The Vikings football team lost a hard-fought battle against the Clarke High School Rams at North Shore Homecoming. The Vikings made a strong showing the whole game, trailing only 9-7 well into the fourth quarter. Junior running back Louie Mastellone scored the Vikings' touchdown, which was set up by a fumble recovery by senior captain Joe Denovellis. The Vikings defense was led by linebackers Tom Kilderry and Kevin Victoria.

The Vikings next game is Saturday, Sept. 27 at Friends Academy. Kickoff is 1:30 p.m.

This year's women's varsity tennis team started its season this past week in Conference II. The squad is a mix of youthful energy and veteran leadership. Claudia Ruiz and Sunaina Vohra, two seventh-graders, play the top two spots for the Lady Vikings. Four-year singles starter and captain Ari Crane plays third singles. This year's doubles team all are new and are gaining experience playing with one another every match.

During the past week, North Shore lost three matches to Herricks, Wheatley and Friends Academy. The score of each match was 2-5. The team looks to improve next week when it hosts Plainview and Cold Spring Harbor and travels to Great Neck North.

The North Shore Viking Field Hockey team secured its first win on Saturday of Homecoming Weekend against Locust Valley with a score of 4-0. The Vikings also added a tie to their record earlier in the week in their game versus Carle Place. Senior Taylor Spallone is leading the Vikings on attack with 3 goals under her belt. Defense is held strong by senior sweeper Michele Wong. Two freshman, Micaela Dussel and Jenna Datlo have been added to the Varsity roster to help to contribute to the team's success. The Vikings will meet New Hyde Park and Cold Spring Harbor in the upcoming week.

This week began with North Shore undefeated and ended the same way. On Tuesday, Carle Place visited for a league contest. Eight minutes into the game, Anthony Cortes-Mendez scored on a throw-in from Chris Frey, and North Shore never looked back. Robbie Grabher (one assist) and Greg Puskuldjian both added two goals and North Shore breezed to a 5-1 win. Chris Frey added two more assists for a total of three. Goaltending was split between Brian Leigh and Greg Esernio and both performed admirably.

On Friday, Wheatley High School visited for a non-league game to open North Shore's Homecoming weekend. Both Brian Leigh for North Shore and the Wheatley goalie played flawlessly and the game ended in a 0-0 tie. Brandon Robilotti, Peter Filippi, John Scuderi and Chris Dellavecchia anchored the defensive effort to help Leigh post his first shutout of the season. Robbie Grabher, Greg Puskuldjian, Andrew Lazarow and, in the closing minutes, Charlie Vasiento all had good scoring chances which were quashed by the Wheatley keeper. With momentum in their favor, North Shore enters this week with three league games in five days. With a good week, the Vikings could solidify a hold on first place.