Congrats to the newly trained 18 Suffolk County PAL Junior Football Officials who recently completed the FREE training sessions.

Special recognition to SCFOA president Marc Negrin and his staff for donating their time to train the Junior officials.

In West Babylon they’ve created a program called Athletes Helping Athletes where upperclassmen speak with sixth grade classes to inspire them, teach them lessons – academically, socially and emotionally – and share personal experiences. This is a great connection for both groups of students involved!

Congratulations to Middle Country, the 2022 Section XI Unified Basketball Champions!

Great community service work by student-athletes from Pat-Med football, who packed over 100 bagged lunches to feed the homeless through the St. Frances De Sales Church soup kitchen of Patchogue.

Congratulations to Walt Whitman on winning the first Section XI flag football championship!

They came up short against Bellmore-Merrick in the Long Island title game at the New York Jets’ practice facility, but it was a very memorable season.

Section XI is looking forward to growth in the game for years to come.

Thank you and farewell to the following athletic directors who will retire following the 2021-2022 school year:

• John Frankie – Bellport
• William Madsen – Eastport-South Manor
• Dennis Maloney – Sayville
• Robert McIntyre – Bellport
• Larry Phillips – Central Islip
• Pat Smith – Smithtown
• Joe Vasile Cozzo – East Hampton

Thursday’s baseball Long Island championship games has been moved to Friday due to inclement weather.

L.I. Spring Sports Heroes Video Challenge 2022

TU4C challenged L.I. Athletes to be a Sports Hero to a cause or someone in need this 2022 Spring Season to see how big of an IMPACT we could make together in our L.I. Communities!

All those who entered have a chance to receive a scholarship or grant.

$5,000 in Scholarships & Grants will be awarded!

First Place Winner receives a $3,000 scholarship or grant.
Second Place Winner receives a $1,500 scholarship or grant.
Third Place Winner receives a $500 scholarship or grant.

Please take a moment to cast your vote to select the THREE (3), WINNERS.

Voting starts at 9 am EST on June 1st, 2022 and ends at 8 pm EST on June 8th, 2022.

The Winners will be selected based on the highest number of validated votes on their community service project/video in Team Up 4 Community’s Spring Heroes Challenge.

Once you enter your email address to vote, you will receive an email confirmation to CONFIRM your vote.

The W20 Foundation asks that all participants vote with Integrity & Sportsmanship.

The W20 Foundation reserves the right to disqualify entries or suspend voting if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent voting has occurred or if it considers there has been any attempt to rig the voting.

All Votes / Email Addresses will be VERIFIED AND REVIEWED. Winners are announced on or about June 10 th, 2022.

** You can VOTE for as many entries as you choose, but only one VOTE can be cast per entry, per day, per valid email address.
** A valid email address is required to validate your vote.
** Voters are only allowed to enter an email address on behalf of themselves.

L.I. Spring Sports Heroes Video Challenge 2022

Congratulations to Mount Sinai’s Joey Spallina on breaking Nick Galasso’s Long Island high school lacrosse scoring record!

Spallina, who is committed to play at Syracuse in the fall, has 501 career points and counting.

The Mustangs won the Section XI Class C championship and advance to the Long Island title game on June 4 at 5:30 p.m.