Things are starting to heat up in Suffolk County athletics. Some sports are already in the post-season, while others have teams vying for seeds and placement.

This is the perfect opportunity for you to block your calendar and plan on attending some playoff and championship action this call.

For all championship info, please review our fall championship schedules by clicking here.

For all playoff brackets, stay locked into our brackets page by clicking here.

Good luck to all student-athletes, coaches and teams this post-season and thanks for making us proud!

The 2016 Section XI fall varsity girls playoff brackets have been released.

Commack is the No. 1 seed in Suffolk County.

The tournament will run from October 13 through October 22.

Click here to view the full bracket!

There are incredible moments on the athletic fields of Section XI every day. Some we hear about, some we see dribs and drabs of on social media.

There are so many that come across our radar now that we are making a huge effort with Section XI communications.

As we see fun pictures, moments or anything worth sharing from around Section XI, we’ll add them to our pages.

Game-winning OT thriller in Southampton

This week’s shareable moment comes from Southampton boy’s varsity soccer, which won a close game against Hampton Bays, 4-3. Sebastian Pereira scored his second goal of the game off an assist from Devin O’Brien at 7:27 of overtime.

Throughout the school year we post photos from various Suffolk County sporting events on our social pages. Bookmark these pages to stay up-to-date with all of our coverage.

Early this week we have new football, field hockey and soccer images, with plenty more to come!

Follow Section XI on social media:

• Twitter: @SectXISuffolk
• Facebook.com/SectionXI
• Instagram: @SectiXISuffolk

Multiple Suffolk schools were named Schools of Distinction by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association!

The following Section XI schools earned the honor:

• Commack
• Miller Place
• Kings Park
• Northport
• Shelter Island
• Smithtown West
• Westhampton Beach

Section XI in its never ending mission to provide the student-athletes of Suffolk County with a positive and safe athletic experience has embarked on a journey to make the great game of football even better.

Through the vision of the Cutinella Family and the stakeholders of Suffolk County football we are introducing and implementing the “Tommy Tough Football Standards”.

Click here to learn more!