Fall to Newfield 57-33 -
The Wolverines improve to 4-2 in league II action with a 57-33 win over Bay Shore. The Marauders recorded a season high 28 turnovers in the loss and fall to 1-5 in league play. Senior Brittany Torres and freshman Taylor Lombardo each had seven points. Junior Dannielle Colon filtered in with exccellent defense and and scored five points. Sophomore Ebo Williams had a team high eight rebounds and added six points. Scoring: N: Periera 17, Stelzer 2, Larkin 8, King 3, Ducker 10, Freeman 6, Thompson 11. Totals: 25-5-57. BS: Torres 7, Oracewski 2, Lombardo 7, Colon 5, Bangs 6, Williams 6. Totals: 13-5-33. Three-pointers: N 2 (Periera, King); BS 2 (Torres, Bangs).

Northport Holds Off Bay Shore 60-31-
Thirteen players for Northport scored in a 60-31 victory over the Marauders. Freshman guard Taylor Lombardo led Bay Shore in scoring with 10 points, including two three-pointers. Senior forward Dakota Smith nailed her first three-pointer with the shot clock winding down in the third quarter. Smith added eight rebounds. Excellent defense was played by juniors Dannielle Colon, Ashley Oracewski and Liza Encarnacion. Sophomore guard Najia Bangs recorded eight points for the Marauders including two three's. Scoring: N: Kepping 9, Irving 6, Maione 2, Schilling 3, Palmeri 3, Delgaudio 6, Bond 4, Pope 6, Marinelli 4, Lechleitner 1, Briedenbach 8, Leon 4, Bender 4. Totals: 24-10-61. BS: Torres 2, Oracewski 2, Lombardo 10, Smith 4, Bangs 8, Maldonado 2, Williams 2. Totals: 11-3-30. Three-pointers: N 3 (Pope 2, Kepping); BS 5 (Lombardo 2, Bangs 2, Smith).

T-Birds Edge Bay Shore 49-43 -
Connetquot squeezed past the Marauders 49-43 on Friday, January 11th in Bohemia. After a dull first half, Bay Shore responded shooting almost 80% in the second half and scored a season high 31 points in the third and fourth quarter combined. Bay Shore could not make up for the first half deficit and Connetquot was hot in the fourth scoring 18 points to hold off the Marauders. Freshman guard Taylor Lombardo had two-three pointers and a team high 12 points. Sophomore guard Najia Bangs had nine points and teammate senior guard Brittany Torres had two key baskets in the second half to help pull the Marauders within five points. Junior guard Ashley Oracewski had four points and recorded six rebounds on the night. Senior forward Dakota Smith had six points even though she was not feeling well. Scoring: BS: Lombardo 13, Bangs 10, Williams 4, Smith 8, Torres 8. Totals: 18-4-43. C: Bozzo 5, Broschart 8, Diesel 2, Diver 9, LoGiudice 11, Monaco 8, Murphy 6. Totals: 20-5-49. Three-pointers. BS 3 (Lomardo 2, Bangs); C 4 (Diver, Broschart).

Lions Outscore Bay Shore -
West Islip stopped the Marauders in the fourth to secure the 47-36 win on Tuesday, January 8th at West Islip. Bay Shore was down by two heading into the fourth quarter only to be outscored 11-2. Bay Shore senior guard Brittany Torres had a career high 15 points. Freshman Taylor Lombardo had nine points. Senior Dakota Smith had six points and was near perfect at the line going 4-6. Scoring: B: Torres 15, Orackowski 2, Lombardo 9, Smith 4, Bangs 4, Maldonado 2. Totals: 15-4-36. W: Maione 14, Hudgson 4, Morley 4, Aponte 18, Flaherty 7. Totals: 16-15-47. Three-pointers: --B: 2 (Torres, Lombardo).

Courgars Top Marauders -
Commack defeated the Marauders by a score of 58-29 in a League II match up at Bay Shore. Senior all-star Sammy Prahalis scored 10 of her 26 points in a 20-7 second quarter that gave Commack (2-0) a 36-17 lead heading into halftime. Bay Shore's defense held Prahalis to a season low 26 points. Freshman Taylor Lombardo led the Marauders in scoring with three three-pointers. Sophomore pointguard Najia Bangs and senior guard Brittany Torres both had six points a piece. Senior forward Dakota Smith had limited touches on offense but played excellent defense and took a charge. Scoring: C: Prahalis 26, Milazzo 8, Hagenah 6, Masciello 4, McQueeney 4, Pantaleo 4, Colon 2, Haller 2, McDonnell 2. Totals: 28-1-58. BS: Lombardo 10, Torres 6, Bangs 6, Williams 5, Smith 2. Totals: 11-4-29. Three-pointers: C 1 (Prahalis); BS 3 (Lombordo 3).

Bangs Leads Bay Shore Over Central Islip -
Sophomore point guard Najia Bangs scored a game high 13 points to lead the Marauders over Central Islip 41-21. Bangs scored eight of her 14 points in the fourth quarter to pull away from Central Islip. Senior guard Brittany Torres had nine points and seven steals in the victory. Junior guard Ashley Oracewski recorded six points and three steals. The Lady Marauders improve to 2-3 overall and 1-0 in League II.

Bay Shore Knocks Off Smithtown Christian -
The Marauders defeated Smithtown Christian 38-21 in the consolation game of the Bethpage Holiday Tournament. Senior pointguard Brittany Torres was named to the All-Tournament Squad leading Bay Shore with 12 points, five steals and only three turnovers in the win. Torres tallied a total of 23 points for the tourney. The scoring for the Marauders was spread out as seven players hit key shots for their first win. Sophomore Ebo Williams had eight points and four rebounds, senior Dakota Smith had six points, 12 rebounds and five steals, while teammates Ashley Oracewski and Taylor Lombardo each had four points. Junior Krystal Freeman scored her first varsity bucket and added five rebounds and senior Erika Maldonado also hit a shot. The Marauders will look for their second victory on January 3rd when they travel to Central Islip for their first league game.

Lombardo Scores Career High Against Garden City - Bay Shore was matched up against one of Nassau's top teams Garden City in the Bethpage Tourney. The Marauders gave the Trojans a run for their money being led by freshman guard Taylor Lombardo who tallied a career high 16 points in a 65-47 loss. The Marauders couldn't contain the fast and near perfect play by Garden City who nailed seven three pointers and an amazing 12-16 from the free-throw line. Senior Brittany Torres stepped it up in the second half for Bay Shore. Torres made three baskets and went 3-3 at the line, for a total of 11 points, three steals and 5-7 for the line. Sophomore Ebonique Williams added to the Marauders season high point total scoring eight points and grabbed seven rebounds. Senior Dakota Smith was a rebounding machine pulling down 13 rebounds. Bay Shore is next in action next Saturday, December 29th in the consolation game at Bethpage.

East Islip Top Bay Shore 48-29 -
The Lady Redmen were led by Brenna McKelvey who scored a game high 19 points to knock off the Marauders 48-29. Bay Shore was led by senior forward Dakota Smith who scored a team high eight points and pulled down 10 rebounds. Sophomore point guard Najia Bangs scored seven points, added four steals and recorded six rebounds. The Marauders were hot in the four quarter scoring 17 points but it was too little too late. Sophomore forward Ebonique Williams had six points all in the four quarter and went 4-6 from the line.

Eagles Down Bay Shore 57-21 -
Smithtown West defeated the Marauders 57-21 in Bay Shore's season opener on Tuesday, December 11th. The Eagles came out strong outscoring the Marauders 21-2 in the first quarter. Smithtown was much bigger than Bay Shore thus making it hard for the Marauders to get off any shots in the paint and also stopped any chances for offensive rebounds. Senior point guard Brittany Torres had a team high seven points followed by freshman guard Taylor Lombardo who added six points. In her varsity debut sophomore forward Ebo Williams finished with four points. Scoring: B: Lombardo 6, Torres 7, Bangs 1, Smith 2, Williams 4, Encarnacion 1. Totals: 7-6-21. S: McCuthen 4, Figuccio 2, Sebastian 6, Redding 10, Lutjen 4, English 14, Center 17. Totals: 27-2-57. Three-pointers: B 1 (Lombardo); S 1 (Center).