Congratulations to Copiague senior Malachi Moore on reaching the career milestone of 1,500 points!
Category Archives: Section XI News
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
Paying tribute to the man who had a dream today and every day.
Tickets On Sale Now for First Ever NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Invitational
The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) has announced it will conduct its first ever Girls Wrestling Individual Tournament at SRC Arena on the campus of Onondaga Community College on Friday, January 27.
NYSPHSAA will bring together 208 girls from its member schools around the state to compete in 13 weight classes. Each weight class will consist of 16 girls wrestling through to an individual championship or competing in wrestlebacks to 6th place. Currently, ten sections in the NYSPHSAA membership have girls participating in wrestling, six of which have all-girls teams within their sections.
“This is an exciting time for us as we host our first formal event for only girls wrestlers to compete in a statewide invitational tournament,” said Dr. Robert Zayas, Executive Director. “There are nearly 1,000 girls competing on girls wrestling teams across the state and we’re pleased to be able to have an event to showcase them on January 27th. We are hopeful this will develop into a state championship in the near future.”
NYSPHSAA began the process of establishing this event when girls wrestling was approved last August as an “emerging sport” where there at least four teams in four or more sections. “Emerging sport” status means a sport committee can be established and an event may be developed. The girls wrestling committee met in September and proposed to the NYSPHSAA Executive Committee to run a statewide invitational tournament. After approval was given in October, the wrestling committee then met in December and this past Sunday to continue the planning of the invitational. The association fielded 456 registrations of interest for the event and planned the largest feasible one day event with 16 girls in each of 13 weight classes. It resulted in selecting 208 girls to compete by invitation based on experience, grade and representation across the state. Track Wrestling/Flo will stream all the matches on the NFHS Network.
Tickets are $11.50 each (includes all fees) and available only online by visiting www.gofan.co/NYSPHSAA. This event is a one-session, one-day tournament with matches starting at 12:00 pm. The tournament schedule is below.
Section XI Athletics For All Bowling
It was a great day of bowling for more than 100 student-athletes in the Section XI Athletics For All program last week!
These events continue to grow and make an impact.
Section XI Alumni: Jordan Titus Named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week
Congratulations to former Center Moriches wrestler Jordan Titus on being named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week! He beat the No. 1 ranked wrestler in the country last week.
Brentwood’s Jocelyn Rojas Makes Wrestling History
Brentwood’s Jocelyn Rojas made history when she became the first girl to place at the Rocky Gilmore Classic Wrestling Tournament! Great work, Jocelyn!
Lola Idir from Port Jeff Hoops Reaches Career Milestone
Congratulations to Port Jeff basketball’s Lola Idir on reaching career point No. 1,000!
“It was a great and well-deserved accomplishment for Lola,” Port Jeff AD Adam Sherrard said. “The atmosphere in the gym was amazing. I am looking forward to watching Lola, and her teammates work hard to bring another championship to Port Jefferson.”
Did you know there is a nationwide shortage of high school officials?
Did you know there is a nationwide shortage of high school officials?
The #1 reason? Bad behavior by fans.
NO OFFICIALS = NO SPORTS
Let’s set an example. Respect officials and #BenchBadBehavior for good!
Westhampton Beach Volleyball Wins Holiday Sports Heroes Video Challenge
Congratulations to the Westhampton Beach girls’ volleyball program for winning the Long Island Holiday Sports Heroes Video Challenge for winter 2022 through Team Up 4 Community.
They teamed up with the school’s childhood cancer awareness club and created the “Digging for Gold” event to raise funds and awareness.
They have raised over $13,800 and are currently raising funds for a fellow Hurricane student.
While Lynbrook finished second in the holiday service contest, Section XI’s Bay Shore came in third.
Their Athletes Helping Athletes club is always ready to help their community when needed. They work with seventh and eighth-grade students by visiting the school to discuss important topics such as drugs, alcohol, cyberbullying, social media, and vaping.
This Holiday Challenge recorded 17,197 athletes performing over 36,494 hours of community service! This is valued at an economic impact of $381,580 given back to our communities! Learn more about Team Up 4 Community here.
Whitman Girls Wrestling Joins SCPD for Holiday Drive
The Walt Whitman girl’s wrestling team joined Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, and the Suffolk County Police Department in December to help 40 kids from their community with shopping for the holiday season!