Sports

The Farmingdale High School Fall 2007 Sports season is now well under way for Varsity, Junior Varsity and Howitt Middle School teams. All student-athletes have been training and practicing since late August in their efforts to be prepared to compete at their full potential. The Daler Sports Report will cover as many of the teams as possible throughout the 2007-2008 school year and offer highlights of games and players.

The Daler Varsity Football team has jumped out to one their best starts in recent history. As a result of their 41-7 victory over Freeport last Friday, the Fightin' Dalers have run their record to 5-0. Senior Dave Probst posted a career high and tied a school record scoring five touchdowns. He rushed for a career-high 229 yards and was also 6 for 10 for 151 yards passing. The Daler defensive effort did not go unnoticed either. Mark Bauer and Danny Thompson combined for 17 tackles at the defensive end position while linebackers Tashaun Arthur and Tom Jackson combined for 16 tackles. The Dalers have two remaining twilight home contests against Baldwin on Oct. 19 and Oceanside on Oct. 26. Both games have a start time of 6:30 p.m. at The Don Snyder Sports Complex on the grounds of Farmingdale High School.

Daler Girls Varsity Soccer has been on a kick with a recent hard fought two-all tie against Baldwin. Tara Coyle and Janine Hillier tallied scores in the second period to knot the game. Both sides went scoreless in the second half. The squad is 5-3-2 overall this year. Next two games are scheduled away at East Meadow on Oct. 19 at 4:15 p.m. and at Oceanside on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. The FHS Golf Team dropped a close match to Bethpage 5.5 to 3.5 last week. The Daler Girls Cross Country Team took second place at a recent Nassau Conference I, Division IV meet with 32 points, behind Port Washington (32 Pts) and in front of third place Freeport (90 pts.) For the Daler X-Men, Farmingdale's David Frankel won the 5K race in 13:09 at Bethpage State Park against Syosset. Next CC meet (Nassau Coaches) for both teams is scheduled for Oct. 20 at Bethpage State Park.

The Lady Daler Swim Team has performed exceptionally well this year. Sarah Hendrickson won the 50-yard freestyle (27.51), Marissa Boccio won the 100 free (58.72) and Kristin Reinhart won the 1M dive (152.55) for Farmingdale in a recent 100-86 win over Jericho. Next meet is Oct. 19 at home against Massapequa. Start time slated for 4:30 p.m. Emily Gold and Samantha Elie beat Alex Christodoulou and Nicole Langone, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6, at second doubles for the Farmingdale Girls Tennis Team against Bethpage. Tyler Haseman scored two goals for Farmingdale Boys Soccer in a win against Freeport.

The Friends of Farmingdale Athletics (FFA) is a community-based organization that provides support to Daler student-athletes and sports programs since 1999. Please contact us at godalersffa@optonline.net for membership details and information concerning the fund raising activities of the club. Any student that has a desire to contribute stories or photos covering varsity, junior varsity and middle school sports and spirit support teams are encouraged to contact the FFA.