Section XI named its conference room after Nick DeCillis, who was a longtime athletic director and has been a part of the Section XI family for many years thanks to his business development role. Thanks to Nick for everything he does!

Congrats to Walt Whitman football coach Robin Rosa on being named New York Jets High School Coach of the Week!

From the Jets website …

Rosa attended Centereach High School in Centereach, NY where he played running back. He graduated high school in 1978 and received a scholarship to continue playing football at C.W. Post College, majoring in physical education. Three years after graduation, Rosa joined the Comsewogue High School football coaching staff. In 2009, Rosa was named the head coach of Walt Whitman High School.

In addition to his coaching duties, Rosa is a physical education teacher at Oakwood Elementary School in Huntington, NY and coaches middle school lacrosse. On Saturday, October 2nd, the Walt Whitman Wildcats shut out rival school William Floyd Colonials 27-0. The following week, Walt Whitman, again, shut out the Bay Shore Marauders 48-0, improving their record to 5-0 this season.

For the first time in Suffolk County swimming history, three divers from one team qualified for the state championships.

Congratulations to the Connetquot/East Islip girls varsity diving team who swept the field yesterday at the Sachem North Diving Invitational. 

Senior Morgan Cassidy from Connetquot, placed first, sophomore Kelsey Kreuscher from East Islip,  placed second, and sophomore Lara Booth Alam from Connetquot,  placed third. 

All three girls qualified for the New York State Swimming and Diving Championships to be help at Ithaca College on November 19, 2021. 

We’re excited to kick off another year of the “Section XI Athletics For All” program.

The first action this year was a cross-country event at Shoreham-Wading River High School.

Thanks to SWR for hosting!

Outstanding work by the Bay Shore girls volleyball team for hosting a breast cancer awareness event.

The fundraiser will provide donations to the “Side Out Foundation.”

Check out the incredible pink uniform combo from Bayport-Blue Point football in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Players, coaches, cheerleaders and fans all supported the effort on Friday night. Thanks for sharing @bbpboosterclub!

Section XI is excited to announce Island Federal as a new sponsor.

Island Federal and Section XI will partner to host two college financial preparation seminars open to all soon-to-be-graduating high school students.

Island Federal will be recognized as the presenting sponsor of the “Community Leader Award.” This monthly promotion will recognize one male and one female student-athlete who has demonstrated excellence in the classroom, on the field, and in the community.

Section XI and Island Federal will work together to present the “Island Federal Scholar-Athlete Award” to one male and one female high school.

Lindenhurst student-athletes are supporting the Christina Renna Foundation.

The foundation raises awareness and funds for children’s cancer research and helps children in need.

Great work, Bulldogs!

The NFHS is featuring “Title IX” legends this month and we could not think of a better one in Section XI than former Executive Director Cathy Gallagher.

Before beginning her career at Section XI, she was a physical education teacher and coach at Smithtown and Cold Spring Harbor high schools and a PE teacher at Suffolk Community College from 1959 to 1968.  She also enjoyed a career in sports officiating from 1967 to 1974.

She started as Associate Director at Section XI in 1973 and became Executive Director in 1982, where she stayed until 2003.  Among her many accomplishments at Section XI were playing a significant role in reorganization, eliminating separation for boys’ and girls’ programs and introducing new procedures and office policies.

In 1985, she successfully digitized the entire operation, which enabled her staff to schedule all contests, in all sports, at all levels.  Statistics for all varsity contests became computerized and provided a daily update on league/division standings. She established procedures for monitoring and administering a misconduct policy to impose on offenders, a program that is still working efficiently today.

Legend.

We’re about a month into the fall sports season and the standings are taking more shape each week.

Don’t forget to bookmark the Section XI standings page and check in on the progress of your school and team leading up to the playoffs.