The Section XI Cheer Officials New Recruits and Membership meeting will be May 31.
This will take place at the Smithtown Library on Main Street in Smithtown.
The meeting will take place from 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Resume needs to be submitted prior to ncoascoa@gmail.com.
It is with great pride and anticipation that we announce the inaugural season for Unified Basketball in Section XI. Teams from Northport, Amityville, William Floyd and Walt Whitman will be the first to compete in this newly formed program.
Unified Basketball is the brainchild of the New York State Special Olympics and is intended to find more opportunities for intellectually challenged students to compete in interscholastic athletics.
This program has the full support and backing of our parent organization, the NYSPHSAA, and currently services teams in six of the state’s 11 sections.
The game itself is truly basketball as we know it. Rules are consistent with school basketball and there are no exceptions to any existing regulations. The only difference is that this is a blended team of students with special needs and general education students.
At any time on the court there must be three students with a documented intellectual disability and two general education students. There is no support personnel permitted on the court at any time and each team may substitute freely as long as the basic requirement is met.
Additionally, there are opportunities for those students that may not respond to a regular game based on their disability. Those opportunities exist in a halftime competition where passing, dribbling, and shooting skills are showcased.
Each team will play six games beginning on May 8 and continuing for the next three Mondays and Wednesdays ending Thursday, May 25 with a culminating event for all teams at William Floyd High School at 4:30.
For your viewing pleasure, here are two links to great videos:
We hope to see you out there for this wonderful athletic experience!
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APRIL 2017
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The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) is proud to announce its winter 2017 Scholar-Athlete teams and Individuals. This is the 25th year the NYSPHSAA has conducted the Scholar-Athlete program, sponsored by Pupil Benefits Plan, Inc.
“Congratulations to our member schools and student-athletes,” said Executive Director Robert Zayas. “We continue to be proud of this program which recognizes success in the classroom. We are excited to have the opportunity to expand this program to honor even more students for the academic excellence.”
To be honored as a Scholar-Athlete team at least 75% of a team’s roster grade point average (GPA) must average 90.00 or above. Teams who meet this criteria are honored with a certificate. Individuals on the team who reach a 90.00 GPA are also honored with a NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athlete pin.
Additionally, any individual with a 90.00 or above GPA whose team did not qualify for the team award were eligible to receive pins and are considered an Individual Scholar-Athlete. This winter there were 29,523 Individual Scholar-Athletes and a total of 2,050 teams who received the Scholar-Athlete Team award.
The full list of scholar athlete teams for the 2017 winter season can be found at http://www.nysphsaa.org/Educational-Programs/Scholar-Athletes.
Spring sports seasons are just getting started, so it’s a great time to check the standings and track your favorite high school teams.
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Looking for something to do this spring? Section XI has thousands of games across multiple sports to keep you occupied.
Bookmark our schedule link and check out schools in your community to stay in tune with all the athletic happenings imaginable.
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We are so incredibly proud of four amazing individuals from Section XI who were inducted to the New York State Athletic Administrators Association Hall of Fame last week in Saratoga Springs.
Current Section XI Executive Director, Don Webster, along with former Executive Director, former Brentwood athletic director, Chuck Goehring, and former Commack athletic director, Doug Prato.
(Note: Current Brentwood athletic director Kevin O’Reilly is pictured with Webster (r.) and Cinelli (c.) above)
Brentwood athletic director and Section XI girls basketball chairman, Kevin O’Reilly, was honored with a distinguished service award from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Girls Basketball Committee.
West Islip Athletic Director Tim Horan received the NYSAAA Section XI Athletic Administrator of the Year Award at the NYSAAA Conference in Saratoga Springs.
Horan was presented the award by NYSAAA President Murphee Hayes NYSAAA and Deb Ferry, NYSAAA Awards Chairperson.
