Losing by one point can be a devastating thing. Nobody knows that better than the Bethpage girls cross country team, which saw its season end at last year’s Nassau state qualifier meet when it finished a single tally behind South Side. After holding onto that feeling for a year, the Eagles can finally let it go. They are going to the public school state championships.

Bethpage scored 54 points to win the Class B team championship at the Nassau state qualifier meet on LIU Post's 5-kilometer course Saturday. Though North Shore made a very strong bid for the title by placing three of the top nine, all seven of the Eagles’ runners placed between sixth and 20th to punch their tickets to Queensbury High School for the state's showcase meet, scheduled for Nov. 15.

“It was always a chip on our s

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