The Mineola Athletics Booster Club once again celebrated another successful year of Mustang varsity sports with the annual varsity sports dinner, held at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Mineola, organized by Mike DeStefano of the Booster Club.
All of the student-athletes participating in the fall and spring varsity sports were recognized for their athletic achievements and participating in the sports programs. Taking home female athlete of the year honors was Alison Carnabuci, who had a dream season, leading the girls varsity lacrosse team. Dan Medlock received male athlete of the year honors for his accomplishments in different sports.
From the conference championship of the girls lacrosse team and the boys baseball team to the 2nd place conference finishes for the winter track teams to another playoff appearance for the football team, 2003-2004 once again proved to be a memorable year for Mineola.
In girls volleyball, the Mustangs emerged as one of the best Class-B units in Nassau County, beating Clarke with an impressive playoff win.
In baseball, the Mustangs clinched the conference title with a 14-1 win over Roosevelt. The win was the 100th for coach Helms Bohringer.
The biggest cheers of the evening went to the girls lacrosse team, which finished the regular season with a 10-0 conference record en route to the conference championship.
After all the teams received honors, the last awards of the night were for female and male athletes of the year.
The female athlete of the year was a senior scholar athlete in soccer, participated in girls winter track and was All-County in lacrosse setting a school record for goals with 66, including eight in one game and leading the team to the conference championship. She excelled not only on the field but in the classroom with an 89 average. She is also known for her community involvement with the PAL. She will bring her talents next year to Marist College. Mineola director of health, physical education and athletics Ralph Amitrano was proud to announce Alison Carnabuci as female athlete of the year.
The male athlete of the year was named All-County in football and was named a National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete, was All-Conference in basketball and was an important part of the baseball team. Alfred University will be benefiting next year from his talents. Mr. Amitrano called Dan Medlock one of the most congenial and friendly people you ever want to meet and then announced him as the male athlete of the year.
It takes many components to make a successful athletic program. The administration, board of education, dedicated coaches, Mineola Athletics Booster Club, parents and students all worked together to make athletics a positive experience at Mineola High School. Congratulations to all the sutdent-athletes and coaches.
Cheerleading
Coach: Melissa Scuccimarri
Ashley Bennett
Jillian Boland
Bethany Brown (UCA All-Star, Co-Captain)
Candace Carhalho
Samatha Graham (UCA All-Star, Co-Captain)
Melissa Gross (UCA All-Star, Co-Captain)
Laura Johnson
Chrissy Losquadro
Vera Pereira
Alyssa Polumbo
Melissa Stotsky
Football - Big Four Championship
Varsity Coach - Dan Guido
Offensive Coach - Helmut Bohringer
Defensive Coach - John Tortora
Ivan Anania
Peter Averiamo (All Conference)
Mike Bencivenga
Chris Boeshore
John Boland
Andrew Breen
Rich Carter
Hoil Chung
Kevin Franciotti
Greg Gabriel (All Conference)
Pat Gaffney
Marcin Gajdziszewski
Julio Gauto
Brian Harris
Jerelle Harrison
James Holubowich (All County, Academic All-Conference, National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete)
Andrew Jakubek
Nick Laurino
Dan Medlock (All County, National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete)
Matt Mercurio
Bill Mills (All Conference)
Leo Morales
Joe Ricciardi
Kyle Rosner
Anthony Tretolo
Jon Ventura
Dan Vezo
Rob Wong
Jun Zubarriain
Girls Soccer
Varsity Coach: Christine Wiedman
Jess Antonison
Courtney Barry
Kristin Bubelis
Mallory Calonita
Joanna Canning (Captain, All Class)
Alison Carnabuci (Captain, Senior Scholar Athlete)
Alyssa Glenn
Caitlin Herrera
Kasey Hughes
Allie Kain
Katie Keegan
Michelle McGuiness
Christine Medlock
Jess Napolitano
Nicole Peralta
Jenn Port
Liz Sanderleaf (All Conference)
Katie Steen
Boys Soccer
Varsity Coach: Paul Perreira
John Calvao
George Costa
Fabio DeOliveira
Gustavo Dias
Vito Errico (Honorable Mention All County)
Kevin Franciotti
Jimm Francis
Gabe Garcia
Michael Kondraciuk
Michael Marques
Peter Marson (All Conference)
Helder Mendes (All Conference)
Ben Molina
Jason Moston (All Conference)
Victor Prado
Jose Rivera
Matt Shanahan
Michael Skaliotis
Joao Sousa
Ramon Valente
Cross Country Track - Scholar Athlete Team
Varsity Coach: Kristin Degnan
Alex Jansen (All Division)
Chris Jansen
JC Rienton
Craig Strein
Lisette Alvernia
Samantha Hegman
Sarah LaSorsa
Lauren Napolitano
Christina McCarthy
Erika Privat
Julia Yan (All Division)
Golf
Varsity Coach: Elizabeth Jordan
Brian Abrams
Daniel Almazon
Kinan Ghadder
Noelle Guelbart
Chris Lopes
Anthony Nicaj (Captain)
Alex Priolo
John Rovegno
Michael Santopetro
Kurt Schumacher
Kevin Tiseo
Kevin Williams (Captain)
Girls Volleyball - Scholar Athlete Team
Varsity Coach: Janna Balsamo
Juliet Barber (All County)
Joanna Cohen
Michele Guido (Honorable Mention All County)
Amy Kemmler
Elizabeth Kocienda (Captain, All Conference)
Nicole Lapin (All Conference)
Roseanne Mercurio
Erin O'Neil
Kaitlyn O'Neil
Jill Shanahan
Allyson Strein (Captain, All County)
Boys Basketball
Varsity Coach: Scott Donnellan
Sean Bailey
Patrick Cahill
Rich Carter
Rob Cerutti
Mike DeStefano
Kevin Franciotti
Jerelle Harrison (Captain, All Conference)
Dan Medlock (Captain, All Conference)
Tom Oswald
Tom Owens
John Reicherter
Derek Webber
Girls Basketball
Varsity Coach: Denise Zunno
Gigi Alas
Courtney Barry
Melissa Dadich (Captain, Scholar Athlete Award)
Samantha Hegmann
Christine Medlock
Roseanne Mercurio
Jessica Napolitano
Lauren Napolitano
Caitlin Orlando
Elizabeth Sanderleaf
Shaleira Smith (Captain)
Elizabeth Terezo (Captain, All Conference)
Wrestling
Varsity Coach: Dan Guido
John Boland (All Conference)
Bryan Gallego
Julio Gauto (All Conference)
Thomas Grimaldi (All County)
Andrew Gross
James Holubowich (All County)
Mike Marques
Leo Morales
Tiago Rodriques
Nicholas Tonini (All Conference)
Mike Vasconcelos
Jason Vega
Boys Bowling
Varisty Coach: Helms Bohringer
John Carnabuci
Vito Errico (All League)
Peter Marson (All League)
Anthony Tretolo (Captain, All County)
Chris Williams
Girls Bowling
Varsity Coach: Valerie Liese
Jennifer Boyle (Captain, All League)
Janet Holler
Kelly Munson
Danielle Rivera (Conference)
Melissa Fusco
Jill Shanahan
Girls Winter Track - Scholar Athlete Team
Varsity Coach - Kristin Degnan
Assistant Coach - Michael Santa Maria
Suzanne Auriemmo
Justine Boeshore
Michelle Bucalo (All Conference 4X2)
Ali Carnabuci
Danielle DaSilva
Jessica Donahue (All Conference Shot Put)
Trisha Hahn
Kasey Hughes (All Conference 55, 300 and 4X2)
Allie Kain (All Conference 4X2)
Katie Keegan
Amy Kemmler
Liz Kocienda (Captain)
Nicole Lapin (Captain, All Conference High Jump, All County Long Jump and Pole Vault, Indoor State Championships in Pole Vault)
Grace Martorella
Lauren Massa (All Conference Race Walk)
Kristin Mobyed
Lauren Mobyed (All Conference 4X2)
Jackie Mondello
Winnie OuYang
Jen Pawlowski
Christy Peter
Chelsea Rosner
Jamie Silva
Melissa Skupp
Kim Stillwell
Julia Yan (All Conference 3000)
Boys Winter Track
Varsity Coach: Kristin Degnan
Assistant Coach - Michael Santa Maria
Matt Bellezza
Chris Boeshore (All County Pole Vault)
Calvin Chan
Edgar Galindo
Alex Jansen (All Conference 1000, All County 4X4)
Chris Jansen
Matt Mercurio
Ava Michel
Marc Moran
Jason Moston
Rob Olszewski
Matt Shanahan (Captain, All Conference 200 and 4X2, All County 4X4)
Joe Stigliano (Captain, All Conference High Jump and 4X2, All County High Jump and 4X4)
Craig Strein (All Conference 600 and 4X2)
Avinesh Thomas (All Conference Shot Put, 300 and 4X2, All County 4X4)
Tom Varughese
Dan Vezo
Boys Baseball - Conference Champions
Varsity Coach: Helms Bohringer
Assistant Coach: Barry Silverstein
Anthony Allegra
Peter Averaimo (All Conference)
Mike Bencivenga (All League)
Kevin Cahill
Billy Campagna
Mike DeStefano (All County)
Joe DiGiovanni
Patrick Gaffney
Alphy Joseph
Mike Kondraciuk
Chris Lyons
Dan Medlock
Ben Molina
Tom Owens (All County)
Tiago Rodrigues
Matt Shanahan (All Conference)
Derrek Webber
Joe Wissler (All League)
Girls Softball
Varsity Coach: Chrissy Bennett
Assistant Coach: Mike Boccuzza
Alicia Adrat
Mallory Calonita
Stephanie Cifuentes
Michele Guido
Jessica Handibode
Emily Harrison
Janet Holler
Katie Hughes
Nicole Lapin
Roseanne Mercurio
Caitlin Orlando
Lauren Raffetto (All Division)
Mary Raguseo
Danielle Rivera
Jessica Rowan
Melissa Skupp (Captain, All County)
Liz Terezo (Captain, All Division)
Boys Lacrosse
Varsity Coach: Mark Miller
Assistant Coach: Barney Dell'Aquila
Ivan Anania
Chris Boeshore
Andrew Breen
John Calvao
Richie Carter (All Conference)
Danny Chaves
Peter Diglio
Greg Gabriel
Julio Gauto
Tom Grimaldi (Captain, All Conference)
James Holubowich (Captain, All Conference)
Andrew Jakubek
Peter Marson (Captain)
Matt Mercurio
Steven Miller
Billy Mills
Jason Moston
Tom Oswald
Cory Pratt
Joe Ricciardi
Jason Vega
Girls Lacrosse - Conference Champions
Varsity Coach: Frank Massaro
Assistant Coach: Christine Weidman
Jessica Antonison
Juliet Barber
Micheller Bucalo
Joanna Canning
Alison Carnabuci (Captain, All County)
Katie Carter
Melissa Dadich
Alyssa Glenn
Noelle Guelbart
Michelle Guelbart
Kasey Hughes
Maria Jetter
Alexandra Kain
Katie Keegan
Amy Kemmler (Captain, All Conference, Academic All American)
Elizabeth Kocienda (Academic All American, Scholar Athlete)
Christina McCarthy (Unsung Hero)
Kristen Mobyed
Lauren Mobyed
Courtney O'Connell (Captain, Honorable Mention All County)
Nicole Peralta
Katie Steen
Girls Spring Track
Varsity Coach: Kristin Degnan
Courtney Barry
Amanda Breen
Bethany Brown
Meghna Dharia
Jessica Donahue( All Division Discus, Conference Champion Shot Put)
Alia Fater (All Division 4X8, 4X4)
Shanelle Glover
Yolanda Gonzalez
Sabrina Graham
Samantha Graham
Trisha Hahn
Samantha Hegmann (All County, County Champion Discus, All Division Shot Put, Conference Champion Discus, State Championships for Discus)
Taisha Holder
Katie Keegan (All Division 4X4)
Annemarie Kowalczyk
Nicole Lapin
Catherine Lusardi
Lauren Massa (All Division 4X8)
Christine Medlock (Captain, All Division 4X4)
Jaclyn Mondello
Lauren Napolitano (Captain, All County 200, All Division 100, 200)
Jennifer Pawlowski (All Division 4X8)
Christy Peter (All Division 4X4)
Alyssa Polumbo
Chelsea Rosner
Jaimie Silva (All Division 4X8)
Tiffany Thurmond
Ashley Volino
Julia Yan (Captain, All Division 400 Hurdles, 800)
Michelle Yoo
Boys Spring Track
Varsity Coach: Mike Santamaria
Chris Boeshore (County Champion Pole Vault, All County, State Championships for Pole Vault)
John Carnabuci
Calvin Chan (Captain)
Edgar Galindo
Alex Jansen (All County 4X4, All Division 800)
Eddie Martins
Robert Olszewski
John Reicherter (All Division Discus)
Joe Stigliano (Captain, All County 4X4, All Division High Jump, 4X4)
Robby Stigliano (All Division 4X4)
Craig Strein
Avinash Thomas (Captain, All County 4X4, County Champion Triple Jump, All Division 200, Long Jump, Triple Jump, State Championships for Pentathlon)
John Valente
Ramon Valente
Tom Varughese (All County 4X4, All Division 400, 4X4)
Jerelle Harrison (All Division 4X4)