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Northport HS Field Hockey Girls Are Long Island Champions
Northport blanked Garden City 1-0 to win the Class A Long Island championship. It was Northport's first field hockey title.
NORTHPORT, NY — The Northport High School field hockey girls are Long Island champions.
The team won the Class A championship against Garden City, marking the first time in school history the girls won the field hockey title, a parent of one of the team members told Patch.
Sophia Bica scored the lone goal in Northport's 1-0 shutout of Garden City after Olivia McKenna's pass attempt deflected off a stick, causing the ball to pop up in the air before Bica slammed it into the cage, Newsday reported.
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The game was held April 24.
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