High school football Week 6 blog: Updates, scores and more from the sixth week of games
The Ward Melville team enters the field before a Suffolk Division I football game against Floyd on Oct. 3 in East Setauket. Credit: Dawn McCormick
Updates, notable scores, big moments and more from the sixth full week of the Long Island high school football season.
Scores: Nassau | Suffolk | CHSFL
Standings: Nassau | Suffolk | CHSFL
Leaderboards: Nassau | Suffolk | CHSFL
Jack Halpin keeps Islip's passing game on target
Islip’s passing attack has picked up right where it left off, even with a new quarterback and an almost entirely new receiving corps this season.
Jack Halpin, who played wide receiver last year, ranks second in Suffolk with 1,110 passing yards through five games.
The senior follows former Islip quarterbacks Jack Rao, who ranked second in Suffolk with 2,367 yards last season, and Brady Nash, who ranked third with 2,362 yards in 2024.
Halpin trained with Nash over the summer to prepare for the transition.
“It’s definitely been a hard transition, playing wide receiver to going to quarterback now, but I trained with Brady Nash over the summer a bunch,” Halpin said. “He definitely helped me with my throwing and my decision-making.”
Halpin passed for 280 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 105 yards and a score in a 43-6 win over Comsewogue last week. In the previous week’s contest, he threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-21 victory over Half Hollow Hills West.
“The last two games, it’s just kind of really clicked with him,” Islip coach Jamie Lynch said. “He’s gotten control of the offense.”
“He was a little tense the first couple weeks,” Lynch added. “I just told him, ‘Listen, you’re one of the best athletes out there. Let it rip.’”
Nash has enjoyed watching Halpin continue Islip’s strong quarterback production.
“It’s super exciting to see all his hard work pay off,” Nash said. “His footwork, the way he carries himself and the way he leads himself, every bit of work he put in, it all just shows on the field.”
Islip visits Hauppauge on Friday night in a matchup of 3-2 teams in Suffolk III.
Newsday's HS fantasy football league update
Standings
Jared Valluzzi, 1222
Matt Lindsay, 1063
Jonathan Ruban, 1053
Gregg Sarra, 1004
JP Cheslowitz, 862
Chris Matias, 845
Tess Ferguson, 843
Mike Sicoli, 776
Mike Anderson, 743
Lenny Genova, 658
Top performers
QB: Dodge Alahverdian, Whitman
He had 62 points for Team Valluzzi. Alahverdian threw a school record six touchdown passes and completed 21 of 23 passes for 349 yards in Whitman's 56-25 win over Patchogue-Medford.
RB: Jack Miller, North Babylon
He recorded 54 points for Team Sarra. Miller carried the ball 22 times for 246 yards and five touchdowns to lead North Babylon over Deer Park, 62-19.
WR: Jason Thompson, Whitman
He put up 52 points for Team Valluzzi. Thompson caught five passes for 131 yards and three touchdowns. He also added two carries for 44 yards and two scores in Whitman’s win over Pat-Med.
DEF: East Islip
The squad notched 21 points for Team Lenny. Parker Redding returned two interceptions for touchdowns and Hunter DePinto also grabbed two INTs, returning one for a score in East Islip’s 49-15 win over Half Hollow Hills West.
Waiver pickups
None this week.
The Week 6 Long Island high school football schedule
Thursday, Oct. 15
Suffolk
Division I
Patchogue-Medford at Sachem East, 6 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 16
Nassau
Conference I
Port Washington at Oceanside, 6:30 p.m.
Syosset at Farmingdale, 6:30 p.m.
Conference II
Mepham at Long Beach, 6 p.m.
New Hyde Park at MacArthur, 7 p.m.
Conference III
Plainedge at South Side, 6 p.m.
Hewlett at Mineola, 6:30 p.m.
Conference IV
Lynbrook at East Rockaway/West Hempstead, 6 p.m.
Carle Place at Cold Spring Harbor, 7 p.m.
Suffolk
Division I
Connetquot at Longwood, 6 p.m.
Sachem North at Ward Melville, 7 p.m.
Division II
North Babylon at Half Hollow Hills East, 3 p.m.
Division III
Smithtown West at Westhampton, 6 p.m.
Comsewogue at Eastport-South Manor, 6 p.m.
Islip at Hauppauge, 6:30 p.m.
Division IV
Center Moriches at Shoreham-Wading River, 6 p.m.
Bayport-Blue Point at Sayville, 6 p.m.
Glenn at Babylon, 6:30 p.m.
Hampton Bays at Greenport/Southold/Mattituck, 7 p.m.
CHSFL
Chaminade at St. Anthony's, 7 p.m.
Kellenberg at Xaverian, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 17
Nassau
Conference I
Massapequa at East Meadow, 1:30 p.m.
Herricks/Wheatley/Roslyn at Uniondale, 1:30 p.m.
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK at Hempstead, 2 p.m.
Westbury at Hicksville, 3:30 p.m.
Conference II
Carey at Garden City, 1:30 p.m.
Bellmore JFK at Calhoun, 1:30 p.m.
Roosevelt at Baldwin, 2 p.m.
Conference III
Manhasset at Clarke, 1:30 p.m.
Bethpage at Wantagh, 1:30 p.m.
Sewanhaka at Elmont, 1:30 p.m.
Glen Cove at Division, 3 p.m.
Conference IV
Lawrence at North Shore, 1:30 p.m.
Valley Stream North at Valley Stream South, 1:30 p.m.
Floral Park at Locust Valley, 1:30 p.m.
Malverne at Seaford, 2 p.m.
Suffolk
Division I
Whitman at Floyd, 12 p.m.
Brentwood at Bay Shore, 1 p.m.
Riverhead at Central Islip, 1:30 p.m.
Division II
Bellport at Northport, 1:30 p.m.
Lindenhurst at Deer Park, 1:30 p.m.
Newfield at Huntington, 2 p.m.
Smithtown East at Copiague, 2 p.m.
Commack at Centereach, 3 p.m.
Division III
Rocky Point at Half Hollow Hills West, 1 p.m.
West Islip at East Islip, 1 p.m.
West Babylon at East Hampton, 1 p.m.
Division IV
Harborfields at Mount Sinai, 1:30 p.m.
Kings Park at Miller Place, 2 p.m.
Private
St. John’s College High School at Long Island Lutheran, 2 p.m.
