Blue Devil Sports Briefs
The Huntington junior varsity soccer team dropped a tough game against Smithtown East, 3-1 before exploding offensively against Mount Sinai in 7-1 victory. The Blue Devils are coached by Vincent Tannazzo.
Many members of the Huntington School District family ran in this year’s Great Cow Harbor 10-Kilometer Run. School Board member Richard McGrath finished 39th out of 271 entries in the 50-54 year old age group and 570th overall in a time of 46.31.3. His son, John, a sophomore at Huntington High School, crossed the finish line 34th out of 86 runners in the 13-19 year old age group or 890th overall in a time of 48.59.
Huntington science teacher Christine Nugent was 22nd in her division of 188. Retired physical education teacher Steve Davis also ran, finishing in a time of about 55 minutes. He can often be seen running throughout the East Northport/Commack area.
Among the alumni who ran the race was 1959 Huntington graduate Jerry Asher, who finished in 1:05:25.3 or 64th in his age group (3,561st place overall). He is 67 years old and each year tries to run his age. Mr. Asher, who is a Suffolk District Court judge, is one of only five people who have run all 31 editions of the Cow Harbor 10K race.
Huntington assistant varsity boys’ track and field coach Travis Tate was one of the top finishers in the Cow Harbor race, placing 47th out of nearly 4,200 athletes that crossed the finish line. The 31-year old covered the 6.2 mile course in a time of 46:47.8, good for fifth place out of 250 entries in his age group.
Holly Helstrom, a 15-year old Huntington High School sophomore, finished 13th out of 57 in her division in the Great Cow Harbor Run. Ms. Helstrom raised $300 for the school’s Habitat for Humanity club by lining up sponsors for her effort in the race. “She ran a remarkably quick time,” said Rob Gilmor, the club’s advisor and a dean at the high school. “The Habitat club is gigantic this year and I am very hopeful that we will eventually build the house in Huntington.” Mr. Gilmor was referring to the club’s goal of constructing a house in Huntington for a financially underprivileged family.
Kathryn Schmitz finished second in the three mile race to pace the Huntington girls’ cross country team in its first meet of the season at Sunken Meadow State Park. Olivia Torres and Jillian Silverberg finished ninth and tenth, respectively.
In a tri-meet gainst Sachem North and Patchogue-Medford, Schmitz finished third and Jillian Silverberg and Gabriella Mitchell recorded personal best times.
The Huntington varsity girls’ tennis team turned back Walt Whitman in league play, 5-2. Kate Ackerman, Sarah Lustberg and Erin Brown all won their singles matches and Alexandra Ottas, Natalie Hartman, Megan Smith and Molly Smith won in doubles for the Blue Devils.
The Huntington boys’ soccer team nipped Rocky Point, 1-0 behind a goal by Brian Carino, who scored off Jesse Michaels’ second half rebound.Nick DiPaola scored in overtime against Kings Park to lift the Blue Devils to a 1-0 victory. Marcelo Guardado recorded four saves in goal. Huntington lost in overtime to Islip, 2-1. Stevens Merilan scored the lone Blue Devil goal off a first half pass from Guardado in the first. Marco Lagone and Guardado combined for 11 saves in goal.
Freshman quarterback Dan Plant starred in two huge wins to open the Huntington junior varsity football season. The Blue Devils moved past East Hampton, 52-6 and then battled past Eastport-South Manor, 20-13. The season marked the return to the gridiron by former coach Todd Jamison.
Kerry Hicks led the Huntington girls’ field hockey team over Smithtown East, 1-0. Hicks scored the game’s lone goal in overtime off a pass from Alexandra Kimchy. Isabel Sorrentino stopped nine shots in goal. A day earlier in a 2-0 loss to rugged Northport, Sorrentino made an impressive 18 saves.
The Blue Devils edged Newfield when Allison Conlon scored during the penalty stroke phase after the two teams battled to a scoreless tie through regulation and overtime. Sorrentino made four saves.
Huntington defeated Walt Whitman, 2-0, behind goals by Allison Conlon and Kianna Freitag. Sorrentino made three saves in goal.
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