Another honor for Suffolk County native Tracey Fuchs.
The field hockey icon was inducted to the National High School Hall of Fame.
She was presented her honor by Robert Zayas, the Executive Director of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.
Fuchs, who went to Centereach High School, has played and coached at every level, including for many years in her current post as the head coach at Northwestern.
The successful baseball run continues to Patchogue-Medford alumnus Marcus Stroman.
The ace for the Toronto Blue Jays, Stroman was named an American League All-Star. He will pitch on July 9 in Cleveland.
“It’s amazing,” Stroman told MLB.com. “Definitely one of the bright spots of my career. Just to come from where I came from last year, having probably the worst year I’ve had, battling injuries, I made it such a premium in the offseason to do everything I could to get back. It’s just a testament to everybody around me, my family, my friends, we all operate as one unit. It’s an awesome time for all of us, the staff here. I can’t thank enough people.”
He has turned in a 3.18 ERA over 18 starts and 104 2/3 innings, with 32 walks and 81 strikeouts.
The following is a recap of spring NYSPHSAA championships …
Boys Tennis Recap
The 2019 NYSPHSAA Boys Tennis Championships once again took place at the Billie Jean King USTA Tennis Center in Flushing.
Ryan Fishback of Geneva (Section V) won the singles championship, while the doubles team of Nikolay Sahakyan and Jason Shuler of Scarsdale (Section I) won the doubles championship.
To see the complete results from the tournament click here.
Girls Golf Recap
Deerfield Country Club in the greater Rochester area hosted the NYSPHSAA Girls Golf Championship for the first time ever in 2019.
Melanie Green of Medina (Section VI) won the individual state championship for the second consecutive year. While Scarsdale (Section I) won the team state championship and Section I took home the section state title.
For complete results from the tournament click here.
Boys Golf Recap
The Robert Trent Jones golf course at Cornell University was once again the site for the 2019 NYSPHSAA Boys Golf Championship.
Nathan Han of Somers (Section I) won the individual state championship. This is the second time in three years that Han won the NYSPHSAA championship. Section I was the team section champs for 2019.
To see the complete results from the 2019 championship click here.
Track & Field Championships
Middletown High School was the host for the 2019 NYSPHSAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Over two days on Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8 the best male and female track & field student-athletes across the state competed for state championships.
To see the complete race and event results click here.
Girls Lacrosse Recap
For the 25th consecutive year, SUNY Cortland hosted the NYSPHSAA Girls Lacrosse Championships.
Semifinals were played on Friday, June 7 and Finals played on Saturday, June 8. Congratulations to the 2019 state champions:
Boys Lacrosse Recap
St. John Fisher College in the greater Rochester area hosted the 2019 NYSPHSAA Boys Lacrosse Championships on Saturday June 8.
Congrats to the 2019 state champions:
B) Victor (Section V)
Baseball Recap
The greater Binghamton area once again hosted the 2019 NYSPHSAA Baseball Championships.
Semifinals were played at five sites on Friday, June 14 with the finals played at Union-Endicott High School and Binghamton University on Saturday June 15.
Congrats to the 2019 state champs:
Softball Championships
Moreau Recreational Park in South Glens Falls hosted the 2019 NYSPHSAA Softball Championships. This was the 35th anniversary Softball Championship tournament.
Semifinals and finals were played on Saturday, June 15.
The game everyone was talking about was the class A Semifinal between Ballston Spa and Sayville. It took 20 innings, a new NYSPHSAA tournament record for longest game, with Ballston Spa winning 2-1.
Congrats to the 2019 state champs:
Wishing the very best to our Section XI student-athletes who are graduating this week and ending this chapter of their lives.
To those who are playing sports in college, enjoy the experience and keep making Suffolk County proud.
Conor Calderone was the best faceoff specialist on Long Island in 2019. He won 93 percent of the draws he took for Smithtown West and will take those skills to the University of Maryland.
His individual accolades were plenty during his senior year. Another All-American selection, as well as All-Long Island, All-County and All-Division for three straight years. But it was the Lt. Ray Enners Award, as Suffolk County’s top player, that meant the most.
“Winning an award like the Ray Enners is truly an honor,” he said. “Ray Enners was a very special person who was an outstanding leader and someone who gave his life for our country, to win an award in his name is an amazing honor. He is someone that everybody should try to be more like and look to as an example of how to be a great person.”
Max Nielson put the icing on his senior season by winning the Carl Yastrzemski Award as the top baseball player in Suffolk County.
The UConn-bound pitcher was lights out this season in 49 2/3 innings. He struck out a school record 103 batters and compiled a record of 5-1 with a 1.44 ERA.
During his career he struck out a school record 293 and finished with 19 wins, which is one behind Anthony Kay, a pitcher in the Mets farm system now who also played at UConn.
Congratulations @MaxNielsenn for winning the Yastrzemski Award and topping off an outstanding season and an amazing 5 year career @wardmellvile @UConnBSB is getting one heck of a ballplayer! #greenandgold #PatriotPride pic.twitter.com/fOeSEZVB6g
— WM PATRIOTS BASEBALL (@WMPATSBaseball) June 18, 2019
The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) has announced the inductees for its Class of 2019 Hall of Fame.
Dick Cerone (Administrator, Section V), Anthony Famiglietti (Athlete, Section XI), Cathy Stanilka (Coach, Section 2), Ken Strube (Coach, Section 2), Eileen Troy (Administrator/Coach, Section 2), and Jim Wolfe (Administrator, Section IX) were chosen through a two-level selection process involving a screening committee and a selection committee.
Nominations were endorsed by each inductee’s member section of the Association—a preliminary requirement in the nomination process—before going on to the NYSPHSAA Screening Committee for consideration first, then finally to the Selection Committee.
The NYSPHSAA Hall of Fame is modeled after the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) program which recognizes individuals in the categories of athlete, coach, official, administrator and related contributor.
The 2019 NYSPHSAA Hall of Fame Class will be inducted on Wednesday, July 31 at 6 pm at Turning Stone Resort in Verona, N.Y. Tickets for the Hall of Fame banquet are on sale to the public and may be purchased by calling Sandy Schanck at the NYSPHSAA Office, 518-690-0771, or by emailing sschanck@nysphsaa.org. Deadline to purchase tickets is Wednesday, July 17th.
Famiglietti was a top tier track athlete at Patchogue-Medford High School in the 1990’s. A 1996 graduate, he flourished as a distance runner capturing the NYSPHSAA 3200 meter state championship as well as numerous Section XI Championships, the Loucks Invitational and several other in-season invitationals in that event catapulting him to the top each year.
Famiglietti was also part of the 4 x 800 meter relay team that won the NYSPHSAA State Championship his senior year. He continued his athletic career at Appalachian State where he immediately experienced success winning Southern Conference Freshman of the Year in cross country as a freshman and was Southern Conference Cross Country Runner Up Runner of the Year as a sophomore. After his sophomore season, he transferred to the University of Tennessee demonstrating consistency and success the final two years of his collegiate career that led to a spot on the United States team at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Famiglietti ran a season’s best 3200 in the opening round at the Olympic Games, which also was a personal best and fastest time by an American clocking in at 8:17.34. Along with being a two-time Olympian, he came in first place at the Reebok Grand Prix for the 3200-meter steeplechase and is a six-time US Champion.
In addition to being a talented athlete, Famiglietti is known for his work off the track. He’s devoted himself to community by speaking to high school student-athletes across the country promoting a healthy lifestyle, which is the theme of a self-produced DVD he created called “Run Reckless.” He is internationally known as one of the best distance runners in the world and continues to run today, just recently announcing his attempt to become the fourth master’s division runner to break the four-minute mile barrier.
Congratulations to Center Moriches on finishing the season 26-0 and winning a Class B New York State title for the second straight year.
The Red Devils beat Schuylerville, 11-1, in front of 1,400 fans at Binghamton University on Saturday afternoon.
According to Newsday, Center Moriches became the fifth team in Long Island history, regardless of classification, to win every game in a season and only the third to win back-to-back state championships since 1983.
Rudy is coming to Suffolk County. Yes, that Rudy.
For a special Section XI rate you can meet Rudy and listen to him talk about his storied life and career.
Rudy will be at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on Sunday, June 16 at 4 p.m.
A discounted ticket rate of $33 is available for all friends of Section XI. CLICK HERE for tickets.
