After a tough first game loss, the Wisdom Wildcat baseball team got their act together winning their last nine games. Wins were against Woodland of East Meadow (8-0), (5-4), Wantagh (6-3), Berner of Massapequa (4-3), Howitt of Farmingdale (10-2) (13-1), Salk (7-1) (5-1) and Hicksville (8-5).

The Wisdom pitching staff was led by Garret Douglas (5-0) 2.48 ERA and Joe Cardone (4-0) 3.38 ERA. Douglas struck out 43 batters in 40 innings pitched. The hitting attack was led by shortstop Jon Franco .469, Joe Cardone .400, catcher Mike Ferrara .450, first baseman Mark Mondello .333 and Garret Douglas .400. Outstanding defense by Ken Donovan, Mike Oliveri, Steve Caroll and James Calamuso. Alex Dideo .416, Eric Vivelo .444 and Mike Brouillet all had key hits. Paul Gruber, Mike Corino, Nick Cimafonte, Ryan Knight and Nick Perotti also helped the cause.

Coach Chiti would like to thank the boys for their hard work and dedication. Special thanks to manager Gina Apa and assistant coach Don Urban for his dedication to the Wisdom Lane athletic program.

The 7th grade baseball team just finished a successful season. The Wildcats won six games but none were bigger than the wins over Howitt and Salk. The Wildcats faced Howitt who was one win away from completing an undefeated season. The Wildcats would have none of that as they defeated Howitt 6-3 to spoil their bid at an undefeated season.

Chris Licul dominated on the mound for the Wildcats to earn the victory. The Wildcats stole a season high 10 bases to steal the victory. Nick Buccello had two stolen bases and scored on an errant throw while stealing third. Chris Bauer stole home to give the Wildcats a lead they never surrendered. Matt Radzewsky, Nick Buccello and Shane O'Leary led the bats for the Wildcats. Paul Ramirez, Anthony Quatrano, Sean Coyle, Kyle McDermott and Chris Devlin provided outstanding defense. The Wildcats took on cross-town rival Salk at McLaren Field in the game of the year. The Wildcats put the squeeze on Salk as they squeezed home six runs to defeat Salk 11-5. Ryan Harold, Matt Radzewsky and Anthony Chuisano executed perfect double squeeze plays to spark the Wildcats. Once again it was Chris Licul on the mound pitching five innings of perfect relief to earn the win. Sean Connochie, Rich Skarren, Rich Lepis and Nick Buccello led the hit parade. Pat Carroll, Ryan Harold, Mike Maini and Nick Dispirito played stellar defense. This group of Wildcats has all the talent to be a group you hear about when they reach Division in two years. It is now up to them to work hard and reach their potential as a team.

The 2001 Wildcats are as follows: Pat Carroll, Matt Radzewsky, Chris Licul, Sean Connochie, Rich Skarren, Nick Buccello, Shane O'Leary, Anthony Chuisano, Ryan Harold, Sean Coyle, Chris Bauer, Kyle McDermott, Rich Lepis, Mike Maini, Nick Dispirito, Paul Ramirez, Anthony Quatrano and Chris Devlin. A special thanks goes to managers Leigh Blinn, Brianna Lutz and Nicole Mingoia.

The 8th grade Wisdom Lane softball team finished its season with a record of six wins and two losses. The team had an outstanding year putting together some tremendous efforts during the year. The highlight of the season was beating cross-town rival Salk twice this season. The team was led by captains Jenna Woods and Michelle Bauerschmidt; each pitched and played the infield for the Wildcats. The team's other infielders were Cristen Ronzo, Jamye Ratliff, Michelle Reuman, Kristen Resnick, Colleen Abbate and Sophia Quadri. The team's outfield consisted of team members Kaitlin Ray, Gina Abbatiello, Maria DeCaro, Regina Decaro, Lauren Carbone, Charlene Morrow, Jenna Dour, D'Ana McShane and Katie Maher.

The team would like to give special thanks to coach Duffy for all her help this season. Congratulations to the Lady Wildcats on a fun and very enjoyable season.

The Wisdom Lane 7th grade softball team finished their season with a record of 6-2. The offense was led by Tara McBride, Kim Dong and Christine Vermilye; defense was led by Kara Darcey, Kaitlin Condon and Janine Landini. Janine Landini and Kin Dong were the two pitchers who led their team to victory for their six wins. Overall outstanding play was performed by second baseman/shortstop Tara McBride, shortstop Christine Vermilye, pitcher/third baseman Kim Dong, first baseman Kaitlin Condon, short center/third baseman Jaclyn Masone and last but certainly not least our catcher Kara Darcey. Throughout the season, both individually and as a team, the Wisdom Wildcats improved their game at bat and in the field. Leading the way in the outfield was Angie Goldstein, Maria Liguori, Denise Uschakow and Jessica Constantine. Great team spirit and sportsmanship was displayed by everyone, especially Monique Fierro, Kristina Boisvert, Nicole Kelly, Heather Hili, Stephanie Shatel and Stephanie Ditrich; the three captains: Janine Landini, Christine Vermilye and Kaitlin Condon possessed the leadership skills needed for the 2001 softball season. The season would not have been complete without the team's manager and scorekeeper Danielle Johnson. Congratulations to a winning season of 6-3-1 for the Wisdom's 7th and 8th grade boys lacrosse team. In goal the team had the stopping power of Michael DellArea and Abel Castanos. Most of Wisdom's goals came from the attackmen which were Tim Leonardo, Brian Genua, Sean Hall, Tom Dessano, John Scalia, Rory Lacey, Alex Kapotos and Frank Draghi. The blazing speed of the midfield, which kept the game "the fastest game on two feet," was led by William Fama, Pat Malcaulay, Glen Bachman, John Cipriano, Jimmy Davis, Brian Nuckel, John SanFilipo and Nick Turnabene. The dominating defense included Nick Cillo, Marc Lombardi, Stephen Swicki, Nick Ferrecola, Kyle Cermac, Lewis Montelone, JR Marmo, Anthony Sweeney, Sean Macaulay. Adding to the team's success was Bobby Clark, Kenny Collins, James Divino, Matt Ferrante, Daniel Howard, Joe Jacobi, James Lopresti, Chris Molono, PJ Murphy, James Nally, Joshua Ortiz, Mike Pulgrano, Anthony Russo and Brian Venus.

The Wisdom Lane girls lacrosse team had another very successful season. Although they fell short of their goal of back to back undefeated season they still are to be congratulated on record of 8 - 1. Leading scorers were eighth graders Mallory Inglese with 33 goals and Lauren Cummings with 25 goals. Seventh grader Lauren Costello added 22 goals. Chrissy Fama, Erica Harris, Courtney Phillips, Caitlin Heraghty and Martina Liguori helped to assist on many of Wisdom's goals. Jennifer Brady, Rachel Smucker, Megan Schmider, Jessica Sutch and Ashley Zinnel provided Wisdom with a very aggressive and balanced attack.

The defense, consisting of many newcomers played tenaciously throughout the season. Nicole Foy, Samantha Goetz, Amanda Murray, Maria Notaristefano, Meghan O'Neill and Robyn Terrillion intercepted passes and cleared the ball up to the offense to set up the attack. Christina Gilbert had another outstanding year in goal allowing only an average of four goals per game.

The experience of PAL, hard work and dedication has raised the level of lacrosse at Wisdom Lane. In addition the future success of Levittown lacrosse looks promising.