Alexa Kidd of Ward Melville, right, moves a ball downfield as Angela Shedlow #12 of Whitman gives chase during a Suffolk Division I field hockey match at Walt Whitman High School on Tuesday, Oct ...

Northport's Emma McLam (21) gets by Ward Melville's Olivia Comeford (24) in the third quarter during the Suffolk High School Class A Field Hockey Finals between Ward Melville and Northport on ...

Ward Melville High School in East Setauket beat out dozens of schools across Long Island at the Regional Science Bowl.

Thursday's rally featured students and parents in the Three Village Central School District, who say athletics officials' decision was a bad one.