The Lady Vikings won the conference championships last Monday for the first time since 1988 with a final season record of 14-0.

First place finishers were Maria Wolkow in the 200, Melissa Papasidero in the 800, Katie Jones in the triple jump, Brooke Cohen in the high jump, Karen Boehm in the discus and Christina Galati in the shot put. It was a tremendous overall team effort.

The division championships are this week and the team county championships will be next week.

Rob Palliser had a huge individual win against Cliff Silverman at first singles against Herricks early last week. North Shore lost 3-4, but it was the first time Palliser had beaten Silverman in two years. Another highlight was the continued outstanding play of Gaurav Chandra, who has continued his winning streak and is 6-1 since he took a loss during the team's first match. Sam Gordon and Rob Ross also won at first doubles.

The Vikings came back with a 5-2 win against Port Washington at midweek, with Pat Friscia coming back strong after a two-week layoff due to injury. Brandon Stein contributed with a big win for the Vikings at fourth singles and the doubles team of Gordon and Ross raised their overall record to 6-2 for the season.

The Vikings won two games last week, improving their record to 10-3 in the league and 14-3 overall. North Shore will be either the No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the upcoming 16-team county playoffs. The first-round playoff game will be on Thursday, May 15 at North Shore High School.

The first victory of the week was 2-1 in 10 innings over Floral Park. North Shore trailed 1-0 entering the sixth inning and tied the game at one when Meredith Vogenberger singled home Christina DeSousa. In the 10th inning, after Sierra Neal's sacrifice bunt moved Christie Swiezbin to third base with one out, DeSousa singled home the winning run with a base hit to right field. Kim Lerch pitched all 10 innings and struck out 10 batters in picking up the win.

The week's second game pitted the North Shore Vikings against the Seaford Vikings. North Shore took an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Neal singled home DeSousa and Lerch with two outs. North Shore took a 3-0 lead on another clutch two-out hit, this time by Lerch, who knocked home Cori Gasser. That was all the support Lerch would need as she pitched in dominating fashion, allowing only one hit while striking out 12. The 3-0 win was Lerch's 13th of the season. It was also her fifth shutout and third one-hitter.

The victory over Seaford was the last regular-season home game for seniors Lerch, Vogenberger, Cara DiSanti and Justine Fairclough. Their talents and leadership, which have been instrumental in the success of the team this season, will be missed by the players and coaches.

The Vikings hosted the annual North Shore Invitational Track and Field Meet last Monday, with event coordinator and former head coach Ed Corona doing an excellent job organizing the activities. Standouts for the team were seniors Peter Barbour and Andrew Greig, who won medals for their individual events.

On Wednesday, the team traveled to Manhasset for the annual Gold Coast Relays, where Greig teamed up with fellow senior Jesse Sears to win a medal in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles. On Friday, North Shore was on the road once again, this time to the annual Carle Place Relays. The Vikings did very well, earning a total of 20 medals for North Shore. Way to go guys!

This week brings the Divisional Finals at home and the Freshman/ Sophomore Meet at Mitchell Field. Coach McKee says a hearty "job well done!" has been earned by all for compiling a winning 8-6 record.

Four members of the golf team had personal bests last week: Nick Kelly, with a 38; Dan Marra, 45; Cory Loviglio, 47, and Harris Fox, 49. The team had its second win over Oyster Bay with a low team net score of 237. North Shore is a very young team, with freshmen getting a lot of experience this season. The Viking record is 2-7 with three matches still to play.

North Shore stepped it up on Saturday by downing League I Massapequa by one goal. Rachel McCullough scored the winning goal for the Vikings with 4:25 left in the second half. Nikki Katsikas had an outstanding day in goal with 17 saves and Caroline Ogilvy stepped up as a key a player on defense. Katie Degen added three goals and Amanda Longobucco and Ashley Lopez each added two. With a final score of 12-11, the Vikings made a statement! With one more league game against Clarke, North Shore's record is 12-2. Look for the Lady Vikings as they head on to playoffs this weekend.