Congrats to this year’s Section XI Fencing Champions: Newfield (boys) and Ward Melville (girls)!
Sayville’s Ava Rueb was named the 2024 top scholar-athlete by the National Football Foundation. Congrats, Ava! Watch the piece about her honor via Newsday.
Sayville’s Olivia Moynihan grew up wanting to play football and never thought that would become a reality. Now, she’s recognized as one of the most talented quarterbacks on Long Island.
Moynihan was awarded first overall at the second-annual National Football Foundation Girls QB Challenge presented by Orlin & Cohen on Saturday afternoon at the Smithtown West High School turf.
“I’ve been working really hard this summer for this,” Moynihan said. “I wanted to come here and win, and it worked out.”
Congratulations to Hills and Sayville on winning their respective Suffolk County girl’s flag football championships!
Onto the LIC …
This year’s Section XI Boys Golf Individual Championships offered an exciting two days of competition.
We had an extra playoff between Riverhead’s Colby Baran and Westhampton’s Owen Jessup, where Jessup prevailed and was crowned this year’s champion golfer in Section XI.
There was a three-way tie for the 10th alternate spot between Mount Sinai’s Jaxon Caruso, Southampton’s Ethan Heur, and Easthampton’s Nico Horan-Puglia. Caruso prevailed after a two-hole playoff to determine 10th place alternate for states. In June, the top nine finishers will go to states at Mark Twain Golf Course in Elmira.
Day 1 Day 2 Total NAME School Rank
72 75 147 Colby Baran Riverhead 1
75 72 147 Owen Jessup Westhampton 1 Medalist
73 76 149 Harry Wolk Half Hollow W 3
75 74 149 Zach Berger Westhampton 3
75 75 150 Kaiden Capurso Bayport BP 5
76 75 151 AJ Dahlk Harborfields 6
77 74 151 Tommy Trotta Sayville 6
79 72 151 Liam Blackmore Southampton 6
70 83 153 Zach Herrmann Ward Melville 9
77 77 154 Jaxon Caruso Mount Sinai 10 All-State Alternate
Good luck to all Section XI golfers in the county team championship teeing off on Thursday, October 26.
