The winter sports season was a successful one for Eastport-South Manor Jr.-Sr. High School student-athletes. All eight varsity teams, 119 athletes in total, were named Scholar-Athlete Teams by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association for having acquired a collective 90% grade point average or more. This brings the school year total to 261 scholar-athletes to date. Both the girls and boys bowling teams received the NYSPHSAA Sportsmanship Award. The boys winter track team garnered the League III Championship title, as well as the Section XI Small School County Championship title. The boys track team is coming off of a cross-country championship title, and winter track is now in the spring season. Additionally, the boys bowling team was the League 2 Champions, Section XI Wildcard Tournament High Scorer in the county small and large school, Playoff Qualifier and NYSPHAA Sportsmanship Award Team.
Additionally, seniors Jaden Flood and Allyson Justesen were recognized for their outstanding athletic and academic endeavors with the 2024 NYS AHPERD Suffolk Zone Award. Sponsored by the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, the award recognizes one male and one female Suffolk County high school senior from each school district who exemplifies outstanding scholastic ability, physical education performance and leadership qualities.
The following is a wrap-up of the Sharks’ winter athletic season:
Girls Varsity Basketball: (Scholar-Athlete Team)
Sara Langdon – All-League
Karma Gould – Unsung Hero
Boys Varsity Basketball: (Scholar-Athlete Team)
Sait Coskuntuncel – All-League and All-Academic
Brady McGowan – All-League and All-Conference
Wrestling – Scholar-Athlete Team
Competition Cheer: (Scholar-Athlete Team)
Cassandrah Catalano – Academic All-County
Kaelyn McCall – All-County
Boys Bowling: (Scholar-Athlete Team, League 2 Champions, Section XI Wildcard Tournament High Score, Playoff Qualifier, NYSPHAA Sportsmanship Award Team)
Jacob Lerit – All-League
Logan Silbert – All-League and All-County
Girls Bowling – Scholar-Athlete Team, Section XI Playoff Qualifier, NYSPHSAA Sportsmanship Award Team
Girls Winter Track: (Scholar-Athlete Team)
Amaya Agudo – All-League and All-County
Meghan Burst – All-League
Colleen Carroll – All-League and All-County
Sarah Cluff – All-League
Sophia Colavito – All-League
Maddie Laezza – All-League
Elsie Martin – All-League
Lila McCarthy – All-League
Sara Mikula – All-League
Brooke Springsteen – All-League
Boys Winter Track (Scholar-Athlete Team, League 3 Champions and Section XI Small Schools County Champions)
Justin Albanese – All-League, All-County and All-State
Aiden Campbell – All-League
Christian Capolino – All-League
Jaden Flood – All-League
Riley Gimpel – All-League
Hyan Sy – All-League
Paul Zorn – All-League and All-County
Photo caption:
During the April 9 Eastport-South Manor Board of Education meeting, Board of Education President Jeffrey Goldhammer and trustee Cristina Costanza honored student-athletes who attended the meeting and are pictured (l-r) Justin Albanese, Paul Zorn, Amaya Agudo, Colleen Carroll, Logan Silbert and Kaelyn McCall.
Photo courtesy of the Eastport-South Manor Central School District