BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI
If you play for West and North Babylon you don't know what a loss feels like. They are a combined 10-0 this season, so let's take a quick look at each of them and where their next big tests will come.
North Babylon: At a perfect 5-0 they have so far proven to be a formidable foe. The win that really grabs your attention is a 4-3 victory over Half Hollow Hills East. Antonio Crespi scored the winner with 3:14 left in League III. He finished with two goals and two assists and Leo Fernandes added a goal and two assists. Crespi is tied for third on Long Island in points with nine and Fernandes is tied for fifth with eight. It has a date with a hot Smithtown East squad on Sept. 23. East is 4-0-1 and boasts a 0-0 tie with Half Hollow Hills West. The game could go a long way to deciding the League III title.
West Babylon: It doesn't have the big win on the resume like North Babylon, but the one thing West Babylon has done is look impressive in its wins. It beat Wyandanch 6-0, Rocky Point 4-1, and Deer Park 3-0. Its 1-0 win over Riverhead on a Frank Essig goal, his fifth of the season, on a pass from Franco Aiuto in the 23rd minute got it off to a good start in League IV. Chris Muhs made six saves in his fourth shutout of the season. Up next is a solid Bellport team on Sept. 17 and Smithtown West, a team better than its record, on Sept 23. Those two games will show if West Babylon is a serious contender for the league title.