Red, Black & Gold Scoreboard: September 27

Sachem Boys Cross Country: Sachem East 21, Sachem North 35 ... Ryan Scarpelli took first with a time of 17:25 at his home 5K course Tuesday in a rivlary match.

Sachem North Girls Cross Country: Ward Melville 19, Sachem 41 ... Junior Kelly Lavan set a Sachem record on Sachem North’s 5K XC course against Ward Melville. Her time of 20:02 broke a mark set by distance legend Jen Modzel in 2004 by 26 seconds. Lavan finished third as two Ward Melville runners held off her charge with three-quarters of a mile left in the race.

Sachem East Girls Cross Country: Sachem 23, Connetquot 33 ... Rachel Paul set the course record for the 5K race in 19:25.

Sachem Field Hockey: Sachem East 4, Sachem North 1 ... East improved to 6-0 with a win over their district rivals. Katie Trombetta scored two goals.

Sachem East Boys Soccer: Sachem 1, Commack 0 ... Ansel Ueshiro scored Sachem's game-winning goal in the second overtime to give the Arrows' their fourth win in League I play.

Sachem North Boys Soccer: Ward Melville 6, Sachem 1

Sachem East Swimming and Diving: 

The Sachem East girls varisty swimming and diving team started the season with a bang, beating Central Islip in their first meet of the year. Coach Katie Dugan said that the top highlight of the meet was Mary Ansman's breaking the minute in her 100 free, a huge barrier for any swimmer.

"Although the girls were suffering from sicknesses this week, they pulled through and were back in the pool this week ready to swim," said Dugan. She also has high hopes for the team this season saying, "the team is deeper than last year and we're hoping to improve on our record from last season." The girls were off from competition this week, but they're preparing for their next meet against Northport Oct. 3 at 4:30 p.m. at Sachem East.

Brenna Dowd contributed to this story.