Alan Sabovic from Connetquot lost in quarter final of the Consolation Round of the NYSPHSAA Boys Tennis State Championship but comes away as the winner of the Sportsmanship Award Representing Section XI!
Category Archives: Section XI News
Time Changes for Section XI Girls Lacrosse Championships
All times of the Section XI Girls Lacrosse Championships have been moved up one hour due to potential rain.
Games will be played at Farmingdale State College at the following times:
- Class A: 3 p.m.
- Class B: 5 p.m.
- Class C: 7 p.m.
- Class D: 1 p.m.
Class A Boys Lacrosse Championship Postponed
Boys Lacrosse Playoff Update: The Boys Class A final between No. 1 Smithtown West and No. 2 Ward Melville has been postponed until Thursday, May 30 at 3 p.m. The game will take place at Sachem North.
Hills East Tops Commack in Suffolk County Boys Tennis Final
Great matches. Great memories. Congrats to Hills East!
True Character on Display at Unified Basketball
Character is tested when the spotlight isn’t shining on you, it’s the unexpected moment when you just make a decision to help another person.
Here is an image of Santino Arnold from Southampton High School taking a moment to help out an opposing player tie his shoe during a Unified basketball game.
He had no clue that AD Darren Phillips pulled out his phone to capture this moment.
“Anyone that has seen our Unified Partners and Best Buddy members in action, are lucky enough to see these moments happen all the time,” said Phillips. “These programs are you unscripted character education lessons that no one has to plan for, it just happens.”
Section XI Honors Sponsors, ADs at Annual Luncheon
It was a packed house and special afternoon as Section XI honored sponsors and athletic directors in late May at Mill Pond Golf Course.
The event was officially named in honor of longtime AD and Section XI sales director, Nick DeCillis. Nick received his NYSAAA Hall of Fame Award from current Section XI Executive Director, Tom Combs, and former Executive Director, Don Webster.
Mia Sansanelli from John Glenn and Shane DeVincenzo from Port Jeff were awarded the NIAAA student essay scholarship
Walt Whitman AD Dr Jim Wright won the NYSAAA Apple Appreciation Award.
Priscilla and Richie LoNigro from BSN/PJS won the Distinguished Service Award.
Heather Gross of William Floyd received the Judith A. Martens Secretarial Award of Excellence.
Drew Walker, Hampton Bays AD, received the Chapter XI Athletic Administrator of the Year Award.
Section XI AD Retirees this year are Mark Dellacave (Connetquot), Pete Cesare (Copiague), Erin Blaney (Ward Melville), and Dan Robertson (Brentwood).
Special thanks to outgoing Section XI President Tim Horan and good luck to incoming President, Georgia McCarthy.
Sponsor recognitions were awarded to:
- George Duffy and Mike O’Brien, Scope
- Ray Nelson, Peter White, Dr. James Paci, Orlin & Cohen
- Lucy Mazzini, Signature Bank
- George Breres, Sara Davis, Dynamic Sports Management
- Laura Beck, St Charles Hospital
- Bob Madarez and Ken Dwyer, Sanitec
- Harold Schwab, Joe Schwab, Second Wind
- Harrison Hefele and Pasco Skorica from Sports You
- Matt loNigro, Greg Fall-BSN, Bob LoNigro, Mike LoNigro, Paul LoNigro, Tom Bettenhowser, BSN/PJS
- Sgt Feeney, Sgt Smith, Sgt Mejia, US Marines
Section XI Unified Basketball Playoff Schedule
We’re looking forward to a great playoff run for all of the Section XI student-athletes participating in unified basketball.
Alex Rzehak Wins Suffolk County Tennis Championship
Another successful season for Boys Tennis in Section XI:
Singles
- Alex Rzehak, Harborfields, Section Champion
- Mike Koscinski, Center Moriches
- Alan Sabovic, Conntquot
Doubles
- Mike Han and Albert Cheng HHHE Champions
- Jame Yu and Eddie Liao Commack
- Ishan Varma and Aryan Sethi HHHE
Huge thanks to Deb Ferry and Half Hollow Schools for hosting.
2019 Suffolk County Softball Brackets
Good luck to all student-athletes competing in the coming weeks.
2019 Suffolk County Baseball Playoff Brackets
Good luck to all student-athletes going for glory.