Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Section XI!

If you can’t make it to Stony Brook’s LaValle Stadium for the Suffolk County football championship games on Friday and Saturday, check out the NFHS Network Live Stream.

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The Comsewogue School District recently inducted its 2023 honorees to the District’s Hall of Fame, which included four standout athletes.

Inductees included Al Kohart, who graduated in 2007; Joseph Droge, Class of 2001; Nick Azzara, Class of 1984; Keith Vigorito, Class of 2010; Roy Lenzo Jr., who graduated in 2013; and John Swenning, Class of 1982.

Al Kohart competed on the high school football team, earned All-League status on the wrestling team and was a three-time All-League, three-time All-County, All-Long Island and All-American lacrosse player who competed on a gold-medal winning team at the Empire State Games. Upon graduating, he played lacrosse for the University of Pennsylvania and earned three-time All-Ivy League status and was a three-time leading goal scorer.

Joseph Droge competed on the high school soccer team and earned All-County, All-League and All-American status on the lacrosse team, which he also represented on the Long Island Empire State Team in 2000. After graduating, he earned All-Conference status on the lacrosse team at Adelphi University and was a five-time Division II Player of the Week. He continued his education and lacrosse career at the New York Institute of Technology, where he was a three-time All-Conference and three-time All-American athlete. He went on to play Major League Lacrosse with the San Francisco Dragons for a season in 2007.

During his time at Comsewogue High School, Nick Azzara was an All-League baseball athlete and a two-time All-League, All-Conference, All-County and All-Long Island basketball athlete. He was captain of the District’s first undefeated league championship team in his senior year. He was known as the team’s leader and engine, always taking on the opponent’s toughest player. He went on to play basketball at Alfred University, which he led as captain in 1988.

Keith Vigorito competed on the high school basketball team and excelled on the high school soccer team, earning two-time All-County, two-time All-Conference, two-time All-Long Island, and All-State status. In his senior year, he was named the 2009 Leading Scorer on Long Island and 2009 Suffolk County Small School Player of the Year. On his induction, he was admired for possessing all four traits of a successful athlete: grit, determination, dependability, and skill. He competed on Dowling College’s soccer team and, in his freshman year, made the 2010 National Final Four Championship Team.

This week’s Orlin & Cohen Sports Medicine Tips & Tricks on Section XI is about heart health.