The Wisdom Lane seventh-grade girls soccer team finished up a very successful season with a record of 4-4-1. Victories this season were over Bethpage, Island Trees, Plainedge and Salk, while the last game of the season was an exciting 2-2-OT tie against Wantagh. Kathleen Davis, Jillian Edwards, Siobhan Joyce, Katrina Lang, Brittany McBride, Jen O'Neill and Katlin SanFilippo led the Wildcat's offense. Key players holding together a solid midfield were Paige Cervantes, Kristen Hinrichs, Eileen Joyce, Rose Petrofsky and Sesy Salazar. Wildcat territory was strongly defended by Shannon Angehr, Briana Bollinger, Kirstie Ferrintino, Mary Kissane, Courtney McDermott and Gabby. Outstanding efforts were put forth by both goalkeepers Kerrie Sheldrick and Sara Sullivan throughout the entire season.

The Wisdom Lane Football team had another successful season by posting a record of three wins and three losses. With larger schools such as Howitt of Farmingdale and Berner of Massapequa in the conference, the Wildcats worked and played hard throughout the season.

Outstanding members of this year's team: Kie Linsen, Cory Fraile, Cory Yates, Steven Henderson, Michael Lagalante, C.J. Reilly, Dan Reis, Kevin Waite, Matt Mancz, Ray Saint, Tim Crosby, Anthony Goetz, William Bulger, Scott Neal, Izzy Robles, James Murphy, Michael Inglese, Michael Skarren, Kyle Oliveri, Matt Schneider, Kyle Hughes and Dustin Howe. Other players who helped the cause: Joe Alberti, Oscar Benitez, Rolando Edwards, Brian Fechtmann, Bryan Herold, Sean Keegan, Corey Lapp, Sean Macauley, Brian Maini, James Marra, Dom Mattarese, Steven McNamara, Anthony Michaelski, Adam Montvilo, Ken Nizinski, John Nizinski, Keith Oringer, Matt Parker, Tim Rea, Dean Rivera, Chris Sanabria, Adam Swensen, Tim Terillion, Erick Thomson, Al Soto and Eric Pedersen. Special thanks to managers Matt Burmeister, Matt Howe, George Pugliese and Kyle Lutz. Coach Chiti would like to thank assistant coaches Dan Larkin, John Lipani and Don Urban for their time and dedication to the Wisdom Lane athletic program.

The girls badminton team finished its season by defeating Howitt by a score of 8 to 0.

The team was led by singles players captains Nikki Farrell and Lisa Torswick. Singles players Jeanette Gleckler, Lauren Nelson, Dayna Goehringer, Alysha Linson, Amanda Ocasio, Pam Goldstein, Amanda Santa Maria and Nicole Sweeney all had a wonderful season. The doubles teams were Brittany Donovan, Angela Piuggi, Jenna Ronzo and Ashley Ott, Danielle Cimafonte and Christina Browning and Rossella Passafiume and Jessica Falcetta. The team finished the season with a record of five wins, three losses and two ties.

Congratulations ladies on a wonderful season! Good luck to the graduating eighth-graders and the seventh-graders. We will be looking for big things next season!

It was an exciting year for the seventh-grade boys soccer team! There were many highlights that made the year a memorable one for the Wildcats. The boys began slowly, with a record of one win and four losses before turning their season around. It took a lot of effort from all the players including Terry McHugh, Matt Ottoson, Robbie Schacht, Paul Bishoff, Kyle Carley, Brian Farley, Danny Joseph, Danny Room and Cody Lacey who helped keep up the morale, believing in themselves and their teammates.

The team went on to win three of their last four games, and tied Wantagh, one of the toughest teams in the league, ending their season at four wins, four losses and one tie.

Offensive contributions were made by Jarrod Allen, Bobby Barsch, Bernie Clement, Patrick Gonzalez, Max Johns, Jesse Lavalle, David Nyrenberg, Matt Epple, Chris O'Leary and Georgie Woodiwiss, who made great strides this year!

The team would not have had such a successful run at the end of the season without a strong defense. Emilio Colato, Peter Darnaud, Joey Johnson and Mark Hinrichs helped keep the team in all the games and played tough down the stretch. Finally, Georgie Woodiwiss, Paul Bishoff and Danny Joseph defended the goal, making it quite difficult on any team trying to score.

Coach Frank Mortillaro would like to thank the talented group of young men for a fantastic year!

The eighth-grade boys soccer team had a strong finish to its 2002 season by going 3-1-1 in their last five games. The goalie tandem of Roger Clement and John Ballantyne was the strength of this ball club.

The offense was in good hands with Camron Einnerman, Thomas Adair, Michael Surdo and Greg Jurkowich. This foursome provided a steady attack all year. Defensively, the Wildcats were led by Chris Mesonero, Garrett Einnerman, Ryan Nagelberg, Nick Valintoi and Greg Delaney. This group kept the Cats competitive throughout the season.

The rest of the members of the 2002 Wisdom Lane Middle School team were: Joe Cangelosi, Dave Caradonna, Nick Christofides, James Coyne, Joe DeCosta, Matt Desanno, Thomas Judge, Naved Khan, Brian Mahr, Nolan Meditz, Chris Moreira, Omid Nouravi, Joe Parks and Chris Pretter. Thank you for supporting the Wildcats.