Long Island bowling champions honored by Nassau County executive

They’re going to frame this one.

Two Long Island individual bowling champions were recently honored by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman with citations recognizing their recent titles.

Division High School’s Matt Banfich spared little drama during his comeback victory in the final game with an overall series score of 1,379.

Amanda Morris of East Meadow rolled into her second individual title in a less nerve-racking manner with a 1,238 series win.

Both standout athletes will represent Nassau County All-Star teams in Syracuse on March 15.

Will anyone tame these Dragons?

Fire-breathing football is officially back on Long Island.

Fans resurrected the iconic New York Dragons team moniker for Nassau County’s new indoor squad that is part of Buffalo Bills legend Andre Reed’s Entertainment Football League Association.

Like the Dragons of old, part of the defunct Arena Football League of the 2000s, the new black-and-red squad will be returning to the Nassau Coliseum for home games this June. In an eight-game season, they will face the Ciphers in Morristown, N.J., the Diesel in Danbury, Conn., and the Heroes in Fitchburg, Mass.

What to watch

High school hoops playoffs are coming to a head on LI, with the semifinals set for this weekend.

In girls AAA basketball, Massapequa dukes it out with Plainview, and Syosset takes on Freeport Saturday night at 6 and 8, respectively, at Farmingdale State College.

For the boys AAA semis, Port Washington faces Farmingdale at 5 p.m., and Uniondale takes on East Meadow on Sunday evening at 7 at the college.