Blue Devil Sports Briefs
Travis Tate (assistant varsity boys’ winter track), Lori Pyzocha (JV cheerleading), Jessie Brennan (Finley 7th grade girls’ basketball), Caroline Reilly (Finley 8th grade girls’ volleyball), Christopher Mooney (Finley boys’ volleyball), Patrick Kehoe (assistant varsity girls’ winter track), Kimberly Wright (Finley winter season cheerleading) and Michael Fabio (varsity fencing), have been appointed as coaches in the Huntington School District’s athletic program.
Fabio, who was a star fencer while a member of the Blue Devil team during his high school years, replaces longtime coach Alan Kuver. Last year Fabio served as his former coach’s assistant. His brother, Chris Fabio (Huntington, Class of 2006), is on the fencing team at Sacred Heart University.
New Blue Devil assistant girls’ winter track coach Patrick Kehoe earned his BS (Family Nutrition and Exercise Science, 1995) and MS (Physical Education, 1996) degrees at Queens College. He has worked at Queens High School for Teachers since Sept. 2003, where he has coached boys’ varsity indoor and outdoor track and girls’ varsity volleyball and soccer.
Freshman Calvin Bollar captained the Huntington junior varsity football team and enjoyed an exceptionally productive season at running back and linebacker. Bollar compiled 52 solo tackles, including six for a loss, caused one fumble, recovered two fumbles and rushed for 1,042 yards and 14 touchdowns.
“Calvin is a champion ballplayer who I’ve come to admire for his leadership, physical toughness and desire for his team to be great,” coach Ron Wilson said.
New Finley 8th grade girls’ volleyball team coach Caroline Reilly is a 1985 graduate of Springfield College with a BS degree in Health Fitness. She was worked as an assistant women’s volleyball coach at Springfield and was a USA volleyball team representative in the International Hapoel Games in Israel in 1983.
Huntington Director of Athletics Georgia D. McCarthy received four applications for the position and interviewed three candidates prior to recommending Ms. Reilly for appointment.
Huntington JV football team co-captain Ricardo Caballero starred on the offensive and defensive lines and at linebacker this season as the Blue Devils finished with a 7-1 mark. The sophomore made 63 solo tackles, 13 tackles for a loss, blocked two punts and made a pair of fumble recoveries.
“Ricardo’s a great individual athlete whose commitment to the team was evident during practice and on game day with his motivational speeches,” coach Ron Wilson said.
Finley eighth grader Alana Alongi turned in strong performances all fall on the Falcon swimming team in the 50, 100 and 200 yard freestyle events. Coach Christopher Helmke called his star an “excellent freestyle sprinter whose time dropped over the season.” Helmke added that Alongi is “a positive role model.”
Huntington varsity girls’ basketball coach Brad Reminick owns a 43-35 record entering this season, his fifth year at the Blue Devil helm. Reminick is a 1995 Huntington graduate. He captained the 1994-95 boys’ team and later earned an undergraduate degree at SUNY College at Cortland. He has been coaching basketball in Huntington for eight years.
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