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Section XI News

Two from Section XI selected for NYS Advisory Committee

Two student-athletes from Section XI have been selected for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, Inc. (NYSPHSAA) 2017 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

Jensen Corabi from Half Hollow Hills West and Paige Volkmann from Central Moriches High School will represent Suffolk.

The SAAC was developed to give student-athletes a voice within the NYSPHSAA. Over the course of the school year, the committee will discuss topics relevant to high school student-athletes and develop ways to maintain a positive athletic experience.

“The mission of our organization revolves around the development, safety and participation of student-athletes in our programs and we are excited to finally have in place a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC),” said NYSPHSAA Executive Director, Robert Zayas.  “This committee will be critical in providing feedback to further enhance and improve our programs with our member schools.  We are looking forward to bringing in an outstanding group of student-athletes and getting to work with them.”

Section XI News

Section XI playoff schedules, brackets

Things are starting to heat up in Suffolk County athletics. Some sports are already in the post-season, while others have teams vying for seeds and placement.

This is the perfect opportunity for you to block your calendar and plan on attending some playoff and championship action this call.

For all championship info, please review our fall championship schedules by clicking here.

For all playoff brackets, stay locked into our brackets page by clicking here.

Good luck to all student-athletes, coaches and teams this post-season and thanks for making us proud!

Section XI News

Share moments with Section XI

There are incredible moments on the athletic fields of Section XI every day. Some we hear about, some we see dribs and drabs of on social media.

There are so many that come across our radar now that we are making a huge effort with Section XI communications.

As we see fun pictures, moments or anything worth sharing from around Section XI, we’ll add them to our pages.

Game-winning OT thriller in Southampton

This week’s shareable moment comes from Southampton boy’s varsity soccer, which won a close game against Hampton Bays, 4-3. Sebastian Pereira scored his second goal of the game off an assist from Devin O’Brien at 7:27 of overtime.

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Suffolk’s Stroman to pitch in AL Wild Card game

Patchogue-Medford alum Marcus Stroman will start the American League Wild Card game for the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.

“I couldn’t be happier,” he told MLB.com. “I couldn’t be prouder and I couldn’t be more excited to be out there in a deciding game to put us in the playoffs. So I relish this opportunity and I can’t wait.”

Stroman, who was inducted to the Patchogue-Medford Hall of Fame in the summer, was 9-10 with a 4.37 ERA in the regular season.