The names alone are enough to turn heads and raise ears. Tim Tebow, Odell Beckham Jr, Adrian Peterson, and Andrew Luck are all on the list of former high school All-Americans. And now, Lindenhurst tight end Jeremy Ruckert is among them. Ruckert, who was selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Jan. 6 in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, received his jersey at a ceremony at Lindenhurst High School Monday afternoon.
Category Archives: Section XI News
Check the Standings, Follow Your School
We’re about a month into the regular season for fall sports and the standings are heating up across Section XI.
Don’t forget to check in on the stands page from SectionXI.org for up-to-date traction on every league and division in every sport.
CLICK HERE for all standings!
VIDEO: Section XI Executive Director Update
The first social video series from Tom Combs, the new Executive Director of Section XI, is up!
Tom talks about some recent work being done early in his tenure and some other things to expect this fall around the Section.
Click here to see the video!
Newfield Volleyball Celebrates Coaches Wedding
Nothing says family like high school sports.
Newfield girls volleyball coach Christy Innes recently got married and a great photo was captured at the wedding of her team celebrating the moment (see above).
Congrats to the couple!
(Photo Credit: Bob Sorensen)
Mt. Sinai Lax at Tunnel to Towers Run
The Mt. Sinai girls lacrosse team competed at the Tunnel to Towers Run recently.
Coach Al Bertalone shared a team photo on his Twitter account celebrating their efforts.
The mission of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation is to honor the sacrifice of firefighter Stephen Siller who laid down his life to save others on September 11, 2001.
On the Field: BBP’s Bob Sullivan Field
We’ll look at some specific fields and school stadiums throughout the school year in Section XI.
Since Bayport-Blue Point football just played their first game on the new turf fields at Bob Sullivan Field recently, it’s worth a look at their crisp new facilities.
Section XI Schools Honored with NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athlete Team Awards
The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) announced over the summer its spring 2017 Scholar-Athlete teams.
These schools were officially honored during an event on Thursday, September 14 at Holbrook Country Club.
The School of Excellence and School of Distinction Awards were handed out. The School of Excellence Award recognizes schools who have 75 percent of its varsity programs receive the Scholar-Athlete Team Award over the academic school year. The School of Distinction Award recognizes schools who have 100 percent of its varsity programs receive the Scholar-Athlete Team Award.
Section XI member school honorees include:
NYS Schools of Distinction
- Babylon High School
- Elwood/John Glenn High School
- Rocky Point High School
- Shelter Island High School
NYS Schools of Excellence
- Comsewogue High School
- Miller Place High School
- Sachem High School East
- Sachem High School North
- Smithtown High School East
- Smithtown High School West
According to the state, last spring 2,064 teams received the Scholar-Athlete Team Award. Even more impressive, 35,301 student-athletes received an individual grade point average of 90.00 or above, and have been recognized as Individual Scholar-Athletes. The change in this year’s program resulted in over 1,200 more individual scholar-athletes being recognized during this spring season compared to the spring 2016 season.
“Congratulations to our member schools and student-athletes,” said Executive Director Robert Zayas. “We continue to be proud of this program especially this year in which we recognized an additional 1,200 student-athletes achieving high standards in the classroom. We are excited to have the opportunity to expand this program to honor even more students for the academic excellence.”
Sachem East Honors Player With Retired Jersey
The Sachem East football program retired the jersey number of Josh Mileto during a ceremony on Saturday afternoon.
The Arrows played host to Lindenhurst, whose supporters wore red to honor Josh and Sachem community.
New Boys Volleyball State Championship Logo
Check out the new state boys volleyball championship logo!
The state finals will be at Suffolk County Community College Brentwood this season.
Dates and times are still not determined.
Check our fall championship info page frequently for updates as the season progresses.
Mark Your Calendars: Fall Sports Schedules
It’s almost that time … fall sports! The season kicks off later this week. We know, we can’t believe the summer went that fast too, but we’re excited about the sports action to come!
Make sure you’re getting your schedule right before September arrives because Section XI fall sports will be plentiful.
You can access our full slate of games for all sports on the Section XI Schedule Page.
Good luck and enjoy!