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Harborfields Softball Hosts Mental Health Awareness Game
This week the varsity softball team at Harborfields held a “Mental Health Awareness game” bringing attention to the importance of mental health.
The Lady Tornadoes were able to bring awareness to the topic by decorating the field, wearing specialized shirts for the game and raising funds for a local mental health organization.
The girls competed in their game against Westhampton Beach in honor of those who struggle with mental health issues. The team wore green shirts, the color of mental health awareness ribbon with “keep talking” printed in large font on the back to encourage people to discuss the importance of mental health and to be open to having a conversation.
Each day, mental health issues affect people of all ages. Raising awareness of mental health is vital so those who suffer from it can seek help and know that there are plenty of support networks that are there to help.
NYSPHSAA Fall Season II and Winter Scholar-Athlete Teams, Individuals
The New York State Public High School Athletic Association Inc. (NYSPHSAA) announces its fall season II and winter 2021 scholar-athlete teams and individuals.
For fall season II and winter 2021, NYSPHSAA recognized 2,377 Scholar-Athlete teams and 29,637 individuals. A total of 512 schools across the state participated in the Scholar-Athlete program which honors schools each of the seasons there is interscholastic competition. Additional deadlines were available for schools and sections offering sports at different times.
The fall season II and additional winter Scholar-Athlete submission period was created to accommodate more member schools and honor more Scholar-Athletes. These honorees announced today join the previously released fall 2020 and winter 2021 teams and individuals for the 2020-21 school year.
The full list of Scholar-Athlete teams for the fall season II and winter 2021 season can be found here.
The full list of Scholar-Athlete individuals for the fall season II and winter 2021 season can be found here.
The spring 2021 Scholar-Athlete submission period will begin in early June. Deadline to submit for spring is June 30, 2021.
Thank you, Section XI Coaches!
It’s @NYSPHSAA Coaches Appreciation Day .. Thank you to all the coaches in Section XI who make a difference!
Whitman’s Grant Biederman is Perfect
Congratulations to Walt Whitman’s Grant Biederman on throwing a perfect game against Hills East!
Biederman, a Pace-commit, threw 11 strikeouts in the 5-0 victory.
Milestone: Rich Roberts Earns Career Win No. 300
Congratulations to Center Moriches softball coach Rich Roberts on earning career victory No. 300.
Roberts has led the Red Devils to numerous league, county and Long Island titles. He is also a leader with the Suffolk County Softball Coaches Association.
Former Section XI Executive Director Don Webster Inducted to Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame
Congratulations to former Section XI Executive Director Don Webster on being inducted to the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame!
Webster was in charge of Section XI from 2014-2017. He previously served as athletic director in Longwood and Ward Melville.
He joins Homer Ball, Cathy Gallagher, Ed Cinelli and Tom Combs as fellow Executive Directors to gain induction to the Suffolk Hall.
Attention ADs: Submit NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athletes
Deadline is May 14 to submit.
NYSAAA Projects: Wright Leads Aspiring ADs Program, Webster Oversees Program Committee
The following notes are from the NYSPHSAA board meeting this month where they gave a NYSAAA Update …
NYSAAA Past President, Denise Kiernan, developed a statewide initiative for a mentoring program and will be working with the Chapters in implementing the model that she envisions.
The program is designed for new and beginning AD’s in their first or three years of athletic administration.
It also complements the “Aspiring AD Program” initiated by Chapter 11 and Dr. Jim Wright, and now by Greg Warren, CMAA across the state.
The NYSAAA Executive Board has moved along in its plan to develop a five year Strategic Plan over this next year. The final approval is targeted for the 2022 Conference. The overall Chair will be Robert Stulmaker, CAA.
The three subcommittees will be Operations (Dr. Mira Martincich & Nina Van Erk); Finance (TBA); and Programs (Donald Webster, CMAA).
Forty-five AD’s across the state have volunteered and 24 will be assigned to one of the three subcommittees this month. The association has schedule August 15-17, 2021 for a two day retreat at the Desmond in Albany to develop the plan under the leadership of facilitator, Bruce Whitehead, CMAA of Indianapolis, IN.
O’Reilly, Cooney, Gulluscio Highlight NYSPHSAA Board Meeting
During the NYSPHSAA March board meeting, there was a NYS Athletic Administrator Association update which featured the announcement of the Class of 2022 NYSAAA Hall of Fame, including former Brentwood AD Kevin O’Reilly.
Also approved for the NYSAAA 2022 Wall of Honor was Richard Cooney from East Hampton.
The NYSAAA board approved its slate of Officers for 2021-22 and Shelter Island AD Todd Gulluscio was named president-elect.