Congrats to Mt. Sinai wrestling on winning the New York State Public High School Athletic Association dual tournament championship.
The Mustangs beat Greenwood, 33-30, at Onondaga Community College on Saturday, Jan. 27.
Next up, Suffolk County wrestlers will get ready for their league and county tournaments.
All Suffolk championship and tournament information can be found here.
Congrats to Copiague girls basketball coach Carole Olsen on career win No. 300!
Brentwood wrestling coach Ralph Napolitano reached a significant career milestone when he became the winningest coach in program history, passing the legendary Joe Campo.
Campo, who retired in 1985, had 253 career wins, and Napolitano how has 254.
“I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for all the congratulatory posts and well wishes,” Napolitano wrote on Facebook. “However, the real congrats should go to all the kids the past 16 years that we have been blessed to get the opportunity to coach. These amazing young men year in and year out come to us looking to be lead, looking to be part of something special and give us their blood, sweat, and tears every day. They embrace wearing the green and white and have made us proud each and every year.
“A wrestling season is a marathon not a sprint filled with many highs and sometimes many lows. These young men have always carried themselves with pride and enormous amounts of dignity. They are the true heroes! In a world void of heroes and do gooders, they truly inspire us to try to give them our best efforts each and every day. On behalf of all the coaches that I have had the privilege of coaching side by side with all these years.”
A great honor for former longtime Kings Park teacher, coach and athletic director, Arthur Snelders, who had the basketball court named in his honor this week!
Snelders worked at Kings Park from 1956 to 1986 and spent the last 10 years of his career as the district’s athletic director.
He coached a number of varsity sports, including boys basketball and boys soccer, winning more than 300 contests and a number of league championships.
Great meeting of the @SectXISuffolk Athletic Council, along with visitor @RobertZayasNY, executive director of the @NYSPHSAA!
The National Federation of High Schools has announced its coaches of the year winners and Section XI is well represented.
Smithtown East’s Ann Naughton was named national field hockey coach of the year.
Robert Szymanski and Richard Koretzki were named state track coaches of the year.
Lou Hanner from John Glenn was named a sectional soccer coach of the year.
Congratulations to all on their well-deserved honors!
Rocky Point and Mount Sinai won the Suffolk County team dual meet championships on Saturday afternoon at Bay Shore High School.
Rocky Point competes in Division I, while Mount Sinai in Division II.
Runnerup Brentwood is hoping for an at-large bid to the state tournament, which will be announced Sunday along with the team seeding (not yet announced when this article was published).
STATE INFO: Click here for more info about the state dual meet tournament!
Scott Reh has been named as New York State Athletic of the Year.
Reh has been the Director of Athletics, PE, Health, Nursing and Grounds in the Mount Sinai School District since 2000.
“I am honored and humbled to be named athletic director of the year and cannot be prouder to be part of such a great group of individuals and dedicated colleagues in Section XI,” said Reh.
Reh is an inductee of the Rocky Point, Adelphi and Suffolk County Sports Halls of Fame.
It was a great first day at the Section XI wrestling dual championships on Wednesday.
The semifinals are set: Eastport-South Manor will wrestle Brentwood, while John Glenn will wrestle Rocky Point.
The semifinals are at Noon on Saturday, January 20 and the finals will be at 2:30 p.m. All matches will take place at Bay Shore High School.
View full tournament bracket here:
Brentwood AD, Kevin O’Reilly, going the extra mile and cleaning his basketball court this week!
This random and candid act of safety and concern pictured above is a great example of how hard the athletic directors across Section XI work on behalf of our student-athletes and member schools!
