Congratulations to WHB’s Belle Smith on the career milestone!
Category Archives: Section XI News
WHB’s Chris Dileo Wins Inaugural Metzger Award
This year the National Football Foundation celebrated 38 scholar athletes and renamed its Suffolk County chapter.
Now known as the James C. Metzger Chapter after Half Hollow Hills star athlete turned business leader, the chapter honored its scholar athletes and Golden Eleven at an event at the Hyatt Regency in Hauppauge.
Westhampton Beach’s Chris Dileo won the first James C. Metzger Award presented to the top scholar-athlete in the county.
Dielo is an AP Scholar with Distinction, and member of the Science Honor Society, World Language Honor Society and Math Honor Society. He was first team all-division and all-county on the gridiron.
2019 National Football Foundation Golden Eleven Honorees
- Nicholas Baldino – East Islip High School
- Jonathan Koumas – Huntington High School
- Joseph Montiglio – West Islip High School
- Matthew Schreiber – Mt. Sinai High School
- Dean Shaffer – Smithtown East High School
- Ryan Bosak – Kings Park High School
- Kieran McGinley – Ward Melville High School
- Michael Scoleri – Saville High School
- Matthew Robbert – Centereach High School
- William Singleton – Babylon High School
- Thomas Verga – William Floyd High School
Photo: Shelter Island AD Teaching Leadership Training
Great work by Shelter Island AD Todd Gulluscio teaching leadership training to our @SectXISuffolk members via NIAAA!
Lindenhurst’s Jeremy Ruckert in Fiesta Bowl
Ohio State came up just short in this year’s Fiesta Bowl, but Lindenhurst’s Jeremy Ruckert continued to add to his growing resume of unique football experiences.
The sophomore caught one pass for six yards to cap a season of 14 catches, 142 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Ohio State lost to Clemson, 29-23.
Milestone: Longwood’s Brown Scores 1,000th Point
Janelle Brown is a four-year varsity basketball player who will be attending Division I Fairfield University in the fall on a full athletic scholarship.
Brown is only the fifth 1,000 point scorer in Longwood girls varsity basketball history.
Sayville’s Jack Coan Plays in Rose Bowl
It’s not every year you see a Section XI alum playing in a major college football bowl game.
Sayville’s Jack Coan started for Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl and came up just short after Oregon beat the Badgers, 28-27.
Coan, one of Long Island’s most prolific passers, was 23-for-35, for 186 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception. He also rushed twice for eight yards.
Milestone: Mattituck’s Allen Scores 1,000th Point
Mattituck’s Xavier Allen scored career point No. 1,000 in early December.
He is the first player to reach 1,000 points since 1983 in Mattituck boys’ basketball history.
Xavier credits his success to his role model and older brother Eugene, who introduced him to the game of basketball at 4 years old. His brother keeps him focused on his life goals and helps him better his game.
Xavier is grateful for the sacrifices his parents made to support him through this journey.
Wright Wins Bruce D. Whitehead Distinguished Service Award
South Huntington Athletic Director Jim Wright has been honored with the Bruce D. Whitehead Distinguished Service Award.
The Bruce D. Whitehead Distinguished Service Award is presented annually to individuals from within the NIAAA membership in recognition of their length of service, special accomplishments and contributions to interscholastic athletics at the local, state and national levels. Nominations are submitted by state athletic directors associations, screened by the NIAAA Awards Committee and selected by the NIAAA Board of Directors.
This photo shows Wright with athletic directors and executive directors of athletic conferences from around the state.
Section XI Student-Athletes Sign Letters of Intent
So many incredible Section XI student-athletes have signed their National Letters of Intent over the last few weeks.
Pictured above are Cole Baldanucci and Drew Gutierrez from Connetquot, who will play football at Stony Brook.
There are so many more across the region as well. Post your commitment photos to Twitter and tag @SectXISuffolk and we’ll share your story!
NYSPHSAA Announces Fall 2019 Scholar-Athlete Teams & Individuals
The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) is proud to announce its fall 2019 Scholar-Athlete teams and individuals.
This fall, NYSPHSAA recognized 3,631 Scholar-Athlete teams and 47,781 individuals. The number of Scholar-Athlete teams increased by 187 (5.43%) compared to fall 2019. The number of individuals increased by 1,232 (2.66%) from the fall of 2019. A total of 632 schools across the state participated in the Scholar-Athlete program.
“Congratulations to our NYSPHSAA student-athletes and member schools,” said Dr. Robert Zayas, NYSPHSAA Executive Director. “The Scholar-Athlete program continues to be one of the most rewarding endeavors we encourage here at the Association. To see the number of Scholar-Athletes increase again this season is a true testament to the amazing work our young men and women are doing in the classroom each and every day.”
The full list of Scholar-Athlete teams for the fall 2019 season can be found here.
The full list of Scholar-Athlete individuals for the fall 2019 season can be found here.