Congratulations to the Hicksville Boys Varsity Football Team on earning a play-off berth Section VIII, Conference I Big Four Champs. Members of the team were presented Certificates of Achievement at a recent recognition ceremony.

The Hicksville Boys Varsity Football Team is:

Carlos Amaya	Eli Balay
Brian Becker	Thomas Brewer
Michael Bulkley	James Callari
Ryan Callender	Ryan Capobianco
Thomas Connelly	James Cunneen
Sandip Dhillon	Matthew Doyle
Louis Holzapple	Christopher Jaeger
Christopher Keough	Matthew Keyer
Christopher Kishanuk	Parvesh Kumar
Bernie Lopez	Robert Lovergine
Michael Luyster	Joseph Mascaretti
Christopher McKenna	Erik Pesce
Eugene Pietzak	Douglas Pinelli
Sriteja Rao	Matthew Restivo
Richard Smith	Louis Sullo
Jeffrey Terril	Branimir Zepina

The following Hicksville students earned special recognition for Section VIII:

Matthew Restrivo - All County, Athlete of the Month, National Football Foundation Golden 11 Award.

Thomas Brewer - All County

Eugene Pietzak - All County/Honorable Mention

Matthew Doyle - All Conference

Joseph Mascaretti - All Conference

Thomas Connelly - Nassau County Coaches Association Unsung Hero Award.

Hicksville's Girls Varsity Soccer Team won their conference title with a season record of 12 wins-1 loss-1 tie. The team is:

Stefanie Alfano	Kelly Connolly
Samantha Davis	Cristina Gomez
Rachael Hilton	Kristen Lang
Pamela Mertens	Catherine O'Brien
Shannon O'Donnell	Kim Sabeno
Yvonne Santos	Ursula Simicic
Nancy Thorne	Bernadette Vingerhoets
Christine Visconti	Laura Wright
Keri Wunderlich

In addition, the following athletes earned special recognition from the Nassau County Volleyball Coaches Association:

Kelly Connolly - All Conference

Shannon O'Donnell - All Conference

Ursula Simicic - All Conference

Stefanie Alfano - All Classification

Cristina Gomez - Senior Scholar Athlete

Several members of the Hicksville Girls Varsity Volleyball Team earned recognition as Scholar Athlete Team members from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, including:

Shannon Corrigan

Mary Drwyer

Jennifer Knudsen

Donna Kurowski

Danielle Sekesan

Melissa Skorpanic

Kerri Staton

Katelyn Thomas

In addition, the following athletes earned special recognition from the Nassau County Volleyball Coaches Association:

Shannon Corrigan - All County and Athlete of the Month

Jennifer Knudsen - All County/Honorable Mention

Gina Moscato - All Conference

Rory Lawlor - Conference III 2002 Coach of the Year

The following athletes on the Boys Varsity Soccer Team earned recognition from the Nassau County Soccer Coaches Association:

Danilo Gonsalves - All County

Marc Valente - All County/Honorable Mention

Bryan Alcantara - All Conference

Daniel Rogers - All Conference

Charlie Santos - All Conference

Hicksville senior Kelly Robinson, a member of the Girls Varsity Swimming Team. Robinson earned county recognition for the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly and state recognition for the 200 freestyle. She also received All Conference recognition from the Nassau County Girls Swimming Coaches Association for the 100 butterfly

Steven Kessler, a member of the Boys Cross Country Team, has been running at the varsity level for four years earning numerous awards and medals along the way. Kessler recently placed fifth at the state level and was honored for his All Division recognition by the Nassau Coaches Invitational Association.