ICYMI: Worth noting that Center Moriches baseball finished the season ranked No. 1 on MaxPreps Small School national baseball rankings! We’ll be talking about this 2018 Red Devils’ team for awhile …
Category Archives: Section XI News
Vinny Altebrando’s Memory Lives On
It may be summer, but wrestling was in action in honor of a great wrestling coach and man.
Approximately 175 wrestlers from high schools and middle schools throughout Long Island, New York City, upstate New York, New Jersey and even South Carolina came out for the 2018 Vin Altebrando Outdoor Festival at Whitman High School.
Section XI Ballplayers Named All-State
In late July the New York State Sportswriters Association selected the All-State teams.
Here is a look at who received the honor from Section XI:
Class AA
- First Team: Matt Hogan – Hills West
- Second Team: Ryan Foran – Eastport-South Manor
- Third Team: Tim McHugh – Commack
- Fourth Team: Franklin Parra – Copiague
- Fifth Team: Justin Aviles – Brentwood
- Fifth Team: Jake Guercio – West Islip
- Seventh Team: Joe Savino – Connetquot
- Seventh Team: Roman Dorosh – Sachem East
- Seventh Team: Jared Vanderhoof – Longwood
Class A
- First Team: Joe Grillo – Rocky Point
- Second Team: Bob Ray, Bayport-Blue Point
- Second Team: Brock Murtha, Sayville
- Third Team: Ryan Mullahey – Shoreham-Wading River
- Fifth Team: Jesse Keshner – Shoreham-Wading River
- Fifth Team: Chris Palmer – East Islip
- Sixth Team: Alex Bonacci – Rocky Point
- Sixth Team: Gabe Romano – Shoreham-Wading River
Class B
- NYS Player of the Year: Liam Pulsipher, Center Moriches
- NYS Coach of the Year: Dennis Donovan, Center Moriches
- First Team: Liam Pulsipher, Center Moriches
- Second Team: Alec Maag, Center Moriches
- Second Team: Joseph Rende, Babylon
Class C
- Fourth Team: Tyler LaBorne, Pierson/Bridgehampton
- Fifth Team: Joe Wozsny, Stony Brook
FULL NYSWAA All-State listings here!
In Their Own Words: Mt. Sinai’s Meg Tyrell
Titles, All-American honors, records, and a bright future ahead at Syracuse University. Mt. Sinai’s Meg Tyrell has done it all during her prep career and she was named Section XI’s top female athlete of spring 2018.
We asked her to write about her career, so here it goes … this is Meg Tyrell in her own words:
“My high school lacrosse career has been everything that I could have dreamt of and more.
From my freshman year starting and playing for my first state championship to my senior year loss in the Long Island championship, these four years have been full of both extreme highs as well as some lows.
The success we have had over the past four years would not have been possible without our great coaching staff, Coach Bertolone, Coach Carron, and Coach Van Middelem. They have worked so hard from gathering film to creating dominating game plans for our opponents which have led to many overtime and close game wins.
My favorite memory would be our state championship win in 2017. We had to overcome a great deal of adversity and come back from a few goals down in critical games.
The journey from the beginning of that season to playoffs through the state championship final were full of such great experiences and many high intensity games against tough opponents.
The 2017 state championship was my third and final state championship, which I’ll hold close to my heart for a long time.
I’m so thankful for high school lacrosse because it has brought me so many relationships with people who will remain close with me as I enter new chapters of my life.
Although it was tough to say goodbye, I cannot wait to move on to my collegiate career at Syracuse University.”
Fuchs Officially Inducted to NYSPHSAA HOF
We are so proud of Suffolk County native and former Section XI student-athlete, Tracey Fuchs, for her most recent honor when she was inducted to the NYSPHSAA Hall of Fame.
Fuchs, who is also an inductee of the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame, is the field hockey coach at Northwestern.
Section XI Executive Committee at NYSPHSAA Meeting
The Section XI Executive Committee representatives at the NYSPHSAA meeting in Lake Placid.
From left: Superintendent rep Mike Radday, principal rep Patti Trombetta, AD rep Tim Mullins, Executive Director Tom Combs, AD rep Deb Ferry, Corporate sponsorship coordinator Nick DeCilles and Missing from photo Asst Executive Director Pete Blieberg.
Suffolk Contingent Helps U.S. Men’s Lax Win Gold
The U.S. Men’s Lacrosse team beat Canada to capture a gold medal at the FIL World Championships.
Suffolk County was strongly represented on the world stage.
Players Rob Pannell (Smithtown), Kevin Unterstein (Shoreham-Wading River) and Jack Kelly (West Islip) and coach Joe Amplo (Sachem) were in Netanya, Israel to reach the pinnacle of their sport.
NYSPHSAA Announces 18-19 SAAC Members
The New York State Public High School Athletic Association is pleased to announce the members of the 2018-19 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
This year, 14 new members will join the SAAC teaming with eight returning members who served as juniors last year. The two students from Section XI are Erin Holler from Smithtown East and Matt Weltmann from Hills East.
The committee is comprised of two student-athlete representatives (one male and one female) from each of the 11 sections in New York State. A total of 61 student-athletes applied to be members of this year’s SAAC.
The SAAC was developed to encourage and facilitate involvement of student-athletes within NYSPHSAA. Over the course of the school year, the committee will discuss topics of concern to high school student-athletes and examine and develop ways to address those concerns to help student-athletes maintain a positive athletic experience.
One of the primary goals of the SAAC this year will be to create a mental health initiative to help student-athletes around the state who confront mental health issues. Furthermore, members of NYSPHSAA SAAC hope to expand and create student committees within their own section. Sections IV, VIII, and XI are among the sections who have begun the process.
We will share more information about the Section XI SAAC in coming weeks.
2018 Suffolk County Football Rankings
We know, you’re enjoying the summer, but it’s never too early or too late to think about football.
In advance of the season kicking off in September, check out the 2018 pre-season rankings from the Suffolk County Football Coaches Association.
All 2018 schedules are available here!
SUFFOLK I
- Floyd
- Ward Melville
- Sachem East
- Patchogue-Medford
- Commack
- Connetquot
- Longwood
- Sachem North
- Central Islip
- Whitman
- Brentwood
- Bay Shore
SUFFOLK II
- Lindenhurst
- West Islip
- Northport
- Centereach
- North Babylon
- Half Hollow Hills East
- Huntington
- Bellport
- Newfield
- Smithtown West
- Deer Park
- Riverhead
- Smithtown East
- Copiague
SUFFOLK III
- Half Hollow Hills West
- Westhampton
- Sayville
- East Islip
- Miller Place
- Islip
- West Babylon
- Eastport-South Manor
- Kings Park
- Harborfields
- Comsewogue
- Amityville
- Rocky Point
- Hauppauge
SUFFOLK IV
- Babylon
- Shoreham-Wading River
- Mt. Sinai
- Glenn
- Bayport–Blue Point
- Center Moriches
- Port Jefferson
- Southampton/Pierson
- Wyandanch
- Hampton Bays
- East Hampton
- Greenport/Mattituck/Southold
Suffolk on National Stage via Under Armour All-American Game
Suffolk County was well-represented in the 13th annual Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Games the weekend of June 30 at Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood Field.
The Top 44 senior boys and girls were selected by a committee made up of the nation’s most knowledgeable figures in high school lacrosse. Seniors in good academic standing are considered for participation. The players will compete in separate boys’ and girls’ North vs. South All-Star Games during the event.
The 2018 Under Armour All-America rosters are selected by INSIDE LACROSSE and the selection committee.
Girls Selections
- Shannon Berry, Ward Melville, Princeton
- Emerson Cabrera, Northport, Florida
- Meaghan Scutaro, Mt. Sinai, Notre Dame
- Meaghan Tyrrell, Mt. Sinai, Syracuse
- Cassidy Weeks, Bayport Blue-Point, Boston College
- Courtney Weeks, Bayport-Blue Point, Boston College
Boys Selections
- Michael Gomez, Half Hollow Hills East, Johns Hopkins
- Alex Mazzone, Ward Melville, Georgetown
- George Wichelns, Connectquot, Maryland