Mineola Athletes Earn Honors

The winter high school athletic season proved to be a rewarding one for Mineola High School. More than 40 different student-athletes earned post-season honors for their efforts.

Boys Bowling

All County - John Carnabuci, Anthony Tretolo

All League - Joe Calvao, Brian Ciuffo, Chris Williams

Girls Bowling

All County - Danielle Rivera

All Conference - Jennifer Boyle, Kelly Munson, Erin O'Neill

Boys Basketball

All Conference - Sean Bailey, Mike DeStefano

Girls Basketball

All Conference - Samantha Hegmann

All Division - Christine Medlock

Winter Track

All County

Lauren Mobyed (1000, 1500, 4X800)

Kristin Mobyed (3000, 600)

Julia Yan (4X800)

Jenn Pawlowski (4X800)

Alia Fater (4X800)

Lauren Massa (1500 Racewalk)

Nicole Lapin (Pole Vault)

All Conference

Katie Carter (55, 4X200)

Alia Fater (4X200, 4X800)

Kasey Hughes (55, 300, 4X200)

Allie Kain (4X200)

Katie Keegan (4X400)

Nicole Lapin (High Jump)

Christina McCarthy (4X400)

Kristin Mobyed (3000, 300, 600)

Lauren Mobyed (1000, 1500, 4X400)

Chelsea Rosner (4X800)

Grace Martorella (4X800)

Jenn Pawlowski (4X800)

Wrestling

All County - Julio Gauto, Michael Marques, Leo Morales, Nick Tonini.

All Conference - Bryan Gallego, Gabe Garcia, Chris Granath, Mike Granath, Andrew Gross, Jon Hock, Zane Kerney, Mike Reis, Tiago Rodrigues, Helder Santiago, Marco Santiago, Mike Vasconcelos, Mike Roo.

The Mineola varsity girls basketball team and winter track team also succeeded in the classroom as both were named scholar-athlete teams.

Mineola Boys Wrap-up Hoops Season

The Mineola boys varsity basketball team ended its up and down season much better than it started, according to head coach Scott Donnellan. "Our steady improvement could be seen with drastic improvement over the last five games of the season," the coach said.

The Mustangs revered the scores of earlier games against the same opponents. "Although we lost, we played hard to finish the season," said Donnellan.

Mineola ended the season with a record of 1-9 in Conference A-IV. The team's overall record was 4-14.

The Mustangs were led by seniors Sean Bailey and Mike DeStefano, who both had some great games. DeStefano had a high game of 21 points and another with 19 in which he hit five three pointers. "He single handedly kept us in contention against Lynbrook. Sean Bailey also had a solid season for us. He led the team in scoring and rebounding," said Donnellan.

Bailey scored 23 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in the team's only league win against Lynbrook.

Another bright spot was the hustle and hard work of senior Kevin Franciotti, who led the team in scrapes and bruises by doing the dirty work for the team. "He surpassed all expectations by providing some offensive output this year," said Donnellan.

Franciotti had season high games of 16 and 15 points.

The Mustangs did not meet their pre-season goal of making the playoffs. But, Coach Donnellan said he was happy with the progress the team made from the beginning of the season. He said the highlights clearly were the opportunity to play at Madison Square Garden in December, the lone league win over the undefeated Lynbrook and the fifth annual Reggie Carter Night, during which three of the four previous captains were on hand to see Tom Owens honored as this year's Reggie Carter captain.