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Section XI News

Team Up 4 Community Spring Video Challenge

Team Up 4 Community is challenging Long Island Athletes to be a Sports Hero to a cause or someone in need this 2018 Spring Season to see how big of an IMPACT we can make together in our L.I. Communities!

All those who enter 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.

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Section XI News

ICYMI: NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championship Results

The following are Division I and Division II champions from the 2018 New York State Public High School Athletic Association tournament.

(Photos courtesy Ray Nelson)

DIVISION I Champions

  • 99 – Stevo Poulin (2-Shenendehowa, 9) dec. Chase Liardi (8-Massapequa, 9), 6-1 
  • 106 – Terry Adams (C-Monsignor Farrell, 11) dec. Jayden Scott (5-Rush-Henrietta, 8), 3-2 
  • 113 – Greg Diakomihalis (5-Hilton, 10) dec. Dylan Ryder (11-Half Hollow Hills West, 12), 3-2 UTB 
  • 120 – Zach Redding (11-Eastport-South Manor, 10) dec. Anthony Sciotto (11-Rocky Point, 12), 9-6 
  • 126 – Adam Busiello (11-Eastport-South Manor, 11) pinned Justin McDougald (6-Niagara-Wheatfield, 10), 3:00 
  • 132 – Willie McDougald (6-Niagara Falls, 10) dec. Justin Vines (8-Wantagh, 12), 3-2 UTB 
  • 138 – Chris Gomez (11-Patchogue-Medford, 12) dec. Anthony Sobotker (11-North Babylon, 12), 11-9 
  • 145 – Frankie Gissendanner (5-Penfield, 12) dec. Kiernan Shanahan (2-Shenendehowa, 11), 7-6 
  • 152 – Jacori Teemer (8-Long Beach, 12) dec. Matt Grippi (1-Fox Lane, 12), 8-2 
  • 160 – Jake Silverstein (11-Hauppauge, 12) dec. Christopher Barker (5-Fairport, 12), 9-2 
  • 170 – Grant Cuomo (1-Brewster, 12) dec. Tyler Barnes (2-Ballston Spa, 12), 13-10 
  • 182 – Jake Logan (1-New Rochelle, 11) dec. Jacob Ferreira (1-Horace Greeley, 12), 5-3 
  • 195 – Jonathan Loew (8-Wantagh, 12) pinned Jhordyn Innocent (1-East Ramapo, 11), 1:14 
  • 220 – Elijah Rodriguez (8-Long Beach, 12) pinned Halil Gecaj (1-John Jay Cross River, 12), 5:19 
  • 285 – Deonte Wilson (11-Amityville, 12) dec. Joey Slackman (11-Commack, 11), 5-1 
  • Most Outstanding Wrestler: Jacori Teemer (11-Long Beach) 

DIVISION II Champions

  • 99 – Dante Geislinger (4-Norwich, 10) dec. Devin Coleman (3-Camden, 12), 9-4 
  • 106 – Anthony Noto (5-Honeoye Falls-Lima, 10) dec. Jordan Titus (11-Center Moriches, 9), 3-1 
  • 113 – Marek Bush (3-Central Valley Academy, 9) dec. Chandler Merwin (4-Walton/Delhi, 11), 4-2 
  • 120 – Trent Svingala (2-Maple Hill, 11) dec. Brady Worthing (4-Tioga, 10), 3-2 
  • 126 – Orion Anderson (2-Schuylerville, 12) pinned Vince Miceli (11-Port Jefferson, 12), 1:34 
  • 132 – Luke Bokina (11-Mattituck, 12) dec. Nicholas Young (5-Alexander, 12), 2-1
  • 138 – Mike Zariff (11-Mt. Sinai, 12) dec. Riley Gerber (3-Camden, 12), 6-4 SV 
  • 145 – Jack Bokina (11-Mattituck, 12) dec. Hunter Shaut (3-Central Valley Academy, 11), 5-0 
  • 152 – Dempsey Carroll (3-Copenhagen, 11) dec. Jack Chesman (1-Pearl River, 11), 6-2 
  • 160 – Bryce Rowe (6-Chautauqua Lake, 12) dec. Jacob Nolan (7-Saranac, 11), 2-1 
  • 170 – Ross McFarland (3-Phoenix, 11) MD Dillon Ross (9-Onteora, 12), 8-0 
  • 182 – Connor Fredericks (3-Chittenango, 12) dec. Chance Lapier (7-Ausable Valley, 12), 3-2 
  • 195 – Doug Simmons (3-Canastota, 12) dec. Corey Keefe (6-Falconer, 12), 3-0 
  • 220 – Joe Benedict (3-South Jefferson/Sandy Creek, 12) dec. Reggie Poulin (2-Cohoes, 12), 3-1 
  • 285 – Anthony Robinson (6-Starpoint, 12) dec. Jayson Gomez (P-Eagle Academy Bronx, 12), 6-5 
  • Most Outstanding Wrestler: Orion Anderson (2-Schuylerville) 
Section XI News, Suffolk to the Pros

Suffolk to the Pros: Myles Jones

VICE Sports featured a story about him with the headline, “Myles Jones is the Future of Lacrosse.”

Jones wrote a story for The Players Tribune titled, “The Face of the Game.”

It’s clear that Myles Jones is on another level as an ambassador of his sport.

The first overall pick in the 2016 Major League Lacrosse Draft and Walt Whitman High School alum is truly one of the faces of lacrosse. From the U.S. Team, which he should be playing for at the World Championships this summer, to winning a National Championship at Duke, to his dominant play in the MLL, Jones is a star.

At Duke, he anchored the midfield for four years and put up more than 60 points in three of his four seasons with the Blue Devils. He also won the Lt. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award and was a Tewaaraton Finalist in 2015 and 2016.

In a four-year varsity career at Whitman, Jones recorded 272 points. He as an All-American in lacrosse, All-Long Island and 1,000-point scorer in basketball and All-County as a quarterback on the football team. He is one of the best pure three-sport athletes Suffolk County and Long Island has ever seen and he hasn’t even reached his prime in lacrosse yet.