North Babylon beats Hills East, but Mike has his day on Offense

Even though the ball wasn’t thrown to him, Mike proved to be the offensive jauggernaut that he his and had 7 runs for 127 yards (an 18.1 average) on Saturday. Hills East played top ranked North Babylon and lost miserably 43-8. However, Mike did have more total yards than NB super-star, Ciwan McCoy. McCoy had 18 runs for a total of 102 yards. But of course that isn’t in Newsday because NB won!

The windy weather conditions seemed to hinder Mike on special teams. But Mike took a faulty snap and ran a fake punt for 45 yards! Also, he had one punt for 40 yards, this gives Mike a total of 533 punt yards and 459 return yards on the season… pretty impressive!

This saturday is Senior Day for the Hills East T-Birds. Come to the game early and see the ceremonies that will include Mike and his fellow seniors. This is Mike’s last High School Football game and he would appreciate it if everyone came out to support #3 one last time!!

Mike Leads All Long Island in Punting

Even though Mike’s primary position is Wide Receiver, he is leading all of Long Island in Punting yards. Here is the list:

1. Mike Lykos (Hills East)    9    286
2. Brian McGrath (Carey)    8    268
3. Adam Goltche (Great Neck North)   3    66

If Football Games Were a 1:36 Shorter, Then the T-Birds Would’ve Had a Win!

That’s right the T-Birds lost another tough one to Newfield this Saturday in the last 1:36. Despite the bad ending, the T-Birds had an awesome start thanks to Mike. He started the game with a 97 yard kick-off return, and was stopped at the Newfield 3 yard line.

Once again Mike was limited on offense by the run heavy play calling, but he truly shined on special teams. He had 157 yards in returns, and punted for 142 yards (avg. 35.5). Mike was also one of the leaders on defense this week with 10.5 tackles and 1 for a loss of 3.

Overall all of the T-Birds looked great on Saturday despite the bad ending. Look for the away game at West Babylon to be more evenly matched for the T-Birds.

Mike Shines on Special Teams Despite Another Hills Loss

Mike had an impresive 142 yards on special teams today, but it didn’t seem to help Hills East as they lost their Homecoming 35-0 to Smithtown East. Mike also punted for a total of 99 yards. He was limited to 3 catches for 47 yards on offense due to the run-heavy play calling. Check out the stats page for complete info.

Look for Mike to have a great game against Newfield next week. The match-up seems to be more favorable between the two Suffolk Div II teams. Here is a link to the game preview by Newsday.