Football season officially kicks off with summer practices today around Suffolk County!

Get your calendar ready and mark your schools’ games down now … check here for schedules … 

We know, you’re enjoying the summer, but it’s never too early or too late to think about football.

In advance of the season kicking off in September, check out the 2018 pre-season rankings from the Suffolk County Football Coaches Association.

All 2018 schedules are available here!

SUFFOLK I

1. Floyd
2. Ward Melville
3. Sachem East
4. Patchogue-Medford
5. Commack
6. Connetquot
7. Longwood
8. Sachem North
9. Central Islip
10. Whitman
11. Brentwood
12. Bay Shore

SUFFOLK II

1. Lindenhurst
2. West Islip
3. Northport
4. Centereach
5. North Babylon
6. Half Hollow Hills East
7. Huntington
8. Bellport
9. Newfield
10. Smithtown West
11. Deer Park
12. Riverhead
13. Smithtown East
14. Copiague

SUFFOLK III

1. Half Hollow Hills West
2. Westhampton
3. Sayville
4. East Islip
5. Miller Place
6. Islip
7. West Babylon
8. Eastport-South Manor
9. Kings Park
10. Harborfields
11. Comsewogue
12. Amityville
13. Rocky Point
14. Hauppauge

SUFFOLK IV

1. Babylon
2. Shoreham-Wading River
3. Mt. Sinai
4. Glenn
5. Bayport–Blue Point
6. Center Moriches
7. Port Jefferson
8. Southampton/Pierson
9. Wyandanch
10. Hampton Bays
11. East Hampton
12. Greenport/Mattituck/Southold

It’s not a secret anymore that Eli Manning works out at Westhampton Beach High School during the summer.

It’s pretty unique though when he poses for images with some recognizable figures around the community.

This image above, for instance, features WHB Athletic Director, Kathy Masterson and WHB recent graduate and New Hampshire bound running back Dylan Laube.

Sayville native Jack Coan has always been a fast learner, but when you get to the big time Division I level of football that he’s at, it’s not easy to progress.

For Coan, it’s the same old story though, another season, another chance to improve and shine.

“I definitely know a lot more, and I’m so much more comfortable than I was last spring,” Coan told LandOf10.com “I kind of actually know what I’m doing this spring.”

Coan, who is headed into his sophomore season next fall, will be the backup to starter Alex Hornibrook.

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Amityville football was honored to receive the Joseph Dooley Suffolk County Football Officials Association Sportsmanship Award this week.

Congrats to the Warriors players and coaches on this award!

Suffolk’s Jeremy Ruckert represented Long Island football in a big way when he played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl last weekend in Texas.

He only had one pass thrown his way, but did set a massive block that lead to a 44-yard rush.

He will play his next football for Ohio State as the No. 1 ranked tight end recruit in the nation.

Ruckert helped his Lindenhurst football team capture a Class I Long Island championship this year.

We are saddened by the passing of long time Suffolk County athletic director, Jay “Doc” Holiday.

Holiday was an athletic director in Kings Park and Islip.

Arrangements for Doc’s wake and funeral have been announced. The wake is Sunday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. The service will be on Monday morning at 11 a..m. at the funeral home.

Services will be at Branch Funeral Home, 190 E. Main St., in Smithtown.