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Three from Section XI Tapped for NYS Girls Soccer HOF

The NYS Girls Soccer Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2023 and three individuals from Section XI made the list.

Katie O’Connor (Ward Melville), Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Longwood) and Scott Wallace (Harborfields) will be honored at a ceremony in September.

From the NYS Girls Soccer HOF website:

Katie O’Connor (Ward Melville HS, Class of 2015, midfield, Class AA), 2014 All-American, 2x All-Region, All-State 3 times, 1 section title, twice finalist. College – Duquense: all-time leader in goals, game winning goals, second all-time points and shots for Duquense.

Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Longwood HS, Class AA, goalie, Class of 2014), All-State 3rd team and 5th team, 5-years on varsity. College – Univ. Miami standout between the pipes.  A 2022 NWSL National Title Champion with the OL REIGN and 2022 NWSL Goalkeeper of Year Finalist with the most clean sheets and saves this season having come back to the states via France’s Stade de Reims team of the French 1st Division 2019-2022. 

Coach/Contributor Scott Wallace (Harborfields HS, Class A, 1991-Present, career record 304-189-50) – 1 state coach of the year, 1x NFHS Regional Coach of the Year, 5 section titles, 1 final four, contributed as Section. 11 rep (also SCGSCA President 1999-2009) for NYYSCOGS with 7 years for state rankings and All-State.

Read more about the 2023 induction class.

Section XI News

Tickets On Sale Now for First Ever NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Invitational

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) has announced it will conduct its first ever Girls Wrestling Individual Tournament at SRC Arena on the campus of Onondaga Community College on Friday, January 27. 

NYSPHSAA will bring together 208 girls from its member schools around the state to compete in 13 weight classes. Each weight class will consist of 16 girls wrestling through to an individual championship or competing in wrestlebacks to 6th place. Currently, ten sections in the NYSPHSAA membership have girls participating in wrestling, six of which have all-girls teams within their sections.

“This is an exciting time for us as we host our first formal event for only girls wrestlers to compete in a statewide invitational tournament,” said Dr. Robert Zayas, Executive Director. “There are nearly 1,000 girls competing on girls wrestling teams across the state and we’re pleased to be able to have an event to showcase them on January 27th. We are hopeful this will develop into a state championship in the near future.” 

NYSPHSAA began the process of establishing this event when girls wrestling was approved last August as an “emerging sport” where there at least four teams in four or more sections. “Emerging sport” status means a sport committee can be established and an event may be developed. The girls wrestling committee met in September and proposed to the NYSPHSAA Executive Committee to run a statewide invitational tournament. After approval was given in October, the wrestling committee then met in December and this past Sunday to continue the planning of the invitational. The association fielded 456 registrations of interest for the event and planned the largest feasible one day event with 16 girls in each of 13 weight classes. It resulted in selecting 208 girls to compete by invitation based on experience, grade and representation across the state.  Track Wrestling/Flo will stream all the matches on the NFHS Network.

Tickets are $11.50 each (includes all fees) and available only online by visiting www.gofan.co/NYSPHSAA. This event is a one-session, one-day tournament with matches starting at 12:00 pm. The tournament schedule is below.