Swimming Junior Olympics

Local residents Kasper Buchen and Julian Buchen from Brookville, James Wun of Syosset, Max Scalamandre of Brookville, and Geoffrey Chen of Locust Valley, have qualified to compete at the 2013 Metropolitan Swimming Junior Olympics. These young swimmers will compete representing the nationally ranked host team, Long Island Aquatic Club (LIAC).

In addition, Trudiann Patrick from Brookville is a qualifier for the Junior National Championship meet to take place in Orlando, Florida the same week. Only a select number of swimmers nationwide qualify each year. Patrick got her start at the Metropolitan Junior Olympics as an age group swimmer and is proud to represent LIAC and Long Island at the national level.

LuHi Champions

Long Island Lutheran’s Girls’ Basketball Team captured first place in the State Federation Tournament of Champions Class “A” Finals held recently in Albany. Facing Troy, the team pulled off a 62-45 victory. Securing a first-place finish in this year’s tournament was the goal for the team all season long and capped off a great season in its new division. Tournament MVP honors went to Lauren “Boogie Brozoski. Additionally, Katie Lavelle and Staci Barret received All Tournament honors.

LuHi’s Boys Crusaders outscored their opponent in the semifinal round and won against Abraham Lincoln School 73-55. In the Class AA Federation Title game, the Crusaders battled back from an early deficit to trail Christ the King 38-55 at halftime. Unfortunately, they came up short and the Royals went on to claim the title 73-64. Despite the loss, they placed in USA Today’s “Best of the Rest” category. Kentan Facey received All Tournament honors and Mical-Ryan Boyd received the Sportsmanship Award.

Swimming Champ

Chaminade High School senior Dan Lagalante of Syosset, anchored the Chaminade 4x100-freestyle relay team to a third-place finish in the NYSPHSAA Swimming and Diving Championships held on March 2 in Rochester.  The relay team (which included Chaminade’s Liam Cashin, Mike Cashin, and James Brittan) finished in 3:10.29 setting a school record and earning All-American Consideration. Lagalante also set a new school record of 51.87 with his fifth-place finish in the finals of the 100-yard backstroke event, and finished in ninth place in the 200-yard freestyle and eleventh in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

Lady Monarchs Reign

Congratulations go out to St. Edward the Confessor School’s Lady Monarchs basketball team for winning the Catholic Middle School Sports Association (CMSSA) Division III championship. The team was coached by Mr. Pat Conroy and assistant coach, Mr. Keith Weidenmann.

Jericho Wins Basketball Championship

Jericho’s boys varsity basketball team won the Nassau County Class A Championship at Hofstra on March 3, defeating Roslyn by a score of 62-45.

Syosset Soccer Ready For Spring

Organizers of the Syosset Soccer Club’s Travel Program are looking forward to the upcoming spring season. This spring, the club will field 24 teams from U10 - U18 for both boys and girls. In addition, the club will compete in a pre-travel JSS schedule. Last fall, five travel teams were division champs from U9-U19.

As juniors and seniors in high school, the members of the Syosset Pumas GU-19 team have chosen to stay together - partly for the love of the game, but more so for the friendships they formed throughout the years. The Pumas, who started out as a Syosset squad, embraced players from various towns such as Jericho, Woodbury, Cold Spring Harbor, Plainview, Dix Hills, Huntington, Oyster Bay and more. Other results from the successful fall season: -The GU12 Thunder stormed to a 7-0 record and won its division. -The GU11 Madrid finished on top in a competitive league, and won Division 1 with a 6-0-1 record. -The GU11 Jazz clinched first place with 6-0-1 record. -The GU10 United placed first and won in Division 1 with seven victories.

Ike Davis At Baseball Dinner

The Jericho Athletic Association recently celebrated the close of another successful baseball/softball program, and the kickoff for the “new and improved” Spring 2013 season with the JAA Annual Baseball Dinner, held at North Shore Synagogue in Syosset.

This past year, 265 boys and 130 girls participated in JAA baseball/softball programs. Both enjoyed free clinics offered by the JAA using professional organizations, a full slate of games, and once again, both baseball and softball enjoyed games at home, as well as against neighboring towns, giving the boys and girls in our program an intramural experience with a travel feel.

Congratulating Scholar/Athletes

Syosset Hosts Long Beach

For the Syosset Varsity lacrosse team, “Lead the way,” is a slogan that means more than just words; head coach John Calabria motivates his team’s players to take action on and off the lacrosse field. After Hurricane Sandy devastated the South Shore of Long Island, Calabria reached out to the Bulldogs lacrosse program, offering to host their “Battle of the Bay Lacrosse” tournament at Syosset High School.

The tournament was in jeopardy of being cancelled due to the utter devastation caused by the storm to the high school and playing fields of Long Beach. The Braves lacrosse program saw a competitor in trouble and demonstrated that the lacrosse community is there to help in time of despair.

Alumni Wrestling

Jericho High School’s varsity wrestling team, coached by Kevin Brodsky, recently held Alumni Night. The current team welcomed back Jericho’s wrestling alumni.