Let’s welcome new Section XI Executive Director, Tom Combs, and Assistant Director, Pete Blieberg, who both officially started July 1!

More to come over the coming months from their perspectives as they dive into their new roles.

One of our proud partners, the U.S. Army, had a special ceremony last week to honor the change of command in recruiting for Suffolk County.

The event was held at the Centereach VFW Hall where Captain Joseph Imbriaco relinquished command to Captain Joshua Summer as Suffolk County’s commander of recruiting.

Newsday has announced its First Team All-Long Island selections and there are plenty of Suffolk County athletes who have been honored for their incredible seasons.

CLICK HERE to watch the recap videos from Newsday!

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It’s lacrosse championship week in Suffolk County!

Girls’ championship game results:

• Class A: Middle Country 13, Northport, 3
• Class B: ESM 15, Rocky Point 8
• Class C: Mt. Sinai 9, Bayport 6
• Class D: Mattituck already clinched victory!

Thank you so much to all of our sponsors and partners from the 2016-2017 year. Your support means a tremendous amount!

• Major General Kok presents US Army Service Award to Nick DeCillis, Section XI Administrative Assistant for Corporate Sponsorship
• Section XI Coporate Sponsor, Jennifer Gunn, TFCU
• Section XI Sponsor, Russell Cohen, Laser/Residential/Sprinturf
• Section XI sponsor, Lucy Mazany, Signature Bank
• Section XI Sponsor, Don Hoffman, Cullen and Danowski
• Section XI Sponsor, Harold Schwab, Steve Schwab, Schwab’s 2^nd Wind
• Section XI sponsor, Bob LoNigro, Emily LoNigro, Port Jeff Sports
• Section XI Sponsor, Major General Kok, Captain Imbriaco, First Sergeant Willhite

Unified Hoops action in Suffolk County finished up this week out at William Floyd High School … great work by the student-athletes at Northport, Whitman, Floyd and Amityville who participated this year!

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) announces its spring 2017 Scholar-Athlete teams and individuals. This is the 25th year the NYSPHSAA has conducted the Scholar-Athlete program, which is sponsored by Pupil Benefits Plan, Inc.

This 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.”

The School of Excellence and School of Distinction Awards will be given to deserving schools over the summer. The School of Excellence Award recognizes schools who have 75% 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% of its varsity programs receive the Scholar-Athlete Team Award.

The full list of Scholar-Athlete Teams and Individuals for the 2017 spring season can be found HERE!

Sayville has captured the Section XI girls golf team championship.

Sayville will play the Section VIII winner on May 30 at Bethpage Yellow.

Section XI Team Results, Top Four

• Sayville 949 (Two Day Total)
• Runner – up – Commack 969
• 3rd Place – Smithtown West 972
• 4th Place – Smithtown East 979

Smithtown Wests’s Emily Montagnino Wins Individual Title

Via Newsday