Scenes from a\u00a0Nassau Conference II football semifinal between Long Beach and\u00a0Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at\u00a0Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Brody Riedel of Long Beach on his way to a third-quarter touchdown in a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Brody Juan of Long Beach goes airborne and maintains control of a second-quarter reception in a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Jaron Burns and Maximus Schimmel of Long Beach look to stop Paulie Genovese of Mepham in the second quarter of a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Charlie Conway of Long Beach receives a third-quarter snap in a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Brody Juan of Long Beach makes a reception with Davidov Shaki of Mepham defending in the second quarter of a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Brody Riedel of Long Beach rushes for a third-quarter touchdown in a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Charlie Conway of Long Beach passes in the third quarter of a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Davidov Shaki of Mepham and Brody Juan of Long Beach fight for a pass intended for Juan in the fourth quarter of a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Paulie Genovese of Mepham rushes in the first quarter and is taken down by Brody Riedel of Long Beach in a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Long Beach\u2019s offensive line lines up for a third-quarter snap in a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Christian Capria of Long Beach pins a second-quarter Long Beach punt at the one-yard line in a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Long Beach head coach Scott Martin looks on during a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
The Long Beach cheerleaders pose beforea Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Nick Amantea of Long Beach kicks off in the third quarter of a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Long Beach’s Brody Juan, right, congratulates Brody Riedel after his fourth-quarter touchdown in a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Brody Riedel of Long Beach rushes the ball in the first quarter of a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
The Mepham cheerleaders pose before a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Mike Grizzard of Mepham is congratulated by his teammates after his third-quarter pick-six ina Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Long Beach on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Mepham head coach Tom Mazeika looks on during a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Long Beach on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Brody Riedel of Long Beach on his way to a third-quarter touchdown in a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Charlie Conway of Long Beach rears back to pass in the first quarter of a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Brody Riedel of Long Beach breaks away from the reach of James Quilty of Mepham for a fourth-quarter touchdown in a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Zack Silva of Long Beach makes a reception over the outstretched hands of Paulie Genovese of Mepham in the fourth quarter of a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
Zack Silva of Long Beach leaps for a second-quarter reception in a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game against Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n
Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.<\/p>\n
The wind blows the goal posts at Hofstra during a Nassau Conference II semifinal playoff game between Long Beach and Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at Hofstra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scenes from a\u00a0Nassau Conference II football semifinal between Long Beach and\u00a0Mepham on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at\u00a0Hofstra. Credit:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[951,947,131,133,132,34755],"class_list":{"0":"post-56117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-high-school","9":"tag-hs-football","10":"tag-long-beach","11":"tag-long-beach-headlines","12":"tag-long-beach-news","13":"tag-mepham"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}