The Island Trees Lady Dawgs Basketball team is off to a great start to their 2004-05 season. The Lady Dawgs are 7-1 overall and 2-0 in their conference. The team is led by juniors Sarah Hess and Katie Tolan who both average in double figures in scoring and rebounding. Senior Gina Brewer leads the team in assists and freshman Valerie Ahrens leads the team in steals. Sophomore Beth Hughes, freshman Angelika Paskins and eighth grader Meghan Biondolillo have ignited the defense with their energy and rebounding. Senior Megan Carlson and juniors Samantha Modik, Dominique Witteck and Lauren Mason continue to help out on the offensive end with their outside shooting. The Lady Dawgs hope to see everyone at our upcoming home games.

Three hundred pins, 12 strikes in a row, Mike Schulman is only the third student in Island Trees history to bowl a perfect 300 game in a sanctioned match. He is only a junior and he accomplished his lifelong dream of bowling a perfect game. Mike is an above-average bowler who had an outstanding day. When Mike hit his 10th strike, the house went wild. You could tell Mike's nerves were rising, because on the 11th strike, the ball bounced, but the pins went down. On the 12th strike, the whole house was silent, the ball hit the pocket, but the seven pin was still standing. As if it was in slow motion, the five pin cut across the alley and knocked out the standing seven pin - 300 pins, 12 perfect frames; it was amazing.

Congratulations to the Boys' Bowling teams on defeating Plainedge 8-3. The highlights were Jay Giannas with a 228, Nick Marchelos with a 234 and Adam Chase with a 716 series.

Congratulations also to the Girls' Varsity and JV Bowling teams on their wins over Plainedge. Awesome games were bowled by Heather Mitchell with a 164, Sarah Strickland with a 199, Geri Silverio with a 174 and Ingrid Gomez with a 160.

The Girls' JV Basketball team had their second win of the season against Glen Cove. Catie Hollett and Brittany Guerrini led the scoring with 9 points each. Kristen Burgos contributed with 6 points and Jessica Greene, Jamie Ruiz and Alysha Ciaramitaro each had 4 points. Heather Werling worked hard and played unbelievable.

The Boys' JV Basketball team got off to a good start in league play by defeating the Lynbrook Owls by the score of 61-40. Playing well for the Bulldogs was Chris Caragher (captain) scoring 20 points and Rob Fragoletti, who had 13 points and played well defensively. Playing well underneath the basket was John Bartlett (captain) who grabbed 10 rebounds along with Dan Hart who had 8 points and 7 rebounds. The Bulldogs improved their record to 3-5 overall and 1-0 in league play.

The Girls' 8th grade Volleyball team defeated a tough Plainedge team 3-2. The match came down to an exciting 5th game in which the girls served their way to victory. Nichole Coradini and Alyssa Ambrosio had a combined 11 points off of serve, 5 of them aces. Other great games were played by Alison Gronenthal, Angelina DeLardi, Danielle Doller and Ashley Moore. It was an outstanding team effort.

A job well done goes out to the Girls' 7th grade Volleyball team on their match against Plainedge. The Lady Dogs dominated the match both offensively and defensively. The girls went into game five with confidence, but were unable to clinch the win in the end. Tremendous serving ability was displayed by Jaclyn Carabott, Gina Lyons and Michelle Giordano. Dana Colleluori and Jackie Kupfer showed notable hitting ability. The team played extremely well and should be proud of their performance.

The Boys' 8th grade Basketball team put forth its best effort of the season with a win against Mattlin. Down by 4 at the beginning of the 2nd period, the Bulldogs went on the score 44 points in the 2nd half, which was their most explosive half of the season. John Howard led all scorers with 14 points, Ryan Tolan had 8, Nick Bruzzese added 7, and Eric Fazio, Stephan Barea and Matt Passatempo chipped in 6. Tommy Hart had 4 points and Dylan Caragher, Anthony Mele, John Thearle and David Fuentes added 2 points each. The team put together a great defensive effort in the 2nd half causing many turnovers that led to easy baskets.

Congratulations to the Boys' 7th grade Basketball team on their victory over Mattlin by the score of 53-40. The boys played consistent basketball for all 5 periods and dominated the paint. Rob Castillo continues to improve tremendously each game, having his most impressive outing of the season. Rob scored 20 points while grabbing over 12 rebounds. Anthony Ciaramitaro also had a solid game, dropping 15 points and making strong moves to the hoop. Bryan Verbitsky continues his steady play at the point guard position and added 8 points. Anthony Wrightington had several nice assists and scored 6 points. Also scoring for the Bulldogs were Tom Szabo, Pete Thearle, Tyler Bauer and Tom Enders, each adding a basket.