The New York State Public High School Athletic Association Inc. has named its Winter 2023 scholar-athlete teams and individuals.
For Winter 2023, NYSPHSAA recognized 3,010 Scholar-Athlete teams and 34,565 individuals. A total of 595 schools across the state participated in the Scholar-Athlete program which honors schools each of the seasons there is interscholastic competition.
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Athletic Director Suspensions
The director of athletics for the Northport-East Northpport school district is serving his second suspension from his duties. First suspended in the summer of 2022, Mark Dantuono came back to work in November 2022, but was suspended again in February. The AD’s job is temporarily filled by John Piropato from the Massapequa school district. The district has declined to explain what led to the suspensions, with the state Public Employment Relations Board hearing complaints him. Asked last week for information, PERB told HuntingtonNow that information on its decision would be available at the libraries of its offices in Brooklyn, Albany or Buffalo, and that it would not be published on its website for at least a year.
Harborfields Booster Club Leaders Honored
The leaders of the Harborfields Booster Club were honored recently at a Board of Education meeting for their work on behalf of students. That included raising funds and spending more than $150,000 on projects.
The leaders are Jen Bavaro, Jim Droskoski, Ken Garritano, Tom Goldsmith, Kevin Hohner, Ken Schiliro and Dennis Smith, and some of their accomplishments include: custom wrestling mats; tournament fees; athletic awards dinners; scholarships; cheer and gymnastics mats; cheer music and choreography; HUDL accounts for every athletic program and HUDL focus cameras in the gym and on the turf field, which allows free live streaming for anyone to watch Harborfields games anywhere in the world; lacrosse goals and nets; field hockey goals; team backpacks; transportation to tournaments for teams.
S. Huntington District Pulls Proposed Sale of Athletic Field