Smithtown West’s Kyle Zawadzki had a day against Smithtown East two weeks ago and landed on the Sports Center Top 10.
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Bay Shore JV Player Scores Memorable Touchdown
At the October 7, 2017, Bay Shore junior varsity football game against Smithtown East, there was a very special moment just after the second half started. Ramel Johnson, a sophomore at Bay Shore High School, was given the ball for the first play of the half.
Ramel is a special education student with multiple learning and cognitive disabilities, who had a dream of playing football. After he showed up for tryouts at the beginning of the season, the administration, teaching staff and coaching staff at Bay Shore worked together to ensure he could be part of the team.
Members of the JV football team embraced Ramel, and helped him learn the sport and feel welcome on the team. When approached in the days leading up to the game about running a special play, the Smithtown East coaching staff and players showed tremendous grace in agreeing to allow Ramel to have a shining moment at Bay Shore’s last JV home game of the season.
As Ramel ran 50 yards down the field to score a touchdown, the two teams came together to show that some things are bigger than the game.
Pictured: Bob Panariello, Bay Shore Athletic Director; Stephen Costello, Smithtown East JV Coach; Megan Jensen, Bay Shore High School Teacher; Ramel Johnson; Michael Carter Moore, Bay Shore High School Paraprofessional; Michael Brown, Bay Shore JV Head Coach
Floyd, Lindy Football in Tri-State Top 25
William Floyd and Lindenhurst football are both in the News 12 Varsity’s Tri-State Top 25 for football still after the new rankings were released on Tuesday.
William Floyd is No. 21, followed by Lindenhurst at No. 22.
Click here to read the team captions and see the full 25.
#SectionXITBT: 1906 Southampton Football
This week’s Section XI Throwback Thursday photo is from the Southampton High School football team in 1906.
The photo is from the archives at the high school and doesn’t have any major historical significance other than it being 111 years old and a unique piece of original sports photography in Suffolk County history.
Suffolk Alumni News: Coan Already Shining at Wisconsin
That didn’t take long, but did you expect anything less?
Jack Coan is vying for the backup quarterback spot at Wisconsin as a true freshman.
“Coan was impressive as an early enrollee in the spring and looked plenty capable in the spring game when he completed 10 of 17 passes for 121 yards and 1 touchdown,” wrote Landof10.com, a Big Ten blog.
Coan, a Sayville product, is listed as one of the top freshmen to watch at Wisconsin, but will likely be one of the top to watch in the conference soon enough.
Suffolk to the Pros: Mike Pellegrino
Normally we feature Suffolk County natives who play or previously played in pro sports in this column, but this week we’re highlighting Mike Pellegrino, a young Super Bowl winning coaching assistant with the New England Patriots who hails from Connetquot.
He also played Major League Lacrosse for the Boston Cannons, but has since stopped playing one sport to dedicate his career to another.
Pellegrino was a Hansen Award Winner in high school as Suffolk’s top football player and a talented All-American lacrosse player that took his skills to Johns Hopkins.
Through his work ethic and networking thanks to Blue Jays head coach and legend Dave Pietramala, Pellegrino landed an internship with the Patriots in 2015. He caught the eye of Bill Belichick and by fall of 2016 he was hired as a full-time assistant.
Now he has a Super Bowl ring.
Lacrosse Magazine highlighted Pellegrino’s story this week. Have a read!
#SectionXITBT: Huntington High Football in 1924
Section XI brings you photos that have not been viewed in decades! In this case almost 100 years.
This is the varsity football team at Huntington High from 1924!