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Section XI News

Combs, Blieberg Announce Jets Draft Pick

You’re not imaging things, that was Section XI Executive Director Tom Combs and Assistant Executive Director Pete Blieberg announcing the Jets’ 6th round pick in this year’s NFL Draft!
 
Representing the Boomer Esiason Foundation and the Empire Challenge All-Star Football Game, Pete and Tom were joined by Westhampton’s Bill Parry, Dylan Laube, Nolan Quinlan, Bay Shore’s Matt Mirabito, Miller Place’s Tyler Ammirato and Oceanside’s Vin Schell.
Blieberg announced that the Jets selected the 180th pick in the draft which was Folorunso Fatukasi from UConn. Fatukasi is a New York native and played football in Far Rockaway.
 
Section XI News

Section XI Natives, Alums to be Inducted to Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame

A number of former coaches and athletes at Section XI member schools will be honored with induction to the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on May 10.

Congratulations are in store for:

  • Stephen Bowen: Former NFL player from Half Hollow Hills; works in operations for the NFL
  • Robert F. Burkley: Decorated track and field coach in Middle Country Schools from 1964-1998
  • Joe Dooley: Suffolk County football official for 39 years, rated No. 1 for 12 straight seasons
  • Cheryl Klein-Obelar: Record-setting shot/discus thrower at Bellport and University of Houston
  • Edward J. Morris: Former Executive Director of Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame from 2000-2017
  • Matt Ryan: Highly decorated U.S. Olympic Handball player from Miller Place
  • Harry Schneider: Decorated track and field coach in Middle Country Schools for 32 years
  • Shannon Smith: West Babylon native, Hofstra lax coach, All-American, Tewaaraton winner
  • Clem Stancik: Brentwood tennis coach; Winningest tennis coach in New York history
  • Hans Wiederkehr: Babylon football coach and longtime Suffolk football administrator
  • Special Recognition Award: Bay Shore Junior Fire Department Racing Team

Tickets available here.

Section XI News

Carol Rose Reaches Career Win No. 400

The legacy continues to grow for Long Island lacrosse coaching legend, Carol Rose.

The Suffolk Sports Hall of Famer reached career win No. 400 as her Northport Tigers beat Ward Melville, 9-6, in a highly anticipated game between two of the states top schools.

“It’s kind of surreal but I’m honored to have the privilege to coach at Northport for the past 29 years and to work with the most awesome, talented and bright athletes,” Rose told Newsday. “None of it would be possible without them.”

Northport is now 9-0 this season as of April 26.

Rose and husband Al brought the sport of girls lacrosse to Northport in 1990. The community and district was all in and by 1996 they won their first County and Long Island Championship becoming a top program in New York.

Throughout her career the program has achieved greatness at many levels beginning with a state championship in 2011, 11 Class A county championships, six Long Island championships and 22 league titles.

“The success of this program is a testament to the student-athletes that have dedicated countless hours and hard work along with our community youth league for assisting in creating a strong foundation,” said Northport Athletic Director, Mark Dantuono. “Congratulations to Coach Rose for your commitment to the game of lacrosse, our student-athletes and to our school community.”

Section XI News

Section XI Athletes of the Week: Lynne Gbadamosi & Jake Russo

Each week Section XI will announce a male and female athlete of the week. Nominees are submitted by school district athletic directors.

We took a brief break after the winter season and are back now honoring the very best student-athletes.

The athletes of the week this week are:

Female Athlete of the Week: Lynne Gbadamosi, Deer Park

On April 12, Deer Park’s Lynne Gbadamosi had a season-best throw of 41-feet, 4-inches – tops in Suffolk County – in the shot put and in the same meet had a personal record of 105-feet in the discus against West Islip. Gbadamosi will be attending the University of Albany on a track and field scholarship.

Male Athlete of the Week: Jake Russo, Sayville

Jake leads Long Island with four home runs through April 17. He has hit two home runs against Bayport-Blue Point and Amityville, respectively, this season. The Golden Flashes are 6-3 in Suffolk County’s League VII.

Previous Section XI Athletes of the Week

  • Samantha Schultz, Kings Park / Ahkee Anderson, Greenport
  • Jared Trefney, Hills East / Nicole Leslie, Huntington
  • Raf Lievano, Ward Melville / Ty Zhea Hawkins, Brentwood
  • Sean Braithwaite, Center Moriches / Beth Felix, Stony Brook
  • Josh Serrano, Amityville / Evelyn Walker, Port Jefferson