Week 2 high school football games to watch

Islip quarterback Joe Sabbatino reflected on the heart-wrenching triple overtime loss that ended the Bucs' season a year ago. "It's tough when you beat a team in the regular season and then lose the big game," said Sabbatino, whose team opened this season with a 31-7 win over Kings Park. "But that's the Sayville-Islip rivalry. It doesn't matter who's up and who's down, these teams played each other hard."

The south shore rivalry in Suffolk's Division III has grown in intensity and the Friday Night Football featured game of the week on MSG Varsity at 7 p.m. promises the same kind of atmosphere.

"Oh, they'll leave it all on this field," said Sayville coach Rob Hoss. "These teams respect one another and know what's at stake even in an early season matchup."

Top-seeded Sayville and quarterback Steven Ferreira will air it out as the senior approaches the Suffolk County career passing yards mark . He was spectacular in the 37-21 season-opening win over Miller Place, completing 20 of 24 passes for 204 yards and one score. Sabbatino was equally impressive with 177 yards rushing and 108 yards passing for three total scores.

Smithtown West (0-1) at Newfield (1-0), Suffolk II, Friday, 7 p.m.: Devante McFarlane of Half Hollow Hills West ran all over the Smithtown defense in the opener. West is much better than that, and Newfield is coming off a tough win over rugged Deer Park. Can the Newfield offense get in gear or does Smithtown get the upset and get in the win column?

Longwood (1-0) at Floyd (1-0), Division I, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.: Floyd has been the one school that Longwood never seems to beat. But this Longwood team boasts a massive offensive line behind Omari Palmer and a stifling defense with Darius Greene. Can standout halfback Stacey Bedell find room to run?

West Babylon (1-0) at East Islip (0-1), Division II, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.: Top-seeded East Islip allowed 38 points to Riverhead. The West Babylon offense has more weapons than Riverhead, including fleet-footed quarterback Clifton Melhado and wide out Michael Richardson. Does East Islip start the season at 0-2?

Garden City (1-0) at Wantagh (1-0), Nassau Conference II, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.: Garden City opened with a 45-0 shutout of Westbury behind two touchdowns apiece from Danny Miller and Mark Ellis. Wantagh scored all of its points in the first half in a 27-0 win over Calhoun as Nick Mullen passed for three touchdowns.

Lynbrook (1-0) at Plainedge (1-0), Conference III, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.: Two teams that score in bunches. The Owls posted a 38-6 lead over Glen Cove before winning, 38-20. Plainedge scored 42 points in three quarters to beat Sewanhaka, 42-14.

Roosevelt (1-0) at East Rockaway (1-0), Conference IV, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.:

East Rockaway came back with 14 fourth quarter points to edge Island trees, 14-6. Roosevelt beat Clarke, 26-18, in the first game ever played by Long Island schools at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.

Stepinac (1-0) at Chaminade (1-0), CHSFL, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.: Chaminade is looking to build on an opening-game win, and Stepinac is up from Class A after a 12-0 campaign in 2010.

Babylon (1-0) at Amityville (1-0), Division IV, Friday, 7 p.m.: Amityville and quarterback Sean Walters move into the division and challenge Babylon and Glenn for the title. This is the first big test for the Warriors.

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