Huntington Sports Flash
Huntington field hockey, basketball and lacrosse coach Marissa Bergmann has been appointed a half-time physical education in the district by the Huntington School Board. She had been working in a .2 assignment.
Ms. Bergmann earned a BA degree in elementary education at Purdue University in May 2008. She is pursuing a master’s degree at Stony Brook University.
A district substitute teacher since February 2009, Ms. Bergmann has also been a summer school teacher. Prior to coming to Huntington, she coached girls’ lacrosse at Oldfield Middle School.
District officials reviewed 15 applications, pre-screened seven candidates and conducted five interviews before Ms. Bergmann was recommended for appointment.
Brewster, Magerle & Mollitor are Sensational
Shyheim Brewster and Peter Magerle combined for 24 “kills” and Dan Mollitor had 27 assists to pace the Huntington High School boys’ volleyball team to a 25-22, 25-21, 16-25, 25-19 victory over West Islip.
Field Hockey Stumbles
The Huntington field hockey team has been playing very well, but East Islip tripped up the Blue Devils, 3-1.
The Redman opened a 1-0 halftime lead and then outscored Huntington in the second frame, 2-1. Darya DeSimone scored the Blue Devils’ lone goal. Tara Byrnes was sensational in goal, making 13 saves.
Volleyball Defeats Rocky Point
Heather Forster had five blocks, Marygrace Trousdell recorded four aces and 10 “kills” and Hayley Petrizzi had four aces to lift the Huntington girls’ volleyball team over Rocky Point, 3-0.
Smoot Leads Blue Devils
The Huntington golf team won its eighth consecutive match when it defeated Half Hollow Hills West, 7-2. Junior Jim Smoot shot a one-under-par 35 on the Huntington Crescent Club course to lead the Blue Devils.
Anderson’s Team Wins 50 Mile Relay
Shawn Anderson is not only a cross country and track coach, he’s a competitive runner, too.
Last weekend the Huntington coach ran in the 29th Annual Ocean to Sound relay, a 50 mile race that starts at Jones Beach and ends in Oyster Bay.
“I represented Runners Edge men’s open team, running leg five for them,” Anderson said. As an individual, Anderson ran the fastest fifth leg of the day and as a team Runners Edge won the overall race.
“Leg five started at the Cold Spring Harbor train station and headed down Woodbury Road, snaking through back roads before ending at Mill Dam in Huntington,” Anderson said. “Being a local, I knew that area well and just let myself push as hard as I could. I came back about 20 minutes later to help the We Are Athletes mixed team take fifth overall, and first in our division! That was leg six, which went up the hills of Browns Road, by Coindre Hall and headed to Cold Spring Harbor via Mill Rd and Snake Hill. Twelve total miles for the day and my legs were feeling it. But it’s always a fun time, and to help two teams come home with victories and win a leg outright was really awesome.”
Race results can be found at http://www.pigmantri.com/jmsracing/results14/ocean14.html.